The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-28
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.

The W. p. Halliday landed at oul
wharf yesterday with not less than one hun
dred excursionists aboard, bound for New
Orleans.
Some portions of Dan Rice's lecture
which he delivered in the Athcneum night
before last, were very severely criticised
yesterday.
Our streets we're thronged with pleas
urc seekers yesterday, The day was beau
tiful and offered u fine opportunity for a
pleasant promenade.
The large new organ, for st, Patrick
church, arrived yesterday and was put up in
the church. 1t is one Of extraordinary
beauty and contains SIX sets of reeds Ii was
rracticed upon last night,
The ladies Of the ". c. T L, will give
a supper at the Reform Club Hail. Thurs
day evening, January Goth. Supper will
be served at O'Clock. Price, % cents.
Ice cream extra.
Look out for cold weather in February
and provide yourself with bountiful sup
plies of the "Fau;less,' the best five cent
cigar in the market, Sold by F. Kors
meyer.
Boy WANTED Between the age Of 10
and Is years to learn the art and mysteries
Of fine boot ana shoe making, under ib-
eral contract Apply to John A NickIcs,
No. 80 Ohio Levee.
Street Superintendent German ycster-
day opened the sewers and let the sipe and
rain water, which had gathered here and
there in the city, flow into the main sewer
The river is yet too high to admit of the
water raining into the river.
A pleasant visit WAS last night paid us
by Mr.. Michael Glynn, with club in hand
Great injustice has been done this gentle
men by one of our correspondents, who in
communication published in yesterdays
issue, styled him "Curlcy Mike
We publish on this page, this morning,
a very comicll description Of Cairo, by
Commodore Rollingpin. 1t will be found
full OF fun if not fact, and will doubtless
prove as interesting as anything with which
we could ill the space it occupies,
Referring to the story that Gen. John
A. Logan IS fayoring the nomination Of GER
tain candidates for die govegnorShip of Hi
nos, Washington dispatch says that he
has no spccia! fayoritc but that all the
present candidates are good men, and that
he can earnestly support any of them.
\ special to the Chicago Tribune from
Springfield states that the local politicians
have lately been discussing the time Of
holding the coming Republican State Con.
yentioa, and he date generally agreed
upon seems to be the Goth OF May. The
State Central Committee WI. meet at
Chicago in about a month to fix tn, time
and place Of holding the Convention, and
| it is expected that there will be at this
meeting one Of the largest gathering, Of
politicians ever known in .he State On such
IA OCCASION.
- Mr.. \. 5, Robertson, of the st. Charles
Hotel received a dispatch from one Of his
guests Of Il few days AGO, stating that he
mad left bis pockot-boo&, containing two
htndred aud sixty dollars in his bed, and
asking him To send the same to Memphis.
The pocket baoI; was found by one Of the
chamberm0ids and the request waS prompt
! " complied with Some time ago the
same person found while making mp the
beds, Il pockc,-book containing six hundred
dollars and turned it over to Mr.. Robertson,
who returned il to The owner, who had uoty
left the city. Careless traveller, should be
particular to always stop in first class and
reliable houses,
--"Gos,ips Ar, there any in CairoE
was the question propounded BY one Of the
inhabitants Of this burg to another ycstar
day, We should say there are, and to Us,
an old expression, "thc woods are full O
chem How can it be possible that mcl
and women will deliberately lie about on,
another Is one Of those conundrums tha
"no fellow can solve" But such appears e
) be the case. II Is to be hoped that there
, will be law enacted, some time, that will
drive Itom our midst these pests Of society
for they cannot be Of any earthly use t.
o any community Their existence is ex
uenoly annoying to all lovers Of dceency
I and guo1 morals
: A mule attached to dmy ran away
yesterday afternoon We did not ascertain
, from where or what cause, the ANNA
Started but il came running Town Twelfth