The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-22
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.

City expenditures, last months
amounted to $3,4s4Gl.
Elegant line of Collerettes from five
cents per yard and upward.
STUART, Eighth street
There has been but little change in
DR.. Arter's condition during the past two
or three days.
Herman Igel is building an addition
that will materially improve his levee prop
erty, near Fourth street
The Superintendent OF Streets, with
force of hands, was looking after the con-
dition of the sewers yesterday.
--Handbills are abroad announcing a
colored mems demonstration at James bay
gu, Mo-, on the 18th proyimo.
Immense variety of Fans at prices not
found elsewhere. See our display Of Fans
in show window.
STUART, Eighth street.
There will be services at the Church
of the Redeemer to-day at II a. m, and
Z AS p. m. The Rev. J. D. Easter, D. D.
will officiate.
Pat Kelly, the famous Mississippi
county duck shooter-and alleged cham
pion in that regard, of the Mississippi val
ley, was in Cairo, yesterday.
Aida Elizabeth, infant daughter of
Joseph and Bridget Brankle, died on Fri
day evening at Z o'clock. We did not
learn the nature of the ailment.
The Reform Club have in contempla-
ton steamboat excursion. the matter
has been left emf rely to the determination
of a committee of which George E. Ohm
sted Esq. is charman.
The Center archery club has a Sc bow
that seems to be held in high favor. The
center is iron with sockets for wooden arms
and hole for the arrow. 1t is said to be
just the thing for beginners.
Nothing equals cedar wood as pre-
ventive Of moths aud bugs in woolens or
furs laid away for the summer. Therefore
always lay them away in cedar chest,
bought from Lancaster & Rice.
Tine Cairo Jockey club held meeting,
yesterday afternoon, and appointed the sew
eral committees that were deemed necessary
to carry out their purpose to celebrate the
coming 4th IN becoming manner.
The sale of John Sha1uessy's
residence property will take
place at 3 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. It is in complete order, and
VIII be sold for precisely what it VIII
bring. See notice.
About two o'clock yesterday morning
some one fired pistol at the co.ner Of
Eighteenth and Commercial. The rapid
palier of relocating footsteps was heard,
end IN few minutes the report of the PTS
tol was heard again. What did it mean
The Michigan Stove Co., Detroit,
Mich, have issued neat little book of
receipts, called the Household Companion,
that is ve.y handy 10 have in the house.
The book is for free distribution, and can
be obtained by addressing as above, send
ing three cent stamp.
We will offer, on Monday morning,
June 23d, our entire stock of summer dress
goods, at discount of 90 per cent ON
opening p,ces in order to speedily close
them out. Ladies who have not yet made
their purchases will save money by seeing
us before buying. STUART, Eighth street.
A colored man named Sam Dlckerson
appeared at police headquarters, yesterday,
and solemnly protested that he was in con-
slant apprehension lest one Green Neale
did him great bodily injury. He was adj
vised, if he felt that way, to sue out
peace warrant, and to that end he started
for the police court.
We saw young man, totally blind,
in the city yesterday, whose other senses
seemed to fully compensate for his loss of
| his sight. Without any assistance he could
visit any part of the city, turning the corn
ers with all the precision that characterizes
the journeyings of those who ore blessed
with perfect eye-sight
| In his rounds below the Narrow-gauge
dump, yesterday, officer Hogan saw as
many as fifty or sixty little boys, swimming
in the river. Quite number Of them were
not over six years of age, and, the oldest
did not, perhaps, exceed twelve. 1t is
really wonderful that some of our homes
have not been called upon to mourn a
"little boy drowned"
The passenger train on the Illinois
Central railroad, yesterday molh'ng, was
three hours late. The detention was caused