The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-08
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broke his leg and was sent to the hospital,
is doing wen, there being no danger of
death.
Some fellow burglarized the boarding
house of Mr.. Howard of silver watch on
Thursday night. sOnly this and nothing
more.n
The Hibernian fire company met at its
hall last evening. II was the companys
regular meeting night, but no business Of
importance was transacted.
The Ohio river is rising slowly. II
was twenty-five and q halt feet above low
water mark yesterday morning, at eight
o'clock, and during the day it rose nearly
half foot.
"A young white boy, in spirit of pure
cussedness, egged young negro yesterday
The victim had the offender arrested and
Justice J. H. Robinson fined him five dol
lars and costs.
In giving the order in which the Fourth
of July procession was formed The BuIAE-
TIN failed to mention the Delta fire compa-
ny, which was an oversight for which due
penance has been done.
Police business was extremely dull
yesterday. Magistrate Comings had only
two plain DRINKS to try; Justice Robinson
mad only one case and Justice Osborn had
none.
james Cantwell, of Mount Carmel,
who was adjudged insane by the court in
that city short time ago, passed through
here Thursday night in company with two
officers, en- route to the Anna insane asylum.
Eight hundred pounds OF ruled stock
for commercial work. Regent and West
sock brands, and Cranes Irish linen, in
voice just opened at The BULLETIN Office,
Washington avenue corner Twelfth street.
Owing to the scarcity of sand, work on
number of brick houses that are in course
of erection has stopped. 1t seems that
though the sand beds around the city are
many the supply is not equal to the de-
mand.
james Mcbride, an inmate of the SOL
diers' home at Dayton, o., expressed joy at
the shooting of President Garfield. He was
marched out of the institution at the point
of bayonet, and left beyond the gates.
Served him right.
DR.. G.H.Leach returned from his north
ern trip Wednesday. He expected to 60 to
Lake Superior, but was sunstruck during
one of those extremely hot days in Chicago,
was confined to his bed five days and per-
force gave up his pleasure excursion.
Yesterday evening little "Fritzie
Hagie, who had CLIMBED into shade tree
standing near the corner of Sixteenth and
Locust streets, fell from the tree, distance
of about fifteen feet, but, beyond being
momentarily stunned, he sustained no in
jury.
"A new two-story brick business house
is to be erected on the vacant lots on the
northeast corner of Tenth street and Com
mercial avenue. Mr.. Patrick Maloney
owns the property and is building the
house He will occupy it, when finished, as
a saloon and eating house.
The new bells and other arrangements
for the Cairo telephone exchange arrived
yesterday. Now when the new htty-five-
foot poles arrive there will be no longer
any reason for delaying the work of remov-
ing the old "contraption," reconstructing
the old wire aystem, and introducing new
and harmonious system. Cheer up, ye
long suffering and much tormented sub
scribers to the Cairo telephone exchange; a
good system is near at hand.
Yesterday Mr.. John English COM
mcnced work on new addition that he is
to build to the east side of the Episcopal
church on Fourteenth street. The addi-
ton is to be sixteen by eighteen feet and
the entire height Of the church. 1t is to
contain room for use by the rector, and
the remainder is to be occupied by the or.
gan, which will be removed upon the OPP
positc OF the church to where it now stands.
People who are compelled to pass up
and down Washington avenue half dozen
times per day are anxiously waiting for the
time when the sprinkler will make its daily
rounds of that much used street In these
warm days, when every team that passes
sends clouds Of dust into the air, which is
carried by the barely perceptible breeze
into the eyes, ears, mouths, nostrils and
lungs OF the overheated pedestrians, the
virtues Of q street sprinkler can be recog-
nized and appreciated.
The maximum temperature for six
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