The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-02-05
General Items,

-Gillet's Baking Powder-the best in
use-always reliable.
Tonight Miss Fanny d. Price will
take a benefit, and will no doubt be greet
ed with very large audience.
The hour at which the lecture and con-
cert at the Methodist church concluded
last night, was too late for any COM
ments.
"A new sidewalk Is In course of COLI
struction on I.evce street, between the two
iron stores Of Reed and Woodward.
Mrs. Alvord will lecture before the
public at the High School building next
Monday night, on the Ballads Of Scotia.
The dance given by the scholars Of
hall Wednesday night, was very well at
tended.
-Gillets Baking Powder-for sale
everywhere.
Sunday night. l4th inst. at the Liberal
Religious hall. DIR. Parker will deliver "A
lecture under the auspices Of the Free Re
ligious Association.
Leah, the Forsaken, at the Athencum
tonight. This IL Miss Prices benefit
night, and the house will no doubt be
crowded.
City Comptroller Cox has been UNI
der the weather for few days. City
Clerk Hawkins IL now acting in that ca
pacity.
Mr.. T.. l.. Runyon, ticket agent at
this station for the Cairo, Arkansas and
Texas railroad company, left last night
for Little Rock.
The Thalians are working hard TO
make their party, TO come of on the 9th
of this month ut the st. Charles hotel, the
grand event Of the season.
"A fight between two school boys, ut
the corner Of Thirteenth street and
Washington avenue, was among the i'm
portsnt events of the day.
The negro man named Glen Young.
who was arrested and fined for striking a
colored lady named Mrs. Miller, was re-
leased from Jail by Mayor Wood.
Several members of the Rough and
Ready fire company are out clnyassing
the city tor the sale of tickets to their
grand masquerade ball to be given at
Sheets hall on Mardi Gras night.
Mayor Wood has refused to issue the
amount Of scrip required to pay Police
Magistrates Bross and Bird tor their la
bors, until there is money enough in the
city treasury to redeem the said scrip.
1t is rumored that Mr. Henry Winter
has some thought of renting TIE building
on the corner Of Seventh street and Com
mcrcial avenue, formerly occupied by the
Cairo & Ninccnnes railroad company as
offices, to u gentleman of this city, who
proposes TO open iirst-class hotel.
Call for the bcst-Gillet's Baking
Powder-for il never disappoints the
cook.
Mrs. Judge Green and Miss Bette
Parker, of this city, left last night on
} board the steamer James Howard for
New Orleans, for visit to friends. The
trip no doubt will be pleasant one, there
being number Of ladies on board, in
Guiding the wife and two daughters of
, Capt. Prigam.
, A team OF horses that had been un-
hitchcd from the wagon, while standing
near the Illinois Central cattle yards on
, Commercial avenue, yesterday afternoon,
+ became frightened, broke loose and ran
up the street. While running, the har-
ness on one Of the horses slipped from
its place and got under his feet, throw
ing him on his side, where he lay until
untanglcd by a couple of men, who
found 1t no little work to get through
with their undertaking.
"A correspondent Of the Du Quoin
. Tribune writing from st. Johns says
'.Mr Dennis Foley, the young man that
succeeded Charlie Breed in the Compa-
ny's store at this place took his depart
ure last week. lie is vet in the employ
of Halliday & Co., but is located at Cairo,
Mr.. +. made many friends during his
stay here, for he was kind, obliging and
gentlemanly. In all his business transac-
tons, he was prompt and careful. We
wish him success"
The wheelbarrow man, who passed
through Cairo last summer on his way to
st. Paul, Minnesota, arrived in due course
of time, but finding that things there were
not what they were represented 10 be,
"swapped" his wheelbaTow for raft,
and together with his family set out up
on the father of waters" for his former
place of abode-New Orleans. He passed
by Cairo some four weeks since, $50 We
are informcd), but without stopping.
! The late cold snap caught him between
here and Memphis, and when he arrived
| at the latter place he was in pretty bad
| tix-out of provisions, his wife sick, etc,
After making enough axe handles to re.
plenish his larder and procure medicines
for his wife, he proceeded ON his way re-
joicing.
Police Cont.