The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-11


oners are represented by Hon. j. "a.
I.ansden.
1t is undoubtedly true that there Is
we'll organized gang of horse thieves
now operating In this and adjoining
counties. Within the last two or three
weeks number OF valuable horses have
been stolen and run of, II is supposed, to
Missouri and thence to Arkansas.
AT the st. Charles yesterday were T..
A. Ford, general passenger agent Of the
st. Louis, Iron Mountsin and Southern
railroad NJ. 81. Spenor, John Reason
aud M. A. King, st. Louis; A. Judah,
Kaskaskia: Miss Mirsh Cohn. New Or.
leans: Z. Il. Plumb and ID. Z. Plumb,
Toronto NJ. X. McElhany. Cincinnati.
The owners of the lots Oh the east
side of Commercial avenue, between
Fourth and Fifth streets, have petitioned
the city council tor the construction OF a
new side walk, the old one having been
destroyed by the late fire in that block.
The petition was referred to the street
committee.
Mark Twain's new work, "Adven-
lures of Tom sawyer" is highly spoken
OF by those who have read it. The
agent, w. F. Pitcher, who is canvassinQ
Cairo, has forty-three names, and will be
ready to deliver the present week. The
book has had such ready sale he could
not get his orders filed, but has the
promise of a full supply the present
week.
The attention of the superintendent
OF sidewalks is called to the bad condi-
ton of the sidewalk at the corner OF
Fourteenth and Walnut streets. A miss
ing plank leaves an ugly and dangerous
opening in the walk. Shortly after dark
last evening lady passing up Walnut
street stepped through this opening and
received Injuries which will cause her
to walk lame tor some time.
Prominent among the guests at the
Planters House yesterday were B.
Clarke, Louisville c. l.. Hay, Charles
ton; A. NJ. Brown. Springfield: w. s.
McCreary, Huntsville; Robert Brown,
Rushville /; A. 6. Reville, Flat Rich, iii.
c. s. Robinson, St. Louis j. j. Bridges,
Vienna; Geo. o. Shivers, Cincinnati |;
s. L. Warner, J. y. Gibbs and b. Norris,
Nation.
Died, on Saturday morning. Febru-
AIRY 10th, 1877, at o'clock, of Group,
Thomas, infant son OF John and Marga-
ret O'Donnell. The funeral will take
place to-day at three O'Clock by special
train from the foot Of eighth street. Ser
vices will be held at st. Patrick's Catho-
lie church at two o'clock. Friends and
acquaintances of the family invited to at
tend.
--''Be me sowl." said Patrick to Mich
ael one Sunday morning as they smoked
their dudeens together, after breakfast,
and watched the beautiful little pigs that
played with the children in the dooryard,
Eyes luks like swell jontleman, a-going
tor his airin'." ''whisht," replies Mike,
II signed Father Mathews pledge last
week, and the old gal TUX the whisky
money. and bought some Of B. T. Bah
bits Best Soap"
We are told that at no time since the
war has the st. Charles hotel done so
good business as 1t has tor the last
month. Mr.. Egnew. the new proprietor
of the hotel, has created complete revo-
luton in the management of the house,
and it Is undoubtedly one of the best
conducted houses in the southwest. The
patronage OF the institution is increasing,
and travellers who stop there once never
go elsewhere afterwards. 4
Judge Baker is the owner of a large
track OF land some six or seven miles
above the city, which, until within the last
year or two was, to use the expression, a
"howling wilderness The judge
leased the land in ten, twenty and forty
acre lots to colored men, and they have
succeeded in clearing it up, and now the
Judge has very respectable farm out OF
it. In a few years he will have one Of
the largest and best farms in the county.
i always have been and still am sole
proprietor aud manufacturer of DR.. VIM.
Woods Fever Pills. Any one selling q
Woods Fever Pill not made by me, will
be prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. For sale at the New York Store, A.
Swoboda's, F. Healy's. p. G.. Schuh's
Barclay Brothers, and at my office.
Sold in so ct. and $IOO boxes. Special
rates to dealers on application. Sent
postage paid on receipt of price.
d&w-tf. DIR. WIN. WooD.
Owen Gillian, son OF the Emerald
isle, was before Judge Bird yesterday on
charge of vagrancy. Owen has been
IN the city about tour weeks and OF
that time has spent all but two days in
the calaboose, having been arrested three
different times on charges Of drunken
ness, and on each occasion was sent up
for eight days. Owen has put in good
work on the new levee. and has come
back to help finish 1t. This time he was
sent over tor twenty-eisht days.
Sheriff Saup notifies the taxpayers
OF the country precincts that he will be
ready at the times and places stated to
receive taxes. He has made the follow