The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-24

DIR. N. IL. casey was In the city yes
terday.
City Jailer Mahohey is making the
prisoners In the city Jail earn their food,
| by laboring on the new levee.
The word Of this day and hour ID
ECONOMY" therefore commence to econ
omize by buying boots and shoes of Liv-
ingston. l-24-3t
Save the money you pay to help by
doing the work yourself. Livingston
adopts this rule. hence he can afford to
sell boots and shoes cheap. l-24-3t
small blank books kept in stock a
the City Bindery. Sold as cheap as any
book store in the city. Books Of every
size from two to ten quires, or more. II
The kentucky bank opposite this
city is lined with barges, fiat-boats and a
ferry-boat or two, picked up here after
the late breaking up of ice gorges above.
Prayer meetings are held daily at
eleven O'Clock a. M. in the Methodist
| Episcopal church. All are invited to at
tend. The regular services at night con-
tinue.
The senatorial contest is the "all alb
sorbing" topic Of discussion in the stores,
hotels, saloons, etc. The friends of the
different candidates take lively interest
in the contest.
Be sure and call for DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup. If you are troubled with a bad
Cough or Cold. 1t will give you relief.
For sale by every respectable druggist.
One bottle Is cents; five bottles for
$l,0o. nG)
Owing to the caving-in of the river
bank at point just below the foot of
Dicky Island, the narrow gauge railroad
company has been compelled to move ITS
track again. For several days large
force of men has been at work.
The report that Bill Lee had died
suddenly on Monday night is not true.
Bill says he was "dead drunk, and that's
the way the story got out" He don't
expect to die until after the presidential
middle has been definitely settled.
Livingston sells boots and shoes at
Mattson's old stand, where you can get
80 pairs of childrens' shoes for $l.OO a
pair, 90 pairs OF womans' shoes for Sl.l0
pair. so pairs OF boys boots at Sl.0O
pair. and 80 pairs mems boots at 1925
pair. l-24-3t.
The rise in the Ohio river comes
unusually early this year, fact which
causes Old river men to express the opln-
ION that the spring rise will not be SO
great as it usually il. The Ohio is now
about thirty-eight feet above low water
mark.
The members OF the National Cor
net band are working hard to make their
masquerade ball, which takes place at
Turner hall on Monday evening. Feb
ruary 9TH, success. No efforts will be
spared to make this the grandest ball
ever given by that organization.
The city marshal has received in
structions to arrest all persons known to
be doing business without license. II is
said there are several saloon-keepers and
q number OF merchants, teamsters and
draymen who have not yet taken out IL
cense who will be "drawn up" by the
marshall.
The sheriff OF johnson county, j. H.
Carter, is securing" the upper portion
of this county in search of a young man
named Ashbrook, who is charged with
shooting a school teacher named Gray
hutchinson county some time ago. 1t is
believed Ashbrook 10 concealed some
where in this county.
Mrs. $. Williamson, milliner, CONNER.
cial avenue, opposite Schuh's drug store,
has just received a new stock of feathers
and flowers, which she has marked down
to the very lowest figures. This is the
best and cheapest lot of millinery goods
ever offered to the ladies of Cairo. She
invites an examination of her goods.
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Tickets for the High school enter
tainment at the Atheneum, on Friday
evening, Jan. 26th, will be % cents for
adults and children. The tickets may be
procured at the folio wing stores: p. q.
Schuh's, Barclay Bros, B. F. Parker's.
f. Z. FOrd's, W. L.. BristOl's and NJ. j.
McGauley's; also at the door on Friday
evening. l-24-6t
Among the most charming objects
i'm nature are little babies with rosy
cheeks, plump limbs, and Snowy-white
clothes on. Whenever you see these
sweet little cherubs looking specially at
tractive, good enough for the king OF
the Cannibals himself to make q lunch
on, you may be sure that the mammas
use nothing but Il. Il. Rabbits Best
Soap.
--Justus Cunningham has written
another letter to Chief OF Police Walling,
Of New York, in which Ito use .Justus'
own language) he gives that gentleman
to understand that ''if he IL backwOOds
lawyer away ont in Illinois no is no
snOozer." .Dustus has agreed to furnish
us copy of the letter, but desires it to
"appear in the New York Herald before
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