The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-17


Methodist church, corner Eighth and Wal
nut, this morning, but no services this eve
ming, Strangers are cordially invited to
attend the morning services.
AT the Atheneum on Tuesday night
will be good place to pass the evening
Warrington election returns. The entertain.
ment will close about the time the counting
of the votes are finished. The house will
be crowded.
An election for two school directors
was held at Metropolis yesterday. Mcssrs
John Austin and Gus Quante were the in
cumbents and Mcssrs L. G. Whyers and j.
NJ. Elliott were the candid ates for the en-
suing term.
Yesterday evening, at 415 o'clock,
little Annie Martel, aged two years and
two months, died of spinal meningitis, at
the residence of Mr. NJ. Tester. The re-
mains will be taken to Murphysboro for
intermcnt this evening.
The river has again cut of communl,
cation with the country above us by means
OF teams. The last wagon came and went
day before yesterday, The running of
trains on the Narrow Guage railroad is also
| seriouly intcrtcrcd with.
The little steam tug Waite came down
from Metropolis day before yesterday with
a number Of citizens Of that place. The
Waite was formerly sail boat in the Cairo
| port and was made into what she now is by
Metropolis parties who purchased her.
"A committee, appointed by the United
Order Of Ancient Templars to secure IA
hall for the future meeting Of the organ
ization, have secured the hall of the
Mystic Krew and the Order will assemble
there for the first time tomorrow evening.
--Thi afternoon the fcrryboat Three
States will 90 to Beech Ridge to tow the
floating saw-miIl of Messrs. Hodges, Spies
u Shechan, over to the Missouri shore. The
mill has been almost constantly in use and
has proved to be profitable investment to
the owners
A new steamer Spread Eagle by name,
was built at Cincinnati some time ago and
was yesterday lying at Paducah. She will
be down here to-day or Tomorrow and 20
from here to st. Louis to run between that
city and Alton. She is a beauty, much
better in every respect than Eer old name
sake.
1t is tolerably well settled that Mr. L.
W. Bagby, Il prominent attorney of Padu-
cab, Ky, will he appointed United States
district attorney for the western district Of
Kentucky. He is, we understand gentle
man eminently fitted for that position and |
has the necessary influence to back him.
The mornings we are having now are
ideal ones for the season. With such |
mornings upon us even the individual who
brings IN spring poetry could be partly
forgiven, not, of course, to the extent of
committing the death sentence, but enough, |
say, to f rbid all needless mangling of the |
body.
The following deed was left for record
n the Circuit Clerks Office Of Alexander
county Yesterday in ,Gnswold and wife to
lugh Callahan; especial warranty deed
lated March GOTH for lot numbered TWEEN
y.iour in block numbered forty seven in
he first addition to the city of Cairo.
Consideration, three hundred dollars.
"A libel suit has been instituted in the
Mount Carmel circuit court against the
Register of that city by one S, NJ. Boswell,
Tor publishing an article rejecting on the
said Boswells good reputation, The
AMOUNT claimed is ten thousand dollars.
Frank w IIawll, OF the Register, looks
lpon the proceeding as joke.
The general opinion in Washington is
hat the senate dead lock will last all sum
ncr, or until the president shall arise in his
wrath and prorogue the senate which he
nay doubtless do under the constitution,
md which one might hope he will not
cruplc to do i'll that early period when
orbearance shall cease to be virtue.
Alexander county is entitled 20 ten
delegates to the state Sunday school con
'ention, to be held at Ccntrala on May 3D.,
ith and 9th next. 1t is desirable that a
ull delegation from tins county attend the
convention, and as an inducement to
'Ihcrs, who may wish to go, the railroad
have reduced the fare. Mr. NJ.
Eastcrday is superintendent for this
bounty.
"A barge load of rock was uuloadcd IN
the Ohio river close to the shore at the foot