The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-05-15
THE DAILY BULLETIN MORNING. MAY TO- 1881

ueu WIN ho"cis anu icTns anu CToWheu
with wreathes of green. The trip was fraught
with pleasure to every one of the large
party,
AT the Golden Grotto fresh bananas
and oranges just received.
Commencing with to. morrow the high
school will have but one session, from Z 80
o'clock in the morning until l2 80 o'clock
afternoon.
- But one case of criminal character
came up IN our police courts yesterday, this
was John Gibney, arrested by Officers
Myers and Hogan, for violating chapter
five, section fifteen of the ordinances, by
being drunk. The prisoner plead guilty
to the charge and was fined one dollar and
costs. Execution for collection of same was
issued to Officer John P. Hogan.
On Sunday, May 30, there will be a
jubilee over the fifty-seventh anniversary of
the founding of Methodism in Blooming
ton. All the presiding elders OF the dis
trict in past years, and all the former pas
tors OF the church, and as many of the
members who have moved away as can be
heard OF, are being invited, and many of
them have stated that they would be
present
1t is most indicative of the seriousness
OF the split in the republican party that the
Conklingites gre talk ing about inpeaching
the president for violating the tenure-of-of.
flee act in the matter of the New York ap.
pointmcnfs. 1t IL probably end in talk,
but that such thing should be imagined
and spoken of is significant sign that the
presidential pole has stirred up the animals
amazingly.
lowing to illness, Dir. Damron,
states attorney Of Alexander county, has
been unable 70 attend to the county's bus.
mess in the circuit court now in session at
Cairo, and Major Anderson, the states at.
torney for this county, has been in Cairo for
the greater part of this week attending to
the business for him. The major is keen
one and the interests of the people of Al
eXander will be safe in his hands. - Pu-
laski Patriot.
We still have few pieces of our Linen
Lawn, at Is cents left. It's the greatest
bargain ever offered in these goods, and
would be cheap at 25 cents. Stuart.
-Tunis is looming up as the theatre of
possible war that may lead to serious inter-
national complications. The merits OF the
differences between France and Italy seem
OF little concern to western world people.
Tunis is of interest, however, to us, be-
cause we once found it necessary to give it
a good thrashng; and for another reason,
also: it contains the grave ofJohn Howard
Payne, the author Of Home, Sweet Home,
who found in its savage soil that home
which, living, the world refused him.
By telephone we were told last night
that Mr.. James Mulkey, of Commercial {
Point, was in the city and that he reported {
The freshct in the Mississippi river to have :
been very Obstructive at that point Mr.. /
Nukey's wheat was for some time under q
tx feet of water the northeast corner of 1
he foundation of the custom-house was /
Washed out; the exchange building was 4
'adly damaged and the entire track of the t
treet car line was washed into the river. a
he Union depot was also more or less |
amaged. c
The Golden Grotto, the cheapest place '
o buy fruits, CONNECTIONS and cigars.
1t has been ascertained that the four
rullians who fired upon the sher-
ifs posse near New Madrid, Mo-, the other =
lay and killed young LaForge, had pro-
NStN' tICli OicdSlS anu DUCKS WIFI steel | !;
'latcs made by themselves of crosscut g.,
avs. The county court of New Madrid =
ounty has made an additional offer of two =.
thousand dollars for the capture of the =
,ang. One thousand dollars for Meyers =
md five hundred for each of the
'thcrs. This makes the reward for 4.
Meyers capture twelve hundred dollars =
md for j. o. Hamilton and f. Brown, :;
even hundred dollars each.
In reply to editorials, which appeared v
n the Springfield papers, to the effect that I
Hon. Geo. r. Vending had purchased v
controlling interest in and would become
,dtor-n.chief OF the Bloomington Bulle. n
hin, that paper, in It's issue of the 18th inst .
says; "Mr. Vending has not purchased E
either half or controlling interest in the n
the Bulletin, and he will not on Monday 4,
next, be chici.in.editor OF this paper In 6
June next Mr.. Vending will remove his ,