The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-12
Yorai Iassernnb.

CITY cotncll on uesuay evening.
Secure your seats for Robert McWade .
"Trip Van Wrinkle early. or you won't
get them.
Bob McWade ia rs good Rip az Jcfl.
erson. We want all our friends TO see
him Mt the Atheneum next Thursday
night.
Ware, Senator, and Irwin and Albright,
Democrats, and Woodward, Republican,
will represent this district in the legisla-
ture this winter.
Alexander county Is undoubtedly a
Democratic county, and with anything
like united action the party could con.
troll the affairs Of the county.
This is weather that can knock the
perslmmons of any other weather Of
any other place in the world, not except
ing Italy. Il Is old glory itself.
The many friend. OF the Rev. Or. &.
ii. Foote in This city will DC pleased to
learn that he will preach in the Presby-
terrain church this morning and evening.
Fred koehler has two Of the finest bui.
faloes ever seen. aud he wants the people
to improve ST. Mays Park, so that he
can denote them to the geological depart
ment.
The investigation OF the election frauds
Of the Radicals in this city will create n
devil OF fuss in certain quarters. Look
out for the lightning aud mark where it
will strike.
Col VIM. Scott, the colored statesman,
swore in host OF voters in the lower
precinct, and Capt. Nells somewhere in
the neighborhood Of seventy-fivc colored
friends at the court house polls.
The police courts have been almost
dead for the past few days. The inter-
est felt In the election kept people from
even getting drunk, and plain DRINKS
are about the only crimes perpetrated In
this city nowadays.
\ Number Of the high officials of the
Illinois Central railroad, including Mr..
j. {. Clark, the general manager, were
in the city yesterday, looking after the
new incline to be built by that road at
this point.
Alexander county Is Democratic OH a
fair vote about two hundred and fifty ina
jority. The next time we will have a
straight ticket and fair fight. In the
canvass two years hence Saup will run
az n straight Democrat
The telegraph Office has been the Loaf.
ing place Of the Democratic patriots OF
the CITY for the past few days. Kent has
been gratified by their company, but will
be pleased to let them 60 when the thing
is settled. He likes them, but not SO
continually.
Let it be remembered that on next
Thursday night, the parlor concert OF
the Church OF the Redeemer will take
place at the house Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Gallagher. 1t will be interesting,
and will draw large number of people
to witness it.
The patriot Mckeaig stood on his bald
head when the news Of Tilden's election
! was received at Cairo. He then sprabg
to his patriotic feet, and taking negro
aside, shook hands with him, and said
Goodbye; go but | return" He then
vanished into thin air, and has not been
seen since.
Hydrophobia is declared by most com.
petent medical authorities to be disease
of the Imagination. There are Of course
such maladies, but they are few in mum.
Der. Dirt is source of myraids Of dis.
eases. and these at last have found their
master in b. r. Rabbits Best Soap.
The news OF the defeat OF Mr.. Hart
| zell by the brave soldier boy, Ben.
Wiley, was not as certain as it might be,
created new hope in the minds of the
Democrats OF the city yesterday. The
race turns out TO be very close, with the
chances in favor OF Mr.. Hartzell. Had
the election in this city been fair one,
Mr.. Hartzcll would have been elected
certain.
Col. Shaver, that good young soul. de
nounces Mr.. Thomas w. Halliday, as O
pestifcrous seeker after office, and declares
with the voice of lion, that Toms pres
ent objective point is the Cairo postoliice,
Halliday never held an office in his life
except the Office of alderman, and he Ii
not now an applicant for the postofiice il
this city. He proposes 10 go 10 China al
our minister, and is anxious to take Sha
yer along and drop him on the way.
The associated press dispatch from this
city in reference to the Vicker's negro
killing ail,ir says that Nickers, the white
man, and Lewis, the negro, were boil
kentuckians, and quarrellcd abou
national politics. This Is untrue, and by
the time it gets to New York it will have
been exaggerated into a Democratic ne
gro-killing outrage. The quarrel wa:
about mouey aud both the men were
Radicals.
We have not had the opportunity t6
say it before, that Mr.. John Holmes, ont
OF the special United States deputies
won golden opinions from Democrats a
we'll as Republicans on election-day
His bearing was modesty and he pre-
vented many difficulties by prompt &C
ton. He was impartial aud vigilant il
the discharge OF his disagreeablc duties
Under Tilden. we want no niarshals a
the polls but II we must have them. W,
hone we NAV get as honest and fair mel