The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-24

1t gets into your shoes You tramp il
down. 1t turns into slush. You complain
again. 1t turns into ice, Finally, after a
week spent in all kinds of diaboical tricks,
1t mockingly withdraws into fence corners
and hides from the sun until more comes
to repeat its outlandsh fantasies. Let us
have no more snow in Southern Illinois or
Cairo, General Hazcn. Give US cold, give
us rain, give us anything but not snow.
About 80 o'clock, yesterday after
noon Officer Schuckers observed a man,
somewhat under the Influence of liquor,
attempting to jump upon Caro- and Vim
cennes train while it was moving at the
rate Of about six miles an hour and who.
being unable in his drunken state TO gain a
good hold, was thrown down three times
and was about to make fourth effort by
deliberately attempting TO walk between
the cars as they passed him, when the officer
grabbed him by the coat collar and ierked
him away from what would have caused
his death.
The excursion train on the Cairo and
Vincennes railroad, which arrived in this
city day before yesterday and brought
down a large crowd of people who made
their holiday purchases here, must certain
ly have been appreciated by our mer-
chants, since the eXcursionists left goodly
amount OF money in this city. The cause
of SO many people coming here was the
fact that the company charged only one
dollar and twenty-five cents to passengers
living as far up the road as Eldorado.
The usual fair for the same distance is
little over three dollars.
The days of the world-tamous show
man, p. T. Barnum, are drawing rapidly
to an end. For some time he has been
lying i'll at the home Of his son.in-aw in
New York, and quite recently his com
plant has assumed a dangerous form.
lie has issued the following appeal to the
clergy and congregations of Bridgeport,
Ct, his home; "In a spirit Of firm reliance
on the 0mnipotent arm of Him who doeth
all things well, hereby request the prayers
Of all the congregations of Bridgeport for
His blessing to rest upon me, with thanks
giving for all the mercies which | have
hitherto so abundantly received at His
hands" Mr. Barnum was born IN Bethel,
Ct, in 1870 and is, consequently, about
seventy years of age,
What foolish paragraph a man may
write when he is angry! Here is something
from an angry man Of the New York
Commercial Advertiser: "a northern
copperhead is more malignant, and treas.
urcs up his hate to the men who saved the
Union much more than the meanest and
most disloya confederate. This fact was
demonstrated the other day when Gen.
Grant made his appearance at the capitol
in Washington. These snakes will con.
tinue to hiss treason until they are boxed
up and chuckcd into hole. There is
some hope OF reconstructing rebel, but
northern copperhead, particularly of the
New England breed, is the most malig-
nant Of all vipers."
The Just For Fun Cooking Club"
will give its first anniversary party at Hart
mans hall on New Years eve, to which
large number OF handsome invitations have
been sent out. Good music will be furn-
ished by Boicourt's band and other attrac-
tions will be supplied by the club. The
following are the names of those who COM
pose the several committees Executive |
Committee: Miss Musa Green, Sam 7.
Redman, Miss Efic Coleman, Eug, Il. Ellis,
Miss Nellie Antrim, viii Lppit,; Recep.
ton Committee. Miss Ella Armstrong,
Albert Fairchild, Miss Lewllyn Frazer,
Harry Hughes, Miss Fannie Pitcher, Ed
Floor Committee; r, G. Rcdman,
VIM. Bauyclt, Geo NJ. Fry Lon Daniels,
j. Wenger,