The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-09


Odd Fellows of Illinois do not hold
their annual convocation until the fall, and
they always elect white man Grand
Master.
An invitation has been received by
the Odd Fellows and Knights of the Mystic
Krew of this city, from the Knights of
Pythias, OF Charleston, requesting that
the former attend a grand picnic to be
given at Charleston by the latter on the
10th inst, tomorrow. 1t is the intention to
make up nice excursion party it possible
and 90 there. The fare will be $l00 per
head for the round trip.
"A regular meeting of the city council
was held last night. But little of any i'm
portance was done A petition of Mr..
Johns, for permission to build two frame
houses on Commercial avenue between
Eighteenth and Twentieth streets, was
granted and the petition of the
joint fire companies and Mystic
Krew committee, for reimbursement
for expenses incurred in filling st. Mary g
park together with lengthy petitions
signed by citizens to the same effect, were
referred TO the street com mittee.
"A man calling himself Jno Smith sold
Mr.. Daniel Hartman horse and buggy
very cheap one day last week, and day
afterwards, when the seller had left, man
from Paducah came down and claimed the
rig as his own, saying that it had been
stolen from him. Mr.. Hartman was com
PEELED, of course to turn the rig over to its
rightful owner and lost what he had paid
for it, The following account of the theft
appeared in the Paducah Times; "On
Friday last a slick, oily-tongue, we'll
dressed, kid glove specimen of humanity
came to the city and took rooms at the
Southern hotel, giving his name as John
Smith and claimed to hail from Shoals,
Ind He remained over night, and Satur-
day morning went to the livery stable of
Mr.. Jas. Long, on Locust street. and want
ed tohire horse and buggy to go Ballard
county to look at farm he was contem-
plating buying He told his story in a very
straight forward manner, which, combined
with his very respectable appearance, led
Mr.. Long astray, and he let him have the
desired rig, he promising to return 1t
that night. Nothing has since been heard
of him and Mr.. Long is minus a valuable
horse and buggy. 1T was learned yester-
day that Smith had been captured at
Sedala, Mo-
One of the bill.posters of Coup's show,
who had been here and helped to post the
town, and was on his way to Charleston,
Mo, Monday, to post that town also, got
drunk on his way to Birds Point, and when
he arrived there, "raised Ned" He had
engaged team from Mr.. Pat Fitzgerald's
livery stable and engaged Mr.. John Fitz-
gerald to drive him over to Charleston.
While on the ferryboat he stole drink
from jug belonging to some farmer, the
effects of which were instantaneous and
disorderly. He offered to fight everybody
on board, but could get no antagonist.
When he reached Birds Point he got
ashore, followed the wagon containing
the jug and the man who owned
it, and got another drink Returning
to young Fitzgerald who was waiting to
drive him to Charleston, he challenged that
young man to fight which the latter de-
clined lie then abused the young man
and made savage attack upon him and
bruised him about the face somewhat.
The officers of the ferryboat interfered,
took the drunken man aboard the boat
again and brought him back to Cairo for
safe keeping
Every body in and near Cairo, re-
member how rents were advanced last
spring, the reason assigned for tho advance
being that the demand for houses and
places Of business was greatly in excess Of
the supply. Thousands of renters found it
agreat hardship to stand the advance, in
the face of high prices and business de-
preston but they were forced to submit
or be left out doors. Soon after the first
of May, numerous prominent renting agents
announced with much self satisfaction,
that they had got the advance In every
instances" that everything was rented,'
and they could "readlly find tenants for
hundreds more houses at advanced rates,
but the needed tentments were not to be
had" In view of these facts it seems lit
tie strang that during the past month
quite number of houses in the city
and surburbs mot new buildings either