The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-05


physboro yesterday.
Judge Lemma returned to Carbondale
yesterday after the adjournment Of the
county convention
. There was no business worth reporting
in the police courts yesterday The morals
Of the city are distresslngly good.
Wheat harvest is in full operation all
over this part the country. The acreage
is large and the quality OF the grain excel
lent
The celebrated Joseph SchlitZ capu-
zlner Milwaukee beer on tap at Bob Stew
arts, opposite BULLETIN office. The best
beer in the market.
w. w. Barr, Esq, chairman of the
Jackson county Democratic committee was
in the city yesterday, and returned to his
home in Carbonate this morning.
Wonder how the coterie of Democrats
(l) who undertook to enforce the nomna-
ton of county ticket feel this mornings
lis to be hoped that they are able to be
out.
-Lost--last evening during the fire,
somewhere on Walnut between Eighth and
Ninth streets, book containing large
number Of accounts. The book has red
cover. The finder will be literally reward
ed by leaving it at this Office.
| Hon. VIM. H. Green returned to the
city from Mt. Vernon yesterday morning.
The judge is much improved in health and
appearance, and was in attendance at the
Democratic convention yesterday, and took
and active part in the proceedings
Aldermen Smith and Linegar took a
trip over the new county road as far as the
new bridge yesterday. and report the road
in passable condition. By Sunday next
the road will be in good order, and those
wishing to visit Mound City can do so with
safety.
Mayor Thistlewood returned from
Chicago yesterday, and reports everything
lively in that city. He says that at one
time on Thursday the crowd around the ex-
position building, where the convention was
being held, was estimated at fifty thousand
people, and yet the streets and hotels were
crowded.
The county convention yesterday did
graceful and grateful thing in instructing
its delegates to the state convention to cast
the vote of Alexander county for Hon.
John II. Oberly for governor Mr.. Oberly
is Cairo man; and although for the time
being sojourning at Springfield, will, with
IN few months return to Cairo to stay.
We went to the trouble last night of
securing the latest dispatches from the
Chicago convention, but after putting them
into shape for publication, found that we
had no room for them in this morn
ing's issue. They were of but little conse
quence were Of but little interest--and
therefore we did not feel justified in leav-
ing out loca! news in order to make room
for them
The Democratic convention held in
this city yerterday did wise thing in not
trammclling the delegates to the congress.
sional, senatorial and representative con-
ventions with Instructions The delegates
are thus left free to use their best judy
ment IN the selection Of the candidates to
the various Offices The delegates are with
out exception men of good judgment, and
we feel confident that they will act for the
best interests of the party and the people
they represent
Mr.. NJ. B. Harrell, who is now engaged
on the Daily Telegraph and several other
Chicago papers, desires us to say that on
Monday next, he will set in permanently
| with Messrs. II. l.. Goodall & Co., and will,
on the Saturday following, forward The
| Dollar Weekly sun To the several caro-
gentlemen who properly indicated desire
to become its patrons. 1t is large eight
page paper, he says, and contains more
original reading matter than any other dol
lar weekly, published in the state Of Hi
nois.
There Is a well grounded suspicion in
the minds Of some of the people who lived
in the houses burned last evening, that the
fire was the work Of an incendiary, and
coored woman named Mollie Bailey alias
Mollie Bradford WAS the party who did the
work. The facts being detailed to the Off
GERS, Mollie was taken in charge by Officer
Schuckers and locked mp. Moll:e is Il hard
case on general principles, and has given
the officers no small amount Of trouble
The police court records are dotted all over
with charges and tincs against her--the last
a fifty dollar fine assessed against her by
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