The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-01-03
Ghe Balletin,
CITY NEWS.
THURSDAY, January 8, 1878.

Shell oysters Just received at the
Crystal saloon. HARRY WALKER.
ll-20.
Choice dairy butter at 20c per pound
In small packages; also 200 barrels choice
Birnlsh May, Genetings and Wine Sap
apples, at S2(g2 80 per barrel.
25-lw ALDEN, GRAVES q Co.
An unexcelled variety OF zephyrs,
woods and fancy articles, OF all shades
and colors, form an attractive feature in
the elegant holiday display at j. Burgers.
l2,lj.tf.
-Paperholders, comb and brush boxes,
and many other articles too numerous to
mention at 4. Z. Ford's Variety Bracket
Store. Go and take look at the stock,
1t will repay anyone. l2>30-ti.
Persons contemplating their holiday
purchases will do well to call at the house
OF j. Burger. For elegant and unlimited
variety his stock Is unsurpassed, and
prices have been reduced to astonishingly
low figures. l2>l5-tf
For the next thirty days j. Burger
will offer his extensive stock OF fabrics
and silks OF innumerable grades and pat
terms to the public at greatly reduced
prices. l2>lj-u
We are Of the opinion that it must be
good, for the simple reason that so many
praise 1t and physicians prescribe it. We
mean DR.. Bulls Cough syrup. Price 20
cents. All Druggists keepit.
The publication OF the city rGurc Gil
proceedings take up much room, and
crowd out quantity of other local mat.
ter OF more than usual importance from
this issue Of the BULLETIN.
Ladies and Misses cloaks and lurs CT
the finest material and workmanship,
will be special feature II the sale of
goods during the holidays at the house
of. Burger. l2-lj-ti.
We are in receipt Of an invitation TO
attend a military ball to be given At U.s.
sery's Opera House, at Anna, on next
Tuesday evening, by Co. g. llth Regi.
ment Illinois National Guards.
"A fine line OF caramels is now being
made BY Phil Saup. Physicians recon-
mend his pine tar aDd hoarhound cara
mels as preserving medicinal properties
which afford relief to persons afflicted
with colds, hoarseness. etc. l2-l2tf
Circuit court for the trial Of chaucery
business is now in session. The case OF
the Cairo City Ferry Company vs.. Alex.
ander ii. Irwin, 10 restrain the collection
Of ,uxer, wa, On trial yesterday, Mes.rs.
Green & Gilbert appearing for the Ferry
Company, and Messrs. Linegar e. Lans.
den Tor the defendant.
An unexcelled variety of zephyrs,
woods and fancy articles, OF all shades
and cO!Ors, form an attractive feature in
the elegant holiday display at j. Burgers.
Prices reduced from 90 to Is cents per
ounce. l2-lj>ti.
Blind Tom the musical prodigy, is
advertised to appear at the atheneum in
this city on Tuesday and Wednesday
evening, next January Sth and 9Th. This
blind negro is one OF the wonders Of the
nineteenth century, and is well worth
seeing.
AS the house has concluded to 20 out
OF the trade in ladies' shoes, for the next
thirty days j. Burger will offer this line
of goods at actual cost. Ladies desiring
TO purchase will find full and complete
stock OF the best make from which to Sc.
lect.
The fire alarm sounded yesterday
morning was occasioned by what was
supposed to be fire in the large frame
building on Tenth street opposite Tenn
perance Hall, but the engines were not
brought into play, as the only fire found
about the building was in a smoking
stoye In an up stairs room.
The lantaur Liniments are the great
est reLneaiee ever discovered Tor all flesh,
bone and muscle allments-bites, bruises,
swellings, burns, rheumatism, stiff joints,
etc. WHAT the White Lniment does for
the human family, the Yellow Liniment
does tor horses and animals. They are
cheap, they are convenient, and they are
certain in their effects. ll.ll.l3w
John Thompson with his excellent
troupe will give two performances in
this city. commencing Tomorrow, Fri
day, evening. Thompson. in his grea
play, entitled "On Hand" is simply i'm.
mense, and as many of our people have
witnessed the play on former occasion
we have every reason to believe that he
will be greeted by full houses on boil
evenings.
We find the following in the DuQuoiI
Tribune concerning our friend ThomaI
Morgan: "Mr. Morgan, superintendent o
che blacksmith shop of the l. G. railroad
AT Cairo, came all the way to our city OF
Christmas day TO attend the calico hop
His girl said to HIM: Come, or forever Of
ter you and are only friends, and HI
thought he'd rather go all the way to Chi
cago than to lose the love Of so fine girl a
she, and so he donned his best bib an
tucker, told the shop boys to do the bes
they could for a day or so, boarded tn
train and in due time reached our city. II
went to the hop, she came, they met, oil