The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-29

steamer John Means They we're objects
of interest to a large crowd of people for
several hours.
Mr.. Robert Baird is at work on the
residence of Mr.. Matt. Walsh, on Eigh'
tcenth street, between Washington avenue
and Poplar street. He has raised it sever
al feet from the ground and will build a
number Of brick piers under it.
Harry Walker has again changed
bands. The elegantly costumed boys, with
their silver horns, lead by Al. Goss are
again in Cairo, and made the rounds Of the
city yesterday afternoon, cheering the low
spirited with their lively music.
Judge T, b. Tanner, of Mt. Vernon,
ILL.,, died Friday evening. lie was widely
known in Southern Illinois, having been
circuit judge, member of the Legislature
member of the constitutional convention Of
1862 and justice Of the appellate court.
The worlds fair held in St. Louis
instead of New York means hundreds Of
thousands of dollars more to the railroads
and millions of greater benefit to the
country at large A worlds fair at sea-
port would be scarcely an American enter
prise.
The consolidation OF the two telegraph
companies went into effect on the first day
of this month. The agents of the now sin
gle company are engaged all over the
United States in changing the Offices of the
American Union to the offices of the West
ern Union.
The chidren's meeting took place at
the Methodist church last evening and was
largely attended by old as well as young,
The programme as published IN Sundays
BULLETIN was carried out to the great
pleasure of the young, and the delightful
entertainment of the older ones
Mrs Elizabeth Roberts, Of New York,
has written to City Clerk Foley, stating
that the three one thousand dollar Cairo
City Water bonds, which were stolen from
her some time ago were numbered fifty
two, seventy-one and seventy-two, respec
lively, and asking that, if presented, they be
not paid
Some men in digging a well near
Charlottesville, Mo, came to water which
arose in the we'll during the night; and
next morning they discovered that it was
covered for three inches with crude coal
oil. Some old oil men in the vicinity say
that an oil well there is not among the i'm.
possibilities.
An object of some interest yesterday
was the unfinished saw mill boat, City Of
Rome, as she left port tor trip down the |
river. She is not enclosed, without wheel.
houses and implanted, and we imagine she
looked about rs much like Robert Fulton's
first steamboat as could have been built |
had it been taken as pattern.
The mortgage recently given upon the
tracks and appurtenances Of the Chicago,
St. Louis and New Orleans railroad aud
left tor record with the circuit clerk Of this
county, Mr.. Alex. II, Irwin, was a very vol
lmnious document, taking up over twenty
hree pages in the clerks book and con-
.ainrng exactly eleven thousand, six hun
bred and fourteen words
A little tweve-year-old negro, Of Pa
iucah, has established for himself an
reputation as burglar. He
has become notorious for the frequency
and bOldness of his scrapes, but, owing to
his tender age, was never sent to the peni-
Tertiary as he ought TO have been. He is
now again in Jail, charged with robbing a
grocery, a carriage shop and harness
shop, all within two successive nights.
The announcement Of City Clerk Foley,
rs a candidate for reelection to the office
he now holds in the approaching city
appears in our columns for the
second time to-day. We say it without
fear Of contradiction from any quarter
that Mr.. Foley has been the peer of any Of
his predecessors in that Office, and that no
man can present superior claims upon the
suilrages OF the people than can he. Mr..
Foley has been tried in the balance and il
he has been found wanting we have yet to
hear the fact made known. We leave him
with the people whom he has faithfully
served, believing that they will Judge him
fairly and reward him according to his real
worth.
- esterday morning white man
named John Murphy was found dead in
freight cal loaded with sacks of grain
and standing on the Illinois Central track
at the loot Of Eighth street, Evidently his
death was caused by suifocation, as his