The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-03

sons drove to Mound City at good speed,
gave the horse all the water he wanted
there and drove him back again, with the
result as stated.
Mr.. w. s. Harris tells the public by a
notice in special local column in this morn.
ing's BULLETIN that he has opened black,
smith shop on Thirteenth street, between
Poplar street and Commercial avenue, and
| is prepared to do all manner Of work in his
line, in the most skiIlful manner. lie is
also in want OF good wood workman.
Mr.. jeff Clark has removed his paint
shop out of the frame building near the
Arab engine house to room in the north
side of Messrs. Hinkle, Moore & Hinkle's
warehouse. Mr.. r. Jones has also vacated
his comfortable quarters in the front of the
old atheneum building, and is stationed on
Eighth street.
Real estate record yesterday City of
to Bridget Devine; deed, dated July 9Th,
1881, for lot seventeen, in block six, IN rail-
road addition to the city of Cairo.
Reuben S. Yocum to M. j. Howley; quit
claim deed, dated August Cd, 1881, for lot
three, In block six, in railroad addition to
the city Of Cairo.
The pending railroad war--one of the
fiercest that has ever broken out-has
reached such stage that the contestants
must soon, from sheer WEAKNESS abandon
the rulnous contest. Having bled each
other to exhaustion, they will begin to re-
coup their losses by bleeding the public, on
whom, as usual, the costs ultimately fall
On Saturday last week Miss Josephine,
daughter of Mr. Henry Winter, was seri-
ously injured while crossing street at
Carmi She is employed in store there
for her father and was on her way from her
hotel to her place of business when she was
run over by wagon and her face and
head badly bruised. She received prompt
medical attention, however, and, at last ac-
counts, was doing we'll
There has been more or less talk of
company to control the freight business on
the Mississippi river and its tributaries I'M
der the management of James Keenc, of
New York. 1t will take pretty strong
company to monopolize this business, but
if Mr.. Keene thinks he can do it, the OPP
portunity is offered, let him try it. The
more millions invested in transporting the
commerce Of the Mississippi valley, the
better tor the people of the valley. Let the
capitalists come, there is room for them.
The Wicklifie candidate for the Ken.
lucky legislature was elected in Ballard
county on Monday. He received major
ity of six hundred and fifteen
votes He was elected because he believed
IN making Wickliffe the county
seat of Ballard county, and for no other
reason in the world. His opponent, Mr..
John Davis, is the more intelligent and the
more angry man of the two, and he de-.
clares that, under similar circumstances,
the devil could defeat Christ.
The dance given at Mounds Junction
night before last proved quite disastrous to
some Of the young people of Cairo who at
tended. Messrs. Bobert X. Woodward and
William Halliday, Jr., with several young
ladies, went up in buggies and, before they
reached their destination, their horses
SHE'D and banked and broke the buggies.
Mr.. Woodward's horse qacked down an en-
bankment and turned the buggy over,
throwing both him and Miss Lydia Pitcher
who accompanied him, out; but without
injuring either seriously. Mr.. Halliday's
horse fell upon the buggy shaft and
broke it,
The maximum temperature for six
teen hours preceding three o'clock p. m,
yesterday, Washington time) were as fol-
lows Chattanooga, Tenn, Of; Cincinnati,
Ohio, 81; Davenport, Iowa, 81; Dubuque,
Iowa, Oh; Keokuk, Iowa, 95; LACROSSE,
Wis, SO; Leavenworth, Kas., OF; Louis
vile, Ky, 95; Memphis, Tenn, OF; Nash
vile, Tenn, 05; Omaha, Neb., Of; Pitts
burg, Pa 81; Shreveport, La, 90; st.
LOUIS, Mo-, 90; st. Paul, MINI, 49, Vicks-
burg, Miss, o.; North Platte, Neb., 80
Yankton, OAK, 81; Dodge City, Kan, SO
Bismarck, OAK, 81.
j. Burger has just received at his man.
moth store full line OF new carpets all in
the latest colors and patterns, consisting of
Tapestry Brussels, of the following cele-
brated brands Roxbury, Smiths double ex-
ira, Extra "B" Palisades and &c" palisades
Higgins, @*, and t"; San.
ford's Extras, Eagles and Cormets; and
ROYAL Tnnoetricna Tn Iprro;no tha, aLo,,