The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-25


quarter feet all day yesterday.
--Messrs. Swoboda and Schultz expect to
occupy their new brick store IN about ono
week from date.
Two good lots, in what will some time
be the business center of the city, are adver-
used ia archer column for sale low.
"A beautiful dark brown will be the
color OF the Illinois Central warehouse op-
posite the company's passenger depot, on
Ohio Levee, when the painters are through
with it.
"A colored man, named Harry Gains,
living at Beech Ridge had his right hand
badly torn by circular saw, on Monday,
and on Tuesday he came to town and let
DR.. Parker dress the limb.
The wedding of Mr.. John Lehrer, of
this city, and Miss Christina Katteriohn, OF
Paducah took place in the Lutheran church
in the last named city Tuesday morning, at
half past seven o'clock.
Go to Harry Walkers Comique to-
night.
New curbing and new brick walk Is
being laid in front of the dry goods store OF
Messrs. White & Greer. The new walk
will be raised to level with that in front
of Mr.. John Gates saloon.
Mrs. s. Williamson's house is now IN
osition on the lots il is in the future to &C.
cupy and Seventh street is once more
an open thoroughfare. The job Of moving
was difficult one and we'll done by Mr.
Beard.
The hub factory building has been de-
corated with sign of large white letters
upon black ground, telling the public
that the "Singer Manufacturing Co." holds
forth there. A frame addition about one
hundred by one hundred and fifty feet Is in
course of erection.
The great tobacco counties are suffering
for want of rain, and the entire crop is al
most total failure. A great portion is al
most burned up. There was shipped yes
terday lot of very fine samples to the mar
ket, which, it is thought, will bring the
highest of any previous shipments. The
present outlook for short crop this season
is causing great many to hold to their
old crop for higher prices. -Louisville Post.
"A new and brilliant cast of characters
1t Harry Walkers Comique this week.
George r. Sislbee and wife, of Bloom
ngton, Ills, have addressed the saloon
,eepers and Others through the Bulletin, of
hat city, as follows: "The matter Of differ
nee between myself and wife having been
adjusted, and feeling that the
anne arose from my periodically indulging
0 the use of intoxicating liquors., / and my
life hereby respectfully request my friends
, not ask me to drink intoxicants, and we
9th ask the saloon keepers of this city to
,fuse me liquors under any circumstances,
ven should 7 ask for them, as we feel that
ha Leen tie source of all trouble between
g."
The maximum temperature for six
cen hours preceding three O'Clock p m.
esterday, washington time) were as fol-
ows: Chattanooga, Tenn, 81; Cincinnati,
)hio, 81; Davenport, Iowa, 70; Dubuque,
iowa, n; Keokuk, Iowa, II; Lacrosse,
Wis, 81; Leavenworth, Kas., 90; Louis
lille, KY, 80; Memphis, Tenn, 93 Nash
ville, Tenn, 90; Omaha, Neb., "a; Pitts
burg, Pa, u; Shreveport, La, So; St.
LOUIS, Mo-, 81; st. Paul, MINI, "a; vicks.
burg, Miss, 90; North Platte, Neb 95;
Yankton, OAK, 81; Dodge City, Kan. 90;
Bismarck, Oak, -; Chicago, Ills,; -
Denver, Col, 49,.
The readers OF The BULLETIN have
already been advised Of the absorption OF
the Montreal Telegraph Company of Can.
ada by the Western Union. From the
Montreal Witness we learn that the Mon
treal Company was leased by the Western
Union for period of ninety seven years,
the lat'Hr agreeing to pay the stockholders
q rental equivalent to per cent. annually
on capital stock Of two millions Thus
the Northwestern and the Montreal
which embrace the entire telegraph system
Of the Dominion--falls under the control of
the Western Union.
Harry Walkers Comlque is crowded
every night this week with interested spec.
tators.
"A gentleman who has just returned
from trip through Fulton and Hickman