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

il. The attendance on 'he 6rst plight WAS
much better than expected. out towards the
close Of the week standing roon only was
announced each night" AS they remain
but one night, they will. Notwithstanding
the msny other attractions OF this week,
undoubtedly have a full house. Reserved
seats are now On sale st Hsrtmsn's
The weather prophets are hard at work
predicting a winter Of tremendous severity.
The professions! prophet, are more conf
dent than they have eser beer before. M
Vennor fonces terrific snow storm, n be-
gin ~ II ;3J am, on tue e?d OF December,
and to last precisely seventeen hours, seven
minutes and forty one seconds, during
which time an ayera.e depth Of eleven feet
and a hall OF snow will fall The weather
bureau finds that the cold weather store
houses Of Manitoba have been hlled TO
overlooking, and the immense quantities Of
cold weather intended for use throughout
the country are now being stacked in the
open air without any protection whatever.
1t is prophcsied that cold waves will be
dispatched from Manitoba once week dur
ing the entire winter, and that they will
reach localities that have hitherto used only
their home. made cold weatae, and Esye
been entirely unacqusinted with tie extra
cold Manitoba brand
Two well known gent.emec d this
city drove to Mound City day uefore yestcr-
day afternoon, and started back about
eight o'clock in the evening When within
about two miles Of this city, according to
their story, they sa~ the figure Of woman
robed in white standing in the rosd ahead
Of them. They were frightened at first,
but after imbibing several strong draagLts
Of Dutch courage from hssk which Que Of
them accidentally @ discovered Ia bis coat
pocket, they drove towards tie appayetion.
As they advanced she retreated sad az they
increased the speed OF their horse, see in
creased her speed, and the
race was kept up for more than
q mile, during which they discovered hat
the woman was barefooted, and that she
had nothing on but q robe de ehanbre.
The night was cold, and the pursuers shy
cred from is effects, although we'll mufaed
Up IN heavy oyercoats. They finally sue
ceeded in overtaking her, and one Of the
men jumped out Of the buggy and attempt
cd to catch hold Of her arm in order to see
whether she WAS genuine ghost or oDlys
woman. She eluded his grasp, however,
and ran 10 fence at .he side Of the road,
and placing her hands at the topmost
board, vaulted over ii with ease and ran as
il for dear life across the field toward small
strip Of woods ut tho other side OF the lot.
After she had disappeared from view in
the darkness, our heroes debated the ques.
tion OF whether they should follow her or
let her 60 and drive on towards home.
They finally decided on the latter course,
and arrived here between and 10 O'Clock.
We were requested not to mention the
names OF the gentlemen. sad out Of consd
Grafton for their reputation and feelings
VIC have done so. An unchsritshle public will
probably arrive at the conclusion that in re-
latiug the above the gentlemen prevarcsted,
or else they were so fullo corn Juice that they
really believed they saw what they stated.
We will not say that in our opinion both
Of the conclusions given above are correct.
Mr. Icons theatrical company has
met with much bad luck during their stay
in this city, and hence is entitled to the
sympathy of u generous public. Imnedi-
ately after his arrival here his boat was
sunk Just below the Illinois Central wharf
boat and he was put to great expense in
raising her. subsequently he had rather
small house at his performance in the the
athencum, and yesterday when his boat
had Just been raised to the surface Of the
water and WAS still hanging in ihe hosting
apparatus, the steamer Molie Moore came
along, ran against the helpless craft and
again sunk it. This leaves Mr.. Leon 70 q
really bad fix and puts him to great deal
Of trouble aud expense to again place his
troupe In q condition for travelling,