The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-31

! airy. lhcy usually make TsuVVVSS VI """'
they undertake, and will in this case
offer ample opportunity 10 all dancers FOR
an evenings real enjoyment.
-Messrs Wells & Kcrth, insurance
agents nave put up on the Alexander
county bank building number OF very
handsome signs of the companies they rep
resent. They are of various colors and are
so arranged as to make a pleasing contrast,
Juliet Jones, one of the occupants of
"hcI's half acre. was yesterday brought
before Justice Comipgs, charged with strik-
inc one Henry Lewis, darkey, who works
for Robinson on the corner Of Fifth and
Commercially with picture frame, skillet,
etc, cutting his head quite severely. She
was assessed five dollars and costs.
The posters are out for the Mardi Gras
of the knights of the Mystic Krew. The
boys are thoroughly in earnest and our citi-
2cns-all cIasscs-shoud see that they re-
ceive proper encouragement The order is
the livIlest organization in the town; is
credit to the city, and ought to be justly
and substantially appreciated
The annual grand Mardi Gras carnival
in New Orleans this year will take place on
the 10th of February. 1t is famously the
finest and gayest carnival in the country,and
attracts thousands of visitors every year,
many going from the East. North and West
The trip is pleasant one, and the scenes
in New Orleans are well worth seeing.
Mr. f. W. Woolcott advance agent of
Miss Agnes TIerndon and her dramat-
ic c1mpany,w in the city yesterday, max
ing arrangements for the coming of the
company next week. The company will
open at the Atheneum next Friday night for
two nights Miss Herndon is spoken Of as
the rival aud equal of Mary Anderson, and
her support the hest that has left New York
for years.
lis there no way to stop that unpleasant
habit that some people have of getting up
and rushing ont of the thcater just before the
curtain drops on the last act' 1t is unfair
to the performers and very annoying to
those in the audience who wish to see the
play out twas gratifying to see the ma
iority of the audience suppress move OF
this kind at the close Of Dan Rice 5 lecture,
and we hope that on Monday night next,
when the New Orleans MINISTRIES appear in
the Atheneum, the impatient boilers will be
treated to dose of sit down Smith"
The quietness of the city is matter of
general comment just now. Criminals of
all classes are laying low, and do not ven
ture out Of their holes, and our police Off
GERS hardly find enough to do to keep them
awake. Ourjustices of the peace spend all
day in reading THE BULLETIN thus re-
freshlug their minds, and at the same time
Learning the law and the manner Of con-
strung it.
Mr.. John Sproat is making prepara-
tons for the construction Of new side
walk around his residence on the corner OF
Sixth street and Washington avenue. The
walk is to be Of brick and will undoubtcd-
", when finished, be one OF the best in the
city aud an ornamental as well as very use
full addition to his magnificent home. Sew
eral others in the CRY might follow his cx
ample with much credit to themselves and
comfort to pedestrians
A special meeting Of the Cairo Tax
papers Association will be held IN the Of
flee OF Squire Comings, on Eighth street,
this evening. The object of the meeting Is
to rec i've and discuss the report of the
SANITARY Committee Of Ten and AS the
report cmbodics suggestions Of vital impor
lance, when considered in connection with
the future sanitary measures Of the city, it
is confidently expected that there will be
full Attendance Of interested members
Hour Of meeting o'clock. By order Of
the president NJ. B. lTARREL., Secretary
During the late high stage of the Mis-
Sissippi the bank at KaskaSkiA caycd in at
a fearful rate A fine dwelling house Of
Mr.. James Faherty, which a year or two
ago was haf.miIc from the river, is now
considered in danger OF gong in, and We
presume will have to be torn down to he
removed. The dixie put in last summer is
nullity, the banks rolls in behind it the
same as ever. Some of the good people
there are in actual and constant dread Of
the Mississippi cutting through into the
DIVA, ana the coving in of tho banks in
the spring is nearly US much dreaded as
were the overflow twenty years ago
In looking over the proceedings Of the
circuit court in many adjoining counties,
we see that many indictments have been re-