The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-09

large enough w s"Pl'' "
large engines can use IT,
Piles are being driven from the end of
the East Cairo incline down the river, to
furnish proper support for a landing barge.
Improvement seems to be the order Of the
day on that side of the river.
The two hundred pound DULLES that
drop into Cairo seem to have contempt
for our police light-weights, But we have
never yet seen the man that the light
weights" didn't master, when they set about
the job.
The Anchor Line OF steamers have
rendered free passage home to all colorcd
people who, having seen the Kansian Area
dia, are anxious to return to their homes in
the South again. Quite large number of
the sickened and disguised fellows have al
| ready availed themselves of the offer and
from this time forth the number going
South will exceed the number going North.
Under our system for removing garbage
the rotten fruits and vegetables etc, of
every family in the city must be exposed
in box or barrel on the edge Of the side.
walk This being the case, of course every
passerby gets the benefit of the odors until
the offensive stuff is removed. As not
more than two carts will be running, it
will follow, of course, that much OF the
kitchen otfal of the town will be under the
| eyes and noses of people on the streets for
several hours at time. Can't the matter
be arranged differently!
A day or twoago n country looking
stranger accosted a gentleman connected
with one of our wholesale liquor houses
and desired to be informed where he could
find the Cincinnati liquor store 81 met the
proprietor on the wharf boat just now, con
tinued the stranger, land let him have tif-
teen dollars to pay freight on lot Of Gin
cinnati whisky, and he told me to just call
up at the store and he'd hand me back my
money" Il am rather under the impress
sion" replied the gentleman addressed
"that YOU will have to charge that fifteen
dollars to profit and loss" The fool and
his money are soon parted"
THAT "blessed old ass" of the Cairo Sun,
who knows Buxton, says that The BuILE.
TIN doesn't quit saying that the Democratic
Judicial nominees are stronger than their
party, not Il single Republican will vote for
them Now if there is, in this whole Judi
cial circuit, single Republican voter ca
pabc OF such contemplate littlcncss as TO
90 back on ms convictions Of right be-
cause somebody hints that he will, fol-
low his convictions, that Republican voter
is out of place among decent, civilized pco-
pie. But no such Republican can be found,
Even the Sun office can't furnish one,
Last night was the third night Of the
fair for the benefit Of St Joscph's Catholic
church. The attendance was large, many
dropping in after ten o'clock. The ladies
with the sale and chance tables up stars
seemed to be driving thriving business.
There was a very good display Of orna-
mental and fancy articles. The pyramid
cake contributed by the sisters Of
st. Mary's hospital was magnificent affair
as was the deliberately ornamentcd pound
cake by Mr.. Kratky. The supper table was
spread down stairs and was abundantly
supplied with luXurcs as well as substan-
tias The affair was certainly a social
success, How it resulted financially the
managers were not able, last night, to ac-
curately determine.
John A. Foster, of Dog Tooth, came
in yesterday, with wagon, bringing a Mr..
billiard, young man about % years of
age, and a woman probably 50 years Of age,
with him, The party stopped at Metcalfs
family grocery, Young billiard visited
the county clerks Office, hunted up Squire
Osborn, and returning with that digntary
to the grocery, he pronounced "the thing all
fixed The old lady stood up, the blush
ing youth took his place beside her, and in
about two minutes the pair was made one.
The bride is n grandmother and probably
married billiard that she might train up
a husband in the way he should 60" and
thus get one to her own liking. At the
suggestion OF the rather impatient bride
groom that they should get out Of that"
the parties resumed their seats in the wagon
and jotcd out Of town las happy AS happy
could be-" under the circumstances
While the trial between Matilda Phil
lips and Alice Lanton was in progress he
fore Squire Robinson, yesterday, lnsty,
rawboned stranger, half drunk, entered the
room, and in loud voice demanded that
he be accorded the privilege Of speaking to
the squire He had been robbed he said,