The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-14
Smoke Schuh's "Gilt Edge

Smoke Schuh's 'Gilt Edge"
--Forepaugh's show will be in Quincy,
H., on the 25th inst.
See notice of auction sale of Texas
horses and cows in special locals.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union meets at Reform hall this afternoon.
The foundation for the colored church
in locust Grove is finished, the stills laid
and the frame work of the superstructure
commenced
Large invoice, full pocket cut, Xxx en-
velopes-al colors, sizes s, 6, OK and 10
Just received at THE BULLETIN office.
Get samples andprices.
After the meeting of the Reform Club
at its hall on Tenth street tomorrow night,
the Good Tcmplars will hold their meeting
in the same ROOM
A water fountain IN the yard, back Of
Mr.. l.. G. Herbert's saloon, is to be one OF
the attractions Of the place. The water
will be supplied by Mr.. Lee Boicourt.
Check books, order books, receipt
books, etc, done on short notice at THE
BULLETIN Office. Stock and work guar
anteed. Prices "rock bottom" >
About three o'clock in the afternoon
yesterday fight occurred at the corner OF
Sixth street between two negroes. Neither
was badly hurt, however, and no arrests
were made.
The Ohio river was nineteen and three
quarter feet above low water mark yester-
day morning, at eight o'clock. AT six
o'clock in the evening it had fallen just
one foot more.
Eight hundred pounds OF ruled stock
for commercial work. Regent and West
lock brands, and Cranes Irish linen, in
voice just opened at THE BULLETIN office,
Washington avenue corner Twelfth street.
Yesterdays police business consisted
of one drunk before Magistrate Comings,
who was fined one dollar and costs. An
other drunk was jailed by Officer Omsted.
There were no cases before Justices Robin
son and Osborn.
Mr.. s. P. Bennett has purchased the
property in which Mr. L. B. Church lives,
on Tenth street, of Mrs. Linton and will
have it enlarged and renovated preparatory
to occupying it himself. Mr.. Church will
remove into neat little cottage opposite
where he now lives.
The Mississippi valley river commits
sion met at St. Louis on the 9th instant and
decided to expend one million dollars OF
the Mississippi appropriation below Cairo,
at points just above Memphis and near
Lake Providence. The work will consist
in strengthening the levecs.
"A little fight between an uptown
grocer and his whllOm clerk occurred day
before yesterday, which furnished entertain
ment for crowd of spectators and little
physical suffering for the actors. 1t appears
that a misunderstanding regarding the
amount due the clerk lead to the lie, which
in turn lead to blows. No arrests were
made.
Governor Luke p. Blackburn, of Ken
lucky, has proclaimed that to-day shall be
day of fasting and prayer in that state for.
the recovery OF President Garfield.
Thus good old Democratic state takes
the lead in praying for the republican
presidents recovery, and yet the republic
can lick -spittals howl frantically about
southern intolerance.
The Hickman cotton seed oil company
has concluded the purchase of block sixty
one, situated near the Mississippi levee, be-
tween Third and Fifth streets, and will now
certainly erect their mills here The COM
paDy was offered the property at a certain
price until the 10th instant, and they tele-
graphed here before the expiration of that
time accepting the offer.
A dispatch from Jones5oro to Captain
W. NJ. Williams yesterday afternoon abou,
two O'Clock stated that it was raining hard
at that place, and that the wind was blow
ing this way. Captain Williams instantly
, telephoned the good news to Judge Craw
Crawford, who was attending the Reynod
trial at the court house and who had SUI
fered much from the extreme heat Will
here.
| Mr.. Frank Wright, brother Of Mr.. W
w. Wright, Of this city, was shot in thu
left shoulder by man, who is supposed t.
have been crazy. Mr.. Wright was riding
in buggy at st. Johns, whel
the man stepped up and sough