The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-28
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.

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Chicago Times "George W. McKealg,
postmaster of Cairo, H., at the Gardner"
The notes of the high school exercises
came in too late for publication. Hence
their non.appearance.
Joe Burke says it is more expensive to
lose chicken than to run faro bank. Joe
has tried it Che chicken par0 and ought to
know,
Chicago Times; rs. S. Pennington,
general freight agent Of the Chicago and
Vincennes railroad, Cairo, H., at the Gard
ner.'
Mr., Chas, R, Stewart left Chicago yes
terday for New York, where he goes to
make additional purchases for the spring
trade.
Phil H. Saup has finished his new
quarters and will occupy them to-day, The
rooms are tastefully arranged and present
splendid appearance,
Our streets and business houses are
thronged with drummers and they seem all
to be happy, We may infer from this, that
business is, or will soon be, booming
The first gas ever exhibited in Now
York was from lamp erected by the old
Gas company in 1928 in Franklin square,
and it caused as great curiosity as Thomas
Hair Soap does at O'Hara's.
Truth is cheap in Baltimore. 1t sells
at one cent copy, and the "Faultless"
cigar Is sold in Cairo for five cents-the
best cigar ever offered IN this market for
the money, Sold by F. Korsmyer
Mr.. John Clancy has put up a new and
attractive sign in front Of his business
house on the corner of Twelfth and Com
! mercial which advertises the quality Of
beer he has for sale.
Owing to the sudden illness OF our re-
porter, last night. the proceedings of the
temperance meeting do not appear this
morning, They will, however appear to-
morrow, end wi,llproye interesting Sunday
reading.
The masquerade at Mr., Matthews resi-
dence last night was well attended. The
weather was somewhat unfavorable, but
nevertheless many people brayed the dis
agreeable weather to take part in the tes
Invites, The pleasure was general and
lasted late into the night
According to authority at the Smith
soniaa institute, at Washington, meridian
time at Cairo, is slower than Washington !
time % minutes, /? seconds; Vincennes,
G minutes Sc seconds; Chicago, G minutes
IS seconds. We are indebted to Mr, Axe,
at Builder Bros, for the above item.
The IIlinoi; Republican convention to
nominate candidates for state officers and !
presidential electors will be held at Spring
field the 10Th of Mag. 1t is believed that
by that time the merits Of the rival candi-
dates will have been throughly discussed |
and the convention will consequently be
able to make iudicious selections.
There was social gathering at the resi-
dencc of Mr.. b. Reed last night. The par
lors were thronged with a nice little party Of
fashionable perSonages who spent an even
ING in the most pleasant manner possible.
The host and hostess contributed much to the |
pleasure of the party, and it was late when
the guests departed for home with con-
Seriousness of having been handsomely en-
tcrtaincd
during the war q great many "bush-
whacker,' were caught by the Uuion sol
der: and on taking the oath Of allegiance
were again turned loose When the boys
once caught live rattle snake six feet long
and were undecided what it was best to DO
with il, a soldier about three sheets in the
wind advised them to swear him and let
him Co." The recent trials and trbua.
tons Of our police courts brings this ancc-
dote very torcibly to mind.
The collections so far made by the
Irish reliet committees amounts to $j54j0,
and $4,000 more promised. The down town
collections were $35?jO, aad up town,
$?0?00. The committee is working faith
fully and will soon have finished canvass
ing the CITY. Our citizens appreciate their
efforts and honor the cause, and have re.
spondcd heartily to the demands Of the oc-
casion.
There is on foot among some Of our
prominent citizens, an affair that promises
an immense amount of fun and an unu-
sualy large gathering Of people. This is
nothing less than grand phantom party,
the first IN a number Of years to be Given