The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-24

day or two when it will be enlarged and
fitted up to accommodate two families with
five rooms each. Mr., Charles Wilson has
the contract.
Pulaski Patriot: "Mr. Hunsacker, OF
Goose Island, Alexander count, was in the
city this week. He is one of Alexander
Co.'S finest farmers, and has harvested this
year one hundred acres of wheat which
yielded an average Of twenty-o bushels to
the acre. This wheat was sold on the river
bank for one dollar per bushel."
After to-day the Illinois Central rail-
road company will put an extra sleeper on
trains, going from here to Chicago when
these trains reach at Centralia. The rea.
son for doing 30 is that the
sleepers, which arrive here from
the south over the Mississippi
railroad Central are usually crowded, 80
that passengers going to Chicago from
here cannot be accommodated.
The rattle Of a horse and buggy which
took place at Mr.. A. Botto's old stand last
night was not decided. About eighty
chances had been sold. The throwing was
very close throughout. AT the first round
Capt. Hodges, A. T. DE Baum, Capt. Miller,
of the NJ. G. r. r. and another gentleman,
each threw thirty-nine. A subsequent
throw resulted in giving Capt. Hodges
thirty-seven, Capt. Miller thirty-fve, and
Mr.. DE Baum and the gentleman aforesaid
each thirty-eight The matter will be set
tied in some way between the two last
named to-day.
The recent appointments on the ILL.,
nois Central railroad from Cairo to Chicago
are as follows: G. A. Beck, assistant gen
eral superintendent, with headquarters IN
Chicago; 7. j. Hudson, late of the Spring
field division, superintendent Of the Chica-
go division; W. W. Wilkinson, late of the
middle division, superintendent of the
Springfield division; Trainmaster Frisby,
of the Clinton division, superintendent of
the middle division.
In the circuit court yesterday, Judge
d. J. Baker presiding, the cases of Charles
Graham and Thomas Lynch were continued
until the next term of court. The case of
Maria Geek, of which so much has been
heard, was finally settled. She was fined
one hundred dollars, it will be
remembed tor keeping an assigna-
ton house and the case was
appealed by her attorneys, Messers. Null
key and Leek, from the county to the cir
cult court, where motion to quash the
indictment was yesterday sustained.
"A picnic and barbecue was given at
Wickliffe on Thursday which is pronounced
to have been one of the largest affairs ever
given In Ballard county. People from all
over the county attended and swelled the
number to not less than fifteen hundred
All the candidates for the Kentucky legis-
lature were present and each told the peo-
pie that he was the best man in the crowd.
Everybody had good time. On next Sat
urday another similar affair will be given
for which preparations are already being
made by the ladies in the neighborhood of
Wickliffe.
The maximum temperature for six
teen hours preceding three o'clock p. m,
yesterday, washington time) were as fol-
lows: Chattanooga, Tenn, "a; Cincinnati,
Ohio, 49, Davenport, Iowa, IS; Dubuque,
Iowa, 81; Keokuk, Iowa, S.; Lacrosse,
Wis, so; Leavenworth, Kas., 81, Louis
vile, KY, So; Memphis, Tenn, So; Nash
vile, Tenn, 81; Omaha, Neb., 81; Pitts
burg, Pa. SO; Shreveport, La, 90; st.
LOUIS, Mo-, 81; St. Paul, Mimi, SO; Vicks-
burg, Miss, 0S; North Platte, Neb., SO;
Bismarck, OAK, rs; Dodge City, Kan, -;
Yankton, OAK, ST. New Orleans, La, -.
Owing to the change for the worse in
the presidents condition and the anxiety
Of the people to know what results the
next twenty.iour hours may bring forth,
Mr.. +. s. Kent will, IN compliance with a
dispatch sent by Mr.. Tubbs, the general
superintendent Of the Western Union tele-
graph company at Chicago, keep the Office
here open all day to-day, and satisfy the
public anxiety by posting all dispatches,
received by him, relative to the presidents
condition, at the usual place
in the front OF the Office on Ohio levee.
This action, on the part Of the management
of the Western Union, certainly deserves
commentator.
The Atheneum building and the one
adjoining, occupied by Messrs. Clark and
Ince were sold at auction by Mr.. Sol Silver