The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-17

mand the attention, not only of every col
ored republican, but every white republican
as we'll
Hon. John II. Oberly began canvass
of this district yesterday. lie will make
ten speeches in various parts of it before
the election, having made the first at Shaw
neetown yesterday. He will speak aGolcon
da, Monday, October IS; Metropolis, Tues
day, October 10; Jonesboro Thursday, 0c-
tober 81; Sparta, Friday, October 80; Ma
rlon, Thursday, October %; Mdrphysboro,
Friday, October 30; Cairo, Monday, No
vember l. He has so far made most eff
fectual canvass, and will continue to work
diligently until the close of the campaign.
The members of the Ladies Christian
Temperance Union concluded at their last
meeting to give O fair and festival on the
14th and 18th of December, and to make
it one Of the very best affairs of its kind
ever gotten up in Cairo. They ask that
every member of the organization contrib
ute fancy articles of every description, and
work diligently to make it a grand success,
That the ladies can get up a magnificent
festival they have satisfactorily proven by
past efforts in that line. and our citizens
may rest assured that if the full force of
the organization is concentrated upon the
accomplishment of the object aforesaid,
they will not fail to see really grand af-
fair.
Mr.. L. c. Tallmage, Of Chicago gener
al manager of the Illinois Bell Telephone
company, favored The BULLETIN with
call yesterday, and will remain in this city
| until the arrival of Mr.. Washburne, the
superintendent of the work of construction
| of telephone exchanges, who was expected
| here Yesterday. Mr.. Tallmage returns to
| Chicago tomorrow and will Immediately
forward the supplies necessary to complete
the exchange in Cairo, and expects to have
the telephone in operation in a very few
weeks. The matter Of right of way will be
brought before q special meeting Of the
city council and will undoubtedly be al
lowed without dissenting vote. The sub
scribers in Cairo number over fifty of the
leading business men, and before the lines
are fairly in operation the number will very
likely be doubled. Its great convenience,
combined with its cheapness, commends it
at once. A special line will be run to the
house of each subscriber and instantaneous
communication can be had with any part
of the city at any time, as the office will be
kept open day and night. The company
will publish the names of the subscribers,
alphabetically arranged and mentioning the
business IN which they are engaged.
The steamer Champion, transformed
into Dan Rlce's floating opera house,was at
the landing yesterday, and the troupe gave
a first class entertainment, consisting OF
music. dancing, specialtles and the higher
class of minstrel performance, yesterday at
ternoon and another in the evening. A de-
scrption of the boat and the hall has al
ready appeared in The BULLETIN, and we
need therefore not 90 into details. We
will say, however, that the transformation
of the cabin of the boat into No. ope-
IA house with seats, stage, scenery and all
the necessary attachments and the manner
in which it was done was a complete sur
prise to every one Of the hundreds who
visited it yesterday, The seating capacity
of the hall is eight hundred. The reserved
seats nearest the stage, (Which is built in
| stern where was once the ladies cabin Will
consist of four hundred opera chairs. The
museum will occupy the lower deck and
will be great addition to the many other
attractions offered to the public in this last
and browning enterprise of the veteran Dan
Rice The troupe is composed of twenty
six people, each one star artist in his or
her line At Cape Girardeau, night before
last, the Colonel informs US, he was com
PEELED to turn away hundreds Of people
who were anxious to see the per-
Torrance, listen to the music
and enjoy the singing. The per
torrance last night gave unbounded salts
faction The singing and stage perform
ance was superb. Rounds of applause
greeted each successful performer, and the
whole entertainment was pronounced a
grand success. We do not particuarlze,
because where all was so well done it seems
impossible to select and praise any individ-
ual actor. We believe that it is the opin-
ion of all who visited the Champion that
the enterprise will prove grand success
financially and otherwise, because true
merit will always be successful.
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THE OBERlY BOOM.
Having heard that Mr.. W. T. Scott
, prominent republican politician, whose