The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-10
THE DAILY CAIRO BULLETIN TUESDAY

Remember the Arabs Ball, Christmas
night. 1t will be the grand feature of our
holidays.
Our regular semi weekly price current
appears this morning, II is both full and
rcliable--a reflex of actual transactions
There was no movement of cotton from
the Illinois Central depot. In fact every
thing in that vicinity was unusually quiet,
during the entire day yesterday.
The o. Z. Stanard, crammed, appar-
entity with its thousands of tons of freight,
was at the l. C. wharf yesterday and with
the voracity of huge Oliver Twist was
asking for more.
The passenger train, yesterday after
noon presented very noticeable array OF
empty seats--a fact that is chargablc to
several causes, chief of which was the
wretched, abhorrent, execrable weather
Although we hsrbor special dislike
for cold weather, we would have a hospitablc
welcome for sx-weeks spell of genuine
artie hreezeS Nothing less, it is conjectur-
cd, will etfcctually kill off the germs of the
yellow fever.
The alarm of fire sounded about 10
o'clock, last night, was because of the
burning out of fiue, in the Phillips
building, two doors above the Hibernian
engine house The building was occupied
by Stevens and Taylor.
And there were sounds OF merriment by
night, given out from an up-townhome last
night, the occasion being d social party by
Miss Ida Harrell given TO her cousin, Miss
Ida Harbaugh, of Aurora, Ind, who is in
Cairo on a visit to her relatives.
The new wharf-boat that is to be moor
ed at Memphis for the use of the
Memphis and st. Louis packet company,
was booked for departure from St. Louis,
on Sunday She has officers astern, and
might be mistaken for an overgrown barge.
Land in Mississippi county commands
good figures, Notwithstanding the great
depreciation complained OF. The farm Of
Mr. Garner Davis, situated about four miles
south of Charleston. was sold on Thursday
last for $500, Mr. NJ. l.. Hewlett WAS
WAS the purchaser.
Miss Maud Harwood, Of the neighbor-
ing town Of Anna, and q young lady who
has many friends among the young folks of
Cairo, arrived in the city 10y the afternoon
train yesterday, en- route south, where she
I has accepted situation in conservatory
of music, as teacher of the piano.
/ George L. 0'IIara. the enterprising
and accommodating proprietor Of the
! Phoenix drug store, is making additions to
his stock with view to accommodate the
demands of the holidays. What he has
done and proposes to do, will, IN day or
two, form the subject Of special notice.
The sidewalks from which the snow
had not been removed, became completely
coated with ice after sunset, yesterday eve
ming, rendering locomotion so hazardous,
that extended toSrs about the city were
postponed until the morrow The female
portion Of the community remained very
determinedly indoors.
The report circulated by the New
York Hotel Mail, to the effect that Jcwett
Wlcox's relations with the owners of the
fremont House, were so unpleasant that he
would be compelled to throw up his situa-
ton, is entirely without foundation. 1t is
a lie manufactured out Of uncut cloth
Jewett and the said proprietors are--''old
pie"
The majority of Wall Street, houses
and men have world wide reputation for
soundncss and honesty. The old house OF
Alex. rockingham d Co., 12 Wall Street,
New York, is entitled to absolute conf
dencc They state that an investmenrot
of about 800 made recently returned over
$1,000 in less than sixty days. Send for
their circular, free.
The Sun desires to know who repre-.
scnts Cairo in the n. o. commercial con.
yention. Taking it for granted that the
inquiry is aimed at The BULLETIN, we
answer Nobody. To the inquiry who
shall be sent to Washington to assist Hart
zell in pushing the interests Of Cairo, VIZ
: return the same answer; and still the inter
ests of Cairo will not suffer
A rather obese colored woman, who
goes by the name of Aunt Martha while
passing along Walnut street, near Twelfth
just after night-fall, last night slipped anC
fell from the sidewalk, receiving a viocn
shaking up, and soaring little girl whom
she pulled from the sidewalk with her, GU
of the growth Of a year or two. Neithc
the woman or the child were hurt, but tn
latter raised a howl that alarmed the who'll
ncighborhood.
From early morn until ordinary be,
time, the whole enduring day, the New