The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-27

hcult OF attainment,
This morning, through the columns o
The BULLETIN, Sheriff Hodges informs tn,
tax payers of the county where he can b,
found and on what days, to receive thu
taxes due for the last year.
The rock that has SO far been brought
to the city looks to be great deal more
than it Is. One barge load only has been
unloaded, but more will no doubt follow as
soon as the weather will permit its use.
Officer Tyler arrested one Henry
Miller for drunkenness about ten o'clock
last night and lodged him in jail. Nine
dollars and seventy.tive cents were found in
Millers pockets, Of which three or four
will probably go into the city treasury to-.
day
We have the pleasure of calling the
attention Of our readers to the local notices
of Messrs. Pettis & Meredith, the "new
firm" who are almost daily in receipt of
new groceries and whose facilities for
furnishing everything tempting to the pal
let are unsurpassed Read their avertise-
ments in these columns.
-"Cinders, when they get well settled,
make an .eXcellent foundation tor brick
sidewalks. Argus. The agony to which
the average citizen is subjected in settling
them" is fearful to behold and the awful
maledictious against the cinder- walks, that
are continually flowing from lips that are
believed to be pure, are really shocking to
the sensitive ear. We have come to the
conclusion that no sidewalks are better
than cinder sidewalks.
The fur trade has been unusually
lively this year, coon skins being sent in
by the wagon load, almost daily, from all |
parts of the country, and as natural con
they have somewhat deprecated
in value But the depreciation must nee
essarily be slight, so long as Russia's in
stable nav is ready to receive all that can
De furnished. That the fur trade in Cairo
has increased greatly within the last year,
5 evident from the fact that within that
line, several new fur dealers have com.
nenced Operations here.
From the last number of the State
register we see that the Register company
as made an assignment OF all its assets to
leSsrs. John NJ. and John Mayo Palmer,
Tho have assumed all responsibilities that
ertain to the business Of the paper and for
Il that appears in its columns. The as
gnment was made in order that all the
ebts of the company might be paid It's v
nsiness and publication will not be sus.
ended. The register is first class paper y
I'd we hope that it may soon reach the
BAL for which its proprietors are aim, "
G, y
The Dominican Fathers, who held ;,
Ugh Mass at st. Joseph's church in this :
ty last Sunday, were in search of a site, q,
in the west, upon which y,
establish college, and !,
learn that they have purchased -,
necessary land from Mr.. Hite, of :,
ctaus, it being situated few miles this -.
lie of that town. The Fathers contemplate =,
erection of fine building and, since -
order to which they belong is widely
own and influential their institution
Il draw the attention of pupils ~
d parents from all over the country. 81
ry
Yesterday number Of men were at +,
'rk stretching telephone wires over the ci
IS OF houses, there being no more room -,
the poles that have so far been raised e.,
'out thirty wires will have to pass owe. N
use tops in order to accommodate the 90
'scribers now on the list. In stretching IN
'lre over Mr. John Clancy's grocery store 81
the corner ofTwclfth street and CONNER Of
avenue, a rope was used, which became of
angled with one Of the chimnevs and l.,
Jerking 1t down, the top of the chimney ~,
ne with it and perfect hail of bricks III,
lied upon the side walk below. No one ,yo
hurt.
We yesterday had the pleasure of in
ing the name of the secretary of the In,
'sury of the United States, written by CA
lself, under writing of some importance arc
dr. Thos. Lewis. Mr., Lewis had petition. emf
he secretary, as the representative of the Cd,
ted States government, to grant HIM ora
to construct and operate street thr
way upon Popular street, in front Of the if ,
tom house property, and in his reply to fac
petition Mr.. Sherman graciously con. ST.
ted, at the same time, recommending wo
he city council Of Cairo that it permit ia,
construction Of the railway along the ON