The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-02-23

handy, nevertheless, to hayo about the
house. The. entrance unsolicited by draw
ing the staple OF the cellar door fastening
1t is conjcctured that the tools were secured
to facilitate operations on some other estab-
lishmcnt.
About two.thirds of bale of com
pressed cotton was stolen from the c. e. V.
depot Friday night The thieves carried
it out into the muddy bottoms, a quarter Of
a mile distant, where, Judging from ap,
pcarances, they divided it.
A good crowd greeted the Theatre
Comlque company last night, and the whole
company was on the boards TO greet the
crowd. Johnny Bowman was never hap
pier IN his life; Billy Wolfe was irresistahly
funny; while Miss Cora Everett, Miss Jcn-
ME Fowler and Miss May Connolly all
won enthusiastic applause, in their respect
i've spccialtics
There was but sickly observance of
Washington's birth day, by the citizens Of
Cairo yesterday. The Rough and Ready
and Hibernian fire companies, and Mr.. C..
r. Clarke threw the American flag to the
breeze; but nowhere else in the city could
be seen any intimation that the birth day
of "the Father of his country" was passing,
The NOW is rapidly celebrating the memory
of the THEN.
Mrs. L. j. Rittcnhouse, secretary of the
Social Science and Industrial School assO-
citation requests us to state that the next reg
ular meeting Of the association will be held
at the residence of Mr.. Wood Rittcnhouse,
on Monday, the cath inst, at S o'clock p.
m. Members and friends of the aSSocia-
ton are warmly invited to attend, The
life and works of Mrs. Browning, will be
discussed during the evening. Do not
forget to 90.
The Illinois Central railroad company
has IN use. on the Cairo incline, fiat Cal
/ that was built purposely for the use Il
which it is applied Mr.. II. p, McAlliste,
is the designer, and certainly had thor
/ ough understanding of what he was about
The car is supplied with brakes that fairly
''welds" the wheels 10 the rails. 1t i pro
nounccd the very thing" for incline ser
vice, and reflects much credit upon the in
ventive genius of its designer.
1t is related Of a Cairo dentist (but w
are morally certain the story has been ap
piled to every eccentric tooth-snaicher il
the country that while he was cogitatin2
deeply upon professional intricacics-how
to pull a prong-iockcd tooth without split
ting it, for instance, companion entered
spoke of his raging headache, and asked
what he should do for it. The dentist still
cogitating, replied: Have it pulled. John
by all means; or better still, fill it"
If Cairo had no wants greater than
she has and is likely to have in the line OF
! livery stables. she would want in nothing
With three large livery and sale stables
already, we hear that a fourth is about Il
be put up, short distance below the
Powers stable, by ThistIcwood Brothers
The gentlemen have our best wishes for
their success. They add one to the bust
ness establishments Of the city, and are
very likely to command their share of the
business
Mrs Dr. c. D. Boaz, recently received
from the Widows and Orphans Mutual
AID society of Illinois, one hundred and
seventy dollars as beneficiary money on til,
| death Of her husband. The class to which
DR.. Boaz belonged was not full, and con
sequcntly the amount that his widow re
ceived fell below what il would have beer
| if the class had been full at the time Of hi
death. She would then have received
$3.50, her husband dying the first yea
after becoming a member Fulton, Ky.
Times.
Some OF the colored people who hearC
the evidence in the trial of the case of tin
People VS.. Turpn and his partner, charge
with larceny, cant understand how it hap
pens that men who were proved guilty, be
yond a peradvcnture, should be turned loos
forsuch an apparently trihing consideration
as want of jurisdiction. ut was al
Mr.. Liningen,' said one OF the puz
zlcd chaps, "let colored man chop anoth
cr's head Off; if he can give Mr.. Lininge
ten dollars to look after it, he can then g
about his business
We observe that Mr.. II, p. McAllistc
has charge of a switch engine in the yar(
of the Illinois Central. Mr.. McAlisteri is
valuable man in any position; but he hat
served so long and so faithfully rs mastc
of the incline engines that we had Learned
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