The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-01


covered to his CONSERVATION that the money
was not IN his vest-pocket. A diligent
search through his clothing and over the
floor of the room failed to discover il, and at
last accounts 1t had not been found.
lie had been In the hall over an
hour and ii is believed, as is very
likely, that he accidentally dropped the
money on the floor and some stranger pick
ed it up and carried 1t away with him.
There were one hundred and thirty dollars
in the roll.
1t seems that the telephone company
has not acted fairly with the people of Cairo
In the style of its poles If we recollect
rightly it was understood by those
who subscribed to the system
and other citizens who allowed the COM
pany to erect its poles in front of their
premises, that the poles were all to be
painted, so as to give them amore respeeta-
able appearance. This the company has
not done. In Paducah it has painted all
its poles black to about eight feet and the
upper portion white, making them quite
decoration to the streets instead Of defacing
them as is the case here.
Speaking Of the death of the wife of
Rev Fred L. Thompson, the Bloomington
Bulletin says; 1--WE regret to learn of the
death of Mollie L. Thompson, wife of Rev.
Fred L. Thompson, chaplain OF the South
ern Illinois penitentiary, on Wednesday,
June %, aged "a years She was buried
from the NJ. L. church, at Metropolis, on
the 26th Mrs. Thompson was noble
woman, and was indeed a helpmeet to our
friend, Rev. Mr.. Thompson, who in this
woman's untmely death suffers an lrrepara-
BILE loss. We offer to him cur sympathy
in his misfortune, and know that so good
man as he is can practice the resignation
he has so often preached to the broken
hearted and the desolate.n
The race horses so far entered for the
Fourth Of July races at the park III this
city are as follows For the citizens purse
of one hundred dollars, free for all, are
"Flaxy" and "Black Cloud" of jackson,
Tennessee; "Octoroon," of Paducah, KY,
"Romeo," Of Blandville, KY, and Mr.. Rob
ert Smyth's Harry" and Mr., W. D. Lip
pett's julie" of this city. For the run.
ming race the entries are "Metropolis,"
of Metropolis; "Jim White" Of
Blandvile; "Browr Birdie, of Henderson,
Ky; "May Flower, of Blandville, Ky, and
"Fannic IT,, of Cairo. The entries for the
Halliday house stakes are not quite filled,
but it is tolerably certain that the home
horses above mentioned will enter the con-
test for this stake.
Our celestial visitor, the comet, now
shines all night, and il is a beautiful feature
of the northwestern heavens, from 8 o'clock
in the evening to as late as one may choose
to observe it. Astronomers generally agree
that the stranger is leaving these regions
and will not long be conspicuous to the I'M
aided eye. They do not quite agree whether
it is the comet of 1907, but think the
chances are against that hypothesis. They,
however, concur that it is not the comet of
1912. We advise our readers to make tue
most of this comet, for many years may
.lapse before another SO bright appears,
and none OF equal brilhancy and size is ex-
oectei until February, 1911, when the
famous Halley's comet revisits the pale
glimpse Of this moon of ours.
-Paducah is to have a twenty thousand
lollar city Jail that will hold forty prison
ITS and is to be constructed almost exclu-
'ively Of sheet iron on the order OF turn |
able, revolving upon hollow, iron cylinder
which is to serve at the same time as ven
ilator. The jailer stands by the entrance
With agrated door between himself and the |
prisoner. He may turn a crank and bring |
my cell he desires to the door; he may |
hen so says the Enterprise, order the |
prisoner out of his cell into the small hall,
urn the table until another cell appears,
rider the prisoner into it, then turn back
he empty cell tor cleansing, repairing, etc,
III without giving the prisoner any chance
o escape. This the Enterprise claims as one
If the most important points in favor Of
his Jail, but it does not tell how the taller
5 to proceed when the prisoner refuses to
10 the bidding Of the jailer. 1t would
'eem that the people Of Paducah are gong
% pay large price for plaything for the
ailcr.
On the Fourth Of July--next Monday,
Cairo will sec the largest crowd Of strang-
,rs that has ever visited the city. This |