The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-02-19

County court - now IL -,-sinn at the
court house
Mr.. vicPhcctcrs, Of Thcbcs. wa. in
town yesterday.
ihe business in the police court was.
= usual, very duh yesterday.
-Dog-killing time VIII soon be at
.iaud
The next regular meeting of the city
council viii take. place o. the second day
tet. NarJh..'
The Price troupe leave on the steam
or Jim Fisk 'or Paducah tonight at
| twelve o'clock.
Miss Julia llanchctt will be the re-
cipicnt Of a complementary testimonial,
to take place at the Atheneum tonight.
The plays to-uisht-N,s lIanchctt's
bcnefit-will De SBufldlo Rill. or The
Trappcr's Last Sl@t.' and Gertrude"
There will be ienumbcr Of new and
handsome dwelling hou,c- built during
the present spring, in tn, city,
The Panic Club are talking Of giving
a party immediately after Lent. which
will. II it comes of, be a biz affair.
The steamer Idlewild left Evansville
on the 18th for Cairo, but had TO turn
back at Henderson on account of heavy
ice.
Elliott q Haythorn's old stand, on
Commercial avenue, i being very neatly
fitted up. II will be occupied by Black.
the boot and shoe man.
&c to the complimentary benefit Of
Miss llanchctt Tonight aud see that
young lady in her iiyorite character of
Gertrude.
That new house Mr.. Il. +. Parker,
now being erected on Thirteenth street. Is
on stand still, but will. We are told, be
finished in due time.
The smallpox. We are happy to say,
has about disappeared from among the
people of hi, city, for which they are
very thankful.
The Methodists are getting things in
shape to give their concert. In /, said
that twenty ladies aud gentlemen will
take part in the exercise, and that it will
be brilliant affair.
Young Hardy, the boy who had the
hair all pcalcd OF hi, head. by falling
from a wagon a few days ago. near the
New York Store. is getting on very well.
Mr.. lIyland, the gentleman who fell
on the sidewalk on Twentieth street Il
week or two ago and broke his leg, is,
we are informed. recovering very rap
idly.
The public schools of this city, ow-
ing 10 the breaking out Of smallpox in
the Convent, are now largely attended,
a large number of the Convent scholars
having gone into them.
MIR. j. II. Cunningham took a load of
our citizens, including one or two of our
prominent lawyers, TO Mound City yes
ter,lay evening, to attend Pulaski county
| circuit court.
--Ilayerly's minstrcls will draw the
llrgcst audience that has been in the
Athcncum for many a day. Those who
wish to get seats, had better secure them
a. soon rs possible.
We hear that couple of prominent
sports OF this city have made arrange
mcnts for horse race to come off at this
place some time within the next two
| weeks.
The colored soldiers who are entitled
to the back bounty allowed them, by an
act of Congress, March 3, 1873, are happy.
The disburSing officer is in town, and Is
| quartered at the custom house.
The Fanny b. Price combina ion
leaves tomorrow for Paducah, where they
are to fill short engagement. The peo-
pie OF Paducah should patronize them
well, for they are deserving of il.
If Mr. Jaeckel, the proprietor Of the
ITALIAN saloon. establishes such Il resort
for the people of Cairo as ii is rumored
he will, he will undoubtedly realize n
handsome dividend from his undertaking,
-Gupton, the murderer of Eschbach,
swears that he intends to get out of prls-
on before the time arrives for his rial,
which will take place at the next term OF
the Johnson county circuit court.
--Messrs. Lynch and lIowley, the gen
tlemcn who have purchased the real es-
tate Office and business of Col. c. Win
ston, are now fairly Installed in their new
field of action.
Charley Coin, little boy about
twelve years of age, tried to climb tree
in st. Msry's park day or two ago, and
fell to the ground and broke his right
arm above the elbow.
The debate which took place be-
tween John Oswald and John Hacker
affirmative, and Lawrence Smith and
Nick Hacker, mega tive, on the question
"Are Trade Unions Beneficial" under
the auspicics of the +, t. +. Literary anC
Debating society, last night, is said tc
have been very interesting Which side
came out ahead we have not yet learned