The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-24

opened a family grocery on the corner of
Twenty. seventh and Commercial, and is
promised very fair business. TIE Bl ~
LErIy wishes him unboundcd success; and
if square dealing brings patronage Patscy
will never lack for customers.
-Four white boys were brought before
Squire Comings, yesterday, to answer for
having broken into Mr., Peter Cuhls stable.
1t appearing to the Squire that the forcible
entry was effected with no criminal intent,
he gave the boys lecture, and turned
them loose.
-Alba's patent hair cutter is a novelty of
its kind. 1t takes every scmblance of hair
that obtrudes itself an elghthof an inch
above the surface of the scalp, and does 1t
so quickly that the customer has no time
to demonstrate. Married men who have
hair-pulling pets at home, think it the BIC
gest thing ever brought to Cai"o.
The St. Louis Times-J Journal, of yes
tcrday, came to us in It's usual Saturday
shape--thc largest paper sent out of St.
Louis on that day II the establishment
was sold at Trustees sale as advertised, the
sale has certainly had no visible effect upon
the paper. 1t seems to be going fright
along" entirely unconscious Of its financial
besetmcnts.
"A regular attendant upon the Reform
club meetings, and a gentleman who never
INDUCES in eXtravagant language, informed
us yesterday, that Rev. Mr.. MsXwcll's
speech of Friday night Ibid well enough"
and that the Reverend gentleman proposed
TO improve upon it, Maxwell wi remain
in the city and take part in the meeting
next Friday night.
Observations on the rise and fall of
the river at New Orleans, La, will he taken
from the new river gauge recently con-
structed by the city engineer, commencing
Sept 1st, the zero of which is high water
mark of 1874. 1t has been found that the
zero of the old gauge, on account of the
gradual settlement of the wharf to which
it is attached Is now one foot below high
water mark of 1874.
DR. Rauch received telegram from
Memphis, yesterday, stating that during the
twelve hours ending at noon, nine new cases
| and seven deaths had been reported His
| dispatches from New Orleans were to the
effect that only two cases had occurred in
that city since July Goth, viz; man, on
the 18th, who recovered. and child that
died on Thursday last. At this time there
is not single case in that CITY.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Glass cX-
pressed desire for preaching in the Jail
every Sunday until the day OF his execution.
1t would give him great comfort, he says, il
he could hear.a sermon every day; but he
fears that Il protractod meeting within ten
feet of the Shcritf's door might prove OBJ
jcctionable to that officer whose good opin-
ion he is quite anxious to retain. Glass,
himself, is much gwen to psalm singing,
praying and sleeping, His'appetite, he
says is as sharp as ever.
H. l.. Goodall, formerly of Cairo, and
known to our older residents, is publishing
the only daily live stock journal in Amer.
lea 1t is called the Dfovers' Journal, and
is published from the Union Stock Yards,
in Chicago. Its quotations are used
by the associated press, and are
recognized as standard in all the markets
Of the world, For his weekly jou'n al lie
has secured the immense circulation of 30 |
900 or $1,000 copies.
The colorcd odd Fellows Of the city
had arranged for picnic, yesterday, at
point near the junction of the rivers to
which some admircr OF the "swarthy Egyp.
TAM had applied the name of hogans
grove. The heavy rain Of the forenoon en-.
forced a postponrmcnt The grove con
Sists Of a few large cottonwoodS, millions
Of little ones in the torn of chapparcl, and
"A limitlcss cNparSc Of washed sand. The
constant breeze that sweeps over the po'nt,
and the grand view Of the Two rivers, are
the chief attractions.
William Moore. n colorcd man who
works IN The Abingdon House, met q gen
tlcman ON the levec, yesterday for whom
he had previously worked, and recon.
mcudrd TO him the Arlington us an cmin.
entity proper place at which to stop. vii.
liam not being Forfeited with runners
license was arrested and taken before
Squire Robinson, who in view Of all the
circumstances, and the ncgro's deep con
triton, discharged him--a favor which
Williams VII be s.atciul as long as he
lives