The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-27

! nc Cohl lutcTeSl VI IcOTlu uTc WILMA
BILE beyond estimate. From the mouth Of
the Kickapoo to Kramm's station, the
bluffs, especially on the south, are filled
with the bltuminous substance, and is q
source Of wealth beyond calculation. Com
paratively speaking, these deposits have
scarcely been broken.
From parties from Wickliffe, we learn
that the lots sold at that burg last week
brought, on an average, seventy-fve dol
lars a piece Also, that owing to the cold
weather, all work on the railroads and
business house has been suspended. The
court houses Is almost finished and needs
only the finishing touches.
About noon yesterday an owl was dis
covered to be quietly doing on a limb OF
one of the trees, on the north side of The
BULLEsIN Office, and shortly after the dis
covery was made quite crowd of curious
people, old and young, gathered to take a
look at the bird. The little son of Capt.
Jas. johnson being among the crowd, pro-
cured his gun and brought the owl down at
the third shot.
"A gentleman, whose name we did not
learn assisted by several hired men, arriv-
ed in the city from Blandville yesterday
with "drover of turkeys numbering
about one hundred and fifty. They were
driven the entire way, and upon their ar,
rival here-being thoroughly tired ont by
their tramp-wcre very docile, and were dis
posed of to various dealers. They left
Blandville Wednesday afternoon.
The whole number Of votes cast for
presidential electors in this state was 624,-
131, of which the Garfield electors received
31S,036 votes; the Hancock electors, 277,-
314 votes; the Weaver electors, &c, 191 votes;
the Dow (prohibition) electors, 44O votes,
and the Phelps (anti- Masonic) electors, $50
votes. The number of votes cast for the
constitutional amendment was 500, 430, be-
ing majority of 9,374 of the total vote.
City engineer, Chas. Thrupp, has the
contract for building an embankment for
the track of the Illinois Central railroad,
extending from point just below
the Holiday House across the bottoms
to where the Cairo & Vincennes road
crosses the levee on its way to the Ohio
river. The work will require number of
weeks for its accomplishment, and Mr..
Thrupp has advertised for men to begin
work Immediately.
The reception given to the friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cullinan, on Centre street.
evening before last, was all that could have
been wished for under such happy circum-
stances. The friends of the young couple
gathered there in large numbers and jubi.
lated heartily over the happy event, which
had launched two of their most cherished
young friends upon the highway of life
A large number of handsome costly gifts
were presented to the bridal party.
The following is the police business
transacted yesterday before Judge Ohm.
sted: Eliza Gone and Maria Robinson,
charged with disorderly conduct, acquitted;
Chas. Smith, charged with drunkenness,
took change of venue to the supreme
court; Leonard Craft, for disorderly con.
duct, was fined ten dollars and costs; Pc
ter Rollins and Richard Boyd, for drunk.
enness, were each fined one dollar and
costs The latter Of these two paid his fine.
From the minutes OF twenty-ninth ses.
sion of the Southern Illinois conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, for which
we believe we are indebted to Rev.
Whitaker, we learn facts concerning his
church in this city which may be Of iu-
terest to our readers. The number of OF.
ficers and teachers of the Sunday school,
is sixteen and the number of scholars of
all ages, who attend the school, is one
hundred and seventy-fve. Of these, sixty
1--WE are fifteen years old and over; fifty are
under fifteen years old, except the infant
class, and the number of scholars IN this
class, is sixty. The Sunday school library
is composed Of seventy-fve volumes not
very large library, but sufficiently large,
and very good one.
1T has been rumored that the Illinois
Central railroad would establish line of
steam boats and barges between here and |
New Orleans, to facilitate the transporta.
lion of freight-especially grain-from this
point south. The rumor Is not entirely
correct, although there is some foundation
Tor it. It is we'll known that at certain
seasons Of the year, when Cairo is the head
Of navigation, and also at other times, the
south bound freight gathersin great ounnti.