The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-30

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The members of the different fire com
panies are becoming much interested in
their contemplated water-throwing match
The contest will come off within the next
few days-much earlier than we stated yes
tcrday,
C. r. Woodward who besides filling
the position ofproprietor of the Novelty
Iron store is editor and publisher OF the
Wood and Iron Worker, is charging his
storage room by the erection of large
shed in the rear OF the white collar planning
mills.
For week or more we had been adj
vertsing the last meeting of the old council
for Tuesday evening the Goth instant. BY
what authority did it convene, then, on
Monday night3 As soon as we can "get
around, we'll know the whyfores of this
precipitation,
An old subscriber on the line of the
C. & V. sends us the following: "We
must have a good Democratic paper circu-
lated in our town. send you herewith
| $1S and twelve names for The WEEKLY
BULLETIN for one year." Thanks. 1t is a
sample of what we are getting almost
daily.
The members ofthe High School class
in astronomy, led by their teacher, Miss
Krimple, were out on the commons Mon
day night, and supplied with glasses, IN
dulged in study of the magnitied stars.
This being the first outdoor night lesson,
there was considerable conjecture among
curious lookers-on as to what the nocturnal
| gathering of school children meant.
The Sun, with less supply of figures
than man would carry about IN his over
coat pockets, talks about getting out the
tax list for less money than The BULLETIN
is likely to get. The man is demented
Laying aside the fact that a publication in
the Sun would be worthless, Mr.. Davis
could not have published the list within
the time allotted to The BULLETIN, had he
been paid $4,000 for it.
Eliza Fox, q colored woman, resident
Of the Fifth ward, died Monday, Of pneu
= monia. On the Saturday previous friend
was abroad upon the streets with a sub
scription paper soliciting money witt
d which to bury the body, which body a
Il that time, Lad two days of life in it. |
. happening to leak out that the friend
action was premature he found the dime
5 and quarters rather few and far between,
The bond of Mayor-elect, n. B. Thistle
wood, was approved by the council Monda!
night, and since that time he has beer
Mayor in fact His bond is in the pena
sum of three thousand dollars and i,
abundantly secured by the names Of j. p
Thstlewood, J. NJ. Phillips, Chas. Gallagher
and William Lonergan, securities. The
first meeting of the council with its new
presiding officer will be held at the time
, fixed by ordinance for the regular
monthly meeting
City Attorney, VIM. Z. Hendricks,
Esq, has filed bond for the faithful per-
Torrance of his duties, in the penal sum Of
one thousand dollars, with B. F. Livingston
and j.. J. Gordon as his securities. And
the public will expect William to attend
personally to the prosecution of our ordin-
anccs breakers, and not permit guilty par
ties to go acquit because there is no attor-
ney in court to fix the venue Of the crime
or the date Of its commission.
-Clerk.elect, D. J, Foley filled his bond
and took the oath of Office yesterday. We
suppose, therefore, that the books and pa
pers have been turned over to him and that
the City Clerk Is no longer j B. Phills but
d. j. Foley. Mr. Focy's bond was in the
penal sum of $1,000, and was signed by the
following named responsible citizens: d
J. Foley, principal, and NJ. Mahoney, Pat,
rick Mnkler, r, Fitzgerald William
Klugc and John Clancy, sureties,
A nambrr of young gentlemen, moved
by our description Of the young gypsy
girls charms and graces, made a iourne,
, to the tenting grounds of the gang, anc
adopted divers and sundry ingenious re
sorts to get look at the dark eyed beauty
One gentleman loitered about the cam
four hours, he says and never got glimps
t of her. Two other gentlemen, who visite,
the camp in company, declare that the
Il. "ransacked the whole shebang, and of al
u the ID" but these gentlemen were to
profane to be reported. "The myster
: thlckens"
a One John Garner, who was united j
: marriage, several months ago, to one Mis-
Mayer, of this city, soon absentcd himse1
@ from his spouse, and betook himself t
% quarters of which she could learn nothin