The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-29
ater Wanted.


Tor Mrs. Mccarthy, of the Vicksburg
house.
The old frame store building Of
Messrs. Swoboda & Schultz stands
across Poplar street, above Eighteenth
street, and is being moved from its old site
to the new, where it will be fitted up for
dwelling house.
"A pile-driver has been hard at work
tor some time past, repairing and charging
the old Chicago, st. Louis & New Orleans
incline, on the Kentucky shore, which,
when completed, will be used by the new
Mobile & Ohio railroad.
AS may be seen from Sergeant W. II.
Rays weather report elsewhere, general
fall characterized the temperature Of many
stations, north and west, during the twenty
four hours ending yesterday at 2l p. m.
AT this point the thermometer stood at 70,
a fall off.
Mr.. Thomas Brown is building a new
one-story frame house on Thirteenth street.
near Commercial avenue. He will occupy
1t himself as carpenter shop, etc. His
other house, standing at the corner of the
streets mentioned, he is having fitted up
for a saloon.
Yesterdays property record in Alexan-
der county was as follows County Clerk
of Alexander county to Charles Hodges;
tax deed, dated September 9th, 1881, for
lot numbered two, In block numbered eight,
and lot numbered three, in block num-
bered fourteen, in Hodges Park, Alexander
county.
The directors of the Paramore Narrow
Gauge railroad met at Little Rock, Tuesday
and consolidated the Missouri and Arkan
sas line. A contract was closed for 10000
tons of steel rails. 1t is claimed this is the
largest contract for steel rails ever made in
this country. The length of the line will
be over 1000 miles, one terminus being the
City of Mexico and the other, Cairo.
Work on the custom-house walk has,
until now, progressed more rapidly than it
was expected to do. The east and south
Sides outside Of the enclosure, are finished
and in constant use. Yesterday the men
were ut work replacing some of the stone
steps on the south front, which had been
displaced several inches To-day the paw
ing of the west front walk will begin.
The meetings at the Baptist church
continue very interesting and deep feeling
was manifested last night. 1t is possible
that Mr.. Kone, who has labored SO faith
fully, thus far may be compelled to leave
to-day under presence OF other engagements
In view of this, Rev. j. N. Hall, of the Ban
ner and Cleaner, will preach tonight. Mr..
Hall Is an able preacher and successful
christian worker. Let all come out to hear
him. Prayer meeting at three o'clock pm;
preaching at half-past seven p. m.
The maximum temperature tor six
teen hours preceding three o'clock p. m.
yesterday, washington time) were as fol-
lows: Chattanooga, Tenn, 70; Cincinnati,
OHIO, 70; Davenport, Iowa, 50; Dubuque,
Iowa, 50; Keokuk, Iowa, 76; Lacrosse,
Wis, So; Leavenworth, Kas., Ga; Louis
vile, KY, rs; Memphis, Tenn, 49,; Nash
vile, Tenn, -; Omaha, Neb., &c; Pitts
burg, Pa, rs; Shreveport, La, -; st.
LOUIS, Mo-, 60; st, Paul, MINI, Ga; Vicks-
burg, Miss, - North Platte, Neb, 63 {;
Yankton, OAK, 63; Bismarck, Oak, 81 ;
Dodge City, Kan, GO.
The stockholders of the Wabash, st.
Louis 6 Pacific railroad held special
meeting yesterday morning in the office of
the company at st. Louis. NIessrs. James
f. Howe, president; John G. Gault, general
manager, and A. G. Bird, superintendent of
freight traffic, arrived there in time, from
this city, to attend and, having made tour
Of inspection of the Cairo s. Vincennes
railroad, will be able to tell how it looks
from end to end. After the meeting form
al possession was taken of the Cairo and
Vincennes railroad, and it will hereafter be
known as the Cairo and Vincennes Division
of the Wabash system.
Mrs. s. Williamson is now prepared to
meet her old and all the new customers
that may wish to come in her new quarters,
on the north side of Seventh
street, back Of "Winters Block"
She has now more
spacious and more elegant establishment
than ever, and has filed the large store
with everything fashionable in the millinery
line. A very large stock of hats, trim
mings, ribbons, ETC., ETC., has already ar
rived and continues to arrive, she having
been east herself and made selections that
can not fail to excite the admiration of all
who see them Tn the UNIV nc |