The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-06-10

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These are the days that make swelter-
ing humanity long for the cool shade OF
Dixon Springs.
The Cairo and Vincennes railroad
company has placed it's track below Second
street in excellent condition.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union met Reform hall and transacted
some routine business yesterday.
= Stout & Green are ready to make con-
tracts for all kinds Of building and brick
Job work. See notice in another column.
Mr.. John Poorc has sample of new
metallic roof plating which has become
quite popular in some parts OF the country.
The second story of Mr.. A. Marks
clothing establishment has undergone ex-
tensivc internal and external improvement.
New curb stone was yesterday being
placed along the west side Of Commercial
avenue between Sixth and Seventh street
The Cairo and Vincennes railroad
company will do sixty thousand cubic
yards of earth filling in the city during the
year.
Pretty notices for pillow shams are
"Dermez bien," Good night" Lullaby"
"Bon soir," "Sweetly DREAM and "Slum-
Der light"
An eagle in Reading lives on cats and
rats, and especially cats. Can't Cairo bor-
row him for few weeks and teach him to
take In an occasional dogg
Yesterday the tug Montauk came off
the ways at the coal dump, having received
new boiler and other needed repairs.
Capt. Short brought her down. II
The remains of Thomas Freeman, fhe
colored barber, who died of an Unknown
cause several days ago, were taken TO Villa
Ridge for interment yesterday.
The funeral of Mr.. John Fitzgerald
took place Yesterday afternoon. The re-
mains were attended by many friends to
Villa Ridge where they wee inferred.
Mr.. Weis, the barber, near Messrs.
siratton & Bird, and Mr.. 4. T. DeBaun, the
Ohio levee oyster dealer are having their
respective places Of bufnes' newly f0ored.
The tendency to suicide just now seems
to be mainly attributable to strong drink.
The ladies' temperance unoin has here
good text from which to argue reform meas
ures.
"A ball was held Eat Wickliffe, yester-
day In the new hbtel that is In course OF
erection there. 4 good crowd of country
lads and lasses vas present and the fun
lasted until lat9i1to the night.
Mr.. w. L. Bristol is having the founda-
ton of his new store saturated with tar In
order to prevent the dampness from the
ground penetrating it and causing the mer-
chandise within the store to mould.
Engine Nd iii on the Illinois Central
railroad which Dame in in charge of Thorn
as Catlet with wild freight train yester-
day, ran off the track when near the Hi
nois Central incline. An hours work by
number of men replaced her.
Yesterday afternoon at the west side
door of the court house, Sheriff Hodges
sold all the lots in the city upon which the
taxes had not bee1 paid, not a single lot
being forfeited tol the city. The sale of
outside lands will commence this alter
noon.
Mr.. Thomas Lewis, secretary of the
Cairo street railwayc ompany, in company
with the street committee, made trip over
the route ot the proposed street railway
yesterday and located the track. Mr..
Lewis will have mem at work on the road
Monday morning,
The Ohio river is falling. 1t was
twenty-ons feet on the gauge yesterday
morning, having fallen quarter of foot
during thenight before. Yesterday even
ing, at SIX o'clock, it was twenty and nine
tenths feet showing fall Of onetenth of
foot since eight o'clock, id the morning.
The STEAMER Colorado came down from
st. Louis last night, having Npn board the
three New Madrid desperadoes on their
way down there to stand trial. The sheriff
OF New Madrid county, who hid them In
charge, has taken extra precautions to in
sure his pris$ners' safety after they reach
the scene Of their outlawry.
Edward Kinds, of the LlverpookMer-
curry, is willing to risk his reputation Is a
public man "iAthe worst case of smallpox
cannot be cured in three days, simply by l
the use Of credp tartar dissolved in one
pint Of hot water drank at intervals when