The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-18
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.

their Reform hall, last night.
Trade IN the retail departments of our
business houses, is improving.
The Egyptian Social Club hop, named
for Tuesday evening next, will, if we are to
judge by previous hops, be grand affair.
The very excellent article of l. A. NJ,
which would have proven the best of Sun
day reading was, we regret, crowded out
by other matter.
The Grant reception is over and there
are still several cases of the "Faultlcss,"
the best OF five cent cigars, for sale by F.
Eorsmeyer.
Capt. John II. Shields, the very clever
and sprightly editor of the Clinton (Ky)
Democrat, was in Cairo, yesterday, on
business mission.
Rev. B. Y. George, who participated
in the proceedings Of the Carbondale Pres
bytery, returned to the city in due season 70
see the Great Captain.
Rev. Mr. Burton, OF Golconda, was in
Cairo, yesterday, en- route home from Car
bondale, where he had been attending
the Southern Illinois Presbytery.
Mr.. Oberly will probably leave the city
for Ottawa tomorrow. His daughters,
Misses Edith and Gertrude, will prolong
their stay in the city several days.
"A "freight notice" over the name of the
Illinois Central's Cairo agent will prove
of interest to those whom it may concern.
1t will be found among our special locals.
An eleven pound baby--a healthy
youngster--has been born to DR.. W II.
Marean, upon which fact and the favorable
condition of the mother THE BULLETIN con-
graduates him.
The Egyptian Social Club will give
another of their social hops, at ALDERMAN
hall, on Tuesday evening next. Parties
holding invitations to the previous hop, are
cordially invited to attend this
The list of lands and town lots in AL
eXander county, delinquent for the non
payment Of taxes for the year 1879, will be
published IN TIE WEEKLY BULLETIN to-
morrow. 1t occupies less than two pages
Of the paper,
-Messrs. Walker and Taylor, two young
men of intelligence and enterprise, have
purchased the material Of the Columbus
(Ky.) Times office, and will at once re,es-
tablish that paper. We wish the young
men large harvest Of both honors and
greenbacks.
Bishop Seymour of Springfield will
conduct services at the Church of the Re-
deemer to-day, commencing with morning
prayers at 0:30 a, N. Confrmat.ors and
holy communion at 10 80 a. M, and even
ing prayer meeting at 1880 p, m. During
Monday the Bishop will remain with our
ncighbors IN Mound City.
The last demonstration in favor of the
Chicago and Illinois river ship canal, was
held in Peoria. 1t was largely attended
and the Peorans forgetting that Chicago's
aim was to run river of Stops and excreta
by her doors, was enthusiastically in favor
of the canal, The meeting at night was
one OF the largest ever held in the city.
"A great and rapid gush of water. flow
ing inward from the mouth Of the Seven
teenth street sewer on the west side of
Washington avenue, arrested much atten-
ton and considerable speculation, yester-
day evening, The flow was caused by the
cmptying of large pool of water into the
sewer at point near Commercial avenue.
--McVickcrs, Of the Metropolis Times.
says, "THE CAIRO BULLETIN did the Times
injustice" TnE CAIRO BULLETIN did no
such thing The editor of the Times
further says; "rnE CAIRO BULLETIN will
please leave the Mac off of our name"
The CAIRO BULLETIN proposes to do lust
as it pleases about that matter. So there.
now
The Democratic congressional oonyen-
ton for the Eighteenth district, will be
held in CarbondOle, on Thursday July
92nd. The basis of representation in the
convention is fixed ut one delegate for
every 200 votes cast for Judge Allen in
1878, and one delegate for every fraction
of that number exceeding 100 A formal
coll will appear in The BULLETIN as soon
as the central conmittne iasun IL