The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-02

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weighed fifteen ounces and a half We may
HEAR of larger pears than this last onc
but "seeing is believing"
"A little five year old Cairo girl sat by the
window the other evening, awaiting the re-
turn of grandma. She heard the foot
falls Of many passing feet, but gave them
no heed. Finally her face frightened at
the sound OF approaching feet, and she
eagerly exclaimed, "there, that's grandma,
know the voice of her footm And the
"voice Of the foot was read Alright, for, sure
enough, moment later grandma entered.
The steamer Champion will come in
to-day with an excursion party from Me
tropolis. It will doubtless be a large one
as half the proceeds are to be donated to
the Christian church Of Metropolis to aid
the congregation in paying its minister,
The Metropolis Times, in making mention
of the mater, says the officers Of the
Champion have won the gratitude of Me
tropolis church goers for the liberality they
have displayed toward the churches there,
Citizens of Cairo delinquent for person
al taxes, yet jealous of their good name,
should make all haste to the Collectors OF
| fee and square up their accounts. On the
| 10th of the present the Collector will, he de-
clares publish "BLACK LIST that will
contain the names of all those who are then
delinquentfor their personal taxes. He says
he is determined that the public shall know
the names of the men who shirk their share
of the public burden. 1t will not be large
list, but it will certainly be an "astonishcr."
Mr.. William Naughton, of whose pro-
tracted sickness we have often spoken, ana
for whose benefit ball was to have been
held soon in the Mystic hall, died on Sun
day last at quarter past II. He had many
friends in the city, and as he was the victim
of lingering attack Of consumption, those
friends were furnished number Of oppor
tuniticS to manifest the sincerity and gen
uincncss of their friendship. His watch was
ratified off the second time, Saturday even
ing-forty four points, thrown by boy for
Mr.. NJ. McGrath, winning it. The money
derived, came IN due season to meet the
expenses of burial.
The other evening the Marshal visited
the park, and found horse and two or
| three mules therein. Unable 70 chase either
of them down he brought the services of a
| fleet footed negro into requlsition, and thus
| overhauing the horse, the mules followed
| it to the pound, where all Of them are now
confined, subject to redemption by the own
crs AS il involves an expense of two or
three dollars to release captured animal
il would be well for our horse and mule
owners to bear in mind that every animal
| caught running at large, hereafter, will be
impounded.
About daylight, Sunday morning Of
| ficcr bunker picked up a stranger on the
streets, who was 50 deeply intoxicated that
he couldn't tell where he had been, where
his boarding house was or anything else
about himself. When he had recovered
speech a little, he declared that he had
been robbed Of his watch and money. His
appearance was not of kind that indica-
ted that the sum of the one or value of the
other amounted to much; but in the hope
| that he might come to his senses and be
able to recoltect where and with whom he
had been spending the night, Duncker cal,
abooscd him,
Our St. Mary's Park, on the outskirts
of the city, is not thing OF beauty. The
landscape gardener has expended no labor
upon it, and the visitor who sees il for the
first time is quite sure to feel degree OF
disappointment. The question and an.
swcr of little six-ycNrold Cairo girl, who
with her parents, was about to enter tic
grounds, the other day, furnish Il discrip
ton that it would be difficult to improve
upon Ma, Quoth she, "what did they
fence the park in forI" The answer no
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