The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-05-07

| cost, at Stuart Il Ghoaons.
--Gentlemen's summer hats.ior sale by
.. llaythorn GO. j.G-3t
READ Lynch 4 IIowley's "For Rent"
column.
The council will hold its next meet
ing on Tuesday evening.
By all means buy your shoes OF o.
liaythorn 4 Co. ) G-3t
buy your sun umbrellas OF O. Hay
'horn ~ 60. J.G-3t
The mayor will deliver his annual
message at the council chamber on Tues
day evening.
Hosiery, gloves, ties. corsests, etc.. at
jobbers' prices. STUART 4 GuoLsox.
Fora good linen or paper collar 90 to
o-o-3t o. HAWTHORN q Co.
Stuart u Gholson are closing ont
their entire stock of dress goods rerard-
less of cost.
The picnicers of this city have had
very unpropitious weather for their ex-
cursions. Two parties have been gotten
mp and on both days set tor the occasion
1t has rained. The party which intended
t airn O., out yesterday. postponed the at
Ioaios ut of threatened rain.
c,,o,sa.,. Wv ~ 'nil TO visit Stuart 4
"holsoh's and buy a.. t'' ="
Guipnrc laces that You will ,a j., "lN ai'o
the next year. '"'re LOT
Tho Silver 'ornct band of This city,
had intended going aboard tho rronJ
Republic and sercnading the officers and
passengers. on Friday night, but Capt.
Thorwcgan not having any business to
transact here, and not wishing to pay
wharfage tor which he got nothing in re-
turn, did not land, and the band people
remained in their practice room.
Stuart & Gohlson are Offering grca
bargains III every department. They
desire to close out their stock in the
shortest possible time, and are making the
owest prices ever heard of in this city.
Mad dogs sill turn up every now and
then In various parts of town. One Of
them got on the rampage on Sixth street
about seven o'clock yesterday morning,
and vented his rage on several other sane
CANNES. Ills light was put out by n
couple OF shots from q gun, however, be-
fore he had an opportunity to chew on
any human.
The programme for the minstrel per-
Torrance to be given next Friday night,
| by the Taylor Literary club. will be
| found in another column OF this issue OF
the BULLETIN. The gentlemen who Will
take part in this entertainment have
spent much time in making themselves
perfect in order that they might afford
their audience II iirst-class home show
and a full house should greet them.
Jim Summerwell is disguised will
the burglars and thieves of this city. liz
SAYS there has not been burglary com
| n,i,tsa Ia cairo Tor mouths, out what the
perpetrators have stolen the tools from
his shop TO do the business with. The
implements used to break into Tanner
store were taken from him. and were
identified at the examination of Welsl
and Williams.
Yesterday about noon, an old foot
sore German, came TO the BuLLElIs
Office and asked for assistance. lie gave
his name rs Herr Gretchen. lie laC
come from New Orleans, and is on hi
way to Philadelphia. lie told us he wa'
in his one-hundreth year, having beer
born on the fourth day of July, l"o
He says that for years he has been II
poor health, but that he firmly believes
he will live to see his hundredth birth
day, which was all he asked. lie wou!t
then be willing to hang his harp upon
willow. lie is a very genial, pleasant OLE
person. and smiled as he told how III
had been put of steamboats, on hi
way to this city because he had NJ
money. lie says he " quite sure he VII
be the only soul in the great Centennia
city, on that great day, the Fourth, wh'
can mark his agc at a century, on ina
day.