The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-16

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Birds.
| The Alexander County Bank building
yesterday received its sign IN golden
letters.
We yesterday met Mr.. J. c. Willis,
who had just returned from the Grant re-
ception at Chicago. He speaks IN glowing
terms of that great affair.
Under the careful treatment of DR..
Joe Roneker, the cut which Jim Summer
well received the other day, while dressing
the flag pole, is rapidly healing up. DR..
Joe is "brick."
Great bargains in fannels, jeans, blank
cts, towels, crashes, &c, from the recent
great bankrupt sale in Chicago. 1t will
pay you to visit us before buying elsewhere.
STUART.
Mr.. German, with his force of men,
has lately placed new plank walk across
| Washington avenue, on Eighth street, and
was yesterday engaged in similar good
work.
An elegant stock of new canned goods,
bought before the advance, and will be
sold very low, at Pettis & Birds.
On and after Monday, the 18th inst,
the Cairo and Vincennes passenger train,
No. 9, will arrive at 005 pm, instead of
1926, as heretofore. There are no other
changes in the time card.
We have not heard of the effect of the
storm outside of Cairo, but that, or some
thing else, has increased the sale of the
"Faultless," the best sc cigar in the market.
Sold by F. Korsmeyer, corner 9th and Levee.
Peter Hughes made too much use of
bad corn juice, which did conduce to put
him in the calaboose. He was tried,
| fined one dollar and costs, which he paid
and then scooted. James Murray, ditto
Both were tried before Squire Comings.
Try our Imperial tea at SOC and 75c,
Gunpowder tea at 75c and $lO0. A pres
ent given away with every pound at Pettis
g. Birds.
If any great number of people went tc
Chicago from Cairo u attend the reception
of General Grant, we did not hear Of it.
The reduced rates to that "burg" offered
I by the railroads seem to have been no in
ducement to Cairo people.
1t was supposed and reported, imme
diately after the storm, day before yes
terday, that the few houses remaining un
destroyed by fire in Mound City, had been
blown down. The report was yesterday
proven to be fictitious. The damage from
the storm in that burg was very slight.
| -Vinus Smith was arrested, on war
rent sworn out by Jno. Ferguson, for using
language and being guilty Of conduct cal
culated to "provoke a breach Of the peace"
J. R. Cunningham was the prosecuting at
torney and, of course, that settled it, she
was fined five dollars and costs.
The accommodation tram in from Carmi
yesterday was not so well patronlzed as has
been the custom of late. Yet, notwith
standing, the fact that the train had arrived
was noticed even by the non-observing.
Our streets always have livelier appear
ance after the arrival of the train.
We failed to mention in our account Of
the storm, yesterday, that with the NJ. f.
colored church was destroyed fine organ
which that building contained. 1t was
the same organ that used to be in the
Church of the Redeemer of this city, and
was valued at five hundred dollars. The
last payment had just been made thereon.
Many of our readers will remember
Mr.. Albert Grinder, who was born and
}. raised in this city. Mr.. Grinder is now in
the insane asylum a. Chicago. He was q
courteous and industrious young man, ia.
vorably known to all of our citizens, and
this announcement will be received witt
genuine sorrow by his many friends.
County Clerk Humm and his assistant,
Mike Sheehan, are hard at work on the
tax collectors books for 1870, for city and
county. The work is all completed witt
the exception of extending the county tax
The books will be ready to deliver to tho
County Commissioners at their meeting il
December.
Mr.. Harry Walker informs us that t. {
, performance given by the ComiQue, for til,
. benefit of Mound City'S poor, "panned out
poorly, smaller crowd being present thar
has occupied the hall for many day. He
however, expresses the intention Of "mak
ing up" for the small attendance in anothe
c way--all of which is commendublc.
The other night the residence Of NJ
Mulkey, on Tenth street. was broker