The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06

sumer of -four In France is to be taxed to
the benefit of the millionaire millers,
"A new sidewalk has been laid by tn
Illinois Central railroad on Ohio levee, ey
tending from Fourth street down in from
of the passenger depot to Second street
The top plank used is two and hal
inches thick and the work has been wei
done.
Our police courts have collected
larger proportion of fines during the las
month than they have for many month";
past, Esquire Osborn had larger report
than ever before, showing that lawlessnes'
up town was on the increase within tn,
last month.
The Alton Daily Democrat speaks o.
the wanton mutilation of pidgeons in shoot
ing matches in that part of the country as
'tne SPORT That's what his satanic ma
esty will say as he pitches the Democrat
mans miserable soul 1--WE doubt that he has
a soul, howsSssl.s-Sbou in the birthstone
furnace. S~sazF
There is a rumE$n town that Host
Rexford has always Al an anti-dyspeptic
dinner prepared for him on April LIST, and
that his Cairo friends, knowing this weak
ness of his, endeavored yesterday to meet
the foolish cravings of bad appetite.
Rexford says Cairo beats the world on an
anti dyspeptic dinner Centralia Demo
crat.
The committee appointed at the meet
ing OF the incorporators of the Cairo Opera
House company consists of Messrs. Daniel
Hartman, W. f. Gilbert and Captain T. w.
Shields. 1t has not yet come to any con
clusion as to the best site for the building,
but will very likely be ready to report at
the next meeting Of the incorporators,
which will be held the latter part of this
week
The following personal appeared in
the st. Louis Post Dispatch of Monday:
"Col. Geo. B. Hubbard, who has the con-
tract to build the branch of the Texas &
St. Louis from Texarkans to Cairo, ILL.,,
arrived in the city to-day and will open an
Office in the building on the southeast
corner of Fourth and Pine. He will begin
work as soon as the preliminary arrange
ments can be effected"
Esquire ComiDgs joined two souls in
the bonds of wedlock last evening They |
were named respectively Laura Rooney and |
a Mr.. Baker they lad learned to care for
each other in manner that suggested a
union of hands as well as hearts, and
union in law as well as in mind, and
hence they sought the squirc's Office to
change their condition in accordance with
the dictates of their feelings.
The gas company has found that the
gas mains laid on Eighth street between
he avenues need repairing and it has put
men to work to examine them before the
tone pavement is laid over them. 1t is
wise precaution, but it interferes with the
york of paving-retarding it very much
nd the company should put sufficient
lumber OF men to work so that they can
eep some distance ahead of the stone
workers..
Sometimes the wives of senators get
nto really dreadful squables at Washing
on. Two of them got to quarreling at the
ntrance to the senatorial gallery because
hey had crowded each other, and each one
rot out big shawl pin and threatened to
I'm it into the other if she dared come
lear her. The sergeant-at arms bad, final
y, to interfere, but before he did, the wo-
nan that was padded got the best of the
ther, who wasn't.
Attic meeting of the members OF the
Methodist church last evening the financial
onditon Of the church was considered and
net by prompt subscription
# an amount sufficient to #,
'ay the minister's salary up to date
t is thought that within the next day or
wo enough more will be collected from the
mem bers to meet what is due for other cur
ent expenses of the church. In view of
hese facts the Methodist congregation has
cason to feel well pleased
Judge Olmstcd had several cases to
try yesterday, chief of which was a negro
who had been arrested by officer Dunher
for carrying concealed weapons. He was
lined twenty-five dollars and costs and went
to Jail for thirty days. Two others who
had been arrested by officers John Tyler
and John P. Hogan, charged with drunken
ness, were found gnilty and fined small
amount each. One of them was given
stay, the other went to Jail.