The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-02

letters are eight or nine feet high, painted
in white on dark brown back ground
and can be read plainly at distance OF
several miles,
After this the citizens should bear IN
mind that the city scavenger m axes the
rounds of the city but twice per week
Wednesdays and Saturdays, and they
should govern themselves accordingly.
No offensive vegetable matter should be al
lowed to accumulate on any premises
for more than three days at time,
Frank Kratka, OF the Union Bakery
gives notice this morning that he has
increased the size of his
loaves to correspond with the lower
price on flour, and sells them three for ten
cents, This will be appreciated by all who
understand how expensive is the bread
item of a family The Union Bakery has a
reputation for making the best of breads
The Chester Tribune Republican,
says tnat the nomination by the Democrats
of this congressional district of Captain W.
X. Murphy is better received by Republi.
cans than by Democrats in and around
Chester. We are glad to hear it. The
proof that Captain Murphy Is the preferred
candidate Of the people OF this district,
irrespective of party, is constantly increas.
ing.
A dispatch to Prof. AL, Goss, from re
lations living in Minnesota, brought the
sad news Thursday night of the death of
his brother who had died the day before.
No particulars of the death were given ex-
cept that deceased had already been bur
led This fact accounts for Prof. GOss from
the Comique band and Orchestra Yesterday,
and for the fact thar Prof. Storer will as
sumo the responsibilities of leader in that
band for the next several days Prof Gosss'
many friends will heartily sympathze with
him.
The young temperance people met at
Reform hall on Eighth street last night.
The new president, Miss Maud Rittenhouse,
was in the chair and all the other new Of
icers were at their posts. The attendance
was fair, many being prevented from go.
ing probably because of the inclement
weather Those who remained away
missed splendid entertainment. The
programme consisted of select reading by
Miss Maud Lofin, vocal solo by Miss
Hattie Mckee, recitation by Miss Alice
Henderson aud an essay By Miss Annie
Wilson.
In an account of the proceedings at
the Anna fair Thursday correspondent of
the st. Louis Republican says: Hon
VIM. X. Murphy, Democratic nominee for
congress, was present and did himself much
good, He will receive large Republican
vote in this county" Mr.. Murphy is
moving back and forth in the district con.
stantIy, but very quietly. He is doing
much good work for himself and for the
DemocrGcy His defeat, if such thing
were possible, would not be chargeable to |
him. Itremains for his party to awake,
arise and do its share of the work. We !
want no over confident sluggards in the
Democratic party during this campaign
go Mayor n. B. Thistlewoods letter in re
ply to Dr. Dyer is being favorably noticed
by number of our Democratic and Re
publican exchanges, all unanimous in the
opinion that the captain has "laid the Dr. |
out handsomely The Valley Clarion says
in its last issue; "Mayor Thistlewood of
Cairo, is after DR.. Dyer, the late chairman
of the Republican convention, with sharp |
stick in reply to his open letter in the Du.
Quoin Tribune. We were afraid the Dr. |
was working his own undoing when he
went into print. "Oh! that mine enemy |
would write book" The sad part about |
it is that the Democratic press will have to |
bear the brunt Of the controversy"
An extraordinary showing in reference
to the oat crop CT Illinois for 1882 is made |
in the statistics of the state department of |
agriculture. The total yield is 00,275,3SO |
bushels, the largest by nearly $4,000 bush.
els IN the history Of the state, and the aver
age for largest acreage ever seeded in the
state is forty bushels to the acre. In qu.l-
ity the crop has never been surpassed |
Forty three countie, show product of over
| 100000 bushels each, twelve have pro.
duced over 100000 bushels each, while
two counties, Livingston and La Sale, rep.
resent a joint production of over 100000 |
bushels. Alexander county is reported as
having sos acres in oats, each with an aver
age yield of SO bushels making total of
$4,000 bushels. Pulaski county has GA