The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-09

was said in yesterdays BULLETIN.
The negro exodus is on again, and
Kansas is still the land Of promise. Over
500 negroes are reported to have left Hunt
ington, Tenn, for the bleeding state
since last Tuesday.
Tuesday night the triumphant declara-
tion of each st. Louis democratic politician
was "We did it ourselves" Now, upon
reflection, each one declares that il was the
other fellows.
Gov Cullom has asked Secretary Lin
coin to hasten work on the bridge over the
Illinois river at Beardstown, and to furnish
a transcript of the roll of citizens of Illinois
who served in the war with Mexico.
County Clerk Humm has taken up his
quarters in the county court room, where nc
will be found at his post until his office has
been repaired. Work on his Office has not
yet been begun, but it is likely that it will
| be soon.
The Chicago dry goods clerks have or
ganized mutual aid society, and recently
held an agitation meeting for the purpose
Of protecting themselves against the unjust
exactions of employers. The clerks also
wish to find way to intimidate waShwo-
men, and to repudiate their bills.
The "Ony" Lung Pad Company, of
Detroit, Mich, has tailed to pay its little
bills, and two or three thousand papers,
scattered all over the vast illimitable west,
are clothed in sackcloth and ashes. "Let us
rejoice, BRETHREN" says bitten Illinois
editor, "that it is the Only Lung Pad
Company We hope there will never be
any other"
The steamer Silas p. Coe brought
down yesterday two old steamboat hulls,
which have been transformed into very
neat and easy running barges. The names
of the barges are the same that graced the
pilot houses when they were grand steam
ers, the one beng called "Bostona," and
the other Fleetwood"
"A strike among the compositors OF the
st. Louis Post Dispatch establishment has
been in progress since Tuesday, this week. |
The cause of the strike was a too low price |
for type-setting, dislike Of the foreman
and tor the style of conducting the work in
the news-room. There we're twenty-seven
compositors employed altogether, sixteen
of whom struck.
The colored Methodlsts have recently
purchased the ground IN Locust Grove
upon which the Baptists built the brick
foundation some years ago, and intend to
build large, fine church upon it. The
plans for the edifce have already been
made and the funds are rapidly accumulat-
ing, so that the work of building will be-
gin in a very short time.
-Paducah, KY, seems to be the banner
town for wife deserters-men who marry
with no intention whatever of keeping the
VOWS they make. Within the last month
two of these worthless wretches have left
Paducah, forsaking their faithful, loving ;
wives, giving no other reason than that
hey were tired of them The name of the
asst deserter is Schoolcraft
The Rev. Mr. Galbraith, of Metropolis,
passing through Cairo, preached in the ]
Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon
md evening. He left on the Cairo & Vim {
,ennes railroad this morning. The Rev.
Mr. George will conduct service designed
both for children and adults this afternoon,
1t four o'clock. It will be the only service
leli at the church to-day. The object is {
o make it gathering of all who have {
been interested in the series of meetings.
Tuesday the nineteeth instant, is be-
ng looked forward to with much interest
BY our people, not alone because it is cleo s
ion day, but also because the evening of |
hat day has been selected by Miss Kittie {
Alvord for her literary entertainment. We s
nave reason to believe that Miss Kittie will
De greeted with as large an audience as !
ever gathered at the atheneum upon any
occasion; the many impatient expressions :
we hear at the slow approach of the even t
ing, and the many eulogies pronounced up
On her former efforts by persons who have 8
had the pleasure of seeing and hearing her, {
amply justify us in this belief. II
Yesterday forenoon the son of Mr..
Kelly, a colored teamster, attempted to i
drive through the rain water, gathered at
a little low place near Seventeenth and
Walnut streets, with two mules
and wagon and when he had
proceeded short distance one of the mules
got mired and could not move. TIE boy
cut the harness and drawing the wagon