The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-22

FONDA hair switch of some value
The owner can reclaim it by calling upon
Mrs, Jacob Martin, on Centre street. and
by paying for this notice,
The Fire Anniversary association Of
Chicago, Illinois, have decided to comment
crate the tenth anniversary Of the great
Chicago fre--or rather the recovery Of the
city from the effects OF the fre--by giving
grand celebration of some kind, the char
of which was left to a committee to de.
termine,
The alarm of fire which sounded last
Saturday night was caused by the sight of
smoke in the residence of Mr.. S. ROsenwa-
ter The girl Of the house had set fire
and turned the dampcr the wrong way
which resulted in the smoke issuing from
the stove and filling all the rooms before
the real cause was discovered. No dam
age was done.
The Planters House, furniture and
equipments, for sale, without reserve,
at auction, tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
Mr.. W. G. Robbins, who has been for
some years employed in the Office of the
Illinois Central railroad here, has accepted
position on the Atchlson & Topeka rail
road and will leave for Topeka, Kansas,
sometime this week. Mr., Robbins is one
of our most highly respected citizens and
the regret at the departure Of himself and
family will be universal.
--Pcttis q Meredith have recently re.
ceived larger stock of sugars, molasscs,
rice and coffee than they ever had before and
are able to supply their customers with any
Of these articles at figures as low as the
lowest.
By a recent ordinance adopted in the
council of the city Of Chicago, aldermen
are to receive three dollars each for every
meeting they attend. The amount Is not
large, and will, perhaps, not have the effect
of stimulating the attendance, but it is a
slight recognlztion of the services Of a
class Of officers, who are generally supposed
work for glory, that no reasonable person
would begrudge them.
Tickets for the grand masquerade ball
OF the Mystic Krew TO be given on Mardi
Gras day at Hartman's hall, can be had at
the following places Geo. 4. O'Hara's
drug store; Frank Healy's drug store Dan
Hartman's queensware store; Phil H.
Saup's confectionery; Taber Brothers
jewelry store; E. A. Buder's iewelry store
and Paul H. Schulz tabacco store.
Congress will probably provide largely
increased facilities for the transaction OF
the governments very largely increased
pension business. The proposition Of the
senate appropriation committee for an sd-
dition Of about one hundred and sixty to
the clerical force Of the pension Office is
incomplete, the commissioner having less
space than is necessary for his present
employers. This defect will doubtless be
remedied, and the increase authorized.
"A full line of wooden and willow ware
such as buckets, baskets, tubs, etc, at Pet
It's & Meredith's.
Since the circuit court is IN session
the city has been full of lounging strangers,
some of whom seem to be wandering
through this life with no special purpose
in view except to stare with an expression
of fiendish admiration, or with open mouth
ed wonder, while the sheriff dexterously
swings the axe which cuts the rope, which
springs the trap, which jerks miserable
soul out ola human body to wander hope.
lcssly about in the dark chambers of
eternity.
"A very pleasant meeting was had at
the Reform hall by the Young Folks
Temperance club last night The at,
tendance was large and consisted mainly of
young people, who we're all disposed to be
agreeable and make sthers 50. The cx-
ercses were more than ordinarily interest
ing, consisting of songs, declarations,
readings, etc Among the best features Of
the exercises, were the essay on "Charcs
Dickens by Miss Wilson and the duet
entitled, "Ilope beyond" sung by Miss
Hattie Mckee and Dr. Frank Mctcar.
From the Paducah Enterprise we
learned that stranger named Meyer en-
tered the saloon of Dir. James Wilson at
Paducah, on Friday night, and handed the
barkcepor, Charles Watson, twenty dollar
bill out of which to take 1880, which he
Cthc Stranger owed the saloon. Watson
took the bill, but, upon looking in the
money drawer, declared that he could not
change 1t and started out to get ii changed
elsewhere, asking the stranger to await his
rnturn hut thC atrunupr waited IOnu md