The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-16
)nly Morning Daily in Southern Illinois.
IN AND AROUND THE CITY.

this morning.
Antonio Celia has returned home from
Hot Springs consid- ably improved in
health, but still rather weak.
Mr.. N. X. Goodrich, of the firm of |.
G. Goodrich & Co., extensive operators in
melons, vegetables, etc, is IN the Gig, on a
business mission.
The Archery club had eight new bows
and thirty-inch target on the grounds
Thursday night None Of the scores were
remarkable ones.
The Delta Citys new cistern in the
rear of their engine house is complete. 1t
is 10 by IA feet in the clear and IS num-
Der one job. ]. S. HAWKINS is the builder.
Mechanics are at work, when the
weather permits, repairing the roof of the
round house. that was so seriously damaged
by late wind storm. The roof was badly
torn up.
Mr.. Walter HySlop will arrive in
Cairo to-day, on his return from Scotland
His friends here, who are as numerous as
are our people, have cordial good welcome
in store for him.
William Holmes, who has been il the
habit of terrying strangers into this city,
was caught, yesterday, escorted to head
quarters, and admonished that further Of
fendings will greatly imperil his life.
1t don't make any particular differ
encc, and we are quite sure that nobody
cares, but to be exact we are called upon to
say that the writ for Gladneys arrest was
sued out before Squire Comings.
Mr. WIS communication arrived at too
late an hour, last night, to admit of inser-
ton in this mornings paper. 1t is very
| emphatic, and "hits the nail on the IIoad'
several times. 1t will unpublished to-mor-
row.
The chances in Hogans watch all
being taken, the rattle for 1t came otfThurs
day night Mr.. Mike Sheehan threw A,
and as nobody succeeded in beating or
equalng it, Mike took the watch, which is
said to be very valuable tlme-piecc
Mr. Close says that an obscrvant .sitor
in Leadvillc can scarcely close his eyes
upon opportunities to make money. OF
course the chances for penniless persons are
not numerous, but a comparatively trifing
capital opens the way to profitable business
employment at once. Whether or not Mr..
G. intends to return to Leadville, we have
not been informed
From the neighboring station of Delhi
stadt, on the st. Louis l. NJ. & Southern
road, there have been shipped, this year,
seventeen thousand, six hundred water
melons--equaling forty five box car loads.
No section Of country in the world sur
passes Mississippi and Scott counties, Mis-
souri,, in the production of mcnno and
sweet potatoes.
sold George 'continueshis weary rounds
Yesterday he was accompanied by female,
ill-clad and dirty, who was seen munching
her lunch on the sidewalk, about one
o'clock, in the midst of the heaviest dash
of rain that fell during the day, George,
meanwhile, was banging at the door Of Il
neighborng residence, hoping by rousing
the inmates to ada few scraps to his stock
Of provisions
The Golden correspondent Of Jones'
boro Gazette says the rate Of freight on
flour from here to Cairo has been reduced
to $lSp per car This is a step in the right
direction, and is due to Mr.. Tucker, the
general freight agent of the Illinois Central
railroad, who made the change at once
when his attention was called to the in
Justice Of the rates as given in last week 5
paper.
If the sheriff were not blessed with
more patience and forbcarance than the
common run OF men, he would limit the
calls upon Glass to fifty day. 1t has al
ways been customary to set aside Friday as
the visiting day Of the week, aud not to
open the doors to visitors on any other day
exception particularly urgent occasions; but
callers on Glass flow in or out in almost un
interrupted processlon--a fact that would
have upset the patience Of job fully week
ago.
Really, now, do our contemporaries Of
the Tribune believe that thing is sacred
because it is oldl Must the grand jury
abominaton stand untouched, because it /,
moss grown Was slavery sacred thing
because Of its age lfagc bcgcts rever
encc, dofT your hats, sirs, to the grand ole
Democratic party! But, as usual thing, i
is the old habits, practices and institution
that are obnoxious, and we are the wise,
and better to-day for having abandoned