The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-11

which form feather" in Mr.. Mex g rail
road hat, that he should wear with pleas
IRE.
Now that Mr., Obcry maintains no bus
ineSs or editorial connection with TIL
BULLETIN, it may occur that an individual
will be found, here and there, who will moi
insist upon holding HIM responsible for the
papers editorial outgivings. Persons Of
this kind will be few, we know, but it will
be somewhat assuring to find ONE.
Our ncighbor, OF the Sun, speaks thus
kindly of the induction of Mr. Burnett into
the harness Us lessee and manager of TnE
CAIRO BULLETIN printing house; THE
/ CAIRO BULLETIN, and job printing Office
connected Herewith, have been leased by
Mr. T.. 4. Burnett, who is now the response.
bile man in that establishment. We con.
graduate the BULLETINS patrons and Mr.
/ Burnett. The new man is old to the SUI.
IErIN. having been its business manager
| for years. We wish him much financial
I prosperity"
We have received the initial number OF
the Perry County Signal, published and ed
tied by Wall and Murphy, Murphysboro,
! 1t is largely (and scnsibly) devoted TO local
matters, which are written up in very at
tactiyc, and, where admissible humorous
and pungcnt manner. 1t is avery obnoy,
iouS sheet, politically, but otherwise it is
one Of the most readable county papers
that finds is way TO our exchange table.
After what we have said respecting its pol
itics il is scarcely necessary toadd that it is
an advocate of the varying and shadowy
isms of the Republican party,
j. c. Sullivan, NJ. d., having recovered
his accustomed health, has resumed the
practice Of his profession. and will be found
in his office, Commercial avenue, between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth, ut all hours of
the day or night when not absent on pro-
fessional calls. The doctors illness was of
50 severe a type that for several days he
oscillatcd between this mundane sphere of
ours and the blue beyond" liable at any
moment TO be dropped between; but, after
what might be denominatcd tight pull ="
he came through all right, and is again Il
vigorous specimen of humanity.
One Mr.. Mitchem won the distinction
yesterday, of being the first man, since last
Wednesday, who had been held to an &C.
count for violation Of onr city ordinances
He drank plentifully, became noisy, and
finally 50 ugly that Officer Axlcy felt called
upon to take him in He was, accord
ingly, escorted to the office Of Judge Bird,
who imposed upon him fine Of s. and the
usual Accomplishments. The prisoner
avowed a purpose to pay the bill, and with
that view he invited the officer to accom-
pany him to his banker who resided
somewhere in the upper part ofthe city.
Major e. Tester are pushing industri-
Gus and enterprising citizens From small
commencement, they have built up an cs-
Establishment for the manufacture of plows.
wagons, drays etc, that adds very consider
ably to the productive industry of the city.
Their new building, completed so far as the
exterior is concerned. will enable them 10
increase the production Of articles in their
line, to any extent that is likely to be re-
quired. The building is about twenty-tour
feet in width, one story IN height, and one
hundred and thirty five feet in length. With
few hundred more such men as they are,
in our midst, the manufacturing industries
Of Cairo would hum
And still the contest for the Cairo
post-oflicc RACES. Wright and Hughes,
McKeaig and Yost are the prominent appli-
Giants, each one Of them tolerably certain
that he is the coming man. We may incur
the displeasure Of the applicants by cx-
pressing an opinion upon such q tender
subject; but the public expects nothing less
of US and shall not be disappointed. In
50 far, then. AS q tolerablc well informed
outsider may judge the chances of Wright,
Hughes, McKeaig and Yost, are the bright
est If somebody else doesn't obtain the
appointment, one Of the four gentlemen
named will be the next Cairo postmaster.
That's our opinion. It's our nature to be
outspoken, II you don't like it, stop your
paper.
We spoke yesterday of the arrival in
our city of Miss Maud IIarwood, OF Anna,
remarking that she was en- route south to
fill an engagement as teacher in conserva-
tory of music. The young lady arrived as
stated; but contemplating the distance that
would separate her from friends and home,
and the thousand unpleasant things that
might attend the location of stranger
among strangers, she changed her mind,
and returned to Anna, by the next train
going north. Miss II. comes of one of the
most respectable families of Union county
and having a comfortable and well appoint