The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-03

| Shipment IN all ulrcctions, all OF winch
speaks well for Cairo.
The Illinois Central Railroad company
has found it necessary to engage watchmen,
both day and night, to guard the loaded
coal cars, left standing upon its track up
town. The depredatioDs have been great
and bold, but are now less so. This CON-
plant is not confined to this city alone, but
comes to us from all over the state, wher
ever coal is handled.
We again had the pleasure last night
of listening to telephone serenade from
No. 49, Mr.. j. w. Hill and his sons and
Mr.. Geo W. Chclet were the performers
We believe that these and also Messrs.
Speck and Redburn could get music out
of an old cracked gridiron or a boiled tur-
nip. We write this in a poetic mood.
Mr.. |. N. Smith returned yesterday
afternoon, from visit to New Orleans,
where he has been for week or two, on
business and pleasure combined, and
brought with him two small alligator cubs,
about foot long each, and genuine
orange tree cane. He intends to raise the
former, and the latter-well, he'll raise
that too. He raises "caOn(e)" sometimes
just the same as common folks, we suppose.
To Judge from an article, which APP
peared in the Chicago Weekly Sun, of the
the eth instant, our old fellow citizens,
r. Fitzgerald and j. S. Hawkins, figured
quite prominently in the sporting circles
some three and twenty years ago, respec-
lively, as the champion pedestrians of the
United States. We know that both these
gentlemen are, even to-day, great walkists,
but we think "Mose" Harrell, of the Sun,
is playing one Of his characteristic jokes on
them.
The funeral of Mr.. Michael Mahanny
took place yesterday afternoon, at two
o'clock The remains were taken from the
residence on Nineteenth street to St.
Joseph's church on the corner of Cross and
Walnut streets, where services were held
and from whence the procession moved to
the train at the foot of Fourteenth street,
which took the remains to Villa Ridge for
interment. The attendance was large, for
Mr.. Mahanny was an old citizen and had
many friends.
We stated in a recent issue of The
BULLETIN that "a NUMBER of the colored
school children, with their parents and
teachers, were before Squire Osborn" and
here is the way the Springfield Register
takes it up: "They had the whole colored
school of Cairo before Justices court, one
day last week, for quarreling among them
selves, but the offense was so well divided
up among the lot that no one in particular
could be punished" The propensity of
some newspaper men to manufacture sensa
tionalistic items for the public is irrepres-
sive and often makes itspossessor udicrous.
The weather predictions OF Vennor's |
Almanac proved wonderfully correct for
the months of December and January, aud |
those who have compared them with the |
weather, as il occurred, will no doubt wish |
to know what the same meteorologist has
to say of the kind of weather that may be |
looked for during the month of February.
Vennor says that the mild interval with
which January closed will probably con
tinue well into February, with the excep-
ton of day or two up to the 18th, with |
bamy, spring-like weather in many parts,
the snow rapidly disappearing. Then a
couple of days Of clustering weather, with |
rain or snow. This is to be followed by |
snow storms and cold weather throughout
the western States. About the 10th, storms
Of wind, snow or rain, followed by colder
term. The last week will open with bril-
liant, mild, spring-like weather, melting
the snow, A few days before the close Of
the month, high winds are likely to pre-
vail, with gales around New York and
other points, and clustering weather in the
northern States. The last two days of Feb
ruary are likely to DO fair, with little snow
remaining on the ground.
One of the most interesting meetings
ever held in the rooms of the Woman's
Club and Library association was that of
yesterday afternoon, 1t was q rare literary
feast, prepared by experienced feminine
minds, andhghly enjoyed by oil who had the
good fortune to be present. The attend
ence was very large, probably owing to the
fact that it was known before
hand what the exercises would
consist Of, and who were to take
part in them. The chief attractions of the
occasion were tho selection, read by Mrs.