The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-26

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See his advertisement in another column.
An all Wool Cashmere Suits for Men
$1,000 Farnbaker, the Clothier.
On Saturday afternoon the little eight
year-old son of Mr. Henry Wells fell from
a sofa not much more than one foot high
and broke his collar.bone. Medical assist
ance was at once called and the little fel
low is doing very well.
Does advertising payl is the question
with VIM. Alba. A small card in THE
BULLETIN for a month has forced HIM to
the expense of two new chairs and gen
eral expansion and improvement OF his
shop. He now runs six chairs and is full
OF business
Remember the Selena Fetter Combina-
ton at the Atheneum tonight. 1t is the
first time Cairo has had an opportunity to
witness the acting of this talented young
lady. Her New York company furnishes
excellent support. The Odd Fellows So
ciable can be attended after the theatre is
out.
A large stock of Boys and Children's
Clothing at Farnbaker, the Clothier.
A delegation of men, each with a car
pet sack crammed to bursting with his
worldly goods, come over on the ferryboat
Three States yesterday evening. They had
come to Birds Point by the Iron Mountain
railroad and seem to be mostly honest men,
In search of either employment, or place
where to locate.
Rev. Morrow, of st. Paul's church, at
Peoria has been forced by his con-
gregation to resign. The charges are that
his kissing and hugging some of the pretty
young lady members of his congregation
grew to be more than purely platonic and
that he sometimes allows himself to fall
victim to the allurements of the cup.
A bill has passed the senate of thisstate,
by majority of nineteen, which makes
the keeping of houses of i'll fame a felony,
punishable by imprisonment in the penni-
tertiary Mr.. Bell, the author of the bill,
spoke long and eloquently in favor of II,
picturing the black evil of prostitution in
all its awful proportions and fearful conse-
Quenccs,
Mr.. Harry Walker has the contract for
erecting seven hundred running feet Of
large circus poster fcnces-four hundred
feet are for Burr Robbins g. Co.'S show and
three hundred feet for Dan Costello's great
show. This accounts for the hasty fencing
up of so many of the empty lots in the city,
which may be regarded as an improvement
upon their former appearance.
Fine line of Gents Summer Under
woGr Just received Farnbaker, the Cloth
Ter.
Alton is troubled with a serious row in
It's fire department, which, like Cairo's, Is
composed of volunteers. The fire depart
mcnt Of the city at large. at meeting held
recently for the purpose of electing officers,
refused to recognize the existence of two of
the companies and the result is that the
property of the city is more
or less unprotected against fire,
Now that the river is high the9ity au-
thorites should procure rock from the
quarries 50 as to have it here in case more
streets are to be paved at some future
time. BY taking advantage of the river
now, the experience that was had with
Eighth street may be guarded against and
the rock might be prepared by the city
prisoners while we are waiting for the
work on some other street to begin.
1t is rumored that the Mississippi
river is vigorously cutting away at the mar.
row neck Of land which attaches Dog Tooth
TO the Missouri shore. Some years ago the
suggestion was made to assist the river in
cutting through this comparatively slight
obstruction to its course and thus render
Dog Tooth an island, or throw it over on
the Illinois shore, but the idea was not
carried out and it now seems that the river
will accomplish the feat by itself.
Check books, receipt books, order
books, etc, made to order on short notice
at THE BULLETIN Office.
One Of the watchmen on the Missis.
sippi levec, at Adams county, His, saw
sklir containing two men approach the
leyec about twelve o'clock,on Friday night,
and shortly after heard that some one was
at work on the levee with apick and shovel.
He went to where the sound came from
and saw the two men in the act Of cutting
through the levee to permit the river to
flood the low lands on the other side, The