The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-21

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JAMES WATSON,
Sergeant Signal Service. L. 5. A.
| Local Paragraphs.
Judge Bross adjourned county court
on Wednesday evening.
The hosts of Hayes and Bill Wheelaire.
are mustered here by George Fishairc.
The Democratic congressional conven-
ton will be held in the court house. not
In the Athenum.
The police courts were very quiet yes
no money in that.
The school board propose to reduce the
expenses the public schools. "Re-
trenchment' is the word.
Captain James Good, Of st. Louis,
superintendent Of the Mississippi Valley
Transportation company, was in the city
yesterday.
X. IL. birmingham and family lett yes
terday by tha Illinois Central railroad
for Dartford, Wisconsin, to pass the
heated term.
If We only had bath house in ,airo 4,
Wrter. water everywhere, aud not bath
house in the city, We are ashamed of
our dirty selves.
| Nick tantwell. who has been living
dangerously i'll tor the last few days
with an attack Of the pneumonia, was
much better last evening.
Wood Eittenhouse and family left yes
terday on visit to Ohio. They were
accompanied by Mrs. J. II. Rittenhouse
and Sim Rittenhouse, jr.
Taxes still continue to be paid by our
sweating people. Sales under judgment
are few. But folks must be in a hurry.
Ham won't wait forever
Lew Stewart, Esq, the Independent
| candidate for governor, Is TO visit Cairo
before the 27th inst. and become ac-
| quainted with our Democrats.
| The Invincibles hold a meeting for the
transaction OF business and drill at their
hall this evening. \ full attendance OF
the members is desired and expected.
| Judge Bross, of the county court, laid
down under the weather. He adjourned
his court without day, for the purpose
Of getting time to.use palm leaf fan
and sweat.
Col. Mckeaig and the colored tr oops
the Hayes and Wheeler vIndicators--hold
a meeting this evening. We are assured
that the Colonel will "work the boys all
right
The police have been on the look 0 ut
for the party who robbed that Dyer s.
burg gentleman on Tuesday evening".
but up to last evening, they had failed to
get any clue to him.
ITO nominate or not to nominate ~
Is now the question agitating the
the Democrats of Alexander. There
Is lots Of time in which to consider the
! question. Let ii rest for week or two
This stanza is appropriate to the pre-
vailing weather:
| "Oh for an iceberg TO climb up ard ride
| Oh for SNOWFLAKE wherein We may hide
Oh for swim in the boreal seas
| Oh for spitzbergen's most nOriherly breeze -
"MR. EDITOR: viii you please tell ME
the name Of your fair corresDondert,
| who wrote the neat little poem: 'Ths ,
Marriage Bell p" This from friend,
Certainly. Her Aame is-guess.
The weather is too hot to get up muoi.
political steam at this time; but our peO-
pie, Democrats and Radicals, are c,,Iar-
mencing system of preparation for ono
of the liveliest canvasses we have ever
had.
The elegant young gent!ema.A, who
represents the BULLETIN in the s,Nets,
and wears sleeve buttons on tts' hgs OF
his breeches, and big chair, viii ia few
days have his ears bored prepasra,opy tn
| the use OF ear bobs.
The senatorial question Eae almost
passed from the minds Of the peopIe OF
Cairo. Col. TOwnes is sti Il standing il
Union. and Messrs. Ma Sham AMI Al
bright are still cOntestiI * IN jackson
May the best man win.
"Macbeth doth mur' Ter Sleep No.
not 80 but this hot W eathtr has IL mos
killing effect upon sIumber. No ont
dreams now. He liz - awake. anal sweat'