The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-10

TUOIHs W TcHt,
Mr.. Geo. Sargent has opened his gro.
Gerry store in Spillers' old stand.
Mr.. Driscoll has opened a marble shop
on Commercial, between Tenth and
Eleventh streets.
Those TO whom the city is indebted
can receive their pay from City Clerk Fo'
ley to-day. The scrip is ready for them
Mr. Cornelius Boyle, who has been in
Union City, Tenn, for three or four months
under the treatment OF an eminent oculist,
returned yesterday morning.
The delegates to the state convention
from Massac county passed through this
city en- route for Springfield. Mr.. Trous-
dale, the editor ofthe Metropolis Democrat,
is one of the delegates
The county commissioners court was
in session day before yesterday. The usual
bills were allowed but no business of spe-
cial interest was transacted. The next
meeting of the court will be in July.
A social gathering, to be given by Miss
Tenuie Woodward in honor of Miss Clark
and Miss Daniels, will take place this even
ing at the elegant residence of Mr.. c. R.
Woodward.
The Methodist divinity students are
now required to give up tobacco. The
bishops and clergy are allowed to go on
chewing. The church proposes that the
coming crop Of clergymen shall keep their
teeth off the weed.
Col. Dan Rice was greeted by large
audience at Charleston, No, night before
last, which was composed chiefly of the
substantial and better people OF the town.
He lectures at Carmi on Friday night and
will visit Vienna and Murphysboro some
time next week
The case Of Kite Miller, for maintain
ing house of ilI-repute, and the case of
Jennie Heusle, for being an inmate of the
same, came up before Justice Robinson
yesterday, who, after hearing the evidence
and the attorneys, disposed Of it by fining
both Of them.
Early yesterday morning Officer
Schuckers arrested one Louis Baker, a mu-
latto, who is a notorious thief and conf
dence man. The officer found him sitting
on the steps in front Of Farnbaker's CLOTH
ing house when he took him under arrest.
He will have hearing Friday, at p. IN.
Illinois is well known as the best or
gained state in the Union for Sunday
school work. Every one of the 10? coun-
ties is organized and held convention
within year. OF 1920 townships in the
state, 9j4 have Sunday school organiza-
ton. Fiftythree counties have working
organization in every township.
The ladies of the Temperance club
will give an ice cream festival this evening
at their hall on Tenth street. The best
Chicago cream will be furnished at ten
cents per plate. Besides this the tables will
abound with the finest of cakes, etc, and
be decorated with beautiful flowers. We
advise everybody to be present.
Any discharged soldier of the United
States who has not made application for
pension on account of, wounds or disability
received while in the service must do 30
before July I, 1880. After that time pen.
sions will date only from the time of appli.
cation. The same is true regarding appl-
cations for additional bounty not vet
claimed by many soldiers.
In one Of our yesterdays exchanges
we found lengthy scientific article, writ
ten bya chemist, in which the writer
claims that tie smoke OF a cigar contains
acetic, formic, butyric valerie, propiouic.
prussic aud carbouic acid, ammonia, sui.
phuretted hydrogen, pyridine, creosote,
verodine, pcoline, lutidine, collodine par
voline, corodine and rubidene.
What has become of the policy Of civil
service reform! II seems to have been
overlooked at Chicago. Four years ago
the Republican party constituted itself its
champion, and Hayes was chosen to carry
it out Has the party had enough of civil
service reiorml Or does the party recoc.
nize that civil se.vice reform has had
enough of it--or whatl
Hon. VIM. f. Morrison, who received
the instruction Of this county for president
Of the United States, now representing
the Seventeenth district in congress, is
gaining strength every day as possible
nominee of the Democracy for the pres-
dency. He and John A. Logan were tel
low students at McKcndree college, and for
years worked together ia the Democratic
party.