The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-11

hundred degrees, which was the highest on
record in that Office since the summer Of
1874.
"A man--an Italian, employed in the
kitchen of the "Halliday"-was overcome
with heat yesterday afternoon and last night
was not expected to recover. He lives on
Sixth street.
County Clerk Humm, Sheriff Hodges
and Judge R. 8. Yocum, who were out in
the county some days ago for the purpose
of valuing forfeited lands, report that only
about four small tracts in all were forfeited
Jim Orange has been behaving rather
strangely for week or more and some peo-
pie have expressed themselves as fearful
that he is deranged and may do some one
an injury in one of his mad fits.
The committee of arrangements of the
Young Peoples Temperance society
have decided to give lawn sociable in pre-
ference to moonlight excursion on Tues
day night. The place has not yet been de-
cided upon.
Commodore Davidson's Mississippi
river boats refuse to land at Quincy, be-
cause the city levies too heavy wharfage
tax. The city has already lost more money
in that way than it will regain by wharf
age in five years.
The family of Mr.. E. G. Ford was in
creased by two Yesterday near noon. Both
are boys, one weighing seven pounds and
the other eight. They are the first twins in
the family and, so far as is known, the first
boys of the season.
Mr.. H. A. Harmon has sold the frame
building which stood near the Arab engine
house and the owner is now moving it
down Seventh street toward Walnut street,
where it will be fitted up for dwelling
house.
s--One of the strange things which has
occurred every day for four or five days
past is that meriads of black swallows are
flying over the city from north to south and
at distance of not more than fifty feet
from the ground.
On Tuesday night some one stole a
fine gross grain silk dress from Lulu Gray,
down town cyprlan and hid it under the
large water tank in the Illinois Central rail-
road yards, where Marshal Myers found it
yesterday.
V-Messrs. j. B. Bib and Stephen Bird
give notice in special locals. that they will
apply to the board of commissioners Of
Alexander county, at its next regular meet.
ing, for license to run ferry boat be-
tween Cairo and Greeufield's Landing.
Mr.. Marshal johnson and Mrs. Ellie
Vaults, both of Rushe's Ridge, were hastily |
married by Magistrate Comings in his
court room on Eighth street yesterday |
evening. They departed for home immedi |
ately after the knot was tied.
The Business Mems Moderation sscie-
ty of New York city, has appointed COM
mittee to investigate the processes used in
the manufacture of malt liquors, with
view to prevent the adulteration of liquors
and to enforce by law the sale ofpure beer.
While the Arab fire company was
lrawing its engine up Ohio levee after the
ire in the ILLINOIS Central freight car on
tuesday had been put out, the ropes on the
engine broke in two or three different
places. The engine has been supplied with
q new rope.
--Messrs. John Henderson and George
Snooke went over to Ballard county, Ken.
lucky, on Tuesday afternoon, and in two
hours hunt killed twenty-six squirrels. They
advise all lovers of squirrel hunting, to 90
there and guarantee that they will not be
disappointed
THE BULLETIN acknowledges the re-
ceipt of an invitation to attend the Lake
Bluff Convocation of temperance people, to
be held at Lake Bluff, near Lake Michigan,
commencing on the goth and continuing
until the Goth of this month. Miss Francis |
E. Willard is president of the convocation.
William Gale, the English pedestrian |
finished 5000 quarter miles in 5000 conse- |
cutive ten minutes, and continued on the
track for fourteen additional quarters. He
then shouted out that he would bet $500 to
$1,000 that he could commence at once and
cover five hundred miles within seven days.
"A training stable on race.course near
Lexington, Ky, was burned at daylight on
Monday. Out Of sixteen horses preparing
for the fall meeting, Bowen's Carrie Han.
son and Eagles gray colt, Knox, were
burned 10 death and the Others greatly in.
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