The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-20
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.


.--"Betwcen the acts" cigarettes whole
sale and retail, at F. Korsmeyer's.
Order election tickets at THE BuLLE
TIN Job office, 80 so per thousand.
-"Bctwecn the acts" cigarettes, whole
sale and retail, at F. Korsmeyer's.
Election tickets, one to fifty thousand
at $3.50 per thousand. E. e. Ellis, printer,
Office, Ohio Levee.
John Sproat has placed tubular boil
cr and engine in his business house, corner
OF Twelfth street and Ohio Levce, prepare
tory to putting up beer for export
| The candidates ball OF Anchor Fire
company, Notwithstanding the other attrac-
eions in the city last night, was largely at
tended and was a successful and pleasant
affair.
, The attention of our readers is called
to the advertisement of "Thieves and
Detectives" published by G. W. Garlic
ton g. Co., New York, in another
column.
Game is very plentiful in the woods Of
Missouri and Kentucky opposite the city.
The market is well supplied with squirrels
and wild turkeys that are brought over by
hunters every day.
The fair at Temperance hall last night,
was grand success, the attendance was
large and the people generous We did not
learn the name of the handsome lady
who received the necklace,
"A party of half dozen, on their way
from Indiana on hunting expedition to
"Nigger Wool" swamp in Missouri, passed
through the city yesterday. Is IS said they
all voted the republican ticket at the late
state election, but will return in time to
vote for Hancock in November.
The last number of Puck has Cartoon
title page representing an ass with General
Grants face, covered with lion skin, and
kicking at General Hancock. Under meath
is the legend
You've played the lion twenty years,
But now you show the ASST ears
Items we're hard to find and harder to
catch yesterday. Our local stood fifteen
minutes on Commercial avenue in expecta-
ton that wordy war between colored
man and Nelis democrat would end in
fight, thereby taking the chances of going
to the police court as a witness, but "words,
words nothing but words" came of it,
Eighth street is one continuous mud
hole from Commercial avenue to Washing
ton-the river is going down, and Nelis,
the man who contracted to furnish the
gravel for it, has gone out in the country
on an electioneering tour trying to per
suade the colored man to vote the ticket
straight "bound to beat Jack Hodges if
every business man on the street has TO
move
A New York paper, speaking OF uncul
tured wives, says: "They cannot enjoy in
good picture or good novel.
They love the frothiest literature and music,
and know no more Of the stirring events Of
the world than cynocephalus knows Of
the data of ethics This brutal and I'M
called for attack on the cynocephalus is
another evidence of the hardening inhu-
ences Of great political contest.
The long and honorable business record
of Mr.. Horace Waters, of New York, is
sufficient guarantee Of the integrity Of the
firm Of which he is the head, and, while
competition has brought down the prices of
pianos and organs very low-within the
means Of neutrality-suspicious. may be
certain of being fairly dealt with by this
house. Their advertisement may be found |
in another column.
One of the Springfield churches is now
undergoing an ordeal which is liable to end
in general racket among the brethren. 1t
appears that on Sunday morning collec-
ton was being taken up for INDECENT pas.
tors, and that the minister, whose salary
was some months in arrears, in his sermon
said that the lawyers and doctors all had
a means of collecting the debts due them,
but that this was not so with ministers
One of the 'corner stones" arose and stated
that he did not propose to be tonguelashed
in this manner, and thcreupon a number of
brethren arose and expressed their views on
the subject, after which several OF the men,
berS lett vowing their intention never to re-
turn.
--"We care not how much men may
differ in politics, in business there should
be no attempt at underhanded work, and
we write this to expose the action of the
manager of The BULLETIN because he hap
pened to be short Of help trying to coax
our hands to quit us, by representing that
we would 90 under after the election
News.