The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-09

flake your last nip to-day boys. alld
walk up aud sign The pledge to>night.
New years Is close at hand and a
fellow might just as well swear off now
rs TO wait.
The rain last night was fully as heavy
as on the night previous AMI If general
will swell our rivers.
What has become of Prof. Lummcr's
apparatus for the purpose Of turning tho
current OF the river:
Prof. he lIo,lnc, the one legged tight
rope walker, will walk to-day at $50
p. M. on Commercial avenue.
Care should be taken, now that
cold weather has set in, about the buiid-
Jog OF hres. Kerosene should be avoided.
&C. W. Beck, division superintendent,
and Il. r. jeffrey, general superintendent,
OF the Illinois Central, were in the city yes
terday.
Albert Smith was the fortunate candl.
date at the fair given by the ladies Of
81. Patrick's Catholic church. He received
$40 votes.
Miss Emma Obey, daughter of D..
Oxley, master mechanic OF the Illinois
Central, 10 visiting at the residence Of Mr..
W. W. Wallace.
If the rain continues, we fear that the
Temperance Movement will be mater
ially injured by the prevalence of too
much cold water.
One hundred sets OF narrow guage
trucks were shipped to Chicago yesterday
by the Illinois Central to be made into
wide guage trucks.
The festival given by the ladies' Of St.
Patrick's Catholic church was well attend.
cd In spite OF 1t being election day, and
the weather being bad.
Owing 10 some misunderstanding
about the bids for building the Delta en-.
CINE house, they were all rejected and ne "
ones are no " IN order.
Mothers will grow weary and sigh
over the baby's troubles when DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup would relieve the child and
thereby give the mother rest. Price %
cents.
The returns from Lakewood pres
cinct and Clear Creek precinct are now
In. Fitzgerald, IIely ana Yocum carry
ing Clear Creek, leaving Humm's major
ity 40.
The poor and humble, alike with the
rich and powerful, find in DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup true, tried and trusted
friend. Price Is cents; large size, 80
cents.
MIR. John Beecher has a curiosity in
the shape OF dog. He mot Beecher) fire..
quently drinks enough beer to make him.
self beastly drunk. This, It may be said,
is "dog OF the period"
There will be good music at the
temperance meetings, but we can not say
how Il will be conducted, as that matter
will be subject to the direction of Mr..
REYNOLDS who arrives In the city to-day.
--BAgER's Con LIVER On, LIME 1sD
WILD CHERRY-A pleasant medicine. and
certain remedy for Consumption, Seroiu.
Ia, Debility. etc. Now is the time TO use
II. Jn0. c. Baker & Co., Druggists,
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Billy Morris OF this city, deliver.
ed a lecture before the Literary Society
at villa Ridge last night, and was ac-
companied by the senior editor of this
paper. We failed TO learn the subject
of the lecture, but suppose it was on
Temperance, and that he took the editor
along as q "irighttul example,
We would suggest that the Managers
of tbs Temperance Union invite one o
our several excellent bands to play twt
or three tunes In front Of the building
| just before the opening of the Temperance
meetings each evening. We understand
this is "practIce night" with the oil
band. Perhaps they would consent t
play q few tunes before going up to thei
hall.
Mr.. E. C. Ubl OF Chicago, was in OH
city yesterday, and returned home las
night. We learn from MIR. Uhl that Mr.
Mathuss, his former partner, is compel
led to leave Chicago on account OF i'll
health. The climate does not agree will
him. He is advised by his physician Il
70 10 some higher and drier locality.
Mrs. s. Williamson is marking dow
her goods. and is now selling straw hat
at prices lower than ever. She is nov
Offering hats which heretofor
sold at 70 cents to one dollar, TO
IS, 40 and 30 cents, and al
other goods in proportion. Her stock
flowers is very large and range from !
cents to 81 In price. The price for press
} Ing and remodling straw hats has bee
reduced from 36 and 90 cents to 20 and 3