The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-03


Leap year.
Swear of. boys, but not too frequently.
The Illinois Press association will meet
in Chicago on the 10th OF February.
This is 1880 and the year in which we
elect Democratic president
Considerable local matter is crowded
out this morning and will appear to-mor'
row.
In another column will be found COM
munication from NJ. Thele, of Morley, Mis-
souri,, on sugar growing 1t will I've found
of interest.
-Wanted--help on book sewing. for
few days Apply at Tue BULLETIN bind
cry, corner Washington avenue and Twelfth
street
Trade hcurished as usual yesterday.
Merchants doing either the wholesale or
retail business were hard at work supply
Ing their customers.
The Chicago Times referring to the
stalwart cry of fraud in the Maine count,
remarks that the men who stole the Repub'
licare amazingly afraid some one will COB
bic a state.
Last Saturday the Secretary of State
licensed the Lewis Iron company OF Jack
son county, capital $4,000; corporators,
B. W. Lewis, Edward Walsh, Sr., Solomon
Humphreys, VIM. Spear and Amos Calling.
Miss Hattie NJ. Robinson, daughter of
Judge Geo. S. Robinson of Sycamore,
Ills. is visiting her friend, Miss Cynthia j.
Luttrell, daughter OF Mrs. NJ. A. Payne, on
corner OF Eleventh and Walnut streets.
Everybody is respectfully solicited to
furnish lis items of news says the Sun.
The public need not concern itself, however.
THE BULLETIN has faithfully performed its
duty in this regard in the year past and will
not fail in 1880.
john Hcige, whose leo was threatened
with amputation some time ago, and for
whose benefit the Rough and Ready fire
company raised a very respectable sum of
money, is still suffering severely The poor
fellow is having hard time of it, indeed,
Mrs. B. d. VanDruyer and her daugh-
ter, Miss Fife, spent the holidays with Mr..
CIR. Woodward's family Miss Eiiie re-
turned to her home in DuQuoin yesterday
afternoon, but her mother were continue
heF-gisit-sthe city ustil Monday
Since 1850, when the law requiring the
Illinois Central Railroad company to pay
into the state treasury, IN lieu OF all taxes,
seven per cent OF its gross earnings, went
into effect, the state has received S7,93S,-
7Gs II on receipts Of Sl03,024,4Tj Al,
The report current that the veteran
Snowman, Dan. Rice, has been converted to
religion by Moody and Sankcy, is untrue, so
far as the religious part OF the story is con-
cerned. lie has been, by them caused to
aDandon the use ot liquor, which in the
end. may prove to have been the first STEP
toward his conversion to Christ
Our merchants should no, think that
because the holidays are over they shoulc
make no further effort to secure business
II is in the dull times the wise mcrchan
doubles his endcavorS to this end and hi
principal channel is the medium oi adver
Using He knows il pays him, and wit
this idea he spends his money and profit
accordingly,
We arc informed by Mr. W. W. Woote
that Mr.. Galighers statement to the cilet
that hc sent stranger to his house with il
etructions to ask $40 for the return Of h
mir. Gallighcr's) mule is untrue. W
know nothing abort the matter and hcnC
have no opinion OF our own on L. "
make this statement Of Mr. Wooten's, how
ever, and let il have wha, weight il my,
Mr.. A. q. Aluger, Of Pulaski, IS in Il
city introducing A small mechanical rtic
that will revolutionIze clothc washing, {
away with washboards entirely and mai
washingday instead OF q lugsear in u
family AMI house, almost aday Of rccrc