The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-25

Phillips building, on the corner of Four
teenth and Washington has collapsed is
closed
- 1t is only necessary to announce that
the young ladies will give supper at Re-
form Club hall tomorrow night to insure a
full turn ont, See advertisement in another
column,
--Pttman, the negro who stabbed young
Willie Tester at Mound City, has been SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life lie deserved
nothing less and, unless he is rardoned,
this sentence will be harder on him than
death
The air for day or two has been
filled with rumors Of arrests and re-arcsts
for gambling, and it has also been filled
with the smoke of the "Faultless' five cent
cigar. The demand is precedented.
Sold by +. Korsmeycr, Ohio Levee, corner
Sixth street.
We are informed by a lady who at.
tended Mardi Gras at New Orleans that
Strawberries, lettuce, etc. were already to
be had in abundance and at comparatively
reasonable prices in that city.
Eliza Pinkston arrived in Washington
Monday and was so changed that her
friends did not recognize her. She ac
counted for her improved appearance and
luXurant head of hair, by saying that dur
ing the past two months she had used
Thomas Hair Soap,
Mr., A. J. Carl, of livery fame, Is train
inc young colt-not lin the way it should
60 only, but also in the way it should
act. and is meeting with good success. He
bought the colt from Dongola gentleman
only a few weeks ago, and has already
laugh; it to obey some very difficult orders
Miss Francis L. Willard, in the last
number OF the Signal, pays Cairo the fol-
lowing deserved compliment; And then
Southern Illinois, the Egypt of our mis-
apprehension, moves forward with tens of
thousands, led by kindly old Cairo, where
the gallant Club and liberal-hcarted
Union share the honorS each has earned
Mr. Andrew Wade, Plymouth, IAdi
ana, informs US that St. Jacobs Oil Is con-
sdcred an infalible remedy. A Mr.. His
man called it the best remedy in the market,
and his ueighbor, Mr.. Ames, was cured by
its use Of rheumatism in the arm. Another
man in the same city, who suffered greatly
with pains in the side, could get no relief
until he applied St. Jacobs Oil, which
cured him.
On Sunday night last, James Riley, a
section hos: on the narrow gauge railroad,
was stabbed by a negro at Hodges Park.
Riley, in company with another white man,
attended a negro dance given at that place,
and getting into a quarrel, was stabbed by
the negro before he had chance to de-
fend himself He was yesterday reported
very low. The negro was yesterday held
under bond Of six hundred dollars.
I'VE see from "The Local." newspO-
per published in Nashville that our former
townsman, Mr.. ". II. Pitcher, has sued the
Wayne County Press, published in the same
city, for some injustice done him in its col
umns. The amount Of damage Mr. Pitch
err asks for is five thousand dollars, and he
is apparently in earnest, since he has sccur-
ed the services Of Mr.. Alex, Funker-
houscn, Of Fairfield, and two Nashville
lawyers to manage his case,
The other night at about nine O'Clock
two young men finding q skif at the foot
Of tine Illinois Central incline appropriated
il to their us, for the time being and took
ride. They had enjoyed themselves but
for few minutes however, when along
came the owncrof the sldf and demanded
its return. The youthful pleasure seekers
approached the shore with it, but upon de-
livering it to the owner one OF the boys re.
cciycd severe beating and was thrown
into the river and held there for a consider.
able time by the owner Of the Skif, The
other boy made good his escape.
Our council should not allow its atten
ton to be diverted from the important
problems connected with the sanitary con-
dition Of the city. The communication from
the Tax Payers Association should have
prompt attention and some plans should be
agreed upon, the execution Of which would
prevent the appearance Of the yellow fever
in our midst this year. We do not say that
there i, the least probability, of the disease
visiting us, but We believe that prompt and
present action Of the board Of health would
diplcasr none OF our people Weeks ago
the citc, above Ia, commenced cleaning up
an. why We should feel more secure than
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