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

II there be one thing more than anothe
to make the outside world wonder, it i
surely the extraordinary vigor and vitality
which is to be found in Cairo
Notwithstanding that business is somewha
tagging just now In all the past history
OF this wonderful city she has never beer
more prosperous, This is attributabl,
chiefly to the indomitable aud unyieldlne
spirit that pervades all our merchants. W,
have not failed to notice that although
there are always timid men
ready to predict evil ioreboding.
when apparent difficulties present them.
selves; yet when the drawer and more reso.
lutte meet and successfully overcome what
seems insurmountable, then it is that all
classes again take heart and hope. Many
false prophets have predicted decay and
death to our giant young city, but to lay,
because OF our strong, and never
to-yield men, even the most tmid have con.
cluded to discard their dolefu lamentations
and join in the great rush Of business pros
perity. The improvements which during
the year past have been made in our midst
are truly remarkable and are worthy of
comment AS we sit at our desk and
write this article we can think of a
great number, which have been
made during the year past. We do not
pretend to give full list from memory,
but the few we can recall to mind ale as
follows:
The Rose-Saup buildng-s three.story
brick--on Commercial avenue, near the
corner of Sixth street.
Extensive repairs on the building form.
ery occupied by Daniel Hartman, owned
by Peter Saup.
Dan Hartman's large brick building on
the corner of Ninth and Commercial
Thos. W. Halliday's new residence.
Horace lannon's additional buildings on
Ninth street, between Washington ana
Commercial.
Chas. Pink's residence on the corner of
Ninth and eenmcrrirh GA,
Paul G. Schuh's new drug st5re-a hand
some brick building --oE Commercial.
+. Vincents residence on Ninth str I,
near Washington.
W, B. Gilbert's improvements about his
premises.
Mrs, Briback-repairs on residence on the
corner of Twenty-drst and Walnut.
Jim GOrman-ad additions to his residen,
on Twenty-frst street.
Jno, Sproat-New additions to resi-
dence; new barn and other improvements
about his premises
F. Vincent, building commonly called
"Vincent's block" on corner of Eighth
and Commercial.
Extensive changes and repairs on the
Alexander County bank building.
A residence on the corner OF Twenty
third street and cedar has received an over
hauling.
Jno. ODonncll'S residence near Peter
Cuhl's building repaired,
Dennis Driscolls residence on the corner
of Twenty-eighth and Commercial has re-
celved a new foundation and general re-
pairs.
A small business house near the corner
of Fourth street on Commercial avenue.
f. A. Burnett -improvemen.s on resi-
dence on Tenth street.
Jacob neutrality-suspicious. about resi-
dence
Two residences on the south side OF
Twelfth, near Jefferson avenue.
Frame building removed from the cor
ner OF Thirteenth street and Washington
avenue to same street on Poplar-thorough !
ly repaired,
Monroe Wooten--small new residence on
Twenty.flrst street.
Ed Shannessy-small new residence.
Henry Hichson-repairs on residence.
Jno Furguson residence repaired, near
Poplar.
New barn on the corner of Seventeenth |
street and Jefferson avenue.
Z. &. Petit has built an addition to his
store on Twenty eighth street
Chas aligher-resdenc on the corner
of Twentieth street and Commercial--re-
pairs.
New house built by Alex Berry on Thir-
teenth street, between Walnut and Cedar.
A new house on the corner of Fifteenth
and Walnut-frame
Kcohlcr Bros sausage factory on Seven.
teenth street.
B. McManus-new barn back of residence
on Fourteenth street.
W. +. Russell extensive repairs on the