The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-07

ern and southwestern states during June,
there also will the severest storms OF July
be experienced. Notwithstanding these
frequent and severe storms during the
month, frequent alterations of fine hot
weather will counterfeit to great extent
the damage done to crops in general in the
west"
Yesterday morning man came to the
city with horse and buggy and offered to
sell the same to Mr.. Stephen Bradley tor
seventy-fve dollars. Bradley bought the
| rig and paid over the money. The transac-
ton took place in the presence of Chief
Myers, who suspected that all was not right
He saw the money counted out and when
the stranger was about to thrust it into his
pocket he asked him to show him the
money, that he thought there was a mis-
take IN the count. The stranger did as re-
questcd and the chief handed the money
back to Bradley with the remark that he
would take care of the stranger. The horse
was recognized by parties who saw him as
one belonging to Mr.. Mulrooney, formerly
OF this city, but now Of Mound City. He
was telegraphed to and replied that man
of the description given in the dispatch to
him had hired horse and buggy from
him for the purpose of gong to Cairo and
back. No more evidence was needed.
The horse thief, whose name is VIM.
Vaughn, alias Il. A. Tucker, and is from
Fulton, Ky, was taken to the county Jail
and will have preliminary examination
next Monday.
From financial standpoint the late
celebration in this city was the most sue
cessful Of the kind ever given. 1t is i'm
possible as yet to gain any certain idea of
the net proceeds, as the bills which were
contracted with the merchants OF the city
have not yet all been liqudated; but that
it must prove to be considerable is
evidenced by the fact that the gross re-
ceipts were so enormous. The beer stand
took in seven hundred and eighty dollars;
the lunch stand of Charles Edlcker, five
hundred and thirty dollars; the
ice cream, soda aud confectionery
stand of Mr.. Phil Saup, four hundred and
fifty dollars; the dancing floor, two hun
dred dollars, and the race pools brought in
seventy-fve dollars-a total of two thous-
and, thirty-fve dollars. Among other
items of interest it may be mentioned
further that one man in Phil Saup's stand
drew two thousand five hundred and fifty
glasses of fountain soda out of one faucet,
and, although sixty-five gallons of ice
cream were sold at this stand, it was not
one-fourth as much as could have been |
Sold The hack-drivers also made large
sums. For the protection of home-driyers,
who pay license, foreigners we're also COM
PEELED to take out license. This had a |
tendency to keep number Of vehicles |
from the track, giving those who were IL
censed a monopoly of business. There |
were a large number of them, nevertheless,
one of whom claimed to have received over
forty dollars in silver and nickles.
1t is a universally expressed opinion |
that the celebration just past in this city |
was one of the best managed affairs of the |
kind ever given here and the facts will
prove this opinion correct. In every partic |
ular except one there was an evident thor
ough understanding between those who took |
active parts and consequently the people |
who witnessed the whole could not fail to |
be we'll pleased. The exception referred to |
is that the line of march was changed with |
out giving due notice of the fact to the |
public. Many people who had read the |
programme as published, stationed
themselves accordingly, firmly be-
lieving that that they would
get good view of the procession; but they
were sorely disappointed, for it moved d.
rectly in the opposite direction from that
which it was advertised to do. This chang. |
ing of the line of march on occasions of |
this kind seems to have become a chronic |
disease with the managers of such affairs
in Cairo and there is nothing more wrong,
certainly nothing more aggravating to the
public, especially the disappointed portion |
of it, than this habit. No consideration,
not even tho satisfaction of spite against
detested and, probably, overzealous few,
can be accepted as sufficient justification
tor such action. With this exception,
which may be chargeable only to want of
proper foresight, the celebration, as whole
and in every particular was a complete
success, and 1t dovoutly to be hoped that,
at no important occasion in the future will
our citizens be allowed to 60 away from
home in order to find amusement.
WEpresent the following statement from
the well-known firm of Messrs. Lally g.
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