The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-18

Schuh's.
Commercial avenue, below Sixth street
is greatly in need of repairs.
Don't forget the Halliday guards ball
on Monday, the 26th inst
Mr.. II. Frohma advertises his place OF
business for rent for sale. See notice else
where.
Justice Osborn has removed his office
from his old stand to the corner of Twenty
first street and Commercial avenue.
The usual services will be held in the
Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist and all
other churches in the city to-day.
For SALE.-A mule, harness and deliv-
cry wagon-all in good condition. Apply
at this office.
School boys and girls are dissatisfied
because the principal holidays come on
Sundays.
Another lot of new hose has arrived
for the Arab fire company, and lies in the
engine house waiting to be tested.
Gov. Cullom will call an extra session
of the legislature in February, to redistrict
the state and transact other urgent business.
"A few more chances left on the large
doll which will be rallied at Hartmans
hall Tuesday evening at o'clock. Every
one having chances please be present.
Receipt books, Cairo date line, perfora-
ted stub, suited to any business, manutac
tured and for sale at the Cairo Bulletin
Office.
Rev. Willis White, of Kentucky, will
preach this morning at the Baptist church,
and in the evening Rev. A. j. Hess will
preach. The public are cordially invited.
Sabbath school at 8 80 A. NJ.
Services will be held in the Lutheran
church this morning new minister hav-
ing arrived from Missouri 10 take charge Of
the congregation here. Sunday school will
be held at the usual hour.
THE BULLETIN was the only paper of
those represented at the opening of the
new opera house. which secured and pub
lished report of the elegant dedication
address of the Hon. John II. Oberly.
A very large colored woman named
Charlotte Smith, living on Cedar street,
opposite Washington hall, died suddenly
yesterday forenoon. She was sitting in
chair in her home, and fell over onto the
floor and died without struggle.
Geo. S. McGrew, with Geo. D. Barnard
& Co., st, Louis, will be at "The Halliday"
on Saturday and Monday, December 18th
and 10Th. If any of our merchants want
any blank books or fine litographing, notify
him by telephone or otherwise, and he will
take pleasure in calling on them.
"A change of time on the Wabash road
trkes effect to-day, by which the Express
train leaves Cairo at A AS A. M. instead Of
8 A. NJ. as heretofore. BY this train
passengers reach Indianapolis at 80 p. NJ,
and New York at 1880 p. M. next day.
An accommodation train will leave at
p, NJ, connecting with the L, s. N. road
at Carmi for Evansville.
The ladies, in attendance at the opera
house performances 80 far, showed rare
good sense and refined taste in their selec-
ton of hats. There were not many large
hats and not many black hats; but great
many hats of varied and bright colors,
which, accompanied by the many bright
and beautiful faces, gave the parquet and
parquet circle the appearance of a garden
of many.hued flowers.
"A new brick house is about to be erect
ed upon a vacant !, on the south side Of
Eighth street, next to the business stand of
Messrs Henry Winter & Son. 1t is to be
one story, sixteen feet front and fifty feet
deep; it is being erected by Mr.. Henry
Winter, who will either occupy it himself
with some kind of business, or rent it to
some one else for that purpose. 1t will be
an improvement to the neighborhood.
From an advertisement elsewhere pub.
ished, it will be seen that on the Goth, 2lst
md 22nd instants the ladies of the presby-
.erian church will give series Of suppers
and fancy bazars at Reform hall. The
reputation gained by the ladies in their |