The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-17

Sherlock, Il. D. Stanard, New Orleans;
james Fisk, Paducah. The river is 90 feet
| | I inches on the gauge and rising.
Bear in mind that Miss Belle Gatfney
tonight, by special request, repeats her
readings at the Athcneum. Our citizens
who heard her former sreadings pro-
nounce them the most thrilling and in
tensely interesting ever heard in this city.
She is handsome and graceful and her bear
ing on the stage is pleasing because il is
natural. We might say great deal more
about Miss Gafney and say it truthfully,
but in this city, where she is personally
known TO every one this would
only be supertluous. She has scores
of old and firm friends IN Cairo who will
have the extra inducements Of "auld lang
sine" to draw them out tonight. Get your
seats before night-fall, The readings will
be new interesting and the house should
be crowded
The proprietor of the Delta broom
factory about a week ago bought COW at
bargain and was happy. But he re-
manned happy only short time for he soon
found that the animal couldn't be induced to
eat. He had heard how the Irishman's
horse had died from not eating and his
mind was full of forebodings as to what
| would be the result il his cows stomach
should continue too proud to take unto
itself food. Every thing in the dainty
line was offered her, but she only drew up
her nose thercat and shook her head
in very decided Misunderstanding every
thing, But yesterday, after going without
food for week. she came to the front door
of the factory and commenced eating the
brooms hung out for display, The proprie-
tor seeing this was overjoyed that his COW
had learned to eat and hung out several adj
ditional brooms for her consumption.
A strange negro, whose name We could
not learn, yesterday afternoon attempted to
carry off one of the bolt of calico placed
in front Of the New York Store for display.
lie had been lettering about in front Of the
store for quite a time, watching his chance
to steal something, and when he thought
no one was looking, picked up bolt of
calico and ran off with it under his arm.
He had only reached the corner OF Tween
teth street, however, when constable Mon
roe WootGn was upon him, Seeing
that he was pursued by an officer,
the thief crossed the street to
Halliday cooper shop on the opposite cor
ncr, dropping the calico in the road. He
crawcd under the shop to hide and as he
went id himself of his coat and hat.
When arrested he disclalmed all knowl-
edge of the theft and insisted, although
| cOatlcss and hatlcss, that the coat and hat
belonged to another man, who had handed
them to him while passing The fellow
stoutly refused to 90 with the officer until
he was severely dubbed H. then went
and was locked in the county jail.
LATER.--Thc thief, name is Edward
Morgan. He was held to bail, by Squire
Osborn, in the sum of $3.50,
We are not Of fault-iindng dispo.
sition, but we would respectfully suggest TO
our city fathers that the cstern OF the
lIibemian Fire company be made accessi-
bic to the fire engines of the city. As it at
present is, the IIibernians can back their
engines out of the building and thus reach
the cistcrn, but owing To the high side
! walk on Thirteenth street it is inaccessible
to other engines This should be remedicd.
The city gave one hundred dollars towards
tie construction Of that cistern (thc com.
pany paying the other thirty or forty and
hence the cistcrn is u public one. and an
embankmcnt should be raised, even with
the sidewalk on Thirteenth street in
order that it may be of benefit
to tue public. public cistcrn is now
being built on the corner Of Seventh
street and Washington avenue Cout OF sea
son, too for the protection Of the property
thcrcabouts. We have no fault 70 find
with this. It is necessary, bat not one
whit more necessary than is an accessible
public cistcrn on Thirteenth street where
buildings are rs numerous as anywhere in
the city This matter is worthy of atten-
ton and we hope to see it remcded be-
fore the destruction Of u block of build
ings shall bring the importance thereof to
the minds OF our city fathers
A day or two ago Mr.. A. j. Walden,
OF Weekly county, Tenn, arrived IN this
city with his wife md registered at the St.
Charles, The gentleman and lady were
well up in years, probably in the neighbor-
hood OF sixty, and after getting comfortably