The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-22


Union met at Reforr4 hall yesterday after
noon.
See notice in special locals Of auction
sale Of household goods at Reeves auction
room to morrow.
Mr.. Lee Boicourt put another sprinkler
to work on Washington avenue yesterday
morning.
Yesterday near noon the thermometer
stood at one hundred and six degrees in
the shade at Barclay Bros drug store on
Ohio Levee.
Losr-A liberal reward will be given to
the finder of small package, containing
pair Of bracelets and ring, if he will leave
the same at this Office. v
The Egyptian mills have partially
ceased operations in consequence of a
broken cog wheel. The mill will resume
again soon, however.
The military company meets at the
council chamber tonight. 1t is expected
that Major Stinson will be here to organize
the company.
"A negro named Abe Lewis assaulted
two white ladies, Mrs. johnson and her
grand daughter, in Paducah on Wednesday.
He was arrested within six hours afterwards
and is now in Jail awaiting trial.
Check books, order books, receipt
books, etc. done ON short notice at THE
BULLETIN Office. Stock and work guar
anteed Prices "rock bottom"
From notice in special local column
it will be seen that the old atheneum build
ing, on Commercial avenue, will be sold at
auction tomorrow morning, at ten o'clock.
Large invoice, full pocket cut, Xxx en-
veopes--all colors, sizes 5, 8, 61a and 10
Just received at The BULLETIN Office.
tsamples and prices.
The upper portion of the new elevator
can be seen over the tops of the trees from
the saw mills of Mr.. j. w. Spies, about
four miles this side of Commercial Point, a
distance of twelve miles.
Eight hundred pounds OF ruled stock
for commercial work. Regent and West
lock brands, aud Cranes Irish linen, in
voice just opened at THE BULLETIN office,
Washington avenue corner Twelfth street.
Now that Garfield is pronounced out
of danger some of the newspapers which
we're formerly loud in praise Of DR.. Bliss
and his assistants, term him an sold
granny" and think his services might have
been dispensed with. Public opinion will
hardly countenance such inconsistency and
uncalled.for criticisms.
-Paducah Enterprise: "Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mcknight and little son, of Cairo,
are in the city, guests OF the Richmond
House. Mr.. Mcknight is just home from
Hot Springs, Ark, where he has been un-
der treatment for rheumatism. Though
much better, he IS still compelled to use
crutches, but hopes to be all right again in
very short time. His gallery in Cairo
will be reopened about August lst."
Mr.. John A. Reeve has gone into the
furniture and auction business at the corner
of Tenth street and Washington avenue.
He says that be has permanently abandoned
politics, but it is safe to predict that when
he hears the fife and drum, and smells the
powder of election canon and the odor of
burning campaign lanterns, the old politi
cal Adam will rise again in him and In
duce him to run, ifnot for Office, why, then,
perhaps, only for fun.
"A woman named Goulding was burned
to death day or two by the explosion of
coal oil, which was sold for 1870 fire test,
but which proved to be only lO5 when
tested. The law Of Kentucky does not per-
init the sale of any burning fluid for fam
lily use that will explode at less than one
hundred and thirty degrees Fahrenheit
In Illinois this does not appear to be the
case, as great quantities Of coal oil of no
more than one hundred and ten degrees fire
test, are being daily sold in this city as well
as elsewhere.
The Paducah Enterprise announces in
large letters that the negro, who assaulted
Mrs johnson in that city on TUESDAY, was
caught within six hours after the assault.
That's nothing. Marshal Myers and
Officers 0lmsted md Tyler, of
this city caught the negro who
assaulted Mrs. Kobler in this city some
time ago within four hours after the assault,
and II 1t hadn't been for the bravery OF
Jailer Fitzerald and posse, the wretch
would have been hung within Six hours
after he committed fhe crime