The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-17

disrespcct to high dignity in some OF the
less "enightened' countries would have
cost the conductor and all his passengers
their heads.
One Of our sportsmen brought down a
pair of ducks a day rtwo ago. which diff
fered materially from any ever seen 10 this
region, They were larger than usual, had
considerable white about the wings, black
and dark green on the back, the female
having brown and white breast. They
are supposed to have struggled from the
sGacoast
Besides the annual gathering around
the parental roof tree for which our Cairo
homes have Of late years become noted,
there will be religious obseryancesT Thanks.
giving day, which, rs we draw nearer to it,
we can now donominato as next Thursday
week. Union services will be held this
year and the sermon will probably be
preached by Rev. Whitaker,
The ordinance committee reported an
ordinance TO the council last night III re-
gard to the granting Of the RIGHT Of way to
the Cairo street railway company. BY the
ordinance the company must commence the
construction Of their road in the course Of
SIX months, and must have The road in full
operation before the expiration of n
year or they will forfeit the right of way.
The export grain trade of the country
via the port Of New York is constantly
increasing. Many new elevators have
been built to facilitate the rapid loading
Of vessels November and December will
be the largest shipping months Of the year.
The grand total for this year will amount of
l25,000,000 bushels, being an increase Of
more than twenty-five per cent over that
Of last year
A letter has been received from the
Cleveland rubber company by City Clerk
Foley which states that the company has
forwarded eleven hundred and fifty feet Of
hose OF the desired quality. The hose will
arrive in q few days, and should be subject
ed to the same test TO which the other
WAS subjected. In all probability it will
prove to he o. X, but nothing is TO be lost
and much may be gained by knowing tina;
it is Of the quality bargNined for.
The year 1872 was remarkable for the
great number Of German emigrants who
came to America by the way of Bremen,
and no year since then except the present
has witnessed so large an emigration from
Germany 10 the United States. From the
10th to the cath of October of this year as
many as five steamers left Bremen, BRING
ing over 5000 Germans. According TO
European statistics, $4,000 emigrants have
been brought here so far this year, which
is four times the number brought last year.
Nearly all the newcomers find homes in
west,
Some curiosity having been expressed
to us concerning the brick oven built in the
open air just below the ElchoG furniture
factory, we will say for the information of
inquring mods that it is tress hoop fac
tory in full operation, where the work OF
manufacturing this necessary article of q
cooper's outfit is being vigorously and no
doubt proftably carried on The insttu.
ton is the property Of ana being run by
Messrs, Livings and Jones, both young and
erergetc men, who will not fail to make it
q success.
The frmness Of the potato market in
nearly all parts Of the country at this
season of the year, gives promise of com
small crop, and corespondngly
firm prices during the entire season. 1t is
true that many producers have not yet
brought their crops into market in some
places for the want Of hands 90 dig them,
rs is the case with several in this immediate
and in Others because of
wet weather; but 1t is pretty well known
what the crop is and the opinion 10
general that it is comparatively small
A petition numerously signed by such
Of our citizens as are directly concerned,
was presented to the city council last night,
IN which they set forth that Ohio Levee
md Commercial avenue, below Fourth
street, are both almost completely obstruct.
ed by railroad tracks belonging res
pectiyely to the Illinois Central and the
Cairo d Vincennes railroad companies, and |
that thereby the hauling Of merchandise
to and from the freight depots, etc, is made
very difficult and dangerous. They ask
that for the benefit Of the merchants, the
railroad strip be laid out into street sixty
feet wide SO as TO form an, unobstructed
tl.oroughfare for draws and teams. On mo-
ton of Alderman uowley. the petition WAS