The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-06-29
HERE AND THERE.

This heat yesterday was oppressive and
cnervating.
A good work is being done in filling
the slough on the road to Mound City, just
this side of the Corral
Quite number of young folks left the
city yesterday morning at s o'clock to par
take of the hospitality of Mrs. Stephen
Bird. The party will return this morning.
The Box Factory is kept very busy
shipping fruit-box material. 1t yesterday
received thirteen carloads of logs from Ar
lington, and will to-day receive as many
more.
The Alexander County delegation to
the Springfield convention complimented
Mr.. VIM, NJ. Murphy, of this city, by
solid vote for the Supreme Clerkship nom
| nation.
The Sun has heard it minated that
Mr. Thos Ridgway will resign his posi-
ton as president of the board of trustees of
the Southern Illinois Normal University,
at Carbondae
Justice Comings went up on the special
train on the Cairo and Vincenncs road
yesterday afternoon, and was spectator at
the game played between the Cairo boys
and the Mound Cityites.
1t began to rain in good earnest short
while before midnight, and continued up
to the hour of our going to press-four
o'clock 1t was welcomed as affording re-
lief from the heavy sultriness prevailing.
Petitions in circulation for commuta-
ton of Burklow's sentence to imprison-
ment for term of years are being very
generally signed. They will be forwarded
to Gov. Cullom, TO whom they are adj
dressed.
AT meeting OF Ascalon Lodge, r. of
p. held last hight, the following officers
were elected John d. Holmes, Chancellor
Commander; B. +. Blake, Vice Chancellor
Will. h. Hawkins, Keeper of Records
and Seals; James A. Phillis, Master of
Finance; F. Bross, Master of Exchequer.
The ways OF Capt. Hambleton, at
Mound City, are employed Just at present
to their fullest capacity. More work has
been done on them the present year than for
double the same period during the last
ten years. Notwithstanding very close
both at St Louis and Paducah,
he captain has been able to control good
hare of this kind of work.
Mrs. Phillips was before Justice Rob.
nson yesterday complaining of the action ,
If her husband in taking her household =.
foods and attempting to sell them in her
bsence. She is said to be honest and in -,
lustrious, while he is said to be the reverse
# this. The judge gave them good advice,
which probably averted lawsuit and say
d them further trouble.
A coach and engine were run up on the Il
afro and Vincenncs road yesterday after +,
Don to Mound City for the accommoda- i
ion of the players and of those who de- q
ired to witness the game between the n
'ankers Club Of this city and the River
dies of Mound City. AT the time of the q
eparture of THE BULLETIN ambassa. O
or from the playing grounds the River II
DIES lead the Cairo boys four runs T
The members Of Ascalon Lodge, No. 81. c
:. of p held a meeting at the residence of p
lr. John II. Obcrly last night for the pur- II
ose Of recognizing electing officers, etc q
fter the different officers were elected and
lstituted and other business matters dis. p
osed of. the knights were courteOusly in.
tied by Mr.. and Mrs. Oberly to adjourn to s.
} the dining-room and partake of a repast Il
flee cream and cake, with the usual red v
IbbOn accOnpahllncntS.
The BULLETIN got its information =
the alarm Of fire yesterday
forming from the members of fire COM
any who were returning TO the cnginchousc
it'll their engine. They had been down :,
,wn in answer to the alarm, and we sup
oscd, of course, that being fircmen, they
new what they were talking about. The ;,
arm was occasioncd by fire in jenkins
irpenter shop, between Washington and
commercial avenues. twas promptly cx-
nguished by the Arabs-so we are told. "
"WHAT is the matter with the DARLING