The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-27

The large number Of steamboats, now
laid up at this port not only give this port
a lively appearance but actually makes it
so, The supplies necessary to keep To-.
gcther--thc bodies and souls Of those on
board ia no small item and the money re-
ceiyed therefor all remains in the city,
And then another Of the benefits derived
from the boats laying up here is that the
r0usters thereof spend almost every cent
of their money in this city before they
leave it.
The best minstrel company which has
exhibited here for many years is the
original Duprcz 81 Benedlct's troupe which
last night drew large, fashionable audi
ence to Library Hall. The acts were all
new and the performances Of high order
of merit, The performance IS closer to
thai of perfection than that of any other
company that visits the ty.-Pitsburg,
Pa, Morning Dispatch. The troupe APP
pear at the Athoneum on the night Of
December 3lst.
--Twenty-one prisoners, we beliya, now
grace the county Jail. We have Mike shee
hans word for it, that they are gentleman
OF rare culture in the musica! line, and it is
not at all improbable that in that "fcllon's
cell-the ittest earthly type of hell Mr..
Moody might find apofser Saukoy whom
he might pickle and put away for rainy
day---or for the day when that iIustrous
gentleman shall have taken to himself
the wings Of angels and be "Ncmcr my
God to Thee
Green Neil the fellow who on Christmas
day broke his leg above the knee in q scuIe
on the corner of Fourth and Commercial,
Is not a coIored man rs we yesterday stated
but white man and an extraordinarily
bad one too He is q man with dad
countenance" such as at once botrNys his
true character, and when, as on Christmas
day. he carries about him too much bad
whiskcy, he is said to be an exceedingly
dangerous man. "Dunkcr and his billy
should get after him and teach him de-
Cency.
In conversation with one Of our young
men yesterday, he told US very innocently
that he had come very near losing his over
shoes at a party he attended the other night,
When arriving at the house he had rid
himself of his shoes, but could not find
them again on desiring TO return home. He
tried on the overshoes Of not less than ten
girls Of the party-overy pair Of them be
ing sufficiently large for him, but did not
find his own until he had tried on the last
pair. When We remark that the gentleman
wears not less than seven and half boot
our readers can at once guess at the size OF
the ladies' feet who composed the party, y
desire to keep our eyes out Of the mourning
condition prevents us from giving the gen.
tlcmaus name.
Some time ago we stated on the au-
thority Of Officer Hogan that pirate boats
lined both the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
and that the owners thereof were in habit
of stealing whatever they could lay their
hands upon from the residents along the
rivers The truth OF this superstition has
been we'll sustained Of late 1t has been
learned that the night before Marks store
was broken into three men arrived here in
stiff and the thief who broke into the
store has been identified as one Of those
three. 1t is now not doubted that had he
not been caught when he was, his two com
radcs would have come to his assistance
and have carried eff considerable amount
of goods. 1t has also been asGertancd that
the fellow who was caught in the act Of
stealing hides FROM Kochlcr's slaughter
house was proprietor Of skitf in which he
made il practice TO travel up and down
the river, Since these are facts the people
along the river should be upon their guard
and place well under lock and key that
which they would retain.