The daily Cairo bulletin., 1882-10-06

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town yesterday
Mr.. Mulcahey, candidate for county
commissioner, is in the city doing effective
work for himself.
Wanted boys to learn the dry
goods business, at J Burgers dry goods
store. If
A colored boy pleaded guilty in Justice
Robinson's court yesterday, to playing
craps, and was fined ten dollars and cost.
Mrs. Mehring, wife of DR.. Peter Meh-
ring, of Portage Des Sioux, near st. Louis,
is in the city visiting the, families of Mr..
N. Feth and VIM. KIuge.
Mr.. A. Black received yesterday a
sewing machine for leather work, which is
the only one of its kind in the city, and is
most ingenious piece of machinery.
In Magistrate Coming.s court yester-
day, M. Williams, Henry Hughes, Willis
Mack and Julia Harris were each fined
five dollars and cost for general disorderly
conduct.
"A day or twoago stray horse with
saddle was picked up, and is now in the
possession OF Mrs. J. III. Beecher who ad-
vertises for their owner in special locals
this morning
"A Mrs. Smith, living on Fourth street,
became very i'll Wednesday after partaking
of some canned fruit. The symptoms were
those of zinc poisoning. She was nearly
all right again yesterday.
Mr.. Walter Whitaker is to leave the
city to-day for New Madrid, Mo-, to take
charge of the station of the Texas & Cairo
railroad there. His permanent departure
will be regretted by many.
Mr.. John e. Henderson returned from
Elco yesterday and brought back with him
large red beet, resembling very much in
form a dead goose dressed ready for the
pan, and weighing over seven pounds.
Will the Bloomington Bulletin gently
nudge its mailing clerk and tell him that
THE CAIRO BULLETIN doesn't receive the
B. b. oftener than two or three times per
week? We can't get along without the
BIB.
Twelve new passenger cars have re-
Gently been placed upon the Illinois Gen.
tral road between Cairo, Chicago and St.
Louis. They are all Of similar style and
workmanship, and are beauties, externally
and internally.
Yesterday about noon at the Sherman
house, by Magistrate Comings, Mr.. VIM.
Stroud and Miss Emma Victor were
united in marriage. Mr.. Stroud is watch
man at one of the warehouses in the lower
portion of the city.
1t was Geo. Stedtler's wife, not his
child, that was buried Wednesday, and he
lives at East Cairo, not at "the point" He
lost little boy 10y drowning some time ago
and his family is reduced now to himself
and grown son,
Rev. b. Y. George delivered the funeral
Grafton over the remains of Mr.. w. 5.
Edison at Villa Ridge on Wednesday. The
remains were in charge of the Villa Ridge
Masons, of which organization deceased
had been a member
From the last monthly report of the
city comptroller published with the council
proceedings elsewhere, it appears that out
of revenue of S76,633S9, diyided into
different funds, $lS,393.07 has been ap-
propriated, leaving balance unexpended
of $jS, ,4S7.0l.
Prof. Housch, who represents tie
piano house of Baldwin & Co., Louisville,
KY, was in the city yesterday and making
inquiries regarding a site for piano factory
which he thinks Of establishing here. lie
has the knowledge of the business and the
means to carry out his plans at his con-
mand.
AT meeting OF the new board of di-
rectors of the Cairo street railway company
held at the Office of the company Wedncs-
day, the following officers were elected for
the ensueing year; j. A. Coldstne, presi-
dent AL. Lewis, vice president; II. G.
Schulze, secretary; Thomas Lewis, treasur-
or and Calvin Nef, superintendent
The Governor, appointed Harold w.
Moler, NJ. d., Cook county, commissioner
to visit European hospitals and asylums for
the insane and report upon their merits;
also, George Il. REMOVER, of Belleville, as
trustee of the Industrial University at
Champaign, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation Of Hon. T. T. Fountain.
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