The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-15
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY,
Only Morning Daily in Southern Illinois.
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.

Coroner Fitzgerald is again confined to
his bed by sickness.
Rev. Whitaker is now believed to be
out of danger, but he is yet quite ILL.,
The streets are hardly getting into toll
cradle shape-hence the necessity OF an
other rain.
More snow on the way here, and more
of the "FautIcss' cigars ready for smokers
at +. Korsmeyer's Ohio Lcyce, corner Of
Sixth street,
Mr.. L. Buder, the Commercial avenue
iewcler, is having his store building hand
somely painted and lettcrcd thereby great
ly improving its appearance
The distress in Ireland is increasing.
Five hundred people in the county OF Linn
erck are on the brink Of starvation,
Stringent orders have been given the police
to suppress bread riots
MIR. NJ. b. Harrell, yesterday left the
city for Chicago to obtain rest and tor the
purpose of visiting Mr.. Herbert Harreli in
whose family, We regret to hear sickness
exists.
One criminal case was brought into
Squire Robinsops court yesterday The
fellow was arrested for being found on the
streets in a booty condition and was taxed
one dollar and costs.
An exchange says thatthe Illinois Cen
tral will take to market nearly one million
bushels of corn from the three stations
along the line of its new railroad, in the
northeast part of Mclean county.
Work on the Twenty.fourth street
sewer was continued yesterday. While 1t
might have proved dangerous If neglected,
the amount of water coming in was not
sufficient to do any harm. All is perfectly
safe.
The Juvenile Pinstore Company of /.
J. Miles seems TO have arrived in Canton,
Miss. dead broke" The BULLETIN office
will remember them to the tune OF sixteen
dollars for work sent to that place c, o. D.
and not taken from the express Office for
want Of funds,
Don't fail to attend the Par.or Enter
tainmcnt at the residence Of Mr.. Charles
Pinck this evening. The refreshments
will be very fine, and the musical part,
well-rcad the programme in another
column That tells il all better than we
could do it.
The county commissioners will meet in
the court house on Monday next to take ac-
ton in regard to the Sandusky bridge 1t
ha, been reported to the commissioners
that the bridge WAS in danger Of being
washed away. The bridge is the only mat
ter tina, will receive their attention at this
meeting
1t was r,mored on the streets ycster
day evening that the town OF Columbus,
| Ky, was On fire and was IN danger Of being
entirely destroyed Our informant told Us
that six OF the principa! squares had been
destroyed and that the authorities had call
ed upon the fire departments Of the neigh
| lo,;,,. ,.'l1,,.... 60. nus;-tou,
The Illinois State Board Of Agriculture
after spirited contest agreed Friday on Il
speed ring for the next State Fair and 81
600 premiums for trotting, pacing and run
ming. There has been no speed ring at the
State Fair since the first year it was held in
! Quincy 1861 The state boaru decided to
pay no premiums Tor military drills.
Yesterday morning dispatch arrived
here from Villa Ridge TO Mr.. VIM. +. Ak
ley, stating that his brother Mr.. Elijah AK
ley, had suddenly died AMI summonng
him aud VIM. y. AXlcy nephew OF de-
ceased, to attend the funeral. Both obeycd
the summons, We could not learn any
particulars, except that deceased contracted
his illness by exposure.
County Clerk IIumm, has OF late been
given q rest as regards the issuing of mar
ragc license Apparently some of our col
ored roopIo have acquired the habit Of
gettingmarricd once every ycarandt that dur.
ing the holidays and hence our county clerk
is kept exceedingly busy during that time
The "boom' is now over, however since
the holidays are ont Of sight,
The proceedings Of meeting Of tn,
, stockholders Of the ST. Louis Coal Railroal
company, held Dec. -, 1879, were day be
fore yesterday filed in the Office of the sec
rotary OF state The stockholders agreed tc
issue bonds to the amount of $250.0OO 10
the purpose of extending the road from tn,
junction with the Cairo and st. Louis rail
road, near MurphySboro in Marion county
IL. A.. II