The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-01-23

ton Of this state and Indiana.
We learn that County Treasurer Mar
| tin. who has been seriously i'll for some
time past, has had no change for the bet
ter, and that he il still very sick.
Buy PARADISE COAL.
B. +. Parker, the paint aud oil
dealer, is adding much 20 the appearance
of his store on Commercial avenue, by
putting up neat office in the rear end Of
the store room.
All parties who have not procured
costumes for the Delta COrnct Masquer-
ade Ball can be supplied at Phil Saups'
corner Of Eighth street aud Washington
avenue.
- The Delta City Cornet Band boys are
working like Turks, and will give an en-
tertainmcnt next Monday night. that will
be- worthy the patronage of the people OF
this city.
MIR. John Taber. of the firm Of Taber
Brothers of this city, reioices in the ar
rival at his residence of boy. He has
now. including the late arrival, four OF
them.
Judge Baker will move his court
from the Arab engine house back to the
court house. Monday morning, having
no fear rs to the hcalthfulness of that vi.
cinity now.
| Remember the Grand Masquerade
| Ball, 10 be given by the Delta City Cornct
Band next Monday. All persons holding
tickets are entitled to a chance in silver
combination Castor to be rallied of on
that occasion.
The ladies Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, OF Mound City, will hold a fair and
festival at their church next Wednesday
evening, the proceeds 10 DC contributed
to the increase of the pastors salary.
The Rough and Ready fire company
are ,til going on with the preparations
for their grand Mardi Gras celebration
and masquerade ball, which will come on
on the nin'h day of February.
A negro boy. while trying to steal a
ride on a wagon loaded with lumber yes
tcrday afternoon, fell under the wagon
and came very near being run over. We
state this as an item of great public in
tcr"st
Everyone who would ike 10 enjoy a
pleasant evening should not fail To attend
the Delta Cornct Band Masquerade Ball
Monday evening.
Mr.. Robson. of Philadelphia, BROTH
cr-in-law Of the late Capt. Walter Falls,
has removed his family to this city. and is
now occupying the brick dwelling lately
owned by the deceased, on Washington
avenue.
Mr.. Matt Walsh. who has since hi
marriage lived on Twelfth street, between
Washington and Commercial avenues. has
taken up his residence with his father
in-law, Mr. James Johnson. at the
corner of Fourteenth street and CONNER
cial avenue.
If, 10 our readers the local and other
news published in The BULLETIN this
morning, have a melancholy tone. they
will please attribute it to the power OF
death which has prevailed over one Of
the pets OF our popular business man
ager.
The young Misses in the Mound City
Episcopal church choir together with the
music scholars of Mrs. Goodloc, will give
Musical Concert in the course of some
three weeks A. u parting honor to l.. T.
Ilewett for his kind and often arduouS
services in the church.
The marriage of Mr.. Thomas Il.
Whitledge and Miss Sarah L. Gilbert,
which will take place ut the Church of the
Rcdccmcr next Tuesday afternoon ut one
O'Clock. is the interesting topic OF CONVEX
sation among the ladies, just now. They
cannot talk OF anything else, II is said.
Masquerade costumes for the Dclt;
City Cornct Band can be procured II
Phil Saup's, corner of Eighth street anC
Washington avenue.
The improvements on Halliday
Brothers 'houring mills, in the up
per part of this city, are pro
crossing finely. They have added mucl
new and valuable machinery, including
fifteen new runs of stones, making in al
twenty runs, having five in use before
which, We are informed, will be capabl,
Of turning out one thousand barrels o
flour per day.
Two negro boys named Johnson anC
Gould, got into dispute at the corner o
Washington avenue and Cross street yes
terday afternoon, in which they talke,
, very naughtily to each other. Johnson
. the smaller of the two, said to Gould
1 "Nigger eat railroad iron niger ca
. shavens, which was to much for the cX
: asperated Gould too put up with, so Ii,
, went for his offender and gave him
f sound whooping up.
r The Grand Masquerade Ball, givel
t by the Delta City Cornet Band, comes OF
, next Monday, and all necessary arrange
q mcnts have been made to make it enjoyu
| Bile to everybody,
r This morning at about o clock, OF
: ticerS Mehner and Wootcn arrested
/ young German by the name of John Wis'
g at the corner Of Twentieth street an
Commercial avenue, who had in his POI
session sack containing lot of rop'
g From the different stories told by him til
: officers thought it best to stake him