The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-22

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the woman he defrauded.
Last Sunday the 18th inst, Miss Mary
Lemons was drowned off the City of Hell
ena near Grand Tower. In another column
this morning will be found description
by which the body may be identified. A
liberal reward is offered by Elijah Lemons,
Ashford Tennessee, for the recovery of the
corpse.
Mr.. Casper Yost, census enumerator
for the Third and Fourth wards of the
city, informs US that the statistics gather
ed in connection with his work,
shows the remarkable fact that during the
past year, but forty deaths have occurred
in both these wards with population of
3,70O.
- Esq. Osborn has been confined to his
bed with sickness for several days. His
physician yesterday considered him too
sick to receive visitors. His Office remains
closed for the present. 1t was at one time
thought that his office, as tpresent located,
was out of his district. This proves an
error as he was elected for the North Cairo
precinct before the city was re divded
The following is the list of officers of
Cairo lodge Knights of Honor for ensuing
six months: Grand representative, W. w.
Williams; sitting past dictator, DR.. W. r..
Smith; dictator, Jas. F. Miller assist dlcta-
tor, Jno. s. Hacker; vice dictator, Chas.
Cunningham; reporter, VIM. Fl. Axe;
financial reporter, Y. B. Ferrin; treasurer,
Robt. Hinkle; guide, A. G. Chandler;
chaplain. A. Comings; Guardian, Geo.
Weir; sentinel F. F. Gholson; medical
examiner, j. II. Bryant, NJ. d.
The colored voters of Cairo on last
Tuesday night held meeting for the pur
pose of discussing Hon. j. r. Thomas and
to tell each other how much he had promis-
ed and how little he had performed for his
colored constituents. A committee of nine
was appointed, composed of Thomas and
anti-Thomas men, the committee to report
on the 26th inst. Mr.. Thomas was in the city
yesterday making an effort to "fix things
with this committee. 1t looks now like
the colored troops were after the Hon.
Johns scalp.
The Illinois Central railroad will run
an excursion train from Cairo to Clear
Lake, Iowa, on Wednesday next July 90.
Tickets are good to return until the 10Th of
September, and are placed at the wonder
fully low figure of $3.50 for the round
trip, run of 1000 miles. This is the
most liberal offer we have yet seen made
by any railroad and we believe one train
will not accommodate the number that will
show their appreciation by taking advant-
age of 1t.
The drive at the park has been placed
in excellent condition by the city and is
well patronized every evening. At seves
O'Clock last night we counted thirty-one
carriages, phaetons and buggies in the
park. If the city would now go step
farther and remove the two or three old
logs that are scare crows" to nervous
horses and nervous drivers, and not orna-
ments to the place anyway, its work would
be nearly complete after the drive well is
made of course.
The new convent is being pushed rap
idly forward by the contractor, Mr.. John
Madden, and it is expected to be ready for
in September. The frame is
now up ready for the roof. 1t will, when
be an imposing structure, fine
and commodious, an ornament TO our city
and will cost ten thousand dollars. Our
citizens have already, many of them, given
literally to this work, and many Others are
waiting open handed for the time when
they too may be asked to subscribe.
Messrs. Stuart and Reardon, members of
the committee appointed to solicit subscrip-
tons, will make another round this week,
when they believe the balance necessary for
the completion of the work will be fully
made up.
The delegates to the congressional
convention to be held in Carbonate to-day,
accompanied by number OF spectators
left on the four o'clock train yesterday af
ternoon for the battle field For the good
of the party We hope and believe it will be
q battle field only in name The delegates
are Richard Fitzgerald, d. T. Linegar, o.
Greenlee, N. + Jacobs and Herman Myers,
all good men with unbiased and unpreiu-
diced minds. If they are specimens Of
the men who will meet in the convention
all will be well with the Democracy. We
cannot help thinking that if the party can
unite on Mr.. lIartzell, he will be one of the