The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-08

49, ne season IOr AmuGcment9 IL Close
at hand, aud another efforts will be
made to bring Fred Douglas to Cairo,
to deliver lecture.
Ben Jenkens, charged with kicking
TWO up town youngsters, was up before
Squire Osbonrne yesterday. He was
fined five dollars and cost and dis
charged after paying the cash.
F. Al. Ward has gone INTO the ice
business, and Is now delivering pure lake
Ice in all parts OF the city. Orders lett
with him will receive prompt attention,
and the purity of the ice delivered guar
antced. 2-lm
Another meeting OF the officials and
members Of the alexander County
Agricultural and Mechanical Associa.
tion," will be held In few days, when a
committee to canvass the town and
county for the sale OF stock shares will
be appointed.
John Rogers was very disOrderly
about the streets yesterday. and was
therefore arrested by an efficient police
man. lie told his story to Judge Bird,
and was fined five dollars and costs, and
sent to the lookup for ten days. He
couldn't pay.
"A large force Of hands were at work
yesterday removing the track of the
Cairo'and st. Louis railroad In the vcin-
ity Of the new levee. The bank in the
locality mentioned is caying in very
rapidly, and the railroad company have
found 1t necessary to remove their track
four times within the Last ten days.
The name OF the man who was
killed near Charleston by 81. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern railroad
passenger train, on Monday morning,
and OF whom We spoke yesterday, was
John Clark, lie was section hand on
the above named road. 1t is supposed
the deceased was intoxicated and laid
down on the track to sleep.
Auction on Walnut street, between
Fourth and Fifth streets. this afternoon
at 3 O'Clock, by Winter & Stewart. A
rare chance to obtain first-class No. !
cook stove with all the utensils, and
other articles enumerated in an adver-
tisement elsewhere in this mornings
issue.
The ate ..tiOn OF the city authorities
is called to the bad condition OF the
sewer on Washington oRenue between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets. This
sewer has "caved i'm in no less than three
places in distance of les. than eighty
feet, and in the event OF a hard rain there
will be no outlet for the water that
usually collects on the low ground in
the vicinity of Twelfth street and Wash
ington avenue, back to Thirteenth and
Walnut and Fourteenth and Ceder
streets, The matter should be looked to
without delay.
Returns from the country precincts
OF the county come in slowly, and up to
last evening only two precincts had been
heard from, and these were Santa Fee and
Goose Island. If the county generally
mas gone as these precincts indicate it
has Judge Dufi's majority in the
seven country precincts will be enough
to overcome Dougherty's vote in the
city, and give Duff the county by
small majority. In Santa Fe the vote
was, Duff, 10; Dougherty, 3, and Young.
blood, none; and in Goose Island, Duff,
%; Dougherty,2 Ioungblood, none.
The temperance people to gOodly
number were in attendance at the meet
ing at the residence OF Sd. Ayers last
evening. The meeting was an interest
Ing one and plan OF action decided on.
Mrs. NJ, B. Holyoke, lecturer and organ
i2er and corresponding secretary OF the
Woman's Temperance Union OF Illinois
was present, and took an active part in
the proceedings of the meeting. This
lady will deliver public lecture on the
subject of temperance at the Atheneum
on tomorrow, Thursday evening. Mrs.
Holyoke Is said to be q fluent and able
speaker.
Anna has new literary and library
society, and Its members propose giving
entertainments at Ussery's new opera
house in that town on the l4th 10Th and
10th of this month. The proceeds will be
devoted to the purchase of books, etc.
The most popular young foN OF the
towns of Anna and JonesbofS, assisted
by professional, Mr.. Harry Clayton,
make up the cast of characters in the
great play of Under the Gaslights,"
which is to be presented. The cause Is
a good one, and it is to be hoped the
enterprise will be tlttingly patronized by
the people of those places.
"A letter and telegram received yes
terday by Mr.. Hyslop from Mr.. II. II.