The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-03-25
General lions
March -, ISL


Scheel's Washington Hall Oh Easter Mon
day.
No one should fail to attend the spell
ing match at the Presbyterian church to-
night.
Every lover OF true enjoyment should
not fail to 90 to the spelling match at the
Presbyterian church thi, evening.
"A very pleasant time i looked
for at the spelling match to be- given by
the lilles of the Presbyterian church to-
night.
The election excitement grows in
magnitude with the coming of each day.
and plenty OF iun is looked forward To by
the Knowing ones.
a confidence man tried sharp game
/ In this city few days ago. but it wouldn't
work. lie was trpprd up 1T it before he
sprung his trap.
The ball to be given by the Turner
Society. AT Schecl's Hall next Monday
night. will b. a grand affair, and no doubt
will be- largely attended.
boys. more or less, summing them -clves
! on a pile of wool at the corner OF Eighth
! street aud Ohio levec yesterday.
skin riding Is now the principal
amusement of the young people OF this
city, aud a number of new and hand
some boat, have been brought here with
in few days.
We hear that Mrs. and Miss Lans-
den will sing at the Presbyterian
spelling match this evening. This alone
| should insure Il large attendance.
1t will be seen in our announcement
column that john c. White is candi-
date for aldermanic honors. He will
make IL warm tor somebody.
The Taylor Literary Society held
their second meeting in the council cham
Der last evening. The attendance of the
members was large. and the exercise,
were more than usually interesting.
Mrs. WATTS reading. which took
place at the Presbyterian church last
Tuesday evening, was rather "thinly" at
tended. A minstrel show takes better in
! Cairo.
-llarreIl of the Ga,ette. will tell what
I he knows of Cairo In the days gone by,
at Liberal Religious hall next sunday.
The address will be Interesting, and will
be listened TO by II big crowd.
-Caine and Brown, the vigllants, took
a tough citizen to the lookup the other
night. lie raised the neighborhood by
his yrllS, which were equal to those Of a
Comauchc Indian.
"A couple of the bonds of this city
have been endeavoring to get up horse
race in Cairo for at least three months,
and we are told they have succeeded AT
last. The race will take place on Thirty
Fourth street on the second Of next
/ month.
A negro woman and her husband
had Il little bout yesterday morning in
the lower part of town. and the man Is
now minusa finger. He had some no.
ton of having her arrested, but las dat
was de fllst time she cher done thing OBJ
dat kind" he let her go. with the full be-
lief that she won't do it any more.
Men on little drunk were numer-
Gus yesterday. There was no one who
seemed to be in the humor for getting
"stone blind" One fellow who tried
hard TO walk the middle soantling of the
sidewalk, made mlsstep and blackened
his eye, but he got up and swore he would
conquer or die, and he conquered.
1.-Two little boys. wishing to test who
owned the best dog, set them TO lighting
near the BULLETIN Office yesterday after
noon, when ono O. the CANNES made o
rush for the owner of his antagonist. and
Bit him IN the calf of the leg until the
youngster yelled with pain. He don't
want any more dog-dght In his.
Gain and Brown had sort Of joke
played on them, Il night VI two ago, by II
colored gentleman, whom they met In the
lower part of town, with a sack on his
back. Brown told him to put the sack