The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-03-12

a description of the Cairo aud st. Louis
narrow-gauge railroad, which will bc
found on the editorial page.
Captain Pink, agent at this point for
the American. Adams and Southern EX-
press companies, is absent from the city
on a business trip.
! A white boy named Carroll. while at
tempting to bride yiciou. horse ye,ter-
| day morning. was bitten severely about
the head aud shoulders 10y the brute.
The Rev. DR.. Thayer and .amily will
leave thi, city tomorrow Tor Nincesnes,
Indiana, where he will enter upon his
| pastoral duties.
"A man whose name We dld not learn.
had two Of his fingers mashed Yesterday
afternoon while trying to split large log,
with a maui and wedge, in the lower part
of the city.
The police courts have been very
! quiet for the past three or four days. Yes
| tcrday there was not case brought up.
The city is certainly becoming model
| one.
Perry Powers i improving the looks
! of his new residence on Twelfth street.-the
tween Washington and Commercial ave-
nues, by filling up the yard and levcling
the sidewalk.
A lecture for the benefit of the chill
drc.. i now being agitated. but the trou-
! Bile seem, 10 be ia getting some one who
| will take the task upon him or herself to
/ write and deliver il.
! Mr.. Thistlcwo)d has again had
man at work planting and putting neat
boxes around the trees in front of hi,
/ dwcllingon Washington avenue. and they
are now ready 10 be torn TO pieces again.
The Turner, are driving their prep
aration, for their Easter Monday supper
and ball, and when it comes ofi'th lovers
of this Kind of sport may look for a big
/ time.
"A team of mules attached TO a coal
wagon made it lively for the people Of
this ncighborhood Yesterday morning
They tossed the driver out into the mud
on hi, head, but being colored gentle
man. no damage was done.
-Jlilor Mccarthy informs Us that he
has two boardcrs at his hotel, one of
whom he will lose this morning. The
other is a woman. who was arrested for
wearing mems clothing, ofwhom we have
! spoken.
The streets are drying up very fast,
and the people who have kept horses
through the long Winter, that they
might cnioya drive in summer, will have
an opportunity 10 use them before many
days.
Tho pleasant weather of the past few
days has put it into the heads of the base
ballists of this city that the raising of u
baseball club is essential to their happi-
ness, and therefore they are going ahead
with that object in view.
-Sipe water Is again making its APP
pearance in the locust grove, opposite
the custom house, and the men and boys
who have skis, canoes, or dug-outs, are
getting them in readiness for boat-riding,
provided the water should attain sutll-
cient depth to allow their use.
We learn that the Illinois State Peni-
Tertiary has been greatly improved with
in few months past, and rs there are
one or two now in the county Jail who
will very likely spend Il few years there
al least, they can rest assured that they
will receive every attention.
Some people think there is room to
doubt the truth of the statement made in
yesterdays BULLETIN regarding the
drowning OF the teamster, Mark jackson,
in one ofthe Cache sloughs, but we can as
sure them that it Is correct. The item
was not written untilthe unfortunate man
had gone under
Judge Bird, who has been Vt Cham
paign for the last three days, attending u
meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
} Industrial University, located at that
place, returned TO his home and business
in this city yesterday afternoon. He
institution, and says it is in II flourishing
I condition.
I Two negroes, by the name OF Charley
4 aud George, who attempted 10 murder a
5 man connected with one of the mail COM
4 panies running into Mckenzie, in order to
$ rob the company Of large amount OF
Q money, are wanted ut that place, and u
o reward of one hundred dollars is offered