The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03
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tomorrow.
Business is dull. Try stock specula-
ton. Thousands of dollars are often made
from an investment Of one hundred. Send
to Alex. Erothington & Co., brokers, IL
Wall street, New York, for their Weekly
Financial Report, sent free.
MIR. Bob Stewart, Sunday, received a
telegram announcing the death of his sis
ter, Mrs. Richie, OF yellow fever, at New
Orleans. Mrs Richie was raised almost in
this city, and her death will create grief in
the ranks of a large circle Of relatives and
acquaintance.
The city council meets tonight
Would it not be good idea for the board
of health to send in Il few of the bills it has
contracted, just to give lthe people taste of
what they may expect when the whole
thing comes up ror settlement
The lecture of Father Murphy at st.
Patricks church Sunday night was well at
tended, and those who had the pleasure of
listening to the reverend gentleman were
outspoken IN praise Of his effort. We did
not ascertain the pecuniary result of the
lecture.
Jack Conner-one of the landmarks of
| Cairo-known to every man, woman and
child in the city, died yesterday after lin
gering illness. In his day and in his way
Jack was prominent figure in Cairo, and
often filled large measure of the attention
| of the public. He was well up in years,
though by no means an old man. He
leaves family behind him, almost all
grown. The funeral will take place to-
day and the remains will be conveyed
to Villa Ridge on the passenger train at
l 10 this aft rnoon
Work is progressing finely on the new
county road and on the new bridge across
Cache. Ii the present intentions Of the
county board can be carried out the
new road will supply a most important
want long felt both by the people outside
of Cairo and the people Of Cairo themselves.
While the expenditures are light, the work
is first-class in every particular, and the
country people have in store what is to Il
farmer the greatest Of all boons-a good
road. The timber Of the approaches to the
bridge are all in their places on either side,
and as soon as the piing is completed for
the abutments, the iron work will be placed
in position, and we shall have tirst.clasS
bridge.
That order permitting trains lived
twenty-four hours longer than the most
sanguine predicted Its age was just seven
ty-two hours to the dot when it died of
suspension, as many other bad things have
persisted from the earth before it. We are
blandly informed that for the present, Mr.
J. c. Clarke, general manager Of the Chica-
90, St Louis and New Orleans railroad will,
at the suggestion Of the chairman of the
board ofhealth, prohibit all trains from New
Orleans passing north through Cairo. This
may be in turn repealed before The Bull
LETIN reaches its readers 1t is, however.
our duty to record what the board of health
has done, not what it may do, although
the later is tale by no means difficult of
performance. 1t may be safely set down as
undoing tomorrow what it has done to-
day.
The investigating committee of the city
council was in session last night in the
council chamber examining witnesses. Capt
Hacker and Mr. Bob, Devore, Of the Three
States, and Misses Glover and Owens APP
peared as witnesses and were examined
Mr.. Hacker stated in his test.
mony that the day after Miss
Glover crossed on the ferry Mr.. John Nc.
NIFTY came to him and asked him to give
up the permit which allowed her to cross,
stating that he wanted it to get the mayors
signature; thar he gave it up to Mr.. Nc
Nulty, and Mr.. Men being subsequently
requested to hand it back refused to do so.
Mr. Devore testified that the woman said
on the fcrryboat that she had been to
Grenada and New Orleans, and that the
permit she had cost her "a ten dollar Will
liam" Miss Glover testified that she tele.
graphed to a gentleman in the city to get
her permit; he replied that he could not
get it, she then asked st. Louis drum.
mer who was about to cross the river, to 30
to Mr. McNulty and request him to get her
permit; she would not swear that she did
not tell Mr.. Devore the permit cost her ten
dollars, although she did swear that she
paid nothing for it. She had never seen
the permit; knew that Mr.. Fambaker would
not put himself out Of the way to accomo.
date her; he would let her stay on the other
side of the river forever, as far as he was
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