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

line corn meal mills Ol MessIo' piceh'
Wood & Bennett have stopped operation.
Fresh oysters at Mrs. Harry Walkers
on Sixth street.
"A flag pole about twenty-five feet high
has been erected on top of the new elevator.
The work on the new walk around the
custom house has begun by the preparation
of the material and boxes to be used.
The Presbyterian parsonage is also un-
dergoing some needed repairs, IN connec-
ton with the great improvements going on
in the church.
For fresh oysters go TO Mrs. Harry
Walkers on Sixth street.
- During this week the death rate in Pa
ducah has averaged about two each day, q
large per cent. of the deaths resulting from
typhoid fever.
Auction sale of Horses, Wagons, and
Harness at Reeves Auction House, corner
Tenth and Washington avenue, Saturday,
September 10th, at o'clock p. m.
Ballard County News:-The election
of town officers took place last Saturday.
G.. W. Mantle, L. B. Rich, J.J. Crawford,
1. N. Coffee and w. T. Reeves, were chosen
trustees. B.. s. Baily was elected police
Judge, and II. V. Coathes, town marshal.
About twenty men are at work on the
ground of the Dixie OIL works, near the
Mississippi levee, preparing it and laying
the foundations for the immense buildings
that the company will erect. The scene is
an unusually lively one.
The north side of Eighth street has
been blockaded with rock in such manner
that teams are compelled to use the south
side of the street, which has been but re-
Gently finished. If this were not done it is
likely that the north side of the street
would be worn out before the south side
had come into general use.
| A youag girl of about twelve years of
age "a daughter Of Mr.. Sullivan, who lives
on Sixth street, back of Walnut, accidently
ran fish hook into the fleshy part of the
little finger of her right hand. She went
to Barclays drug store for relief,
where DR.. j. II. Bryant dextrously
removed the cruel hook, and Mr.. Speck
bandaged the wound.
The best place to get fresh oysters is at
Mrs. Harry Walkers on Sixth street.
The peculiar appearance Of the sun
yesterday and the moon last night, neither
of which emitted either heat or rays, were'thc
subject of much comment among citizens
The only explanation of the phenomena so
far heard of is that given by the signal
service corpse Of Boston. Their opinion
| will be found in paragraph elsewhere
under the head Of general news.
old tin cans, coal scuttles and boot
shafts, wrecked carpet sacks and umbrellas
and an infinite variety of other rubbish
have again accumulated along the side
walks in various parts Of the city, much to
the detrimcnt of the general appearance Of
, the city, A team or two and half dozen
@ men with rakes and shovels could do much
a toward improving the looks of things, by
removing the Objectionable matter
1t is said that an understanding exists
among the four physicians constantly il
attendance on the president, respectin!
their fees. They have agreed, it is said, t
, charge 800 day each 1t is also said tina
DR.. Agnew will charge $1,000 for eacl
visit and $4,000 for each surgical operation
which he has performed, besides consulta
ton fees, while DR.. Hamilton will als'
charge 81 900 for each visit and consulta
ton fees.
The men who think that "Guiteau il
as honorable as the man he shot," are fortu
nately not very numerous or highly es
TENED in this country. Ohio has one who
got his mouth slapped for such an express
sion OF opinion; Illinois has one who was
hung and burned in efiigy; and Iowa has
one who was running on the greenback
ticket, but was compelled to withdraw by
the force of pubic opinion.
Gov. Blackburn, OF Kentucky, is still
of the opinion that President Garfield will
not survive the effects OF his wound. He
thinks the ball struck the spine and that
1t has "gone down, carrying with it consid-
i. cradle pus which in the absence of an out.
y let will form another pus-cavity." Gov.
Blackburn thinks the nutriment the patient
receives Is not sufficient to carry on the work
OF repairing the broken rib. He thinks the
N death OF the president will be great
calamity, but it will have to be met