The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-06


time, agent for the Cairo g. St. LOUIS rail
road at Jonesboro, was in the city yesterday.
The choir of the Episcopal church has
been again organized and will sing at the
services to-day, 1t is composed as follows;
Mrs. W. p. Halliday, soprano; Miss Annie
Pitcher alto; Mr., Speck, tenor; Mr.. Thorn
as p, Horne, bass,
Mr.. John Keolcr and family returned
from Union City yesterday afternoon. 1t
will be remembered that his wife and
youngest daughter, were under treatment
of an eminent occulist there, and with very
satisfactory results.
We are getting ready for spring bus.
ness and will show on Monday morning, an
immense line of new Everlasting, lnvlnc-
lble and embroidery trimmings, all war
ranted to wash. These goods are entirely
new and are very handsome, g. r, Stuart
Rev. B. Y, George, will preach IN the
Delta engine house this afternoon at 80
o'clock The large room should be crowd
ed with listeners, Tor Mr. George is an
agreeable and instructive speaker and no
one can hear him without being benefited
thereby.
Mr. f. 5. Kent was yesterday agree
ably surprised by the members Of his fam
lily, who presented him with number of
handsome and valuable gifts as birthday
presents and accompanied them with many
well wishes for the future, with which we
also join ours.
The force of millwrights, who have
been at work in the Egyptian mills for
some time past repairing ard charging
the inner machinery and capacity of the
mills, have completed their work and have,
with the exception Of two or three, all gone
to Chicago, from whence they came.
Miss Efiie Close, who has been one Of
the day attendants at the instrument in
the central office, has re-.
signed that position and will
assume another in the ware house office
of Messrs Halliday Brothers. Miss Mary Nc
Kee takes Miss Eiiie's place at the central
office this week.
The Charleston, Mo, Courier Gazette
came out in a new dress last Thursday and
its name curtaied. 1t looks well and is
full of interesting matter, well selected and
we'll written, The editor is George G.
Pollard, and it is now known as "The
Charleston Courier" We wish Mr., Pollard
abundent success
The Southern Illinois Medical Associa.
ton will hold their next meeting in Car
bondale on the third Wednesday in June.
The following officers were elected for the
year; DR.. Ferrill, president; DR.. Rosson,
Jackson Co., secretary; DR.. Dyer, treas
urer; board of Censors, Drs. Orr, Reagan,
Mckenzie, and Sanders.
--LosT-While going from the post
Office down Poplar street to Eleventh, and
out that to Commercial avenue, bunch Of
keys, consisting Of about five post office
KEYS and three house keys, fastened to-
gether with a brass chain. The finder
will please leave them at the commission
store of Wood Rlttenhouse & Bro.
AT the last meeting of the city council
miscellaneous claims were allowed to the
amount of $l,219715. The largest claim
was that Of the city jailer for dieting pris-
oners four hundred and fourteen days, at
40 cents per day Tor each prisoner, 1865 so,
and the smallest claim was that of Henry
Watkins for hauling drunken man to Jail,
twenty-five cents,
County clerk Humm is waiting upon
several ofthe physicians to make complete re
ports Of the births and deaths that have come
under their administrations during the last
year, so that he can comply with the law
upon this point and enter them up. 1t is
true that physicians get nothing for max
ing these reports to the clerk, but they
may get something for failing to do so.
MIR. W. II. Ray, the gentlemanly sig
nal service officer at this point, is busily en-
gagged making out his monthly, meteorologi.
cal chart for the use of the central station at
Washington. His much looked for assist
ent has not yet arrived, and to attend to all
the duties Of his office alone is a hcreculan
job, which he manages to 90 through with,
however, by constant close application.
AT special meeting called for the
purpose, last week, appropriate resolutions
were adopted by the Woman's Club and
Library Association, in regard to the de.
cease Of Mrs w. w. Thornton, of Shelby
vile. Mrs. Thornton has been member
OF the association from its beginning, and al.
waysa friend and well wisher of the Library,