The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-24
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS
Notices in these columns, ten cents per lin
each insertion. Markets.

Hattie s. an elegant small Havana
cigar, at Schuh's.
See notice of lady canvassers wanted in
special locals.
The crossing over Tenth street, on the
west side OF Washington avenue, is in need
of repairs.
One of the attractive signs IN the city
is that on the jewelry store of Mr. Sim
Taber.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, and at Shreveport,
La, the river was four and five inches re-
spectively below "bench mark"
The OHIO river is still falling. From
seven and half feet Yesterday morning, at
eight o'clock, it fell to seven and quarter
feet in the evening by six. The Ohio is as
low as it has been this season.
Yesterday 1t rained twenty-one one
hundreth of an inch in La Crosse, Wiscon-
sin, and twenty nine one hundreth OF an
inch in Shreveport, La. This is all the rain
that fell in the country according to the Sig
nal Service repyrt.
The frame building belonging to Mr.
H. Schultz and standing on the lot next to
that of Mr.. John Gates, on the east side Of
Commercial avenue, stands about five inch
es over the line onto Mr.. Gates property,
and will be moved to that extent within the
next few days.
Owing to the prospective scarcity OF
corn, hay, etc, the stock raisers and farm
ers are disposing of all stock for which
they have no immediate use to butchers.
As consequence beeves and hogs are not
so high as they we're short time ago, and
as a consequence of this it is probable that
such stock will be unusually valua-
BILE at some time in the near future.
--Messrs. A. Burger, and Edward A.
Taft, the former representing the Akron,
(Ohio) Rubber Co., and the latter, Messrs.
C. Carleton g. Co.. Of Chicago, are in the
city, and submitted to the city council at
its meeting last night their bids for furn-
ishing the five hundred teeet of rubber hose
which it is proposed to purchase for the
Anchor fire company. A number of other
similar bids were also received.
The cngravings of The Halliday, pub
lished in the BULLETIN within the last ten
dava, llayc been distributed all over the
and are doing rood work for Cal
70 wherever they 90. The cuts were un-
usually true to the reality and appeared
very clear and plain in print. The great
number of single copies of the BULLETIN,
In which the cut appeared, which were sent
by citizens of Cairo to their friends in
distant parts Of the country was a matter
Of comment in the post office here. IN
The maximum temperature for six
teen hours preceding three o'clock p H.
yesterday, Washington time) were as fol-
lows, Chattanooga, Tenn, 80; Cincinnati,
Ohio, SO; Davenport, Iowa, 81; Dubuque,
Iowa, 81; Keokuk, Iowa, 90; Lacrosse,
Wis, 72; Leavenworth, Kss 90; Louis
vile, KY, 90; Memphis, Tenn, 90; Nash
vile, Tenn, Oh Omaha, Neb., 81; Pitts
burg, Pa, IS; Shreveport, La, "a; st.
LOUIS, No, 93; st. Paul, Mimi, m Vicks-
burg, Miss, 96 North Platte, Neb., 90;
Yankton, OAK, "a; Dodge City, Kan, 81;
Bismarck, OAK, IS; Chicago, Ills; -
Denver, Col, -.
Yesterday morning the horse attached
to the bakery wagon Of Mr.. Jno Reese was
standing on OHIO Levee near Second street
when an engine standing near by on the
Illinois Central railroad track suddenly let
off steam with terrific force. The horse,
though usually very gentle and not at all
given to running away started off at rapid
run down Second street toward Commercial
avenue. But before reaching the avenue
the wagon turned over, the young man
Mr.. Reeses son, who occupied the seat was
thrown out and the top of the wagon torn
into fragments. The horse was stopped
before he had reached Commercial avenue
The young man was not seriously hurt
neither was the horse and the wagon dam
aged only to the extent of a broken top.
For several days past white man has
been lying under the transfer shed of the
Illinois Central railroad suffering severely
with disease similar to cholic. lie was
yesterday IN great agony as his continued
deep groans Indicated and was either I'm
conscious, or in too much pain to move
either hand or foot, or to utter word. For
two days and night he had lain there on
his back, known by no one, cared tor by
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