The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-07

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Ford is thus made "Grand Pa"
AS may be seen from special locals
this morning, the Rough and Ready fire
company will celebrate Valentines day
with grand masquerade ball at their en-
CINE house in the evening.
F. Korsmeyer is building MP an i'm
mense business in the manufacture of fine
cigars. His "Billiedoux" advertised in
another column for sale by Geo. O'Hara, is
a prime favorite.
THE BULLETIN thanks the Saloon
Keepers Association for complimentary
tickets to its representatives to attend their
ball this evening, which promises to be a
most successful and pleasant affair.
The river continues to fall at this point.
The fall during the twenty-four hours end
ing at / III yesterday afternoon, was three
inches, and it measured at that hour forty
seven feet three inches in the guage.
"A fellow named James Brown was up
before Magistrate Comings yesterday for
whipping his wife. He was fined twenty
five dollars and costs and given short but
forcible lecture upon the beastliness of the
act of which he had been guilty and of the
\ beauties ofconnubial tillicity.
Yesterday afternoon the one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollar bond of
Sheriff John Hodges as collector of the
County of Alexander, was approved by the
proper authority viz: County Judge r. 5.
Yocum, County Clerk Humm, and Chair
man of the County Board T. w. Halliday.
The bond is as good as it could be asked
County court had very short session
at the court house yesterday morning; but
only to formally adjourn until the second
Monday in March This was done partly
perhaps principally because of the abb
sence of the states attorney, who was
called to East Cape Girardeau to attend
supposed murder committed there last Sun
day.
Two hard looking fellows, named re-
spectively George William, alias James
Taylor and Ed Baker, we're arrested by
Chief Meyers under the vagrant act and
tried by Magistrate Comings yesterday.
They were both men whose presence in the
city endangered the security of the citi-
zens, and they were each fined fifty dollars
and costs and ordered to leave the city.
The Paducah Enterprise says "the
Cairo papers are filing their columns with
assurances that the levees are secure and de-
NAL that the property of the city is being
damaged by water" The BULLETIN
pleads guilty to the "soft impeachment" it
glories in the fact that it is able, without
perverting the truth, to fill its columns
with such interesting literature, and SYM
pathizes with those communities whose
journals cannot consistently with truth,
follow its example.
Perhaps one of the fanciest glass signs
in the city will be one now in progress of
completion by Mr.. Jeff NJ. Clark, at his
shop on Washington avenue. The sign is
to advertise Mr.. Clark himself, and his
business, and is to grace the walls of the
Alexander county bank. 1t is painted
upon plate of glass thirty-Six by forty
two inches in dimensions, and the skill
and artistic taste displayed by Mr.. Clarke
in the execution of this fine work is won
derful.
--Mayfeld Democrat: "We understand
that Mrs. Martha Lard, who lives about
eight miles east of this city, having become
insane recently, commenced fast of forty
days, probably eliminating DR.. Tanner or
some other "fast" man of note. She has
already accomplished between two and
three weeks of her fast and bids fair to
complete the forty days. Mrs. l.. is a young
woman and has been married but short
time. The cause Of her insanity we did not
learn.
Last Saturday the Oldest son of Capt.
John II. Ray came home from Terre Haute,
Ind to receive surgical and medical atten-
ton for crushed ANGLE. Young Mr.. Ray
was riding in carriage in Terre Haute
and the horses drawing it became frightened
and ran away. The driver jumped from
the vehicle when he saw that he could not
manage the animals, and Mr.. Ray, in an
attempt to get the reins, fell from the car
rage and was injured as stated, DR.. G.
w. Dunning gave the young man necessary
attention.
Yesterday was day "mild with the
tender beauties of fair May" and everybody
looked happy. And besides the pleasant