The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-12-22
BUBU RBAN.

AND VILLA NlDuE AM boi.'Ns
We take tho following items from the
Mound City Patriot Of Thursday, Goth.
If the present warm and unseason>
able weather continues few days longer,
there rs n likelihood OF its bringing out
the fruit buds TO such an extent that the
| first cold snap will kill them all, causing
an almost total failure in our fruit crop
for next year.
JAS. Frazier, OF Dog Tooth Bend,
Alexander county, had valuable horse
stolen one day last week by man named
Biggs and the following day Sheriff
Wilson captured the gentleman near
Ullin. His examination took place be-
fore Judge Metz, who bound him over
In the sum OF $500, and he now anguish
eth in the county jail,
MIR. Joseph Reel, OF Reelsyille; Putt
nam county, guest of our fellow citizen,
j. Mcdowell, Esq, is here for the pur-
pose of establishing Touring mill. Mr..
Mcdowell is q citizen Of the right strip
quiet, persevering, and energetic, and by
example and precept inducing all others
to emigrate and locate where his interests
lie.
The ladies Of the Episcopal Church
viii give a sociable and oyster supper in
the Ordnance building on Christmas
night, a smali admission fee will be
charged at the door. and the supper will
tie extra. Good music will be procured
10 enliyen the occasion, and nothing lett
undone that will cause everyone TO enjoy
themselves thoroughly.
Among foreign arrivals since our
last issue we notice Mr.. James Mulliken.
who GENES from Lawrence county, this
State, to purchase a farm and home in q
latitude where grasshoppers dwell not.
Mr.. NJ. Is very much pleased with this
section OF country, and the chances Of
his becoming Il citizen OF Pulaski county
are good, he having about concluded to
purchase the farm OF Capt. Cole BOren,
near Caledonia.
The Allons Dancing Club will give
their holiday ball at Stokes Hall on Fri
day evening. Dec. 18th, the invitations
for which are already issued. The mem>
bcrs OF the Club propose "laying them
selves out" and making this the most
elegant affair Of the season. The repu~
| tatiOn the club has established Is sufli>
cient guarantee that they will do all they
promise, and the public may be assured
that this dance will be par excellence.
AT a meeting of the Women's Tenn
per9nce Christian Union, held at their
hall, last Monday evening, they voted to
make themselves auxiliary to the state
organization OF the same name, and
adopted its constitution and bylaws,
with the exception that they reserved the
right to change their bylaws, without
approval by the state organization. Very
pleasant little addresses were made by
Mrs. DR.. Wardner, of Cairo, and Mrs.
John A. Waugh, OF this city. We will
publish a full list OF the officers of the as.
ISOLATION next weak; lack of space pre-
vents it III this issue.
"A number OF boys who are old
enough to know better, have been In the
habit of congregating about the e. & V.
r. Il. depot, evenings, and INDUCING in
boisterous conduct generally. AS usual,
such gatherings engender Ill feeling and
quarrels Last Friday evening num-
Der OF the young men gathered, as GUS
toTary, when dispute arose between
Edward Shipper and Fred Gregson
which eliminated in a fight, and the re-
suit was that Gregscn pulled out his pis-
tol (or rather his apology for one, as the
calibre was of the mosquito siye) and
shot at Shipper, but owing
to the above mentioned insignia,
canoe of his "shooten iron,n the
ball only penetrated Shippen's clothes.
doing no further damage than to teariully
alright both OF the youths. One saw
death staring him in the face; the other
the pcnitentiary. We hope it may be q
lesson to both. Young Gregson had q
preliminary examination before Squire
Carter on Saturday, and was bound over
In the sum of $3.50, to await the action OF
the Grand Jury at the next term of the
Circuit Court. While we deprecate this
affair, we are inclined to think its occur
renee will exercise a wholesome influence
upon that class OF Young America In our
midst who seem to think brayado consti-
tutes bravery, and that obscenity and
carousng are the natural attributes of q
gentleman.
The Villa Ridge correspondent of the
Patriot says: Alta regular meeting Of the
Masonic Lodge last Saturday evening,
the following officers were elected tor the
ensuing year: A. B. Robertson, w. NJ;
s. IL. Graves, S. W.; A. Pollock. j. W.;
A. Hummer, Secy., l., f. Grain, Treas; j.
!, w. Mott was appointed $. d.; John Won.
nlda, J. D.; and A. +. Biggerstaff Tyler.
The school directors held meeting
last Saturday, and voted to close the
doors of our school house hall against all
societies, thus depriylng the Literary
Society, Red>Ribbon Club, Brass Bad
Association, Good Templars and Gran
gers OF place of meeting. Many look
upon it as an outrage, and we haye heard