The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-28
There was no police business whatever

Union meets at Reform hall this afternoon
Mr.. Louis Herbert is having drive.
well sunk on Twelfth street in front of his
saloon.
MIR. Frank Cherry is building new
porch in front Of his residence on the east
side Of Washington avenue, between Nineth
and Tenth streets
Large invoice, full pocket cut, Xxx en-
velopes--all colors, sizes o., OK and 10
Just received at THE BULLETIN Office.
Get samples and prices. '
Real estate record yesterday: George
W. Norton and wife to T. w. Halliday !;
warranie deed, dated July 18th, 1881, tor
lot twelve, in block thirty-eight, in the
city OF Cairo.
Check books, order books, receipt
books, etc, done on short notice at The
BULLETIN Office. Stock and work guar
anteed. Prices "rock bottom"
There is great talk OF sharks at
Coney Island and fair bathers are afraid of
the water, but the sharks, dear girls, are
mostly on land, wear trowers and pass es
millionaires of foreign counts.
"A conductor on the Georgia railroad
elected passenger from one of his cara the
other day for taking of his coat in the pres
ence Of the ladies, and refusing to put it
on. Times have changed since the Geor-
gian's approved costume was only shirt
collar and pair of spurs
The walking match at Scheels hall
last night Tor the benefit of Mrs. VIM Ca
tilla resulted as follows; Thos. Owen won
the race, making his fastest mile in nine
minutes. G. 0. Farris came in for the Sec
ond prize, which was silver cup.
Mr.. John Barton, OF Carbonate, was
in the city yesterday and called at The
BULLETIN Office. He will move his Office
from Carbondale down here and start a
daily republican paper in October next.
Barton is able to publish good paper and
will do SO when he is thoroughly under
way once.
The incorporation papers of the Cairo
Manufacturing Company were recorded at
the circuit clerks Office Yesterday. The
Cairo Manufacturing Company is organized
for the purpose Of manufacturing one of
the best patent churns and ice cream ireez-
ers combined in the country.
--Messrs. Barclay Bros. are charging
their store room on Ohio levee by removing
the stairway leading from the front to the
second floor. A portion of the additional
room thus obtained will be taken up by an
elevator, which will connect the basement
with theIsecond and third floor, thus faclli-
tatlng the handling of heavy goods.
Those who are in such wild glee over
the defeat of Conkling will find them
selves very much in the position of the
man who innocenty sat down on what he |
to be an old burnt-out relic OF the |
war, but which suddenly proved to be a
bomb with live fuse and sent the squat
Ter to kingdom come. 1t is true that Con-
King is somewhat of broken-up man, but |
The pieces have all been carefully saved for
future service.
Yesterday Bill SCOTS hack driver APP
piled to Magistrate Comings tor warrant
against man named johnson, who had |
hired the hack to drive HIM and his girl,
woman Of the town around, the city for sew
eral hours, and then refused to pay the
driver. The esquire told the driver that he
could not issue warrant, but that he must
bring civil suit against Johnson if he
would seek the assistance of the law in the
collection Of his fare. This the driver had
tdone up to yesterday evening, John
son Is from Villa Ridge and is said to be
the sexton OF the graveyard there
The man who undertook to sprinkle
Washington avenue few days ago has
abandoned the work on the ground that he
could not keep the dust down as it ought
to be done with one sprinkler. Yet it was
done in former years and with the same in.
strument that he used, The man, whoever
he was, gave up too easily; he should try
again and little harder than before; for
the residents along both sides of the avenue
appreciate the benefits arising from wetted
streets and will pay literally and promptly,
There IS money in the job for some man
who is willing to work little.
Mr.. John e. Henderson, who returned
yesterday from trip through the neigh
boring counties in Kentucky, reports that
the continued dry weather has done great
deal of damage to the crops of that part of
the state. The corn. he savs ia in aome