The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-02-08

absence of Mr. Oberly. The exact evening
has not yet been fixed upon, but will be
announced in few days.
Buy a ticket to the Delta calico ball'
Good music, correct calling, gentlcmanly
management, and harmless enjoyment will
be the order of the evening, Bear in mind,
too, that tickets are only 80 cents each.
While conductor Keefes train, on the
c. &, st. L. was scudding along at the usual
rate, near Kaolin, the other day, one of
the wheels Of one of the passenger coaches
gave way; but the ingenuity of the conduc-
tor was equal to the occasion. Substimt-
ing q "sldc," the train reached Kaolin,
where the coach was switched off, and the
balance of the train went ahead as il moth
ing had happened.
There is an active demand for the
"Harlem' rattle tickets. The animal is
rather desirable piece Of property for "a
certainty, and yet he is sure to pass to the
ownership of somebody on single two dol
lar ticket He is said to be fine saddle
horse, snowy and sufficiently spirited; but
when you let him "get down to his best"
YOU hear q whiz and Harlem's out of sight.
City Clerk Phillis Is in fix. His
business throws him in contact with a
great many people, women as well as men,
but because ofthe appearance of salt rheum
on his face, and the effect of the medicine
he is using, he is scarcely in presentable
condition. The ailment is exceedingly
annoying to him, and excites the attention
and remark Of everybody that meets him.
The people of Arizona are in bad
way for wives The editor of the Tucson
Citizen puts in plea for shipment from
the over stocked markets of Massachusetts.
There is a demand. for all sorts black-haired,
red-headed, one-cyed and even bald-headed
girls. "Come one, come all" is the invi-
tation sent out. AS the editor does not
draw the color line, We might, and with
advantage to the city, too, make him ship
ment from Cairo
A negro woman found her way from
Oceola to Cairo, by some means, and gain
ing admittance into one of the colored
families on Twentieth street, sickened, and
on Thursday morning died. AS she left
nothing of her own, and as colorcd people
feel an especial aversion for imposing such
expenses on the county, two or three colorcd
persons were abroad, yesterday, engaged in
the uphill business Of soliciting money
whcrewith to pay for coffining and burying
the body, which had laid where it died
during an interval of thirty or forty hours,
wholly neglected.
Little shavers from ten to dozen
years of age render the neighborhood of
Tenth and Washington avenue vocal with
head dlstracting noises almost every night
Bones and tambonnes constitute the Often
sive matchmaking implements and two Or
three Of the boys handle them quite
adroitly We understand that this banging
and Gathering is in the nature of a rehearsal
for a show that is to come of soon in that
neighborhood What sort of a spirit has
got abroad among the boys of the city,
About every fifth boy in Cairo seems to be
acting under the conviction that there are
money and fame for him in negro min
strelsy, To what circumstance we are in
debted for all this we are unable to say.
We have received from Messrs. George
d. Newhall No. 80 West Fourth street,
Cincinnati, music publisher, etc. the
music in sheet form, Of two songs; One,
the "Old Fashioned Fireplace" the words
and music of which are by Will S. Hayes,
whose unquestionable forte is song-writing
The words can not fail to revive pleasant
memories in the most sluggish mind,
while the music is sad and sweety attuned
to the subject Of the song. The other Is
Jennie with the Nut Brown Hair" free,
light, captivating song by Clara Rltchey--
a lady of decided musical taste and culture.
With these songs came an instrumental
sheet, "'rhc st. Cloud Waltz" q very mel
odious, tripping composition by Mr., {.
Ulrich, who is one of the most popular
composers OF the times. Any of these
pieces can be secured through Parker, Or
by sending direct to the publisher.
About two weeks ago one of our uptown
citizens lost his mule, and searched diligcnt-
ly for him several days, without finding even
a trace Of him. Two or three days ago tile
owner had occasion to cross the bottom out
in the direction of the Mississippi lcvcc
and he came across very large and deep
cistcrn, and at the bottom Of this cistern
lay his mule, dead. Grazing about the
commons, the mule had walked or backed