The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-25

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locals
The Japanese Tea Party by the ladies
of the Presbyterian church will be given OF
the goth of May.
The governor of Ohio has named the
Goth inst, as day for a general planting OF
trees by the roadsides and around home
steads throughout the state
For RENT--Store room formerly occu'
pied by Frank McNight-Under photo
graph gallery on 9th street. Apply to L,
L, PHELPS, photographer
Foundry p Valdez, a package of
letters addressed to Bernard Carol, 1885
Broadway, ST. Louis. Owner can have
same by calling at this office and paying
for this advertisement. It.
In first floor of what used to be the
"Hotel dc Winter"is being elegantly fitted
up for the purposes of ajewelry store which
Mr. Jno. A. Miller, of Paducah, intends to
open there in week OF ten days
Reports from twenty points in the
northwest showed an average thermometer
of flfty-nine and half degrees above zero.
Rain was reported from only one point,
namely, Bismarck, and it measured nineteen
, IL Ia, &c
The person who took away fine yellow
dog belonging to Mr.. James Greaney, and
offered him for sale at Mound City, should
return the animal. Any information lead
ing to the discovery of the dog will be
thankfully received by Mr.. Groaney. 1t.
Sunday was the 31Sth anniversary O
VIM Shakespeare, the Goth anniversary OF
the birth Stephen A. Douglas and the 266th
anniversary of the death of Mignel De Ger.
vautes, the Shakespeare OF Spain. The day
was also celebrated all over the world by
the Catholics, in honor ofSt. George.
In honor of tho new steamer "City OF
Cairo" which arrived at this port on heI
second trip yesterday afternoon the flag was
hoisted on the democratic flag pole on
Ohio levee. The steamer came into por,
flying the elegant set Of colors presented
her here on her first trip, and was the lob
served of all observers" until after her de-
parture.
AT this point the Ohio river fell five
inches during the twenty-four hours end.
ing at one o'clock yesterday afternoon. al
which hour it stood twenty nine feet five
inches on the gauge. During the same
time the river changed as follows at points
above; Chattanooga, rise of two feet one
inch; Cincinnati, rise of ten inches; Nash.
vile, fall Of nine inches; st. Louis, rise OF
one foot seven inches.
Under the direction of Chief Myers, in
the capacity of health officer, the streets
of the city are gradually assuming an al
most immaculate appearance. Some very
effective work has been done on Sixth
street and on Commercial avenue from
Sixth street down. Yesterday force OF
men and teams were at work on Ohio levee
between Fourth and Fourteenth streets
| gathering up the rubbish and the dir
which had encroached upon the sidewalk
for several feet in some places. The stree
now has pleasant appearance.
| "A petition to the federal congress
asking that an additional tax of five cent!
per pound be collected upon all glucose
imported or home made, lies upon the of
fec counter at The Halliday and lie being
numerously signed. The reasons set fortt
in the petition for asking this additiona
taxation is principally that, as a rule, glu
cosc is injurious to health; that il is largel,
used in the adulteration of sugars, syrup
and other articles Of food; and that il il
almost impossible to detect it.
Saturdays storm did considerable
damage in small way in different port
of the city which was not mentioned il
Sundays BULLETIN and which hardl,
merits mention. The chimneys which
were blown down are almost innumerable
and the consequent damage to many dol
lar The principal case of which no men
ton was made Sunday was that of tn,
Echolf feed mills, on Washington avenue
which had its large smoke stack blown
down and the roof raised and moved on
a place.
| "A large force of mon were at worl
under Street Commissioner German yes
terdsy, repairing the Ohio Lovee sidewalk
which had been torn up and carried of b
the hunrcaneIof Saturday evening. A larg
number Of GLACIERS, carpenters, timers an
masons were also employed in differnt part
OF the city, repairing the damage done I