The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-31

building u new picket renee In front OF M
residence on the north side of Fifteenth
street, between Walnut and Cedar streets.
: Several Missouri farmers have latel
succeeded in getting excellent sugar from
the sap OF the box elder. The sugar il
such sap is three times greater than in
like quantity of maple sugar sap.
Rhode Island greenbackers have nom
mated full state ticket; and the prohibi
tionists have nominated governor and
lieutenant governor, and take the republi
can candidates tor the rest
Business brevites:
co. D,-Collect on delivery.
p. o. R--Pay or return.
20. B.--Privilege on board.
p. f, S.--Periect fitting shoes, at Hay
thorn's.
Carpenters have been put to work on
the house of Mr.. F. Vincent, at the corner
Of Eighth street and Ohio levee, who are
tomake general repairs-place the prop
erty in firSt.cass condition, when it will be
newly painted, etc,
Teams were yesterday put to work on
the city's gravel pile near the stone depot,
and were hauling some of it to Sixth street
between Ohio lcvee and Commercial ave-
nue., where it was used IN making necessa-
ry repairs on the street.
-Steamboatmen are predicting a big
rise in June at st. Louis, if we have back
ward spring, that will sweep East St. Louis
away, change the channel and cause st.
Louis to lose her river front; but steam
bOatmen sometimes have peculiar ideas.
We understand that DR.. c. r. Clark,
our mayor in "spe," has made arrangements
with the manager of Turner Hall to deliver
some of his powerful, convincing and logi
cal arguments on greenbacklsm at some flu
ture day. We will inform the public in
due time.
We are reliably informed that the Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad company will soon
commence the erection of large freight |
depot at the foot of Sixth street near the
Mississippi levee. 1t is probable that the
tracks will be laid along there
within short time
Captain Joseph Johnson, who WAS
found dead in a Paducah hotel the other
day. was member of the knights of
Honor. Besides life insurance of two
thousand dollars in this organization he
lad an insurance of two thousand five hun.
lred more in other companies.
An object OF much interest TO Ohio
evee pedestrians last evening was little
government tow boat named "Melusina,n !
which was lying at the foot of Eighth street ,
The is not over twenty-five feet long, has !
ide wheels, one smoke stack, is handsomely ,
'ainted and built in very peculiar style.
Several cases were brought before G
esquire Osborn yesterday, but nothing of I
Importance was done by any of our police a
Ourts. The most important case of those n
ooken of was that of two men who had h
'saulted another man, who swore out
arrant for their arrest and, when the trial n,
me up failed to appear. 81
County Constable John Hogan yestcr tt
y arrested two strangers who came to ii
wn and got drunk Upon their persons N
ere found a number of new pistols and ct
lors, which, it is believed, they obtained al
an unlawful manner, They were too te
unk for trail when arrested, and were ca
lied until to-day when they will have a &C
airing. II,
Two Of the barges, which were in tow of C
e steamer John Means when she blew up tn
d which were damaged by the explosion, M
G lying at the Ohio river bank, between riy
nth and Twelfth streets. The injuries be
stained by one Of them are but slight, m,
t the other had nearly her whole side NJ
n away. Carpenters are at work repair tn
: them. tn,
Forty thousand and five hundred dol rel
s old Cairo City debt was compromised ad
sterday, and still, Notwithstanding the ter
Ill" Of illegal" the good work goes on. hi!
may be Of interest to the people to Pr
ow further, that there has been more of lor
; old debt compromised during the last sar
months than in the same length of IS.
ne since the work was commenced.
The temperance people will meet at ~
form Hall tonight, and it is expected au
at the new committee, appointed to con. ed
with parties with a view to placing ito
nperance ticket in the field, will be ready SD,
report. 1t will be interesting and it is SOL
'tainly high time, to know who the gen. SUE
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