The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-01-16
General Items.

from the Cumberland AMI Tennessee
rivers.
The Delta City Cornct Band Masquc-
rade will be a very pleasant affair. Every
body should attend.
Remember DR.. X. ;. Brigham's lee
turc on Evolution at the High School
next Monday night.
That thermometer Of Capt. Williams.
which was stolen while hanging IN front
of the commission house of +. G. Pace,
is still minus.
The masquerade to be given by the
Delta City Cornet band promises to be
large affair. Costumes can be had at
Phil. Saup'., corner Of Eighth and WASH
inyton avenue. 1-l6-2t
There has been paid into the hands
| of Treasurer Blake, since the first day of
January, eight thousand, five hundred
dollars Ia city scrip, for licenses.
The Episcopalians will soon have
their new library, which we are told will
be very beautiful as..well as good and
instructive collection Of books.
Skating is nice amusement. hut to
| 20 upon Ice with dull pair of skates, is
labor. Therefore go to Ludwig, the har-
ness maker. who will put them in the
best Of order for low price.
All the prisoners who were removed
from the county Jail on account of small
pox breaking out among the inmates, are
confined in the calaboose.
-wah Lung and Mrs. Lcttie Coleman
are still at war, but the indications are
that Wah Lung will soon be compelled
to surrender under the steady fire of the
enemy.
We learn that at the Presbyterian So
ciable. held at their church Thursday
! night. the sum of two hundred aud sixty
| five dollars was raised toward paying
| the debt of the church.
MIR. Phil. Saup requests us to return
thanks to Mr.. $. J. c. Hess, Perkins
Brothers and other citizens of Vienna, for
the kind treatment he received at their
hands while in their city a few days ago.
| We learn from reliable source that
two of the small pox patients now in the
pest house cannot recover, and that their
death is momentarily looked for. The
other patient Is recovering slowly.
Every person who buys ticket to
the Delta City Cornct bands masquerade
ball, TO be given on the 25th inst, is en-
titled to a chance in the lottery for Il
/ ,,.out;f,l -ii,.ar combination coet.r anI
fruit stand.
Anyone wishing to procure masquer-
ade costumes for the grand ball to be
given by the Delta City Cornet band
January %. can be supplied at Phil.
Saup's, corner of Eighth and Washing
ton avenue. l-lG-2t.
"A number Of young ladies and gen
tlemen of the city will, it is said, while
away few hours on the Mississippi
river skating this evening. The ice is in
very good condition, and they will have
merry time.
We call attention 10 the advertisement
of HOWE Brothers, butchers and pork
packers. They are paying the highest
cash price for cattle and hogs, and deal
ing out TO their customers the best of cut
meats At the lowest prices. at their meat
market, corner Eleventh street and Wash
| ington avenue.
! The petition of \. b. Stafford. W. u.
| Halliday. Il. II. Cunningham and other
taxpayers Of the city, requesting the
! council To reduce the license of railroad
! aud steamboat runners from one hun
dred TO fifty dollars, was rejected by a
vote of five to three, at a meeting of the
council held Thursday afternoon.
The petition of number of the
wharfboat proprietors of this city to the
city council, praying that the licenses Of
wharfboats be reduced from five hundred
to two hundred and fifty dollars, was
defeated at the meeting of that body held
| Thursday afternoon, by vote of six to
one. Alderman Morris being the only
member who voted in favor of the petit
ton.
-IIuefner, of the Planters house, we
are told. proposes to have grand picnic
on the ice as soon a. he has completed
his preparations. He will, it is said, have
| fires built, refreshments of all kinds
will bc at the command of the skaters,
and everything will be conducted as q
summer picnic. This will be something
new to our citizens, and will no doubt
attract large crowd.
MIR. Phil. S1up informed us that the
masquerade ball at Vienna, Wednesday
night, was a grand success. lie says Vi
emma is n bully place to have fun, and
that he would like to live there. why
he says, Iii fellow just looks at beer
keg, of which there is large supply in
Vienna, for town of its size, he
will receive a dozen invitations to take n