The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-29

thousand majority.
-Messrs. John and Herbert Mackie left
the city Yesterday for Chicago, their future
home.
Miss Nettie Schutter has returned
home from weeks visit with friends at
Anna.
Mr.. jim Cheney carries his arm in a
sling--the result of having accidentally
shot himself through the hand.
The sidewalk on Washington between
Fourteenth aud Eighteenth streets is beng
reconstructed by Messrs. Furgeson and
Minor.
Street Superintendent German was
yesterday engaged in draining Twentieth
street and generally improving its con-
dition.
The Cairo and Vincennes railroad con-
templates purchasing the steamer T. I.
Hillman. The company is already nego-
tiatlng with the owners of the boat, and
propose to put her into the Wabash.
Mr.. Jno. Scot, the sick man in whose
favor charity has been solicited. is growing
worse. The physician in attendance re-
ports that Inflammation Of the bowels has
set In, and the patient will probably die.
Base Ball Billy (Reels) will have a
benefit next Wednesday evening, June Goth,
and although running in opposition to the
circus, he will undoubtedly have big
house. Boys, turn out and give him a
pumper
The members Of the county Demo-
cratic central committee, and the delegates
to the senatorial convention, are requested
TO meet at the Office of Col J. s. Rearden,
on Ohio evee, this afternoon at o'clock
promptly.
Now that Garfield knows the man
whom he has to run against in the coming
contest he will, perhaps, furnish the country
with his letter Of acceptance without fur
ther delay. There is growing anxiety to
hear from him.
Our sidewalk crossings are sorely in
need of attention. The dust Of several
weeks has accumulated upon them and now
that the rain has turned the dust into mud
pedestrians are seen to lump over the
mudiest places with the speed of locomo-
tlves in trousers.
Mr.. Michael Hogan, an old resident OF
Unity precinct, in this county, and one who
had many acquaintance in Cairo, died at
his home Saturday last and was buried day
before yesterday. He was an industrious
and honest man and was esteemed by his
neighbors and friends generally.
The Louisville Courier.Journal said
that after Tildens letter Of declina,ion was
read "the leaderless legions of Democracy
were lost in thought" 1t seems that they
thought to very good purpose, however, for
they selected leader who gives every
promise of leading them to victory
Even the opposition declare that the
nomination of General Hancock at Cincin-
natl will "swcep the country like whirl
wind and its compepitors are ready 70
acknowledge that the "Faultless" five cent
cigar has taken the community by storm.
It is pure Havana filler. bright wrapper,
Sold wholesale and retail by +. Korsmeyer,
Ohio Icvee, corner Sixth street.
Don't forget the great $500 excursion
to st. Louis on July 4th, engineered By
Phil Ssup. Tickets are good for three
days. THE BULLETIN wishes Phil all the
success IN the world, in this, his first grand
excursion, and hopes that ten thousand
people may take advantage of it, II there
is any money to be made 10 it, no one IS
better entitled to make it than he Is.
--Greenville Sun: "John II. Oberly,
Democratic candidate for secretary of state
was printers apprentice when boy, and
was prominent in printers society for mu-
tual improvement as he grew Older. After.
wards he was an editor in Ohio, and for
several years conducted The CAIRO DAILY
BULLETIN in this state. He still owns The
BULLETIN establishment, II We mistake
not, but leases it,
Henry McCabe and Thomas Larkin,
were out larkin' on Sunday night last and,
while In their "0h, be joyful mood" visited
several castles of crime. Yesterday an in.
mate Of one of the castles TO which they
had tried to gain admittance sworc out a
warrant for their arrest and charged, with
fearful eyes, that these young men had
with malice afore thought, broken several
lights OF window in her house The case
was tried before Justice Olmsted, but the
woman being iiuablp IN uroduno ov;,Io,,o