The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-03-23

"A rattle for gold watch took place
at the Hibernlan engine house last night
1t was arranged that the person throwS
Ing the most should take the watch, and
the person throwing the least should
have ten dollars. MIR. Pat. Mahoney
won the watch. throwing a, and Mr..
Peter Conant throwing 10. took the Yen
dollars. M W ~
-Yarnell's Baking Powder
Give il q trial. & 81
Gov. Sam. Bard, accompanied by
Captain Halliday and Mr.. Oberly, visited
the High school yesterday afternoon, to
listen to the usual Friday afternoon ex>
ercises. The governor took much Inter.
est IN the proceedings and when called
upon to address the school expressed
surprise at the excellence Of our school
system, and said In effect that he believed
the Cairo public schools would compare
iavorably with those OF any other city In
the country.
Since the forming Of through con.
nectlon to Chicago via Cairo & Vincennes
railroad, every train has been carrying
passengers for that point and the new
line seems destined to get its fair pro-
portion OF travel. With its nearly
all daylight run. first-class passengers
save sleeping car expense, and seconc-
class passengers avoid the necessity OF
sitting up all night. The parlor cars
running from Vincennes and Terre Haute
arc said to be among the finest IN use.
Prof. hummer says that Oh April
18th he will makea balloon ascension in
this city, and that he will, with his bal
loon, 90 to Paducah and return in three
hours. Although the professor has fail
Ell to change the channel OF the Missis-
sippl he is not discouraged, but his tall
ure has only spurred him on to renew.
ed effort to immOrtalize his name. The
professors object now is to invent a
machine, which, when attached to
balloon, will enable the operator to guide
IL and to slacken or increase ITS speed at
will. May he be successful.
On Monday evening Col. Hayward's
celebrated minstrel troupe will visit
Cairo and give an entertainment in the
Atheneum. This is an excellent troupe,
and enjoys a reputation second to no
other similar combination now travel
ing. The Helicon band, under the
leadership OF Prot. Wood, is one of the
finest In the country, and is rendering
the troupe immensely popular. The
Evansville Journal says: "Col. Hay
wards minstrel troupe is one OF the best
organizations of the kind on the road"
The Washington. Indiana, Democrat
says: "Proi. Woods Hclicon band is
IMMENSE" Billy Slack. AN old time Cairo.
luc anu ulCtuCt VI Nudl liC uuu DiSh CidChs
is treasurer OF the troupe, and he will
meet with hearty reception at the
hands OF his many friends here.
There was large turnout at the
colored Temperance Reform club rooms
last night to hear Judge Birds address
to the Young Mems Debating club. The
judge spoke for about three quarters of
an hour, and was listened to with the
most respectful attention by the large
audience, among whom there was quite
a number of white citizens. The cub.
iect of the Judges address was
cooperative societies." and tive I'M
derstood him correctly, his idea was to
induce the colored people to club togeth-
er for the purpose OF starting CO.
operative enterprise Of some kinds and
together derive the benefits arising from
the profits OF the establishment. At the
conclusion of Judge Birds address, Dir.
Oberly was invited to speak, and in the
course o! his remarks he gave the col
OIed people some wholesome advice.