The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-03-09

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Library Association on Tuesday evening
last. Persons desiring extra copies o.
tho paper should send In their orders 10.
tore four o'clock this evening. y. /.
ANDREW I.ohr's Sheboygan water Il
daily becoming more popular with our
people. Ii 10 healthy and chesp-hence
It's popularity. rs n
Mr.. Andrew I.ohr Is always pre-
pared to furnish families with soda water,
seltzer water, Sheboygan water. ale'
beer. etc., at the lowest rates.
In another column will DO found
a local card In which Harry Walker
announces that he will treat his friends
to red snapper ana oyster lunch before
going to Hot Syringe. Harry 10 deter
mined that his customers shall have
good time TO remember him by.
Quite an interesting meeting OF the
Woman's Temperance Union was held at
the Reform club hall Thursday night.
Addresses were made by Mrs. P. w. Bar.
clay, Mrs. AL. Sloo, Mrs. b. Y. George,
Mira. T. A. Taylor. and Mrs. II. Wells;
and remarks were also mad, by DR..
Dupning and Col. Lowery. A recitation
by Miss Cora Stratton was listened to
with much interest.as were also the read
ings OF Miss Kate Thompson and Mrs. B.
I. George.
AT lato hour last night, officer Sar-
gent and Mahanny arrested confidence
man fiity.seven years oil age, who had
played his game on an unsuspectIng
Kentucky farmer. The farmer was met
! by the confidence man In company with
a negro, and after getting into conversa,
ton with him, asked him tor six dollars
where With to pay the negro for carrying
his baggage. The farmer loaned the
money but did not again see bis man I'm.
til he was arrested by the officers. He
was deposited In the city Jail for sale
| keeping.
Referring to John Q, Hartman a. a
candidate tor appellate court clerk. the
Jonesboro Gass..e says: "As clerk OF
the house OF representative. and circuit
clerk Of Alexander county, he acquitted
himself most cred!tably giving evidence
of great ability for clerical work. Mr.
Hartman has long been q citizen Of
Southern Illinois, having at one time re-
sided In this city. aud has hosts OF
frients who would DO pleased to SEQ him
chosen TO the position. he Is a stirling
Democrat and has ever been consistent
and energetic worker for the cause. The
convention. which meets at Centralia. on
tho 10th Of May, could not please this
portion OF the distriet better than BY
putting John Q, Harmon In nomination
tor clerk Of the appellate court"
"A cutting ARRAY between two colcred
women, who live 10 the correul, occurred
last Sunday hlght. Mary Hayes ID an
unmarried lady. while Pstsey Medals Is
lady o! family. Jealousy had existed
for some time between tho two wo.
men, and on Sunday last
Patsey Medals accused Mary Hayes
OF taking her husband and appropsiating
him to herself. This was more than
Mrs Medals could endure, and In her
rage she cut Miss Hayes an ugly and
dangerous cash In the neck with
butcher knife. On warrant Issued By
Squire Osborne John Shehan arrested the
woman and Squire Osborne bound her
over In two hundred dollars bail. Her
trial will come up DURING the next term
Of the county court.
Col. 10 ertsLowery, In his address
to the temperance audience Friday night,
gave the following as al illustration OF
the effects OF imtemperance IAN old
lady in country town, preserved more
cherries in brandy than she had use tor
during the spring, and as the following
spring approached she threw them out.
Her turkeys deyOured them, and as she
thought, died. Immediately the idea
struck her that she might at least save
the feathers, whercupon she proceeded
to pick the turkeys aforesaid. Nosooner
had tho last fowl been relieved Of Its
'habilaments' than they commenced re.
gaining their normal condition aud made
the quit. quit y noise peculiar to them.
Feeling somewhat Embarrassed at the
mistake she had made. she rectified mat
tiers by composing the torlorn creatures
With the statement that they had spoken
too late" Thus 1t Is, says tho colonel,
that after 1t IL too late tho drunksrd
realizes his forlorn condition.