The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-05-30
LOCAL ro0x3T ly1oEs.
The rivers are falling.

day evening.
The Cairo public schools will close
on Friday for four months vacation.
.-Csohe bridge on the Cairo and
Mound City road needs repairing.
The sidewalk on Walnut street
above Fifteenth are undergoing repairs.
The Union county bond case draws
its slow length along in the circuit court.
REV. Mr.. George il expected home
from Philadelphia the latter part OF this
week.
MIR. Wentz, general freight and pas
senger agent for the Cairo and st. Louis
railroad, Is in the city.
Sheriff Nimmo OF Union cOunty,is in
the city. He is witness in the Union
county bond case.
Shall We or shall we not have a
Fourth Of July blowout is the question.
Who will answer!
Coroner Able having removed from
the state, 1t will be necessary to elect a
new coroner this fall.
Every variety Of slippers tor infants,
children, girls, boys, women and men
just received at Livingstons' shoe store,
Eighth street. St
Decoration Day. Bc patriotic !!
Suspend business, and spend one day in
glorifying the memory Of the nations
dead.
The colored Sunday schools will
picnic at Hodges park on Thursday,
June 7th. The Cairo and st. Louis
railroad will run SPECIAL trains during
the day.
-Butter-good, bad and Indifferent,
can be had at almost any store iu town
at very low prices. The market Is badly
oyerstvcked.
Strawberries and green peas are b..
coming cheap in the Cairo market.
Strawberries, two boxes Tor q quarter,
and peas III u quarter u peck are the rul.
INK prices.
Chief OF Police After is going to get
after the doys, aud wnen he gets good
ready, there will be no let ny until every
dog upon which the tax is not paid 10
cent 10 his last resting place.
Remember you can 20 10 Mound City
aud return to-day ut almost any hour you
wish. The Cairo aud VlncenneS railroad
will run four trains each way during
the day. See card elsewhere in this is-
sue.
Mr.. Jas. Johnson. general Southern
agent for the Illinois Central railroad,
is now in San Antonio, Texas, on busl-
ness for that road. He is expected to
return within the next week or ten
days.
The Cairo box and basket factory is
doing big business. Frank Field, the
uperintendent, understands the business,
and by his push and energy the estab-
lishnlent is doing an unusually large
amount OF business.
Mrs. Al. Susanka LETT by the Illinois
Central railroad on Monday afternoon
for New York, from which she will
sail on Thursday for Ireland. She will
be absent about three months.
This being legal holiday, the ted
eral offices in this city will be closed.
he postoflice will be opened tor the ac.
commodation Of the public from seven
| TO eight o'clock q. NJ, and from five to
six o'clock p. m.
Mrs. D.. Wardner has been elected
president Of the association for the cree
ton OF an industrial home tor young
girls. Mrs. Wardner was the originator
of the project, and we are glad to know
that she has been placed the at head of
the association.
Street Superintendent German with
a force of teams and laborers is still
at work on the streets in the lower part
OF the city. We hope his honor and the
street committee will not forget that
little matter at the corner of Fifteenth
and Walnut streets.
The Union county bond case is still
on trial in the circuit court. Among the
witnesses examined yesterday were
Col. Taylor. Judge Bross, aud several
gentlemen from Union county. The
case will undoubtedly occupy the bal.
ance Of the week.
This lie decoration day, and 1t is the
duty ofall patriotic citizens to observe it.
james Smith was arrested by Chief
Of Police AFTER night before last for be.
Ing drunk. Judge Bird yesterday sent
him to labor on the streets for five
days.
The sale Of cigars announced to take
place at Winter q Stewards auction
room yesterday at 10 O'Clock was post.
poned until Friday, June lst, at 10
o'clock, am. The cigars to be sold are
Of good quality, and those desiring good
bargains should be sure 10 attend the
sale.
"A picnic party Of about twenty-five
persons crossed the river yesterday
morning on the ierryboat Three States
to Old Fort Jefferson. The day wa:
spent pleasantly In the shade near the
old fort, and the party returned to the
city on the last trip Of the boat.