The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-11
General items.

tuning fame, also affects chess. He
keeps cool at the game In this hot wealth
or; but then Max Is wonderful man IN
more ways than one.
Rev. j. Hunsaker, who has preached
frequently before our Baptist brcthern
and il we'll known in this city, has been
passing through a series Of Job-likc al
flictions at home in Anna. lie and his
family have had the smallpox in it,
most yirulent form. The Jonesboro Ga
zette's Anna local, says they suffered
greatly before they could get assistance.
Our forcign-born citizens will be pleas
I'd to learn, ii they do not know already,
that postal cards can now be sent to Great
Britain and ireland, and to all European
countries except France, by afilxing a one
cent stamp to the cards In use in the
United States. The registration fee to
those foreign countries TO which letters
can now be registered il the same
az to points in the United States, viz.
ten cents In addition to the postage.
They are, those cigars Of Cowper-
thwait d Phillips, old dcliciousncss itself.
We must really be permitted to say, in
connection with these cigars, old deli
ciousness, because they are about the
best for the price that ever mortal lips
closed upon, or through which smoke
was brcathcd into delighted mouths.
These gentlemen have opened out at l2G
Commercial avenue. between Seventh and
Eighth streets, andkecp on hand the very
best brands Of cigars and tobaccos in the
market. They must De tried to be APP
preciatcd. Give them call.
--Confound Tive pause, lacking
words to express our Indignation. We
intended to pay the great ami good Davis
a compliment yesterday morning by call
Ing him Fuss and Feather. Of the Even
ing Sun," but the intelligent compo.itor
made II, call him II. and +. of the even
ing, without the SIN. This did -.
great injustice, lie is not only Of the
evening but also Of the morning, noon and
night. When the intelligent comp. made
Us say that ID. might preach hi. first SER
mon on sunday every week, he did that
which made u, raise our voice in wrath ;
and when he made u ,ay Uhl was indig-
nant about empty car, when we had
written Cuhl, he made u swear.
The SIN wants to hear from the Bull
LETIN on this question: Are we in favor
Of giving TO the Cairo IL 81. Louis rail-
road company the stock Of the city and
county in that road 90 get the machine
shops: II we can get the shops located
here by giving tn. stock. and ii we can
give the stock legally, We are in favor OF
giving it. We would rather have the shops
great deal than tn, stock, but We
do not believe that either the city or
county has any Legal right to pay money
or stock or any thing else to any com
pany or person 70 encourage any enter
prise however much It might contribute
to the prosperity Of either the city Of
county, or both. But in this opinion W,
may be mistaken Ii we are-if we cal
legally give the stock for the shops-w'
are of the opinion it should be given. W,
are, in that event. in favor Of giving it.
The city should put little--a great
deal of work-,n Washington avenu,
from the Trustees building up past the
court house. In muddy weather there. I :
no worse piece OF street in the city than
near the court house. II Mayor Winter.
administration will repair it, we assur,
His Honor that no one shall say he die
the work for Halliday or Taylor.
Other people travel that street
We do, tor instance. and what ca
the Winter administration have agains
US. Mr.. Walters lives near the ba,
place, and surely he is not one OF the inc
| nopolists who did not believe a change /
the city government necessary. Gu
friend Harrell lives close to there. toe
and daily sees the struggles of horses an,
| buggies with those notable mud holes
Many good citizens would be pleased t
| have that part Of the avenue Of the Fla
| thcr of his country repaired.
| Choice nrnnds