The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-18

thirty.two feet and three'tenths yesterday
evening, at six o'clock.
The CAIRO criminal dockets do not
bear the date OF March nth, 1881, not
single case coming before any of our police
courts yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union met at Reform
hall and transacted business OF some i'm
portance. The attendance was good and
the exercises interesting, as usual.
"A man named Thomas Riley, who was
at work on scaffold at the
new elevator, yesterday morning
fell from it to the ground, alighting upon
his back, but did not injure himself Sc.
nously.
An error occurred in the announce
ment of John S. Wilkerson, the latest can
dldate for city clerk, in yesterday morn
| ing's BULLETIN. We called him GEORGE"
| which was mistake John s. Wilkinson
is the name.
Along certain railroads in Minnesota
this winter snow bound travellers finding it
impossible for the. train to 60 on have
| footed II to the next station on the top of
immense snow drifts, their only safety from
sinking being the grasping of the telegraph
wires
Harry Walkers band was lead around
town by little jackass yesterday after
noon. He was covered with a cotton
| blanket and decorated with green ribbons
| about the feet, head and tail. The mem
bers of the troupe also wore green ribbons
ON their breasts.
Mr.. Z. c. futile, clerk IN the Illinois
Central railroad, who has been living in
Mrs. Fitzgerald's house on Sixteenth street,
for some time has removed to house on
Twentieth street. Mr.. Ambrose Pyatt will
occupy the house vacated by Mr. futile.
He moved into it yesterday.
The plank sidewalk near the corner of
Sixteenth and Locust streets, back OF
Winters row, is very much out of repair.
The planks have all rotted away on one
end of 1t and the ground, together with
part of the cinder walk, has been rooted up
by hogs, thus making it almost impossible,
even in dry weather.
Day boarders may find it to their in
tercst to glance over our special local col
umns this morning, where they will find
the notice of Messrs. Botto d GazzOla, pro-
prietors of the Planters House, who are
now ready to take any number OF day
boarders at reasonable rates.
Com Tom King, of Cape Girardeau,
Mo, has purchased the fine new steam fer
ryboat, Rosalie Smeot, to be delivered IN
st. Louis as soon as the river opens, to ply
between Cape Girardeau, Mo-, and East
Cape Girardeau, H., in place Of the steamer
Cairo, that was sunk by ice February 9TH.
One of our up town grocers was yes
terday accosted by man from Elco, in
this county, and asked for quarter with
which to purchase a nights lodging, but
hardly had the man gotten the money |
when he hailed barouche and paid ten
cents of it for ride down to "his hotel
The grocer's feelings can be better mag
ined than described.
The Catholic church on Ninth street |
was well filed with citizens last evening to
listen to the lecture of Father ECkles, Of St.
LOUIS, Mo-, which was rare treat to those
who heard him. He was attcntiyely |
listened to from the beginning to the end |
of his discourse. The proceeds WILL no
doubt, be ample for the purpose for which |
they are intended.
Yesterday being st. Patrick's day, |
"the green" could be seen at nearly every |
corner Of the street by the casual observer.
1t was worn by the boys in the button
holes Of their coats and in their hats.
Several United States flags, with strip Of
green stitched onto the end, were unfurlcd |
and in the evening the St. Patrick's society |
in their uniforms attended in body the |
lecture Of Rev Eckles, at St. Patrick |
church.
We learn from telegram to the Chi !
cago Inter Ocean that Malone, the new
prescrver Of the republican party, is long.
haired, long bearded runt, wearing habby
necktie and shirt-cufs, and trousers cut in
the old fashioned style with flaps in front
Since the Virginia statesman has changed
his principles 1t would be well for him 10
have both sides Of his trousers made alike.
This would mislcad the public a. ~ winch
direction he was travelling in.
ALL day yesterday was taken up in the