The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-05-01
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.
Notices In these columns, ten cents per line,
each insertion,


F, d. Rexford of Centralia will be
here to-day.
Additional local matter will be found
on third page
The Howard passed up for st, Louis
yesterday, having aboard a large number
of negro emigrantS.
Barlow, Wilson, Primrose & West
showed to full house last night and gave
the best of satisfaction
Geo. j. Finley, secretary OF the West
Manufacturing company Of Holly Springs,
Mississippi, is in the city.
Mrs. Miller is in the city visiting the
family of her son, Captain James F. Miller,
contracting agent of the "Green Line" at
Cairo.
Colonel w. j. Flows, one Of the mem
bers of the Riverdale distilling company of
Chicago, is in the city en- route to New Or
leans.
After dark last night floater was
found at the head OF wharfboat No. /. 1t
was not ascertained whether he was white
or black Coroner Fitzgerald will hold the
inquest to-day.
The mother of old bill Lee" com.
monty known as Granny Lee, died night
before last of pneumonia. She was believed
to be nearly one hundred years old. Her
eyesight and hearing were good to the last.
The meeting at Reform hall last night
was quite large one and the exercises
which were furnished by the ladies Of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, as
sisted by the Reform club, were fully up to
expectations.
This Is the year for the temperance
Of the seventeen-year locust The last v'si-
tation was in 1868, and if the theory Of
their appearance at regular intervals of
seventeen years is correct, they may be
looked for this month.
We have full account of the enter
tainment given by the Woman's Club and
Library Association Thursday evening, at
the Atheneum which we have held back
for the Sunday BULLETIN. Extra copies
will be for sale at this office
Chief La Hue arrested colored wo-
man, named Mrs Peterson, yesterday, upon
q warrant sworn out by another woman,
which charged her Mrs Peterson with of
tensvc language. She was fined five dol
lars and costs by Squire Robinson.
Some of our exchanges are becoming
wise as serpents, after having been harm
less as doves for several years. One of them
remarks that you can always distinguish
the clerk in large dry goods store from
the proprietor by the good clothes he
wears.
We understand that very pleasant
evening is in store for those who may at
tend the entertainment to be given by the
Social and Literary Society, at the residence
of S p. Wheeler, Esq, on Monday evening
next The programme will appear in our
next issue.
The Ohio river is on boom There
has been a rise of about twenty feet at
Cincinnati during the last three or four
days. All the other tributaries are falling,
and hts is not probable that this spasmodic
rise in the Ohio will materially effect the
lower Mississippi.
Complaint has been made to us, by
several parties owning teams, that the boys
of the city have again commenced playing
ball upon our streets, thereby frightening
their horses. 1t would be well if the Off
GERS would keep an eye upon the youngsters
and lolLid this dangerous practice.
A heavenly body is about to tear itself
out Of its sphere aud will strike this coun.
try between February 10th and 21st, 1881.
The Nebraska Waterman says so. This
being true jim Summerwell should post
ponc the raising Of Uncle Sans flag pole
a little while onger--only about year
in order that it may not be demolished, or
waited to glory IN its infancy
Three boys Of this city, named rcspcc-
lively Charley Hodges, Samuel Taylor and
John Porter, having heard that nothing
tends so much to enlarge the mind as tray
cling, undertook TO walk to st, Louis the
other day. 1t was with the greatest effort
that they got as far as Pulaski, when, being
tired Of sleeping in barns and upon rail
roads ties in box cars, they resolved to re-
turn Young Hodges now supports him
sell with stick rs he walks along our
streets and the other two are under medical
treatment.