The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-12
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.
Notices In these columns, ten cents per line,
each insertion, Markets.

-MeersClauW pipes anu CiSai- hoi"eio'
large stock at F. Korsmeyer's.
Judge Harker is holding court al
Murphysboro.
Hon. John H. Oberly returned to this
city yesterday.
The police force was not increased last
night-in fact no nominations were made
-Meerschaum pipes and cigar-holders,
a large stock at F. Korsmeyer's.
Mr.. E. c. Ford's old stand, immediate
ly above Dan'l Hartman's store, is now &C.
cupied by secondhand clothing dealer.
Mr.. Goldstine, of the enterprising firm
of Goldstine &; Rosenwater, returned from
New York yesterday, after an absence OF
several weeks.
Mr.. Joseph Virnan, who has been quite
ill with pneumonia Of late, appeared on our
streets again yesterday, for the first time
since his Illness
john Flemming, white man, was yes
terday fined five dollars and costs, tor a
violation of chapter five, section twelve OF
the revised ordinances, which forbids the
use of improper language.
F. NJ. Ward comes to the front with
the assurance that the fuel famine is over
as he will keep on hand at all times, good
wood and Indiana coal. See notice.
AT present the central office of the
telephone exchange is occupied only until
nine o'clock at night, but after the system
is in perfect working order, connections
will be made at any hour of the night.
Ill health caused Mr.. Geo. Lattner to
| dispose of his saloon. He will spend
short time in the country with the object of
recuperating his health after which he pro-
poses to run several teams in this city.
Joe Robarts, the newspaper man who
in trumpet tones is demanding that his
subscribers pay their subscription, was In
the city yesterday and left for Murphys-
boro this morning, TO attend the session of
the circuit court
A petition is to be presented to Gov.
Cullom, asking that John Buliner be par
doned. Bulliner was sentenced in 1875 to
twenty-five years imprisonment in the
penitentiary, for the murder of George
Sissy, at Carbondale.
Governor Culom says in his message
that on the first Monday of the present
month the last dollar of the state debt was
paid, or if any small balance has not been
presented, the money is now in the state
treasury to meet it, and will remain until it
is called tor.
We received the second copy of the
Ava News yesterday-Edited by DIR, Scott
Singleton. Like good liquor, it improves
with age, and if properly supported, we
can vouch for it that Mr.. Singleton will
give the Ava people paper Of which they
may be proud.
"A switchman employed in the Illinois
Central yards, whose name is Egan, yes
terday afternoon, had foot and ankle
badly crushed by the cars running over it.
The accident was caused by the ice along
the track which caused Mr.. Egan to fall
down. He was taken to his home, on Eigh-
teenth street. between Poplar and CONNER
cial in a wheelbarrow, where he received
immediate attention.
The city council last night, by a sus-
pension Of the rules, passed an ordinance
raising the mayors salary to one thousand
dollars per annum 1t also agreed to light
the city and accepted the bid of Mr.. Ger
ould-which was that he would light each
lamp with four-foot burner for two dol
lars and seventy-fve cents per month, if
the city would repair the lamps that are
now in broken condition.
Henry Fletcher, who, it will be re-
memberei, is confined in the county Jail
forpassing counterfeit money, was discovered
yesterday by Sheriff Hodges to be making
preparations to escape from his cell. He
had gotten possession of file and an ordi-
nary table knife in some way and with the
former had transformed the latter into
saw with which he had already severed two
or three Of the iron bars in his door, The
sheriff removed him into another, and a
safer cell.
Mr.. j. T. Rennie, proprietor of the
"Vulcan Iron works, has formed partner.
ship with Mr.. j. G. Bernard, of
Terre Haute. The new firm, known
as Barnard & Rennle, will shortly make
some extensive additions to the present es-
Enlistment, which will enable them to
do all manner of iron work, from the finest