The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-04-26

The city council will meet to.mor.
row night.
Vegetables are becoming plenty and
cheap in the Cairo market.
Remember the sociable at MIR
Walkers, on Twentieth street this even.
ing. All are invited to attend.
House cleaning time has come. and
the good housewife may now be found
with sleeves rolled up and scrub.
brush In hand
Hon. A. II. Irwin arrived home on q
short visit to his family on Tuesday af
ternoon. He will probably return to.
day.
II. +. Potter, enrolling and .ngross.
ing clerk of the Senate, who Is at home
on short leave of absence, to Springfield
was in the city yesterday.
The corn doctor is about again, and
| declares his ability to 'extract" all the
toes on ones feet, and that too "without
causing the slightest pain"
The colored girl Martha Davis, who
was so seyerly burned q few weeks ago
while assisting her father in burning
brush, died yesterday from the effects
of her injuries.
Business men and real estate dealers
are of the opinion that Cairo is about to
take fresh start, and that within two
years her business will be greatly en-
HANGED.
"A. Marx, the popular clothier has
gone East to purchase complete new
stock OF goods. The goods damaged by
fire at his old stand are being closed out
rapidly at very low figures. 4-24-1w.
Mr. Egnew Of the st. Charles starts
tomorrow morning for the south to ar
range for supply of early fruit and ber-
ries. Mr.. +. is bound that no table in
the state shall surpass that OF the St.
Charles for good things.
Applicants for the various offices
within the gift OF Mayor Winter are be-
coming more numerous each day. His
honor Informs us that he has had at least
one hundred applications for positions on
the police force.
Jake Alderman, the notorious thief
and confidence man, is in the city again.
He was out riding yesterday in company
with notorious prostitute. Can't this
man Alderman be induced 10 ''jump the
town. He is dangerous
man and should not be tolerated.
Among the guests at Herbert's yes
terday were +. F. Western, Bardwell,
KY; A. w. Thomas, Blandvllle; F.
Homer, and family. Hickman, KY; Sam
hanback,, Cincinnati; AL. II. Watman,
Chicago; I. V. Atkins. s. C.. Heating,
A. Mailman, Memphis; w. Cass st. Louis.
There is being made tor the dining
room OF the st. Charles, new door and
window screens, and when the room is
complete with its many improvements as
Mr.. Egnew contemplates, no dining
room in the state will excel it 70 COM
fort. During the..hot summer months
there is.no cooler room in the country
than the st. Charles dining room.
There are those in the city who as
sert that the police force should either
be increased to sufficient number to
give the city ample protection. or that il
should be abolished altogether. One
thing is certain, the force is now toe
small to be effective. Four night police
men are not enough to patrol Cairo and
do effective service.
The body of drowned man wal
found floating in the river on the Ken.
lucky shore near Fillmore on Tuesday
afternoon. 1t is believed that the body is
that of man named John DalzelI, mate
of the Charlie Mcdonald, who fell over
board from that boat while she was lay.
ing at the Kentucky bank opposite this
city some two or three months ago.
Carl Peters, the blacksmith, whose
shop was destroyed in the great fire on
Commercial, has erected on The sight OF
the old building one OF the finest brick
blacksmith shops in Southern Illinois
where he is prepared to do anything in
his line at the very lowest price. MIR
Peters is one of the best workmen in his
line, and horse-shoeing is one of his
speclalties 4-24-tf.
Arrivals at the Arlington yesterday
were: J. c. Dewett, &c. Collins, Anna
H.; A. T. Peeler, Belknap, H.; j. ID
Capron, st. Louis, Mo-; +. Oppenhei
mer, Louisville, Ky, A. ID. Graham
Memphis, Tenn; o. NJ. Bell. st. Louis
Mo-; ii. w. Goodrich, Chicago. Ill.
j. W. Kennedy. New Orleans, La; A
c. Brown, Paris, H.; Il. c. McClur
and wife. Clear Creek, ILL.,; John Mick
ems, Chicago, Ill.
The Methodist sociable to take plac
at the residence OF Mr.. Walker this ever
ing promises to be attended by yer
large number Of the friends of the Nj. I
|, church. Mr.. and Mrs. Walker hav
gone to considerable trouble to make al
rangements for the reception and eniel
tainment of their guests, and it is to /
$ hoped that they will not be dlsappointe
!, in their expectations OF large attenC
= ance.
H. c. Harpending, hailing froI
9 Dongolia, was taken i'm for twenty do
lars yesterday on the three card mon
s game. Harpending fell in with OF
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