The daily Cairo bulletin., 1879-08-22

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and we hope will, get up horse pro
gramme crcditabls to the club and inter
esting and profitable to our people.
The regular weekly temperance meet
| ing will be held in Reform hall, this even
ing. It was announced last week, and it
is still expected, that the lately reformed
Baptist preacher, the Rev. Mr.. Maxwell
will address the club tonight. If he does
our people ought to be there to hear him
If he does not, they ought to be there any.
how. The meetings never result in failure
The Paducah News, Of Tuesday, says
Mr.. l.. B. Church, passenger ticket agent OF
the Cairo and Vincennes railroad, whose
headquarters .are at Cairo, is in the city,
looking after the interests Of his road. He
offers inducements to passengers and travel
over this route to New York, and all the
eastern cities which it will be we'll for
everybody to consider. The passenger rates
are far below those by any other route.
The Italian of two years ago
trundled hand cart, and sold ice cream,
So does the colored man Of to-day. The
Italian announced bis coming by blowing
tin squawker, that gave out noise at
once vilainous and hcad-splitting. The
negro of to-day blows the same kind of
squaker The italian of two years ago
married two women and was sent to the
penitentiay. The colored man of to-day
---must look out
A negro wood-haulcr felt greatly out
ragged, yesterday, at fine treatment he had
received at the hands Of Il white man to
whom he had delivered two loads Of wood.
He hauled three-Quarters of a cord at a
load, he said, and the white man agreed to
it, ye: that crooked white man refused TO
pay for cord and thrcc-quarters Of wood.
Illustrate the matter, rs the bystanders Gid
in dozen ways, the negro couldn't under
stand ii, and 'religiously believes that he
was cheated out of quarter Of cord of
wood.
"A report is current to the effect that q
Memphis refugee reached Cairo three or
four weeks ago, remained here eight or ten
days, making his headquarters on Eigh-
tcenth street. A week or ten days ago he
eft Cairo for 81 Louis arrived in the last
named city sick, was sent to the hospital,
and died of yellow fever. Admit that
every detail of this report is true, it is only
confrmatory Of what we already knew TO
be true, viz: that Memphis refugees leave
home sound and well, sicken and die of
yellow fever at points hundreds of miles
away, and communicate the disease TO no.
body else. There have been scores Of cases
Of precisely such character.
If your stomachc and nervous organ
ism are calling out for stimulants, and a
good cup of strong, hot coffee fails to arrest
the longing and dispel the feeling of pros
tra;lon, you are in dcvilish bad way, and |
your greatest need is knot Of red or blue
ribbon in your button hole Coffee, says a |
gentleman who knows what he is talking |
about, is a correcter of indigestion, pro-
notes healthy circulation, and there is act
ual nutriment in cup Of coffee Coffee |
and mule; were the dependence of the
American soldiers during the rebellion. II
either had given out the result would have
been in doubt. The men and women who |
have so abused their stomachs that they do |
not enjoy delicious cup Of hot Java are
to be pitiedvps they are deprived of one of
iife's luxuries.
--Haudblls are posted here and there
all over the city, notifying boys and all
other persons to beware that to tear down |
or deface posted notice is a misdemcanor
punishable by tine and Imprisonment; and
that the law will be vigorously enforced |
against the offenders. About two out of
every three Of the handbils are torn in two,
or scratched or defaccd beyond recognition;
and that's the way the boys heed the ad-
monition, But seriously, wanton destruc
tibn of posted notices by mischievous boys
deserves prompt and severe punishment.
To such an extent has the mischief been
carried that nobody, who posts hundred
Bills in the evening. expects 10 find 25 of
them in a legible condition in the morning,
The guilty rascals should bcpunishcd with
out mercy. Warnings are thrown away on
them
Capt. Newman, Of the Champion, and
Mr.. Mccullough, pilot Of the Fisk, met on
the wharf boat, yesterday, when the captain
asked Mccullough why, after whistling, he
didn't permit the Champion 70 pass the
Fisk, at the Grand Chain, the other day?
Mccullough replied that he left plenty of
room; to which the captain rpjoned that
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