The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-03-17
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.

terday caused announcer rise III 'he sipe
water.
Mrs. W. p. Wright returned home yes
terday from pleasure trip to New Or
leans.
Mr.. s. p Wheeler, the attorney for the
creditors of Mr.. L. f. Davis, is at Ottawa
in the interest of his clients.
Quite a treat was again afforded our
lovers of music last night by the Comique
and minstrel bands playing against each
other.
City Clerk Foley has been afflicted
with a severe earache lately and as
remedy John Clancy recommends mar
riage.
Eight hundred full sheets Of Bristol
card board to be cut into business cards,
tickets, visiting cards, etc, were yesterday
received at THE BULLETIN Job office.
The Phoenix Baking powder is in
fair way to crowd all others out OF the
Cairo market at least. There is heavy
demand for it among housekeepers.
Vending will lecture for the benefit
of the Temperance club and seventy-fiye
dollars cash, next Wednesday night. The
lecture is worth double the money.
The May Fisk Burlesque Opera troupe
is coming for one night only, and will give
one of their unrivalled performances at the
Atheneum next Monday night, March 22d
The Lame "boom' seems to gather
strength and force every hour 1t looks
now as though he would be the next po-
lice magistrate whether he wants the office
or not
Two white men, one charged with pub
lie indecency and the other with assault,
were before his honor Squire Robinson
Yesterday, and were dealt with according
to the law and the evidence.
Yesterday forenoon, while the tug was
towing coal barge down the river, near
the shore, the current carried the barge
AGAINST the warehouse of Halliday Bros,
thereby somewhat damaging the corner Of
the building.
We have on our table an exceedingly
| well written but rather bad letter, blowing
| up dram drinkers, saloon keepers, the city
officers, etc. We can't publish it because
if comes without signature and we don't
know where to place the proper credit
1t came to our ears yesterday evening
that a white mana stranger-had been
robbed of six dollars on the wharf boat, by
two rousters. Since the report reached US
too late to admit of the button-holing OF an
officer. we are not certain Of its truthful
ness
To-day. which is St. Patrick's day
will be generally observed by our Irish feel.
low citizens throughout the country IN
honor of their patron saint, Instead OF the
usual parade in our various cities, siren
nous efforts will be made to raise funds
through entertainments Of various char
acters.
Nine hundred pounds Of fiat writing
paper TO be ruled into note heads, bil
heads letter heads, bills lading, etc, wert
Yesterday received at THE BULLETIN job OF
fee.
1t is clearly the duty Of DR.. Wood t.
rid the community of the presence o
"Cra2y jimmy" and unless he would b'
cursed straight through purgatory and int
h |, in double quick time, 10y the uptown
people. he should lose no time in rcturnn!
the fellow from whence he came. Th
patience OF the people Is exhausted 10y tn
ever presence of the lousy fellow.
The Illinois corn crop for 1878 is tn
largest on record, ana cNCeeus lhc Si'd
crop OF 1915 by over twenty-five million
C?5,9l3,31D bushels The present crop o
305,I3,311 was grown on 1,0lS,SSl acres
which is believed to be much below the &C
tua area Of the state. The average yiclt
is Il fraction over 80 bushels per acre--th
largest, with two exceptions the past twent
years.
: st. Patrick's day will be appropriated
celebrated Mt 81. PatrickS church to-day
A dispatch received from Rev, D. l.. Ley
den. of Cape Girardeau, last night, inform
Rev. Mastcrson, that he will be present an
deliver lecture in the church this evening
The reverend gentleman is an cloquer
e talker and the Irish people should not toI
y get the occasion.
A number Of the boys Of the Rerorl
, club have decided to give minstrel PEI
Torrance at the Reform hall on Saturda
evening next OF course the boys will eS
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