The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-24

M. X. G. dance should not fail to attend
81.
MIR. J. s. Shearsr, special agent FOL
Hartley g. Co., publishers, of Philadelphia,
is in the city, and will remain several weeks
canvassing for their latest work and ap-
pointing agents.
Argus: 1.-THE Voice of Monroe,
published at Columbia, ILL.,, says the Cairo
ArgusJournal talks very sensibly OF the
small pox scare" How far some people
will travel to find sympathy when they are
conscious of having voiced foolish idea
is evident from the above
Governor Cullom has pardoned Mary
Dyson, who was convicted of receiving
stolen goods, at the May term, 1880, of the
Sangamon circuit court, and sentenced to
the penitentiary for two years. Thepardon
was issued for the reason that she is hope
lessly ill of consumption.
"A fair attendance was presented at the
musical convention at the Presbyterian
church last night to take part in the musi-
cal exercises under instructions by Prof
Sherwin. The nights during this week
will be devoted almost exclusively to class
drill and promise to be of even greater val
ue to those who attend than were the les
sons of last week.
Circuit court convened yesterday
morning and held short session during
which some motions were argued and the
Cunningham Mandamus case received some
attention, but not enough to dispose of it
entirely. The court adjourned about noon,
having been in session almost month and
a half. It will convene again in about
three weeks from now.
The Ohio river continues to rise slowly,
Yesterday afternoon at l IL O'Clock it stood
at forty six feet five inches, being rise of
five inches during the previous twenty-four
hours. During the same period of time it
rose one foot four inches at Cincinnati and
fell nine inches at Nashville. The Missis-
sippi continues to fall at st. Louis. The
weather generally is clear and fair with no
immediate prospects'of snow or rain
In accordance with resolution
adopted at the Irish national convention,
held in Chicago, the executive committee
of the Irish national congress request that
the 22d day of February next be appropri-
ately celebrated by the Irish people in the
United States, both as the anniversary of
the birth of Washington and as the cen
tenary of the demand successfully made by
Henry Cratten for the independence of
the national parliament of Ireland, then
sitting in parliament house, Dublin.
"A small leak near the Twentieth street,
Ohio levee sewer, was the subject Of con-
siderable discussion among citizens yester-
day. There is no good reason, however,
why it should have attracted so much at.
tention, as it is not likely to prove of any
consequence. 1t is an old leak, resulting
probably from a water pipe which at one
time supplied steam boiler in some old
saw mill with water from the river Chief
Myers, Mayor Thistlewood and Others were
up yesterday and examined the place and
found that there is positively no ground
for apprehension.
-InlMagistrate Comings' court yesterday
E. c. birmingham, who had been ar
rested by Chief Myers and Officer Mahan-
ny for being drunk and disorderly, was
fined six dollars and costs. Washington
Montgomery was drunk, and had been found
so by Officers Olmsted and Hogan, was
arrested, and was fined one dollar and costs.
VIM. Ingram was also arrested by the
same officers and fined the same amount
And James Young was guilty of being a
vagrant, was arrested by Office Tyler, fined
forty dollars and costs, and given stay on
condition that he leave the city.
Three of the smallpox patients at the
pest-house are in fair way to completely
recover. One of them, the man Jackson
who was the last patient taken there, is in
a somewhat precarious condition, but may,
after all, survive. The Paducah man,
Black, was to have been discharged yester-
day evening, but if he was not then, will
certainly be to-day, 1t is expected, also,
that another will be discharged tomorrow.
and still another the day after. This would
leave only Jackson. There are no further
signs Of the disease in the hospital and
there have as yet been no signs Of the dis
ease among the citizens anywhere in the
city.
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