The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-18

strong climax at the end of the forth act.
The r. L. P. society of Mo,ind City
which is composed of the best young
people of that place, purpose to give q
masquerade ball, at Stokes hall, on the
fourth of next month Many OF our
young people will probably receive invita-.
tons to it, and gala time Is expected.
For the benefit Of those who attended
the New Orleans minstrel show at the
Atheneum last night, we may say tnst the
full-faced, heavy set gentleman, who oc.
cuped one of the boxes and was more in
terestel in the audience than in the per-
formance, was Joe Robarts, the editor of
the Pulaski Patriot-who invariably col
lects subscriptions in advance.
Several changes have taken place in
the clerical department of Mr.. G. r. Wood
wards iron store, Miss Musa Green yes
terday assumed the position of shipping
clerk in the establishment, which position
was vacated by Miss Laura Rennie, who
took the position formerly occupied by
Miss Lou Christman. Miss Christman has
taken position on one of the wharf
boats.
From the st. Louis Herald we learn
that the Cairo and ST. Louis railroad has
Just had built one hundred and fifty new
box cars which have capacity of holding
one hundred and twenty-five barrels of
flour. These cars are larger than those
usually made for narrow-guage railways
and, as will be seen, can carry as many
barrels of flour as the box cars Of the
standard gauge roads.
The Illinois board of health are begin
ming to do q little practical work. The
other day half dozen quack doctors were
| stricken from the rolls and thus cut short
in their fatal raids on suffering humanity.
Let the good work go on. The health law
is one of the most important in the statute
book, and it should be rigidly enforced.
Human life is too sacred to be tempered
with by quacks and surgical butchers.
A piano tuner, from Mound City,
went from house to house yesterday and
| the day before in drunken condition, in
suting the ladies of the houses which he
entered. At several places he insisted on
tuning the pianos Notwithstanding that the
ladies of the house most strenuously refused
to let him touch their instruments. He
should have been given the "grand bounce"
from the city or locked in the cooler.
Mrs. Byrnes, worthy widow woman
with six children, is offering tickets for the
rattle of a cottage on Twenty-seventh street
and Holbrook avenue. She is driven to
this act by the fact that mortgage upon
her home is about to be foreclosed and she
is without the necessary money to meet it..
She offers the tickets at one dollar each
which is reasonable enough, and those who
purchase them may rest assured that their
money serves noble purpose Mrs Byrnes
deserves 10 meet with overy encouragement
from the public.
Bear in mind that the Casinos mas
querade ball takes place tonight at Wash
lngton hall. Quite large number Of
tickets have been sold and many masquer
ade suits have been engaged for the oc'
casion. Hence it is safe to calculate that a
large crowd will be in attendance. The
members of the society have put their best
foot foremost in this affair, and intend that
it shall outshne any of their former efforts,
No improper characters will be permitted
in the hall.
There is an appliance known to mod
ern journalism as the towline. Just what
this is as applied to agreat journal is some
| what difficult to define. Suffice it to say
that it is a sort of intangible force which is
applied toobstinate and retroactive objects to
bring them INTO their proper moral, social
or political channel 1t has come 70 be,
although exclusively claimed by St.
Louis paper necessary appliance to every
well regulated newspaper, But It's efficiency
| depends to great extent on the moral
influence welded by the journal which
adopts its use.
From last night the central telephone Of
fee will be perpetually occupied and connec-
tons will be made at any time, either day or
night, Mr.. John Clark has charge of the
instrument from seven o'clock .. m.
till seven o'clock a. m, when he will be
relieved by two ladies, who will have
charge during the day. This arrangement
certainly adds much to the usefulness OF
the institution and may render it invaluable
in particular cases The system IS now il
thorough working order and becomes NOR,
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