The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-30

storm day before yesterday No'nihs was
broken, however.
No. 80 is q. X. Candee was the good
Samaritan and the telephone exchange the
Levites. A broken positive wire was do
ing all the mischief.
PLACE wANTEp-By young lady OF
respectable family, as saleswoman' or as
accountant in an Office, Best OF references
Apply to p. o. box $50.
Two or three prominent citizens OF
Cass county have sent to Kentucky TOR a
fine stallion and car load OF brood mares
for the purpose of breeding an improved
stock of horses.
Thomas Fitzgerald, an inmate OF the
La Sale County Asylum, a man 20 years
old and demented, disappeared about three
weeks ago. His body was found in a
small pond mile from the asylum on Sun
day.
The Cairo and Vincennes passenger
train coming down at five o'clock evening
| before last met with an accident
| near Carmi. A COW on the track
caused the engine and baggage car to turn
over. The engineer and fireman were both
slightly injured.
! "A large force of negroes are constantly
employed on Ohio levee, near the stone
depot, fishing drift wood out of the river
and chopping it up tor fuel, A regular
house moving apparatus was brought into
use yesterday, with which to draw large
logs out of the river.
"A novel feature of the Paducah races
will be the ten mile race to be ridden by
ladies, for purse of $3.50, in gold. Two
entries have already been made and a
third is expected to enter before the race
begins. Each lady will be allowed five
horses and to change as often as she may
please.
"A man named Archie Sterling living
in this state opposite Paducah, VINO made
an attempt to commit suicide some days
ago by cutting his throat, is still alive, but
will die unless he receives surgical AID
He refuses to allow anything to be done
him that might tend to his recovery; he is
still Determined to die.
The proprietors of the iron foundries
in Quincy have issued circulars, recitating
various grievances to which they are sub
jected by the Molders' union and threaten
to enforce their views whether the employees
agree to accept them or not. 1t is antlci-
pated that there will be a'general cessa-
ton of operation in all the foundries next
week.
Fred Keohler has capped the climax
in fine beef. Last week he killed the
finest heifer ever before brought to this
market and yesterday he killed still finer
one, a two-year,old that weighed 1925
pounds, with flesh SO tender and juicy that
'twould make beef-eater's eyes glisten to
look at it.. This beef is now ready for
customers and will be sold on his counters
day and tomorrow. Call early and Sc
cure the choice pieces.
-Paducah is making prodidgeous
effort to organize stock company tor the
of building new opera-house.
The Paducah Enterprise, in commenting
upon the proposition, concludes as follows;
"Traveling companies will also herald
new hall with delight and feel more like
giving a good show. Cairo, by little ef-
fort, has raised funds for new opera
house, and what Cairo can do Paducah
certainly should be able to do also"
A man named Anderson advertised a
grand Straightforward performance and
gift concert, at Carmi, H., the other night
but when the evening for the performance
came and crowd of people had paid the
admission price and gathered at place des-
ignated by the professor, that dignitary
was drunk and unable to 60 on with the
show. Besides beating the audience out
OF the admission fee he swindled several
merchants out Of goods that he intended
to give away, but did not.
The most terrible incident of the storm
which swept over this neighborhood day
before yesterday was the killing of Mr..
Dryer, general yard master of the Iron
Mountain railroad at Birds Point. He was
standing on top of car experimenting the
switching of cars in the yard during the
storm, when large tree was blown down
and struck him on the head, crushing his
skull and killing him Immediately. The
box car upon winch he stood is said to
have been cut completely IN two.
The storm of day before yesterday was
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