The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-26

"A fire broke out on Monday in a grist
mill about fifteen miles from Carmi, owned
by Mr.. Frank Damron, and the mill was
totally destroyed.
Cairo dealers in grain options in the
Chicago exchange are said to be several
hundred thousand dollars ahead in their
speculahons within the last few weeks.
Men are employed in the preparation
of lumber for Mr.. Thomas Keane's bust
ness house on the west side Of Washington
avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth
street,
Yesterdays property record consisted
of one deed as follows: T, W. Halliday and
wife to heirs of II. $. Thompson quit claim
deed, dated August 18th, 1880, for west
fractional half and cast half, northeast
quarter Of section one, township seventeen,
range two, in Alexander county.
The city council will meet in the cham
Der this morning at nine o'clock for the
purpose Of hearing the report of the com
mittee on waterworks and tor the transac-
ton OF some less important miscellaneous
business. The meeting will be of more
than ordinary interest.
A now and brilliant caste of charaters
at Harry Walkers Comique this week.
During Wednesday night the little
eight year old boy OF Mr.. Phillip McCarty,
who lives on Twentieth street, between
Washington avenue and Poplar street, died
after an illness of few days. His re-
mains were conveyed by special train to
Villa Ridge yesterday and there inferred.
Men who claim to be competent judges
state that never since 1882 has there been
such failure in the corn crop in Southern
Illinois as in this year. Moreover, wheat
and other small grain look below the aver
age. Few peaches are to be seer, and
there will be about one-fourth of an ordin-
airy crop of apples.
"A branch of the Western Union 1ele-
graph Office has been established in the
Office of The Halliday, in charge Mrs. Mis-
bet. The Office has already proven of great
convenience to the travelling public, and in
several cases messages have been sent and
answers received with the greatest dispatch
The company deserves credit for establish
Ing the branch and "The Halliday" is made
the more convenient for having it.
President Garfield used to have pre-
sentiment that he would die at 33--the age
at which his father did but he passed that
point. He then thought he would die at
AZ, the number of his regiment, but he
passed that point also. His friends say
that tor some reason he has of late appre-
hended that he would die at 40. That is
his age now. The world will prayerfully
hope that he is again to be disappointed.
The presidents nurse states that the
dressing Of the wound is very painful to
the patient, Nearly everything that could
possibly be of use in the sick room has been
by sympathlzing public, among
others large downy pillow in four sec
ions. Although very weak, the president
8 able to move his head until it rests com
'ortably. He can now open his mouth
freely, and is scarcely troubled by secretlons
in his throat.
"A fine COW belonging to Mr.. James
Greaney died yesterday of what was be-
lieved to be dry murrain, said to have re-
suited from lack of water to drink. Own
ers OF cows in the city and elsewhere may
be induced to take warning from this in
stance and see to il that their stock does
not suffer tor the want of water. Since the
ponds in and arond the city are all dry and
the rivers in most places unap-
proachable cows arc dependent entirely
upon the public wells and cistorn water,
and this should be given them in sufficient
quantities.
Harry Walkers Comique is crowded
every night this week with interested spec
tators.
The store room of Mr.. w. l.. Bristol's
new building will soon be ready for occu-
pancy. The floor is lard, the walls plaster
ed and work on the ceiling
has been commenced. The
second floor is double and filed out with
concrete substance to doaden sounds that
may DO made in the room above, which, il
is believed, will be occupied by socity of
some kind. As whole tho house, though
slowly built, will DO one of the most sub
stantial and best constructed buildings in
the city, as Mr.. Bristol has taken special
pains to render it proof against dampness
and vermin Of every description.
The adultcration of food is becoming
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