The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-05-30

mour Of the Episcopal church. The ad-
dress will be read with interest by those
who desire to understand the origin and
establishment of the church Of which the
learned bishop is so illustrious an advocate.
The Delta base ball club and the Com
ique nine will play match game at the
corner of Twenty-eighth street and Com
merclal this afternoon. On Tuesday next,
at two clock in the afternoon, the Deltas
will play the Mound City boys on Locust
grove for the usual stakes--twenty dollars.
Mr.. F. Weber Benton, well known in
this city, few days ago wrongfully APP
propriated a number of ducats to his per-
sonal use, which were the property OF the
Suits theatrical company. Since this oc-
currence he has been invisible to the strut
ting Mr.. Stutts-so says the DuQuoin Tri-
bune.
When a colored brother comes along,
weary Of his long walk and asks John
Reeve to 'loan him horse" John tells
him to walk on until he comes TO the end
of the road, and Mr.. Grant will then give
him an animal. That tired colored man is
waking up to the fact that when he gets to
the end of the road he won't need horse.
1t is estimated that this year the col
leges and universities of the country will
turn out one thousand new ministers Of the
gospel, two thousand new doctors, about
one hundred Of them women, and three
thousand new lawyers. 1t will be seen
from this that the world, the flesh and the
devil have greater attractions for the rising
generation than the church.
Mr.. Chas. o. Patier will leave the city
this morning for Chicago. He is one of
the state delegates to the national COnyen-
ton which meets in that city on Friday
next. After arriving there he will have a
few days TO see the sights and acquaint him
self with the wire pulling, etc, which is
sure to take place a few days before the
meeting of the convention.
AS was seen by his letter published in
TIE BULLETIN day before yesterday, Sena-
tor Davis advances as one Of his arguments
against the present system Of tariff, that it
taxes Bibles. That argument will hardly
touch sympathetic chord. 1t must be
admitted that, although we are Christian
people, we don't read the Bible as fire.
| quently and as carefully as we should. We
seem to be more interested in the newspa-
pers and Bob Iugersol's lectures,
Between eleven and twelve o'clock last
night an alarm of fire was sounded from
the Rough and Ready engine house, and
Immediately all the other bells in the city
| set up an iucesSant clatter, which brought
out great many people. There was no
fire however A negro, coming down
| Eighth street saw sparks coming out of the
chimney at Reeds foundry, and at once
gave the alarm.
Reynolds and Drew, the men arrested
several days ago for robbing Mr., Jos, Am
brose, of the steamer r. T, Hlllman, were
brought before Magistrate Olmsted yester-
day for a preliminary hearing The case
against them seems to be a clear one and
in default of three hundred dollars bail
each, they were committed to the county
Jail to wait the action of the grand jury.
There was a fair attendance at the
decoration ceremonies at the National GEM
etcry, at Mound City yesterday, and the
floral offerings were liberal. Dan Rice
was the only Orator present, and made a
characteristic speech The rain, which
came up very suddenly, did much to mar
the pleasure of the occasion, and many
persons were thoroughly soaked before
they could get under shelter.
-Thpfts and burglarcs are not confined
to the cities alone. On Friday night the
residence Of Dr.. Mott at Villa Ridge was
burglarized, and siverwarc, spoons, ETC.,
to the value Of fifty dollars carried off. On
Thursday night the residence Of II. II.
Spencer in Pulaski county was burglarized
and valuable gold watch, the property of
Mr.. Spencer, stolen. Up to last night no
clue to the burglars had been obtained.
Memphis is SAID to be quite clean now
hutch cleaner in tact, than she has been
for many years. BY the first of June thirty
miles of sewer pipes will be laid, which will
nearly complete the sewer system. The
old Nicholson pavement has been torn up,
hundreds of old houses have been demol-
ished, vaults have been filed, aud the
streets cleaned. Altogether, Memphis is in
a very fair way to become q clean city.
We see by special dispatches to the
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