The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-20


and the club can rest satisfied that all that
hereafter is necessary to assure the success,
Of any ball, Is to let be known
that the Reform Club is interested
therein Nearly thirty dollars were real
lied and we hear that it is the intention of
the club to give ball once a month
"A fine opportunity was afforded to the
lovers of good cheer and social enjoyment
last night 10 spend a delightful evening ut
the Reform Hall at the Presbyterian ladies
bazaar and supper, and Il goodly and hand
some crowd it was that avaled itself Of
this opportunity. Although the weather
was very disagrecablc the entire first floor
was thronged with people mostly young
and the happy laughter and smiling faces
all over the house, spoke palmer than
words that the enjoyment was real The
supper was of very superior quality and
Of great variety and many were the compIi-
ments passed thereon.
MARTIN Asscr, arrested by officer llo-
gan, was up before Squire Robinson on a
charge of dlsordcrly conduct and abusive
language. Martin is rouStcr and had
come ashore here Tor the purpose OF getting
rid Of his good dust, ;" and with that intcn-
! ton took in several of our saloons and
| finally landed at Mr.. John Sackbcrgor's at
which place he had II difficulty about
thirty cents--the barkeeper insisting that
Asser owed him thirty cents and Asscr de-
nying it, From hard words they came to
hard blows which resulted in the arrest,
He was dealt with according to the law and
| evidence.
TO night the Ada Richmond comic
opera troupe appears in the Athcncum, for
| one night only, in the celebrated opera en-
titled "Fatinitza." This troupe is Il large
and positively tirst-class one, ana the act.
ing, al! through is matchlcS> and the sing
ing captivating and cnthusing The caste
of characters is a powerful one as can be
seen from their hand bills They come
here after a tour through the southern
cities, where they met with the greatest
success. The troupe is an old one and its
record Il brilliant one All who wish to see
and hear troupe Of national reputation
,hould not fail to secure their seat, immc-
dlately.
We are told by Il gentleman who Wit
/ messed the Lighting Of the lamp in front Of
the City National Bank the other night,
, that it took precisely half an hour to light
! it. \ strong north wind was blowing and
before the burning match could be eotto the
! lamp, it was invariably blown out. Finally
| the gentleman wrapped his coat around the
! lamp and spread an umbrella in the dircc-
! lighting it, Our informant believes that
! should our city conclude to use coal oil
lamps for the lighting of our streets, in
windy weather the man employed 10 light
them would have to begin his job 4t six
! o'clok in the morning in order TO get them
all lighted by dark.
Julia Jones, 4 lady of coIor,night before
last created quite Disturbance among her
sisters in the lower portion OF the city. 1t
was about midnight when the aforesaid lis
turbed sisters, went out in search Of po-
iccman who should arrest Julia But alter
searching for short time and finding none.
they awokc Squire Robinson and requested
him TO aid in the search The Squire. never
refusing TO accommodate ladies. OF course.
graciously consented, An officer Wa, at
oacc found. Julia was arrested, conveyed
to the city ialI and in the morning brought
before his honor Squire Robinson for trial.
The charge against her was asSaulting and
striking a weaker sister. and tue evidence
being conclusive, she was tinrd five dollars
and costs. Officer Hogan made the arrest
Our readers will remember Luther the
Young German from the fact that few
days AGO he was robbed Of something over
hundred dollars in confidence game.
an account Of which appeared in rHE
Bulletin. oar officers have made dill
gent search and kept u sharp lookout ever
since in the hope Of capturing the villains
who ropcd poor Luther in, and ycstei lav
Sheriff Hodge caught up with one of the
rascals at Beech Ridge ten miles ABOVE
here. The fellow gave IN, name as j. Il.
Leonard and had $50 % concealed
upon hi, person, He was brought here
and tried before Squire Coming>, who
held him to bail in the SUM Of $500 to
appear ut the next term Of the circuit
court. Mr. Leonard will lay over in the
county Jail unit that time and it is hoped
that for some years m least we will see
him no more,