The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-16

the city have reminders OF the cold snap IN
the shape Of huge piles of frozen potatoes,
Mcssrs paticr Il Cos. loss is stated 81 $500.
The Pound Party" will come of at
the rooms Of Mr.. Iyslop, as advertised, to-
night The occasion is OF novel character,
and will be productive Of any amount of
amusement 60, and take your pound Of
something.
There was quite rumpus on Eighth
street yesterday. Resch's baker became
ugly, and being powerful man, handled
his employer rather roughly. Chief OF po-
lice AFTER interiered, and after much
trouble, landed him in the cslaboose.
DR.. Marean's little son is suffering from
severe attack of membranous Group.
Tuesday night he was very low, and his re-
covcry seemed doubtful, bu, was much
better last night, and but little doubt Is
entertained, now, of lis speedy recovery.
Mr.. Jas. r. Fouk, Of Greenyille, His,
was in the city yesterday. He is still
searching for the body of his son, who is
supposed to have been drowned short dis.
lance below Cape Girardeau on his
way to Memphis, about the first of Deem,
Der last.
Mr.. Lsncaster's fourth and youngest
child was taken very i'll Of diptheria, a day
or two since, bnt had passed the crisis yes
terday morning and will get well. The
Rev. Mr.. Deurschncr says that Mrs Is.
children are very strongly predisposcd to
that disease.
DR.. Reynolds will arrive thus afternoon
and address the people of Caro- on the
subject of temperance, in the Reform Club
hall tonight As this paragraph, and the
hand-bills circulated will give ample notice
of the meeting, we shall expect TO see the
hall crowded.
We heard an intima,on, Yesterday,
that variety troupe is TO take permanent
quarters in the building on Commercial
avenue lately vacated by Nick Monce. \
respectable institution of that character,
with low prices of admission, would be
self-sustaining. at least.
There are between Cairo and Anna,
not less than tao hundred cars Of miscella-
neols freight standing on the sidetracka,
that will now come forward as fast as ward
room here can be provided for il, The
railroad boys are anticipating rush, and
making preparations for il.
Roberts was abroad again, yesterday,
| obtaining cash donations 10 his Reform
| Club speakers fund and was succeeding
quite encouragingly. he mad obtained
liberal help from such gent lemen as Mcssrs.
Gallagher, Kipp, Taylor, Smith, Sullivan,
and Others. In fact everybody who felt
himself able contributed something.
-Leander Axley upon whose devoted
head an aggregation of Affections have fall
len, during the past ten years, heavy
enough TO crush half-dozcn men Of or.
binary endurance, is now suffering from an
attack Of pneumonia. He is said to be
seriously i'll. If this be true. his rccupcra-
tive energies are 700 nearly exhausted 10
admit Of recovery,
The Circuit Court has established itself
in the Arab Engine house. The building
was not built specially for such use, but the
idea of forcing downtown attorneys and
litgants TO walk a half mile through the
slush is monstrous and must not be harbor-
ed for an instant Neither must they be
subjected to the expense of twenty or thirty
cents day hack fare Hardships of that
kind must be imposed on the uptown
"mudsills" and country "clod-hoppcrs"
who are used to mud and hardships. If
the uptown people and the country people
don't like it, what are they going to do
about itg'
w. p. Johnson, general passenger agent
of the Illinois Central has issued notice to
this effect: That from date baggage masters
will allow ON each full ticket (this includes
l,0O0-mies tickets 100 pouds of baggage
free. On each lf-ticket IS pounds of
baggage free, For all excess of these
weights charge must be made and collect
ed either in coupons from baggage mileage
books or in cash as per extra baggage tariff
Agents selling excess baggage mileage
ticket books are hereby directed and au.
thorized to change in ink on the first leaf
and on the stub, under Conditions" 20O
pounds to $50 pounds. This is mportan,
and must be done at once. Excess baggage
mileage ticket books or special permits is
sued in 1878, theatrical or o,hers) allowing
200 pounds excess, must be respected anG
200 pounds allowed until such baggage book
{ are used up or the limit on permits expire