The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-05
1tesns tn Hriet.
Attend the circus TODAY.

day.
Everybody, both Republicans and
Democrats seem to want the time to
come when our big barbecue is to take
place.
| The great European circus, etc, will
after their performance this afternoon
and evening, go into winter quarters
here in Cairo.
Rothschild Il Co.'S great European
shows, menagerie, museum, caravan, cir
Gus and hippodrome give two perfor-
nances to-day.
Don't fail to offend the great European
circus and menagerie to-day. Perform
ance at hali.past one O'Clock this after.
noon and eight this evening.
Read the notice OF Elaine oil this morn
ing. Ii will be seen that 1t was awarded
the first premium at the centennial exhi-
btion. For sale by Barclay brothers.
The big new Tllden and Hendricks
Club met last night at kluge's hall for
the first time. A full account at the
proceedings will be published to-mor-
row.
The Odd Fellows of this city will give
another party two weeks from last night.
The affair will take place in their beauti-
ful hall, and will be made gay one for
the young people.
The sociable to be given by the ladies
of the Church OF the Rcdeemer this even.
ing will afford all who attend 4 very
pleasant time, and large crowd will
doubtless be present.
Mr.. George B. Hudson, agent tor the
Seltlen-Irwin combination. has completed
all performances for the coming Of his
troupe, and they will open at the Athe-
neum on Monday night, the 9th inst,
and remain tor season of one week.
Mr.. James Corrie. dentist in Baltimore,
writes {: ~ have used DR.. Bulls cough
syrup personally and in my family for
two or three years. and am prepared to
say that there is nothing to compare with
it as remedy for coughs, colds, etc."
Nothing furthers the good looks like
snowy-white linen. Is. Il. Rabbits best
soap is therefore indispensable to all, AMI
those that use it claim that they have
reached the highest perfection of the ar
tlcle. Not excelsior. but "excelsissimus.
Is the motto OF the great soap man.
John Sproat is determined to give the
people of Cairo all the advantages in the
way OF a good market that he can, and
hence is about to establish a fish market
in connection with his oyster trade. by
which he will furnish the finest of Mobile
bay fish at prices astOnishingly low.
Jewett Wilcox, of the st. Charles no.
tel, says he will not be the cause OF stop
ping the young folks of Cairo from en-
joying dance whenever they may wish
to give one, and has, therefore, owing to
the "hard times" concluded to reduce
the rent for his splendid hall from twenty
to fifteen dollars night.
Ben Wiley is still on the wing making
Radical speeches and exerting himself to
his utmost to defeat Mr.. Hartzell. Ben
claims every county in the district, with
the exception of four, two of which lie
says are doubtful, and the other two lie
comedies to Mr.. Hartzell. His majority
he places at fifteen hundred. Poor Ben,
we tear he is doomed TO sad disappoint-
ment
We would call the attention of our city
authorities 10 bad and dangerous hole
that has recently been made in the cover
ing of the reservoir at the corner OF Tenth
street and Ohio levee, near Phillis' COM
mission house. Persons driving along
Tenth are liable to run team over it at
any moment. and before some accident
occurs it will be we'll TO have the old
planks removed and new ones put in.
We know of young man in this city
who recently bet a suit OF clothes with a
dry goods clerk, also OF Cairo, that Ben
Harrison would be elected governor Of
Indiana on next Tuesday. He then
wrote to Dan Mum and asked him what
he thought of the bet. Mr.. Mum re-
piled that ne believed Harrison would be
elected, but that the Young man had bet
ter withdraw his bet. Whether Mr.
Mum advised the young man to
draw the bet because OF his
religious scruples and his opposition to
specializing in this way, or whether he
did not wish TO see him lose his money,
remains a question in the minds of all
who have knowledge of the wager.