The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-17

ty-two feet deep and there has been no
sign of soil or clay has yet been discovered.
Water continues to bubble up almos, as
fast as il can be dipped out, although the
river is not less than ten feet below the
bottom of the curb 1t is probable that
the work will be abandoned If clay is no.
discovered soon,
- pound Royal; IS and pound Packet
and pound Commercial, and 8 pound
Deny note-heads; 10 and 12 pound letter
heads, also full stock of pure Irish linen
letter aud note.heads and ruled paper Of
all kinds, at THE BULLETIN job office,
Ohio Levee; the only round hole perforating
machine in Southern Illinois. st
Only a half dozen of those plush
card cases. with cord, left; 80 printed cards
with case that may be used as port
monae or card case, only $500. Ladies
should call and see them at The BULLETIN
job office. st
The Republican county central com
mittee by notice in another column are re-
quested to meet at the office Of the chair
man, Mr.. G. N. Hughes, on next Friday at
| / p. M, for the transaction of business, and
full attendance is desired.
A young negro named Frank Wilson,
who was caught throwing rocks at the Re
publican meeting on Tenth street Saturday
night, was tried by Magistrate Comings
yesterday, and fined ten dollars and costs
On his way to Jail he became very obstrep-
erous and noisy, making every effort to free
himself from the officers, and screaming at
the top Of his voice. He was safely lodged
in JAIL however. He is a Jefferson City,
Mo, darkey, and is hard case.
Frank jenkins keeps a saloon at the
corner of Fourth street and Commercial
avenue. Yesterday morning he got into a
quarrel with another negro, one Webb
McKenny, it Is said, and the latter picked
up chair and sought to strike him over the
head. jenkins threw up his arm and the
blow fell upon it with such force as TO
break it between the elbow and the wrist
The wound was compound fracture and
the flesh alone held the arm together. DR..
Parker gave Jenkins surgical attention.
The assaulter had not been captured last
evening.
Judge d.. Baker convened circuit
court yesterday morning. A jury was i'm
pannellei, and the first case Of any i'm
portance taken up was that of the People
W. the Wabash railroad company The
late grand Jury found An Indictment against
tie company for maintaining its CONNER
| cial avenue tracks il coalition 50 as 10
be an obstruction 70 the street. number
OF witnesses were examined, but the case
was not concluded when the court adjourn
ed. 1t is likely that grand jury will be
appointed IN order TO indict some Of the
criminal prisoners IN the county jail, 50 as
to permit their trial at this term Of court.
The opera house was visited by a good
sized audience last night to witness the
presentation Of "Foggs Ferry" by the Min
ME Maddern company. The weather kept
many away, but the dress circle and the
parquette circle were well filled.
To say that the audience
was delighted with the entire
performance is to draw it too mildly. The
piece IS one of deep interest throughout
The plot Is deep and the presentation was
powerful. The performers all did credit
to themselves, particularly Minnie Mad.
dern, as "Chip,' who was the recipient OF
frequent hearty applause. The
steamboat scene was particularly fine and
as natural az could be. 1t was wildly ap-
plauded. The verdict Of the entire audi.
ence was that the company is one of the
finest that ever appeared upon the Opero
House stage.
"A large two-story frame building OF
Tenth street, near Walnut street, belonging
to Mrs. Mary Nisbet was destroyed by fir,
early yesterday morning, The alarm wa'
given about four o'clock, but not il
time to give the fire department chanc,
to be on hand in time to save the building
Another small frame standing near it wa
also considerably damaged and wood
, shed Of Mr.. w. G. Mulkey's and the resi-
5 dence Of Mr.. James Kinnear received Sigh
r damages. The first named house was tn
property Of Mrs Mary Nisbet and was oc
cupied by Mrs. Nisbet, Mrs. Stansbery ant
by two families named Stroude and Barry
The fire resulted from defective nue in tn
part occupied by the last named family
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