The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-31

Mr.. 4. M. Barnwell, of Jonesboro, was
in the city yesterday, and called on this
office. He emphasized his call by years
subscription to The BULLETIN.
Light snow prevailed throughout the
northwest and heavy rain throughout the
south during the twenty-four hours ending
at 2;l0 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Among the stars on the Comique stage
this week may still be seen "the Grays,"
who will appear in their new black face
sketches. III.
Mr.. John e. Henderson will soon open
a grocery store in the upper side of Messrs.
Hinkle, Moore & Hnkles warehouse, on
Commercial avenue. He is making prep
arations for the event now.
The negro boy, who was convicted of
stealing chickens from Joseph steagala by
the circuit court, was taken to the Pontiac
reform school by Deputy Sheriff Michael
Fitzgerald last week. He will remain there
for two years.
Capt. Eads sums up his estimate of
the cost of the ship railway as follows
Improvement of the Coatzacoalos, $3,0O0,-
900; improving the lagoon, 100000;
ship railway. $6O,0OO,000; terminal inn
provements, $5,000,000; total, $4,000 600.
"A man came to the marine hospital
station yesterday afflicted with a severe
case of strangulated hernia. DIR. Carter,
upon examination, decided that an mediate
surgical operation was necessary to save
the mans life and the operation was sue
cessfully performed yesterday afternoon
Some one stole Mr.. c. Shelley's over.
coat from his home Saturday evening
Another fellow, anegro, stole pair of new
boots from Mr.. NJ. Seifke, on Ohio levee,
yesterday forenoon. Petit larceny seems to
be on the increase in the city.
The lost boy of MIR. Helm, of Vincen-
mes, of whom THE BULLETIN has repeatedly
spoken, is said to have voluntarily come
home to his father few days ago. Per-
haps the fifty dollars reward is what
brought him.
Rev. Jacob Bradley was out with an
escort yesterday afternoon. He says
"de chillun OBJ de lawd is bein all de
time passicuted by de chillun OBJ SATAN"
And he claims that such evil persecu-
ton is the strongest possible evidence of
this victims goodness.
--Paducah Enterprise A very danger
Gus counterfeit ten dollar United States
treasury note.of the series of 1875, and
numbered A 652,S93, is ahoat. But one Of
them, so far as known, has been passed
here, but it would be well to look out for
others. The bill is almost beyond detec-
ton, and can only be distinguished from
the genuine note by it's lighter color.
Argus "The interference of the rail-
road board and board of health at the
same time, with the commerce of this state
is more than it can stand. One at time gen.
tlemen." The barberous venality of those
who habitually place the material interests
Of commerce" above the safety of human
life, is not worthy attribute of the civili-
cation of the present day.
AT the meeting held at Reform hall by
the Young Peoples temperance club last
Saturday afternoon, the following mem
bers were elected as officers of the organi-
cation for the ensueing year:-Will Will
hanson, president; Matte Petrie, first
vice president; Will Blauvelt, second vice
president; Eva Shepard secretary; Edith
Martin, treasurer; Lena Ray, corresponding
secretary; Ella Kent, 0rganist.
"A man named Sterlin Bolin was ar
rested Sunday night by Officers Mahanny
and Martin, and fined one dollar and costs
by Magistrate Comings for being drunk
Another named John Bishears was arrested
for the same ofense by Officer Wins, and
was fined two dollars and costs by the same
court lie had the ailment little worse
than Bolin,
AT one o'clock yesterday afternoon thu
Ohio river had risen one inch above what i
marked on the guage at the same time the
day before. 1t stood forty-seven feet sever
inches. During the same period Of time i
had risen one foot at Cincinnati, and eieh
feet four inches at Chattanooga. II hat
fallen two feet one inch at Nashville, ant
ten inches at Louisville. The Mississippi
river had also fallen six inches OF st. Louis
Argus; "The Ohio was one.tenth of
foot higher this morning than yesterda,
morning caused no douht nv tho stand,