The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-08


esting
-Stuaa, the Eighth street dry goods
man, ranks among our most liberal adver-
tiscrs, ard, as "a matter of course, stands IN
the foremost rank of liberal and prosperous
business men.
The Arabs Ball, Christmas night, Is
already attracting the attention, MS wen OF
the young folks who take delight IN the re
creation of the ballroom, as of the people
of maturcr years who wish to encourage the
company.
The throng that crowded Dan Hart
mans toy emporium, yesterday, saw much
to wonder ut, and about ten car loads OF
curious, costly, ingenious, handsome useful
and ornamental objects to admire. TO en-
ploy an original phrase, cavcatcd to TIE
BULLETIN, the opening was success.
The many friends Of Miss Annie Pitcher
will regret to learn that she has undergone
no marked improvement since she was
, taken III. Her physician pronounces her
aimcnt TO be inflammation Of The stomach
and liver. During the past four days her
stomach has rejected all kinds of nonrish-
ment, although there were indications of
very slight improvement in that respect
yesterday evening Her case, although not
necessarily dangerous, is serious.
Come and see our display Of ladies'
gents and childrcn's hosiery and gloves on
Monday. Ladies two button kid gloves
worth IS for 80 cents; Celebrated Peri
not, two button kid gloves, only 81; Cclc-
brated Trcfousscc, two button, kid gloves,
warranted worth 81, only 81 So Head
quarters for hosiery, from SC. to 81 per
pair. Gents undcrshirts from 25c. aud up
ward. Ladies Merino vests cheap a, SOC.
for Acc. Gents Chinchilla gauntlcts 25c.
each and upward. DO not believe what
others say about US, but come and judge for
yourselves and we will do you good. Stu
art, Eighth street.
Another man victmized by the snipe
gamel Far beyond the race course, bent
over his open mouthcd bag, holding Ian
tern that the snipc might walk into the
opening, there, for long, lonely two hours,
the dupcd chap kept watch and ward,
whilst Tom and Ed and the balance Of the
cruel practicalists, staggered, and roared and
rolled in actual paroxysms of merrimcnt;
until moved by touch of sympathetic for
bcarancc they informed him that the night
wasn't good one for snipc'bagging, and
that they'd better 60 home and try it some
other time. II this account is not balanced
before long, we are greatly mistaken as to
the metal of the individual who was vic
timizcd.
BY an amendment to the bylaws Of the
Cairo Taxpayers association, adopted at the
Friday evening meeting, the president was
authorized to designate three members Of
the association to act as a committee on i'm
provements The scope Of the committees
powers and duties was not prescribed, but is
suggested by its title. 1t will conceive,
mature and report measures, the adoption
of which might add in any way to the ma
terial and moral well being Of the city, Sug
gcstions whereby the public expenses might
be lessened public Improvements under.
taken, industries established and cncour-
aged, abuses corrected, and thousand other
things that will occur to the committee in
the progress of its abors, President Wood
ward appointed the following named gen
tlemen as such committee, viz: Wood
Rttenhousc, Peter Ncif and b. f. Blake.
We don't think we indulge in very
wild representation in placing the amount
of money that will be spent in Cairo for
holiday goods, at fifty thousand, two hun
bred and eight dollars, and forty cents
The preparations for the trade fully war
rant the prediction. In every dry goods
house, grocery, drug store, .jcwelry establish
ments, millinery and book store Of the
city, supplies Of holiday good can be seen;
graded to every taste and purse, and espcci-
ally adapted to the likngs Of the little ones.
With a shrewdness peculiar to Cairo mcr-
chants, an eye has been kept to the fancies
and wants Of the ladies. Once enlist the
interest Of the wives, mothers amid daugh.
ters, and you have in your possession the
"opcn sesame" to every purse in the city.
That's the reason we say what we do say
that Cairo merchants will sell $4,000
worth Of holiday goods.
Life insurance is good thing, Tens
o, thousands of families are, through its
agency, saved from penury and abcct want,
and provided with the means that secure to
them respectable suStenancc. 1t il es-
pecially for the poor man that the system
works out its blessings; but no agency for
good was ever better paid. Performing all
its obligations with scrupulous oxactncss it
has tremendous margin for profits. But
this margin Is rendered tremendous by the