The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-19


aiI under bond,
The ladies miss it when they do not
visit the Golden Grotto, bijou Of a
place.
-LosT-About ten days ago, pair of
rubbcr'bound nose spectacles. Finder will
please leave them with Mr.. A. II. Irwin, or
at this Office.
AT no time have the people of Cairo
had better opportunity tor showing their
appreciation Of home talent, or a better
cause for manifestation of pride than they
will have this evening. 1t has been many
years since the Cairo public have had an
opportunity of seeing and listening to the
rendition Of programme such as will be
presented at the Atheneum tonight. A
number of our most gifted ladies have con-
scntcd to take part in the exercises, which
fact alone should and would attract full
house But this, as is known, is not all.
Miss Kittie AIvord is the central figure in
the evenings entertainment; it is for her
benefit that the people of Cairo, in consid-
Grafton OF her kindness in contributing to
the success and dclightfulness of other en-
tertanments, have instituted this affair,
She makes her debut before the Cairo pup
lie this evening. She will exert herself
on this, as she has done of former
occasions, to entertain all who may go t.
hear her, and it is needless to say that she
will be eminently successful. There are
not many communities that can boast of
the possession of such talent as Cairo pos
sesses in the person of Miss Alvord, hence
our people should be, and doubtless are,
proud of her. 1t is duty that every
society owes to talent in every form to give
it a hearty encouragement, and this duty
is well discharged by other communi-
| ties. The people Of Cairo cannot afford to
| ignore their own citizens who are endowed
with gifts which would command the
greatest admiration from other communities,
| and to Judge from the large number Of
tickets that have been sold, we feel safe in
saying that Miss Alvord will be greeted by
an audience that will compare favorably
IN every respect with any that has ever
gathered in the athcneum or elsewhere in
the city.
City Engineer Charles Thrupp re-
turned from his trip out west on last Satur
day; several days sooner than he expected
to return. He reports snow about fifteen
feet deep on both sides of the railroad
track for many miles and expects the rivers
here to rise gradually for several days yet
He had a rather pleasant
trip, being one OF u party
composed Of civil engineers, railroad dig
nitarics and their wives. The object Of the
Illinois Central Railroad Company in send
Ing the party Of engineers to Fort Dodge
was to gain information as to the possible.
ty of a change in the Minneapolis & St.
Louis railroad, where it crosses the track
Of the Illinois Central company, Just be.
fore the tram reached Fort Dodge it was
prevented from being totally wrecked by
the watchfulncss and cautious action OF
the engineer. Looking ahead, the engin-
Ger saw two horse team, with number of
men aboard, standing across the track, and,
as it did not move as the train came nearer,
he shut off the steam aud allowed the train
to approach slowly. As soon as
the men in the wagon saw that
the train was Stacking its speed
they hurried off with the wagon as fast as
the horses could go. This aroused the en-
ginner's suspicious and he instituted an in
vestigatcd before proceeding further.
He found, upon going ahead
Of the train some distance, that most
diabolical scheme to wreck the train had
been concocted and sought to be carried
out. A large number Of pieces of
iron rails had been placed
with one end into and firmly stemmed
against the side of cattle guard, and the
other ends protruding above the track in a
manner that could NOT possibly have failed |
to untrack the engine and the entire train.
1t is not known what prompted the scoun-
drels in this infamous attempt to send a
number OF human beings to their graves in
such horrible manner. The authorities
or on the track of the would be. wrcckers.
"A hope expressed IN our pink edition
Sundays BULLETIN that the ceremonies
at the Mound City cemetery on Decoration
Day may not be the occasion Of drunken
brawls, etc, as it had been heretofore" has
aroused the ire Of our corpulent friend Joe
Robarts, OF the Pulaski Patriot. He screw
ed his courage up to the sticking point