The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-19

j. AS an item of news to merchants,
u may be mentioned that the pay. cars OF tn
= Illinois Central and Cairo and VncennC
4 railroads paid CAIRO their monthly Wis
I yesterday.
The steamer James Howard yesterda
. evening came up from below with ninetee
[ hundred bales of cotton for the Cairo AM
/, Vincennes railroad and large amount O
sugar and other freight for st. Louis ant
Chicago,
One of the coaches of a passenge
: train which came in from the south yester.
day morning ran off the track at the heaC
r ofthe incline, Some Of the passengers
were thoroughly frightened, but no damage
was done.
"A gentleman from Carbondale, named
Thomas Brown, has the contract for build.
ing three stores in this city for Mr.. Louis
Herbert. One Of them is about to be
erected on the only vacant lot on Eighth
street, between the avenues.
Mr.. VIM, Holden, of Hodges Park, one
OF the prosperous farmers Of this county,
yesterday brought SIX porkcrs of unusual
dimension to this city and disposed of them
to MI Frank Klein. They weighed twenty
one hundred and forty pounds nearly
four hundred pounds piece.
Coroner Fitzgerald held an inquest
over the remains of Robert Hartman. whose
sudden death in Mr.. John Sackcrburgcr's
house was mentioned in yesterdays bull
LETIN The jury found that he had come
to his death from an affection of the heart.
1t was not learned whether he had relatives
living or not.
1t may be of some little interest to the
friends and admirers of Hon. George r.
Vending, in this city, to learn that that
gentleman is meeting with very fattcring
success in the lecture field On Thursday,
the ED inst, he will deliver his lecture,
"lngersolism From a Secular Standpoint
at Marissa, Ills
Finally, after continual and tremen-
dous effort on the part of the street commit |
tee, they have succeeded in obtaining the |
rock for the paving of Eighth street This
90. we suggest that day for thanks
ut the street committee
'e'ps -. 40 business
y, r'o se 1p enayt and observed by '-- ,
uen Of that street /
-MeHopolis, w.. 'ch is and for years
las been, town of re-,> 'c'"o'e proportions
las, until yesterday, been On, Oh geographic
each. A line to that burg WA yesterday
ompleted by the Western Union con-, Gany
which fact created a general rejoicing il,
he burg. Many were the congratulstory
dispatches which passed over the wire.
The Jonesboro Gazette says; THE
afro young gentlemen in search of beaux,
fter stating the many good e'points" of
lnnas beauties, rs set forth in the CAIRO
BULLETIN; also the requirements of the !
adles, have come to the conclusion that
hey would not suit our girls, owing to the
bsence of the cavern" etc. Too bad
iris
The Stokes property at Mound City ,
'as yesterday sold to the highest bidders =
tho were Messrs. Myers and Hogan. They q
ought the hotel portion Of the building,
nd Mr.. Myers purchased five other
uildings besides. Mr.. Mertz also bought +
ne building. Owing to some cause, which ,
re did not learn several of the buildings
'ere not sold.
The Pulaski Patriot says that the Hi !
dis Central Railroad company have side
'ack already at the junction for $50 cars :
nd are making room for more. The juno
on IS now called north Cairo, and yard :,
laster is to be stationed there. The com
any will soon have a double track from
AFRO to the Junction A switch engine is
mployed between these stations.
The extension of the Mobile and Ohio 7
abroad between Cairo and Columbus isnow |
'ell under way and will shortly be complet- I
d. 1t is rumored that traffic arrangement t
as already been entered into, by which ]
he Mobile and Ohio road will do Chicago |
BUSINESS over the Cairo and Vincennes, I
Evansville and Terre liaute, and Chicago '
nd Eastern Illinois railroads. combina-
ion but little longer than via. the Illinois
'entral.
"A dayortwo since Father Masterson took
nut his final naturalization papers. Among
he questions which, according to law,
must be asked Of all persons who desire to
axe out the papers, is one cnquiring