The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-17
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY
Only Morning Daily in Southern Illinois.
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.

News was not to be had for love or
money yesterday, We tried both,
The Illinois Central pay car was the
attraction to the employees of that road yes
terday.
See notice in small advertisement col
umn of apples and hay for sale by G. NJ.
Alden. There is a chance for a specula-
I ton. -..'.- ... ..---- ~---'.
The movement to send material aid to
the suffering in Ireland should meet with
earnest encouragement at the hands of our
citizens.
Charley Stuart comes next. Give him
a hearty shake and ask him shout that girl
baby that made its appearance night be-
fore last.
In to-morow's BULLETIN will appear
an account of the marriage OF Mr.. Frank
l.. Gallagher and Miss Fannie B. RaDb, as
we find it in the Paducah News.
Officer Frank Schuckers arrested ne
gro named Joseph McNairy for sssauting
and striking colored female He was
tried before Squire Robinson, found guilty
and fined five dollars and costs.
Tile customs of Leap Year are still Oh
served in many communities, around about
Cairo, and they constitute pleasant varia-
ton from the ordinary course of social
events.
--Chiet La Hue arrested white man
for indecent exposure on the corner Of
Eighth street and Commercial avenue. He
was brought before Squire Robinson, who
fined him ten dollars and costs.
-"Oh, the mud the horrible mud,
Filling the town with its beastly flood,
Over the crossings, over the street,
Over the clothes of the people you meet,
Spelling spelling, bespatterDg all
The river is falling at points above
here--at Louisville and Evansville, and
and the Cumberland is falling at Nash
Vile so that the food so far as Cairo IS
concerned, may be considered at an end.
Congressman Thomas -"Fatty"Thomas
as friend Field Of the Pope County Demo
crat calls him--was one of the members of
the congressional committee appointed to
attend the funeral of Senator Houston. OF
Alabama lately deceased.
The Arabs steamer was, with much diff
Guilty, owing to the bad condition of the
streets. drawn to the mouth of the sewer
on Seventh street and Washington avenue,
by team of horses, late yesterday evening,
for the purpose Of filling the new cistern
recently built in that vicinity.
AT a Parnell meeting in Brooklyn, Fri
day, Mr.. Beechcr took strong grounds in
favor Of the land reform movement. He
thought government that forced It's peo-
pie to emigratc was bad one, and hoped
I the agitation would be continued until Ire
land obtained its freedom.
"A force of men were yesterday at work
on the track of the narrow gauge railroad
at a point a little above where it leaves the
old levee The trains at this point pass
through not less than two feet of water
and the men employed there were busy in
securing the track from beng washed away
A meeting Of the Youths Temperance
association will be held in temperance hall
next Sunday afternoon at 9 o'clock. 1t is
hoped that not only all the members, but
every one regardless OF sex, religion, poll
tics. age or occupation will be present and
fill the hall to overlooking Young people
are especially invited
We were unable to attend the meeting
at the temperance hall last night because
of pressing duties elsewhere. But we wer,
told that the programme was highly inter
esting The exercises consisted of singing
and short speeches by several of our citizens
which were listened to with much Interest
and called forth many plaudits.
We were told by persons who had beel
there, that the Ilininois Central railroat
track between here and Villa Ridge wa
badly damaged by the late continuous rain
and high water. The cmbankment fo
quite distance is said to have fallen away
from under the ties, leaving the track in ,
wavy condition and compelling trains (,
run very slowly.
For once Chicago finds itself unable {,
take care of the grain seeking a markc
4 there. The elevators and warehouses, witt
capacity of 100000 bushels, are full
many vessels are loaded with wheat fol
spring delivery, and cars by the hundred
are standing on the tracks, with no place o.
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