The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-11
LOCAL MATTERS.

1t has been suggested that, since the
city has not yet decided rs to what dlspo-
sltion it shall make OF the Railroad strip,
it should build new jail and city hall upon
it, fronting some street. The lower portion
Of the building nigh. be used for the CON
fnement Of criminals with the necessary
yard in the rear for working them, and
tue upper stories might serve as city hall
and as Offices for the various city offices.
1t may be that this suggestion, if carried
out in connection with alderman Blake's
resolution, would meet the appreciation of
our citizens generally.
The following programme was carried
out In the high school room yesterday after
noon by the scholars, and furnished excel
lent entertainment for the audience. The
exercises were opened with songs by the
entire school, and then continued as follows:
Composition, entitled Patton Play Miss
Mamie Halliday; composition, entitled
Leather" Miss Nettie Caster; composition
on"Wire," Miss Minnie Breibach; compost
ton on Ancient Travelling" Miss Mary
johnson; defamation, Miss Alice
Henderson, composition, entitled
dreams of the Season." Miss
Ellen Cloadfelter; composition, entitled
"Small beginnings make great endings,"
Miss Grace Hawkins; historical question
"French and German war" Miss Mollie
DIETRICH; historical question-"Battle of
Lexington" Ihos. Halliday Jr historical
queStion-Miss Josie DeRusscy; historical
question Phillis Howard; compost
ton on Poetry" Miss Amanda Fields
composition entitled "Illinois, Miss Louisa
Keohler; defamation entitled Higher"
Matthias Kelly; declamation-Jame Gal
ligan; composition on Happiness" Miss
Addie Antrim composition on "Skates,,
Charles L. Feuchter, Jr. AT this juncture
a number of songs were sung by the entire
school, after which Mr.. Goldstine, being
present spoke few we'll chosen words,
which were attenuvely listened to, and
which closed the entertainment for the
day.
The Young Peoples Temperance AS
sociation held their regular meeting at
Temperance hall last night. The audience
was select and quite large, and the club
was fully prepared to entertain them well.
The platform was enclosed by heavy cur
tain, composed of maroon colored cotton
flannel and trimmed in scarlet, which had
the appearance Of heavy velvet. After the
regular business was disposed of, the litera-
~ exercises were opened with a sketch of
the life of Longfellow by Miss Lizzie Wood,
which was well read. Following this was
an ode-"Let the lower lights be burning"
A selection-"The old mans dream" was
read by Miss Nellie McGahey, which was
finely rendered, A song, entitled "The
drinking song" by Miss Lydia Pitcher,
Miss Fannie Pitcher, at the organ, came
next aud then followed the charade, which
was in three acts and represented two
sylables (he word being "plaintive'D.
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The actors were Messrs Elmer Comings,
Eugene Ellis, Will Williamson and Misses
Maud Rittenhouse, Musa Green and
frankie Rexford. The club will give a
holiday entertainment soon, the committee
to make the arrangements for the entertain.
ment has already been appointed, and is
composed of the executive committee of the
association and of Misses Fannie Barclay,
Eva Sheppard, Emma Leland and Mr..
Geo. Fisher. Hereafter the club will hold
meetings every alternate Thursday evening