The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-02

ST. Louis, and the orange, red and blue,
colors of the Yelled Prophets, are going
up to take its place. This is right and
proper; to mourn for Garfield it is not
necessary to retain the outward symbol on
the walls and it would be out of taste to
keep such sign up in a week of festival.
80 dozen Boys and Misses School
Shoes; every pair warranted. See our
Ladies Button Boot, worked button-holes
and warranted, for $3.50. Stuart. y
Friday evening Miss Nellie Howe, q
girl about thirteen years of age, was play
ing with other young folks on top of a
wood shed, back Of her home, in number
four Winters row, when she accidentally
fell from the roof of the shed to the ground,
a distance of ten feet and besides severely
spraining one of her ankles, sustained some
MINOR injuries in the face She was nearly
all right again yesterday, however.
"A meeting of the republican county
central committee of Pulaski county is call
cd at Mound City, Illinois, for Tuesday,
October, 4th, at 3 o'clock, p. m. to deter
mine the question Of calling convention
for the purpose of nominating candidate
for states attorney, and county commission
er, "and to do all such other business as
will properly suggest itself to the commit
tce.'
Big bill at the Comique next week. y
The c. e. st. l.. II. II. will run train
tomorrow leaving st. Louis at the usual
hour arriving at Cairo at 4:30 p. IN. The
excursion train leaves the Union Depot at
40 a. m. sharp. Tickets to East St. Louis
and return 49, Tickets good until and in
GLIDING the 9Th. Tickets will also be sold
to local stations for one fare for round trip
good to return on any train during the
| week from ST. Louis.
There is much talk to the effect that Mr..
Blame will be given the English mission,
and Mr.. Lowell, our present minister there,
will be made secretary of state. Since it is
certain that Mr.. Blaine will leave the cab-
net, the country might be very glad to see
him thus honored, but there will be regret
| that It necesstates the recall of Mr.. Lowell.
He has represented our government at the
court of st. James with efficiency and tact,
and is credit to Americans.
"A large number of our
German citizens gathered at Washington
Hall last night in accordance with invita-
tions extended to them by Mr.. John
Scheels, the proprietor, for the purpose of
celebrating the twenty-ftth anniversary of
the wedding Of Mr.. and Mrs. Scheels-theT
silver wedding day. No presents were
brought because Mr. Schecls had signitied
his unwillinguess to receive any, intending
that the occasion should be more one of the
greatest pleasure to his friends than of
profit to himself. A magnificent supper,
music and refreshments of all kinds, were
furnished to the guests and the enjoyment
was, as it could not helpbelng, general and
unalloyed. Mr.. and Mrs. Scheels were the
recipients of many hearty congratulations
from their many friends
The General Manager of the Iron
Mountain Division Of Goulds Southwestern
system has returned from his trip to Texas
and reports the Texas and Pacific COM
pleted to a point 704 miles west OF Tex
arkana, and that fifty miles of new road
were received yesterday an inspection hav-
ing previously been made. There are but
1875 miles yet to be completed 10 take the
track to FL Paso. The contract calls tor the
completion of this distance by ~ O'Clock
on the night of December 81, 1881, but 1t
now looks as though the last rail will be
laid in III Paso in time to let the laborers
eat their Christmas dinners in that city. 1t
Is contemplated that fully seventy miles Of
track will be laid in the next thirty days,
an average of az miles per day, something
very rarely accomplished in railroad con-
strCtion.
The uptown people are suffering ex.
cruciatingy, but not silently the terrible
inhlction placed upon them in that fog
whistle on the new incline engine. The
sound Of the whistle is awfully trying to
them and never fails to break the stiffness
of the night just when the people would
drop into their sweetest slumbers. The en-
gneer seems to take special delight in pull
ing the string that lifts the lever that frees
the steam that blows that contounded
whistle; and he has It down to a scientific
basis. lie pulls the string gently at first,
then strongcruntil the \ force of steam
is emitted, and then Ets 1t gradually
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