The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-03


himself into an investigating commit
tee to ascertain what salary the surveyor
Of the port OF Cairo receives. According
to the Sm's figuring Mr.. Fisher gets
81 ,Gl2.85 per annum. This looks suspic-
ious, and some people are cruel enough
to say that In the event of Hayes inaugu.
ration, the editor OF the SIN will try to
be Mr.. Fishers successor.
The following named persons were
among the guests at the st. Charles hotel
yesterday: w. g. Esrige, Grenada, Miss;
Herbert Lewis, Boston F; L. G. Wright,
Mayfield. Ky; John B. Gest, Cincin-
natl Jas. A. Wright, Louisville J. NJ.
Krout, Cincinnati &. NJ. Dickey. Cincn.
natl; G. B. Beebe, st. Louis Lew. |.
Gray, West India Islands {; W. NJ. Brown,
Sparta; Z. NJ, Dixie, Chicago.
The attention of the public is par
ticuIarly called to the advertisement of
Winter & Stewart OF the last sale of
goods rescued from the wreck OF the
steamer Arlington, to be sold at ten
O'Clock this morning on Halliday & Phil
lips wharf-boat, and which will consti-
tute the largest sale had yet. For full
particulars we refer you to the notice in
another column.
INERT secures the esteem Of the
right-thinking, fortune that OF the pub
lic," says brilliant epigrammatist. All
classes, however, rejoice when good for
tune rewards palpable h.erit, and the
highest medal OF honor is the universal
recognition OF the world. Such has been
the well-earnsd reward Of the maker of
B. T. Rabbits Best Soap, for his name
is honorably known from palace to tene-
ment garnet.
The following was received yester-
day morning.:
SIGNAL OFFICE. CAIRO. ILLs.,(
February 2. 1877.
The observer at st. Louis reports the
river has risen i've feet since last night,
and Is still rising and the ice is moving
slowly. JAMES N. WATSON,
SsrE't Signal Ser, L. s. A.
SO we may lookout for "big water" in
the Mississippi. Fortunately the Ohio
river il on the decline.
When the ice gorges in the Ohio river
gave way, great many barges and
number Of ferry boats belonging at
points above Cairo, were broken loose
from their moorings, and fioated down
the river with the ice. One ferry boat
and several barges were picked up by
the Three States and the owners notified,
and they have since came on and claimed
their property. The Three States was
well paid for her trouble.
Il always have been and still am sole
proprietor and manufacturer of DR.. VIM.
Woods Fever Pulls. ANY one selling .
Woods Fever Pill not made by rue, 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 30 ct. and Sl.0O boxes. Special
rates to dealers ON application. Sent
postage paid on receipt Of price.
d&w-tf. DIR. VIM. WooD.
IA man OF parts not unfrequently is
i'll at ease in the society Of fools; )" so
writes shrewd French essayist. This
is specially the case in fashionable as
semblies, for the brainless are not so
dull-witted as to ignore the great value
OF cleanliness and an elegant exterior,
which, by some strange paradox, the
brighter men sometimes over look.
How important that the merits Of B. Il.
Rabbits Best Soap should be univer-
sally known.
The Chicago Hotel Reporter Of the
goth, says: "The dinner recently given at
the fremont House in this city to the
members Of the Dartmouth Alumni asso-
citation. was probably one OF the most ele-
CANT affairs Of its kind ever gotten up in
Chicago. The gentlemen composing the
executive committee OF the association
were so well pleased that they have ad-
dressed letter to Manager Jewett Will
cox, complimenting him upon the man.
nsr in which the affair was conducted,
and assuring him that in the future all |
reunions OF the alumni will be held a.
the fremont"
Mr.. E. c. Ford has bought the stock |
of the Variety Bracket Store opposite |
Goldstine and Rosenwater's, on Com
mercial avenue, and has on hand a COM
plete assortment OF wall pockets, Ede
and corner brackets, ladies' toilets, clock |
shelves, album frames. match safes, card
receivers, cornice pieces, slipper cases, all
styles and sizes ofpicture frames, beau,
tiful combination of mirror, comb case
towel rack and match safe in one piece,
shirt boom boards, SO arranged as to
hold the bosom firm while ironing all
styles of moulding and frames made to
order. Ladies please call before purchas-
ing elsewhere l-l3-lm
We understand the Women's Club
and Library Association are having the
papers drawn up preparatory to having
the association chartered under the state
laws. The association will be chartered
under its originsl name, "The Women's
Club and Library Association" 1t 10 the
desire OF the ladies' comprising the club
to open the librry on the occasion of its