The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-02

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and is constantly winning upon popular
favor.
The matinee by the Gilberts, ycster-
terday afternoon, was well attended, and
passed off in fine style. The advertised
time was / 80 p. m, but spectators were ex-
asperatingly slow IN getting together, AT
the hour named there was not soul in the
house. Ate o'clock the people commenced
focking in, and by half-past two very
respectable audience had assembled.
A. Marx is selling an immense num-
Der of the new celluloid collars and cuffs
They happen to be the very thing that
business men, young and old have been
looking for. They never need doing up,
are as flexible as linen, and wet sponge at
night cleans them and leaves them looking
exactly like fine, gloss starched linen right
from the laundry.
Our hotels, all of them, are thriving.
AS most of the arrivals are after dark and
as there are many departures before day
light the daylight show cannot be taken as
| 4 fair criterion of the business. The tran
sient guests, or large majority OF them are
accommodated by the St. Charles Planters
and Arlington; but the less pretentious
houses enjoy large share of the local or
more permanent patronage
The ladies of W. c. I. L. will give an
oyster supper in Reform hall, next Tuesday
night, and, procuring the choicest oysters to
be had and enllsting skilled aid in the
preparatory" department, they ought to
serve out stews, fries or dishes of the raw to
five hundred persons. Put aside a half dol
lar for the OCCASION hang pour wife on your
elbow, and count yourself as two" what
ever others may do.
Mr., A. Y. DeBaun has fitted up in a
very tasteful manner, neat and co2y
parlors in the rear of Geo WiSes barber
shop, next door TO the |, NJ. r. K. depot,
where the hungry of the land can at any
time, day or night enjoy dish OF the
finest of oysters in any desired style, or
cup of steamng, hot coffee--all Of which
he explains in another column Of this
mornings BULLETIN.
Along side Of the the /. NJ r, r. head
quarters is q quiet, orderly drinking saloon,
conspcuously labeled Ticket Office"
This sign beguiIes not o few strangers with
in, who arc not offended when confronted
by skillful compounder of mixed drinks,
instead of ticket agent Others are
confused tor the nonce, but generally quiet
themselves with an "Oh; ah-well give me
something anyhow Its paying sign,
we take it, is that Ticket Office"
We announced a meteoric display Tor
last night on the authority of the St. Louis
Commercial Advertiser. The date Was
misprinted or enormously given, or else
the exhibition was postponed, for it
certainly didn't come off last night We
now learn from gentleman who gives
heed to such matters, that the display is
fixed for the 18th instant; and that it
promise, 10 be q grand affair. The star
falls" Of 1928 occurred on the morning
OF the 18th OF November.
TO beat hotel or boarding house out
Of square meal is matter Of frequent
occurrence, and generally excltes no further
comment than, well, hunger probably
drove him to it. Let the poor deyi! slide"
But when a fellow jumps the town, q. Nor.
ris and Barlow recently did, owing their
boss one hundred and sixty dollar, the
occurrence is productive Of great deal Of
honest unstudied profanity, The dcss.a-
bic brace Of beats put out on q fatJoat,
narrowly escaping a writ Of attachment.
however
We have not noticed, as the editor o. the
Johnson County Journal claims 10 have
done, that the Democratic paper: O. his
district are getting u, a Crawford cgagrcs.
sional boom. But il is Gadenablc, never.
thelcss, that Judge Crawford would prove
strong candidate. He Is the best bush.
beating canyasser in Illinois, is q man #
brains, and the Democratic party Of tie
district would open the way TO certain
victory by nominating him. lie would
beat Thomas & thousand votes.
Charley Schocnmcycr Of the Germaaia
D House, has put his house in order asa re-
l taurant and oyster saloon, and
5 from this time forth vii be found
prepared to furnish oysters in
t any style desired, meals a, all hours, and
e as formerly, to accommodate a limited