The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-28
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS
Notices in these columns, ten cents per line,
each insertion. Marked

| sale and retail, at L. hoIsmeyers'
MIR. Henry Winter took the narrow
gauge for ST. Louis, yesterday, and will be
! gone several days.
"A new "star" made its appearance in
the family of Mr. Harry Walker, Sunday
1t is an eleven-pound boy.
--"Between the acts cigarettes, whole
sale and retail, at F. Korsmeyers.
Read notice of estray mare and colt In
special column, and then make $1,000 by
returning them as requested.
Read the notice of Fred Koehler & Co.
! in special local column. We know from
experience that every word of it is true.
Miss Laura Pfferling leftfor St. Louis
yesterday, there to enter the Academy of the
Sacred Heart, to complete her education.
"A complimentary ball will be given in
the Hibernan engine house tonight by the
officers elect. A general invitation is ex-
tended.
Mr.. Sol. A. Silver, leaves the city for
New York o-day, where he goes to visit his
mother, whom he has not seen for many
years.
Hon. VIM. X. Murphy was in the city
yesterday. He spoke to large crowd of
enthusiastic Democrats at Metropolis last
Saturday. .
Mr.. H, Leighton who has been sojourn-
ing in different parts of the East for about
six months returned yesterday evening. His
family is yet in Villa Ridge.
An entire new troupe showed at the
Theatre Comique last night among them,
Mr.. E. II. Sheehan and Miss Alice Evans,
two excellent actors in any role.
Considerable police business of no spe-
| cial importance was transacted yesterday.
The absence of Gen. Haskell seems to have
banetul effect on the community.
-Messrs. Fisher and Lansden paid nine
hundred dollars for the three lots on Seven
teenth street, on which they propose to
move the old railroad house. At least so
"they say"
The examination of candidates for adj
mission to the High school took place in
the High school room yesterday. To-day
an examination of pupils will take place
in the same room.
By a card, published elsewhere in this
issue, by Mr.. AL. Goss, the leader of the
Comlque band, it will be seen that but
very small amount was realized by the
benefit given the band last Friday night.
Our street crossings have not received
the necessary attention of late. Although
no rain fell yesterday afternoon, and the
men in the Jail, who cat the food of the city,
might have been at work, not shovel was
put to our crossings.
AT the meeting of the council last nigh,
the ordinance widening Railroad street tc
fifty feet from twenty -iive feet was lost, anc
the ordinance committee directed, by {
vote of five to four, to prepare an ordinance
repeating the ordinance passed some tim,
since, LAYING out said street
, And now it is reported that Alderman
t Blake will seek to serve our people i'll tn
capacity of mayor after the expiration o
Mayor Thistlewood's term. Capt, Wright
I and Alderman Patier's names are also men
k toned in connection with the Office, but
is not probability that either of these thre
gentlemen have announced willingness
serve.
We have 1t from Street Superintendent
5, German that since experimenting the low
d erng of Eighth street he has lain down tw
IS hundred feet Of sewer pipe on Cedar stree
= between Eighth and Ninth streets. Ho'
A much of job this is, we don't pretend
say. He will commence the lowering
Commercial avenue, below Sixth for tn
reception of gravel, as soon as the weatht
!, permits But it Is hardly worth Will
thinking of this at so early day, since tn
prospect Of not getting gravel here unit
next year Is very tlattering, indeed.
G. The following account Of the sinkin
II of the Fannie Tatum we take from la!
nights Argus "rhe Fannie Tatum left S
t. on Saturday evening, with a good trip
freight and full Of people, most Of whol
were round.trip passengers from the OH
s. river. The weather was rough and col
a. tinued so all night, the wind at times blow
I ing almost gale. At two o'clock in tn
re morning, when quarter of mile belo'
es TT. Chartres, the Tatum struck II snag tn
~ tore away most Of her bottom and come u
or through the main deck amidships TIL
be noise Of the breaking timbers mingled wit
the storm and rain was terrific and enoug