The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-27

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are VIGOROUSLY not that kind Of a hopper
The employees of Mr.. Sluart's one.
price cash dry-goods house nearly paralyzed
their employer Monday by presenting him
with a pair of opera-glasses of beautiful
workmanship and composition. They were
pearl aud gold-of the finest in the we'll
stocked establishment of Mr., Il. A Buder.
AL the earth work to be done on
Eighth street, before The gravel arrives is
finished. What filling remains to be
done will be done with the earth taken
from where the street needs lowering be-
fore it receives the gravel. Street Counts
sioncr Baird is now only waiting for dry
weather and gravel to finish the work
The wife and son of Mr.. Meredith of
the firm of Petit & Meredirh arrived
from indianapolis last Friday where the
child, a bright three-year-old boy, had been
under treatment in national medical and
surgical in ,tllute, for partial paralysis Of
one of his lower.limbs, The treatment has
been very elrectual and promises to result
in speedy and complete cure.
The Ella Klmbrough, Capt T. n. KIM
brough's new boat, arrived from ST. Louis
yesterday afternoon on her first trip loaded
down with freight. She is a nice little
craft in good trim and has ample capacity
| TO do the business, for which she is intended
with perfect safety. Capt. Kmbrough has
personal charge of her. She will run be.
tween here and Cape Girardeau She was
furnished with new stoves hero yesterday,
which detained here until to-day.
The Chanfrau's have Just terminated q
successful engagement at st. Louis, and
have received the most tlatteriDg notices
from tho entire ST. Louis Press The new
East Lynn has been entirely rewritten by
the author, Mr.. C. W. Tayeure since its
production here last year. It's now new
play in every particular, pure, strong AMI
interesting aud Mrs Chantrsu as Lady
Mabel has no living equal. Our people
know what she can do and are sure to give
her a warm welcome.
The subscribers to the telephone
exchange here made Miss Lydia Pitcher,
who has charge of the DO ird at the Central
office, very handsome present on Christ
mas day. Mss Pitcher was deserving OF
this substantial expression Of good VII by
the subscribers. for she las performed the
arduous and sometimes unpleasant duties
of her position with constant promptness
and patience that bu. few wDul have
shown. THIS The action of the subscribers
fully TESTS.
Prof Storer's band gave public re-
hearsa at the Tenth street stand Monday
night, and large, fashionable, music
loving concourse of people stood for over
an hour on the sidewalks in the vicinity,
charmed with the sweet notes aud entirely
oblivous to the chilly ni5ht-air. 1t was
music which showed rot only painstaking
practice, but talent, and while it lasted, it
raised even him who chad no singing edu-
cation, M ignorant, noteless, timgless, tune
less fellow, entirely out the dull prose Of
bis natural level
The large Christmas treo at the Eps-
cOpal church--a gift to the children by
Warden W. b, Gilbert and which reached
from the chancol platform to the ceiling of
the church, was made to bear second crop
of Christmas fruit being removed to the
Guild room of St. Michsel's Mission on
Tenth street, re-dacorated and loaded down
with gifts and glitteriog light1, gave pleas.
ure to the Pensioners Of Rev. Mr.. Massiah
until late hour Monday night. An inter
change of gift, among the members of the
Mission, was added to those prepared for
the children.
Some reckless shooting was done in
various parts OF the city on Monday. AT
the corner of Eleventh aud Poplar streets
a mlsCtievOus boy discharged a toy pistol
loaded with flank cartrige, right in q
little girls face, seriously injuring one OF
her eyes, down town, near the corner OF
Sixth street, some one fired a pistol across
Commercial avenue, sending two or three
balls through the doors and windows Of
the Wavery house saloon; a negro sat
in the window Of his house on Seventh
street, and sent bali through the front
door OF Mr., Henry Winters residence. Up.
town, on Poplar street, a negro pointed a
revolver at another across the street. The
target complained and requested that the
weapon be pointed in different direction
But the shoOtiest with an "Oh pshaw,
there's nothing in it." fired, and the lead
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