The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-12

SIKH street.
"A brass band will accompany the ex'
cursion party on the steamer Three States
To- Wickl ffe this aftern' on.
Stu rt's reliable dry guods house Will
Offer on Monday morning several Leading
brands oi b.cached cOttons much under inc
prevailing prices. IT,
"A grand re opening will be given ny
Mr.. Harry Walker Mt his elegant new
s,loon and Theatre Comique tomorrow
night. IT,
On Friday the Mississippi river
reached nearly to the top OF the h'gh'S'
embankment at II lena, Ark, and the cry
was thought to be doomed TO overflow to
the depth of several feet.
Since last evening trains have again
been running on the Wabash road 10 ms
city. All damages along the line nave
been required, an after this, trains Will iun
reglarly and on time.
-De,lcrs in oeomargarne, sune and
the like in ST. Louis are just now on the
anxious seat. A number ut warrants nave
been sworn out charging butter dealers
with violating the law.
Il. L, Cluxton, of 'ndalia, ILL.,, who
defrauded the state treasury by meNns ot
forged requlsition papers, was pi'stcred
with indictments. Twelve of the bills were
ouashed, and on the thirteenth he was con
victed and sentenced to two years in the
ppniten,iary. Three more indictments
were nullc pressed, and to forty.one remain
ing he pleaded guilty, and was given egh'
teen years at Chester.
Mems, Boys, Ladies' and Children s
Rubber B ,ots, at \. Blacks, lao CONNER
cid avenue. II.
An effort is being made in Louisville
bv the board of trade to inluce congress to
give the secretary of war more funds 10
distribute among the suffering people ut
the Mississippi valley. The board was liz
.duccd to act by the suffering in Hickman
and other X .ntucky towns winch had not
received any federal relief because the sec
rotary of war had exhausted the ludd placed
at his disposal.
The names Of Fred Koehler and
Herman Myers might have been placed
among the list of cnniribu ors published
elsewhere, AS the former vas guilty of send
Ing about five hundred pounds If beef To
the workers on the ltvres, and the latt' r
lad charge of the distribution of the
ratons, but they are both bashful fellows
and m ght have some scrupes against being
sandwitched 10 among 81 many ladies,
therefore this separate mention.
Mems, Boys, L,lies' aud Children
Rubber B ,o,s, at A. Back, lao CONNER
cial avenue. 1t.
The Ohio river was stationery at this
point NJ forty seven and half feet during
the ,wenty.four hours ending At one o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. 1t ruse two feet two
inches ut Chaitanoogs, ore foot two inch :
at Cincinnati, four ieet tiv inches nj i 'us
vile, four inches at N shviIe and one foot
nine inches at 81. l. us. 1t is the opinion
of Sergeant w. II. Ray tht the river may
stand here n little while but will not Sc
to amount To ANYTHING.
NV Prints, Ginghsms and Seersuck-
ers will be placed IN exhibition at Sur,'s
popular ani reliable cash dry goods house
The prices will be as heretofore the VERY
LoWE,T. IL.
&C |. Fred Grant, it is rumored, has de-
clared that his father will not accept til,
conditions of IN ordinary retirement on the
army list. Under these, the retired of
icer is declared from h,l"i,g any public
Office with n salary OF more than twrlv'
hundred dollars year. /, is not prcsum
able that any proposition to favor Gen
Grant 50 highly AS 10 make him an exception
to this rule Will he made. The purpose O
such an exception would revive at once nj
the opposition toa third term existing in
both the republican and democratic par,ie,
and would contribute to the speedy defea
of the proposed exception.
Mr.. Hurry Walkers new gu 'rtcrs are :
mo lei of nratness and c'ziDess. TIE s.,
loon in front is artistically papered ia Mr.
B,ake's best style and is certainly one o
the most attractive in the ely.
During the year 1881 the Equitable
Life Assurance Society issued more thar
$45 ,000,0C0 Of new insurance, which is be
lieyed to he more than was written by an
other company in the world. This in Ii
cafes the popularity Of the society and tt,