The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-03

make her regular Sunday tripto.day. Sht
will 90 up the Ohio after lot Of corn.
The Mississippi is cutting away III
banks above st, Mary's SO rapidly that i
is believed that The town will soon be LET
an island.
"A new carrier has been put on one o.
THE BULLETINS uptown routes and per
sons who do not get their papers regularl,
will please report the fact.
The steamer Fowler was down from
Paducah as usual yesterday. This last
week has been remarkably dull one with
her, but the week before was very good
Tuesday afternoon the members of the
Methodist Episcopal church will meet Tor
the purpose Of taking int consideration
the financial condition of the church.
The new temperance insurance society
met again last evening, this time in Odd
Fellows hall, and initiated three new
members, making their whole number
twenty-four.
Judge Olmstcad had the only criminal
case in the city yesterday. II was plain
drunk and the poor wretch was so penitent
that the Judge gave him a stay of which he
availed himself TO get away from town.
Mr. George Lent is being urged by his
many friends in the Third ward
to become candidate for alderman
from that ward Mr.. Lentz would un-
doubtedly make model member of our
city council.
MIR. VIM. Sticher, who has been in the
city visiting his relatives for some months,
has concluded to remain here and start
brick yard. He is only waiting for favor,
able weather and dry roads when he will
begin operations.
Major E. w. Green is contemplating
the purchase of new horse, fast and
handsome one. He has it on trial now.
Says it will go mile in one and three
quarter minutes, or three minutes and a
quarter we have forgotten which.
Mr.; Patrick Fitzgerald is having the
lots between his saloon and his Horse
Mansion on Commercial avenue filled up to
a depth Of three feet in order to give them
a proper slope and to keep them well
drained Three or four teams were at |
work all day yesterday hauling earth.
Reports from both the upper Mssis-
sppl and upper Missouri indicate heavy |
foods coming, and it is perhaps just as
we'll for this section that il should be SO.
1t is better locally that the spring rise
should be big that the June rise, when the
snow in the mountains has melted, may be
smaller.
To-day closes the serial story that has
been published IN the Sunday BULLETIN
for several weeks, and we give the initial
chapter OF "Pride's Conflict" by an Eng
Lish author, that our readers will find to be
: story of unusual merit and one that will
lold their attention from the first to the
losing chapter.
"A call upon Miss Kittie Alvord, signed
y large number of our best citizens, is
ublished elsewhere in The BULLETIN this
lornlng and 1t viii be seen from Miss
.lyord's answer thereto that the Cairo pub
&c is to have the pleasure Of attending one
I her elegant readings very soon. They
viii look forward to the occasion with de-
ight.
Charles B, Harger, managing editor Of
he Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, has
'een arrested for violation OF the new anti
reat law on complaint of Walter f. Gard
er, city editor Of the same paper 1t is
Understood the proceeding is to test the
alidity OF the new law, but il may 90 hard
nth Harger as it is said to be not his first ,
ffense.
"A circular signed by Mr.. G. w. Jerome 9
nd extensively circulated in all parts of I
he state, sets forth that the Illinois state y
abbath school convention will be held at =
'entralia, His, on May third, fourth and a
fth, and calls upon all friends of the Sun {
ay schools to be present in that city on a
hose days. Reduced rates will be offered Y
n the railroads i
"A general strike among the stone quar-
men at Alton, Ills, occurred on Friday.
he men all quit work and made demand
pom the quarry owners for an increase of
heir wages from one and half to two
olars per day. The employers met and !,
greed upon an advance Of twenty-five :
ents per day, which offer was submitted to
he strikers for their consideration.
One of our St. Louis subscribers sends ,
s the money for some of the back mum.
ers OF THE WEEKLY BULLETIN containing