The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-04
IN AND AROUND THE CITY,

residence on Ninth street.
New Buckwheat flour and maple
syrup, at PETTIs & BIRDS.
Remember the Oyster supper at TEN
erance hall tonight. The cause is t
good one, so will the supper be,
New prunes, currants citron, ralsins
etc, at PETTIs & BIRDS.
Twenty-Five packages butter, strickly
fancy small packages for families), PET
IT'S & BIRD.
DIR. Smith is making some substantial
Improvements to his residence property o,
Thirteenth street.
The funeral notice of Willie Tessiel
will be found IN another column CT thi,
mornings BULLETIN.
Work on Mr.. Henry Halliday's resi-
dence and also on Mr.. J. B. Reeds new
house. is progressing rapidly.
Elmer Comings will open his new
book store in the Alexander County Bank
building on Wednesday.
If you wish to benefit Cairo-to in
crease her retail trade an hundred fold
vote for the road tax to-day.
Henry BRIGHAM is a stakeholder in the
new paper about to be started in Cairo.
Henry says "thc paper will be RATHER"
Go to Pettis & Bird, il you want close
figures and fresh groceries. They have
everything and anything you need.
The blade of the knife with which the
negro David pitman did the reckless cut
ting, at Mound City, was over three inches
in length.
The roof OF the Lonergan building on
Tenth street has been raised with jack
screws and the mas0ns are at work adding
another story to the house.
Len Faxon will edit the new newspa-
rcr-so it is said land Mr.. Jack Alden will
publish it, so it is said; and the new paper
will give the ribbon men thunder, so it is
said
Mr.. G. Hanny has accepted position
in the dry goods department Of Messrs c.
o. Patier & CO., and henceforth his many
friends will find him there, ever ready and
as attentive as in his own business.
Mr.. Hcbsacker's bakery on Eight
street is receiving an oyerhauling-the
show windows being enlarged and other
Improvements being made But this is
only in accordance with the spirit Of i'm
proyement manifested all over the city
Mr., John Hagic, We are pleased to say,
has greatly improved of late Although
his leg is not entirely cured, he is able,
with the assistance OF crutchcS, TO move
about, and expects soon TO he permanently
cured, All Of which we are clad to
report.
The uprights which supports the side
walk along Walnut between Fifteenth and
Eighteenth are all OF them, leaning to one
side. 1t would, in our humble opinion, not
be an unwclcome change to increase the
safety of said walk by the Strengthening
Of the uprights.
Julian Pillow, who killed his man last
year in this county and was acquitted, and
who filed two men with turkey shot last
week, fired six shots at the constable who
attempted to arrest him. and is denouncing
himself as bad shot because he missed
his mark every time.
Mr. John Stcl2er has Just received a
very complete stock of watches, clocks,
jcwclry, etc. of the best quality, and is APP.
parcntly doing good business. He is a
man who thoroughly understands his bust
ness buys cheap, sells cheap and ought.
therefore, receive good share Of patronage
The citizen who appreciates the ncccs-
sity Of voting the road tax, and yet does not
vote for il to-day, will have occasion in the
event Of the defeat Of the tax, to be very in.
dus,rious for several years at the business
Of regretting his la2incss, carlcNsncss OF
deliberate neglect of duty.
"A woman, whose name We could moi
learn, had her teeth extracted by dentist
at Mound City Immediately before the
great fire that destroyed most of that city
commenced. The shock of the operation
combined with the alarm created by tho
conflagration threw her into nervous
fever of which she died yesterday forenoon
The citizen of Cairo who votes agains
the road tax to-day will, if he can ever bC
made to understand his own o. the county
interest, regret his negative ballot. TIL,
proposed road cannot be completed withou
the additional tax, and the failure to Il,