The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-07

day married by Squire Osborn. They live
on DR.. Woods farm, above this city, and
Mrs Harris is relative Of the doctors.
Mr.. Spiller is the father Of our worthy
fellow-c citizen, Mr.. J Z, Spiller,
Mr.. Louis Herberts new frame build
ings, on the northcrly side OF Eighth street,
is rapidly approaching completion, and
will add considerably to the appearance Of
the street. There will be three store-rooms,
sixteen feet by sixty In length, and as high
as an ordinary two-story building. The
front will be highly ornamental
-Messrs Howard & Son, who have the
contract for furnishing the rock for our
streets, are also furnishing the rock for the
foundation of the new elevator, and after
bringing down another barge load for
the elevator, they will furnish the city with
the second barge load for Eighth street
which will be sufficient to pave that
street.
Temperance principles do not spread.
Official returns of taxes paid on liquor last
year were 1924, 900 barrels of thirty-one
gallons each, against 6,574,OOO in 1870. If
every individual had partaken alike each
one would last year have drank eight and
one-half gallons. What is worse is that
the increase on distilled liqours is greater
than on fermented
The Comique band, instead of playing
as they marched along the street, yesterday
discoursed some of Its choicest pieces in
front OF the following business houses: F.
Korsmeyers tobacco store, Argus office,
Sproat's oyster house, Alexander County
bank, Pat Fitzgeralds saloon, post office,
BULLETIN Office, Barclay Bros prescription
drug store and White & Greer's dry goods
store
Mr.. John A. Reeve, has been chosen to
the position Of first assistant clerk of the
present state legslaturea very desirable
position which he is we'll fitted to fill. AS
circuit clerk of Alexander county he gave
general satisfaction, and we are satisfied
that no other candidate could have filled it
as acceptably as Mr. Reeve will. The Bull
LETIN congratulates him.
"A man named Sylvester Hosford, of
Vienna, Ill.,, was found close by the Cairo
and Vincennes railroad track, near Tenth
street. night before last. He had several
bruises on different parts of his body, and
was intoxicated. He stated to Officer Mar
tin, who found HIM, that he had been knock
ed down, which is possible, since the num-
Der of characters in the city, who would not
hesitate to do such deed is not small
AT about nine o'clock last nights wo-
man was heard to scream most terrifcally in
the Waverly house and a ewmoments after
wards not less than seventy-tive people had
gathered in front of the hotel. The report
at once gained currency that woman had
been shot, which caused an investigation
by the officers, who learned that nothing of
the kind had occurred. The woman ar
rived from Caledonia IN the evening, and is
subject to fits and while under their in
tluence imagines that something horrible is
about to befall her. Hence her screams.
The Springfield Journal, republican
paper, is our authority for the statement
that it the philosopher who, in ancient
times, went about with a lamp to find an
honest man, had lived at the present time
he would have discovered him in a Penn
sylvania legislator "who, says the Journal,
refused to take the oath that he had not
used money to influence or secure his own
election The BULLETIN needs not tell
its readers that this man is democrat and
We take pleasure in holding him up as a
worthy example for republicans to imi.
tate.
The financial statement of the City
National bank, published in another COL
umn this morning, gives evidence OF first
class management of that institution. A
A marked improvement in that condition of
the bank is perceptable, which will
tend to increase, if possible,
the already unbounded confidence
the public has always had in
it. That it is one OF the most
stable institutions of its kind in the west,
has been generally acknowledged fact
for years and its present standing, as por-
trayed in the statement referred to- must be
very satisfactory to its stockholders and
patrons
Some months ago, when the reduc-
ton Of the liquor license began to be agi-
lated by the city council, and before a
decision had been reached IN regard to it,
a number of saloon keepers took
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