The daily Cairo bulletin., 1881-08-21


cigar, at Schuhs.
The little child of Mr.. McCarty, living
on Twentieth street, is very sick with dip
liberia.
The Parlor Shoe Store will be ready
for visitors about the 1st of September.
See notice in another column.
Our line of mems shoes are the best
ever shown in Cairo and the most reason
able in price. 0. Haythorn.
The carpenters are doing good Job
on the inside of Swoboda & Schulze's new
building. The work is under the direction
of d.. Gallagan.
Il am now receiving my tall stock OF
boots and shoes which will surpass any line
of goods ever shown in Cairo. o. Hay
thorn.
"A wreck of train of fifteen freight
cars at Fort Jefferson caused the tardiness
of Friday evenings Chicago, st. Louis and
New Orleans train.
"A woman living in Wilcox's block is
said to be dangerously sick with dropsy and
very much in need of assistance, both pecu-
mary and medical. She has also small
child depending upon her for subsistence.
AT a meeting of the Anchor Fire com
pany held Thursday evening Mr.. james
Carroll was elected president, Mr.. E. F.
Glines, vice president, Mr.. e. j. Cotter,
secretary, Mr.. A. Fl. Steels, treasurer and
Mr.. John Morgan, captain.
Monday is looked forward to by freight
men as day on which the future OF rail
roads depends. 1t is generally thought a
s cent per 100 rate will prevail from East
st. Louis before Tuesday noon, and then
look out tor break ia stocks.
The stable of Messrs. Stratton & Bird,
that is In course of erection on Railroad
street, is being built of brick and will take
up the entire lot-twenty by twenty-five feet.
1t will be two stories high. Mr.. W. F.
Pitcher has the contract for building it.
The fourth annual fair of the Moberly,
(Mo.), District Fair Association is to be
held at Moberly, in Randolph county, on
September 9th, 2Sth, Goth, 3Oth, and Oc-
tober 1st. Horse racing will be one of the
chief attractions of the association.
The fourth quarterly meeting of the
Mound City and Villa Ridge charge, will
be held at Meridian in the Baptist church
to-day. Rev. W. F. Whitaker, of Cairo
will have charge OF the meeting and will
therefore not be here to hold services in his
church this morning.
The "Postofice Saloon" is stocked
with the finest liquors, coolest beer and
best brands of cigars to be found in the
city. Joe Roneker is popular landlord
and his saloon classes among the neatest,
uuietest and pleasantest to be found any
where, The doors. for the benefit of the
public, are kept open day and night.
The Ohio river stood at eight feet
above low water mark all day yesterday.
Seven and three-quarter feet is as low as it
has been this season. The lowest it has
ever been was one foot below what is known
as low water mark and occurred in 1877.
But that was extraordinary and was due to
the fact that the river above was gorged
with ice.
There is no line OF business where SO
much depends on the dealer as the shoe
business. o. Haython is always reliable,
ask for good article and you are sure to
get 1t at this house. =
"A business firm in Astoria, Ills, carry
ing general stock of goods valued at
about twenty thousand dollars, con'em-
plate coming to this city to locate perman-
emily. The reason of their intended re-
moval from Astoria is the general failure of
crops in that part Of the state and as they
depend in great measure upon the farm
ers for their trade, they expect very dull
business during the coming tall and spring.
The people of Paducah seem also to
have been affected by the Cairo boom. At
large meeting held in the council cham
Der of that city, on Friday evening, the
question of lending aid to the Chicago, o.
ney and Ohio river railroad was discussed
at length, and committee was appointed
to correspond with the officials of that road,
with view to ascertaining their plans and
the conditions, upon which the road would
be built to Paducah.
jeff Clark has opened paper and
paint store on Washington avenue near the
corner of Eighth street and stocked it with
the late styles and rich designs Of paper
Tor all kinds of decorative work, including
Bolid colOrs for finishing walls in STYLES