The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-03-14

chickens eat up his farm, or move out with
his family and eat up the chickens, He
chose the latter altcrnatiye--and that's the
why etc,
We have the authority OF the Golden
Rule pilot for the statement that it cost ten
thousand dollars to dciluy the expenses OF
launching the new stcamcrW p. Halliday
hrs. A. p, Taylor, County Supcrintend-
cnt Of Public Instruction of this county, IS
named as one of the editorial contributors
Of the "School journal, Il monthly paper
published in the ncighborng town Of Anna,
The Signal service kilograms yester-
day, communicated news of Il snow fall at
Yankton, st. Paul and other points north
and west. with the thermometer ranging ut
about 20 degrees above zero,
The exercises of the High School, this
afternoon, promise to be Of highly inter
esting character One fthc papers to be read
might, without doing violence to the con-
tents be captioned "atcarful goodbye
DRY Goods, etc, for the spring trade
will commence pouring in heavily in few
days. Six or eight of our leading houses
have had representatives in the Eastern
markets making purchase, foro week or
more.
Mrs. Francis L. Willard will address
the children temperance club tomorrow
afternoon, and, probably, the white ribbon
club in the evening. She will not, as was
announced, address the Reform club this
evening.
The great intcr-Normal literary con
test--in music and oratory-came off in
Carbonate last night We have not heard
the result but will let our sympathies con-
troll our judgment and bet on the Southern
Normal side.
Cant our County Board yield to one of
the many liberal impulses that strike them,
and raise old Han. Lees allowance from
1925 a week to So. 1t should not be for
gotten that Bill is to be fed as well as the
| old woman.
Engineer Ei5mann, Of the Mississippi
Survey party, was running lines and driving
stakes in different parts Of the city, ycstcy-
day, his object being to connect the bench
marks with the several river stations estab-
lished in 1861
The Cairo sun speaks in friendly
terms of Judge Mulkcy, as the probable
successor of Judge Brown. The Judge
ought to be conceded a walk over for
that position, but it is becoming apparent
that he will not be,
-"Workingman" pleads as an excuse
for Withholding lis name from us that he
"dcsircs to avoid notorety." How, in the
name of reason or common sense, could the
knowledge Of his name, confded solely to
our keeping, give him notorety!
1t is now conceded quite generally
that utmost ORDER and dccorum prevails
during the performances at the Theatre
Comiquc, and that the performances them
selves are quite as mcritorious as any that
are given on the boards OF the larger cities.
Did YOU say had the dirtiest engine
on the road! If you did, YOU are 4 id
liar" This rather direct inquiry and dcnun-
Grafton was addressed by rather irail, gray
haired old man Of say 81 years, to a stout
vigorous $50 FOUNDER masculine Of about
% The latter sued and the protanc indi-
wdua was fined five dollars.
The Temperance Reform club will be
addressed this evening by Rev Mr., Fur
gcson who. tor year or more ha, been
a very conspicuous and efficient worker in
the temperance cause. lie is man Of
culture and is said TO be aplcasng, forcible
speaker. This being the case the hal will
certainly be crowded.
The Golden Rule Pilot is the name OF
~ very readable and neatly printed weekly
that comes to us IRON on board the steamer
Golden Rule where it is printed and from
whence it is published 1t circulate.
largely along the river, and commands ;
paying advertising patronage, il the pub
Usher doesn't cut under his own rates
Thomas Richardson is the cooycd boy
whom officer Cain arrested "Wednesday
evening for fighting lIcwaS taken bcfor
Squire Comings, who fined him iiyedolIar
and cost OF suit. A stay OF execution wa
granted, and Thomas returned we suppose
to his avocation of dish washing on boar,
the steamer Nashville.
Reverend j. G, Ferguson, n Campbell
tie minister from Kentucky is posted for
speech ut Reform Club hall this evening
Mr.. Ferguson is pulpit orator Of cstal
lishcd reputation, beng widely known Il
, one of the ablest and most eloquent men {