The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-17

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We last week gave partial list OF
names of the newly elected trustees of the
Presbyterian church. We here give the
complete list furnished US by one of the
members, as follows: VIM. Stratton, Jno.
M. Lansden, o. Haythorn, Geo. Fisher, w.
| A. Sloo, c. W. Henderson and E. w. Green.
AT Cairo the thermometer stood at
thirty-two degrees above zero yesterday
afternoon at GIL o'clock, which was fall
of twenty-five degrees during the previous
twenty-four hours. The velocity of the
wind at the time mentioned was twenty
miles per hour, its direction was north
west.
The present stage of the river enables
passengers on steamboats, coming down
either river to get good sight of Cairo
and its principle buildings long before
reaching it. The elevator, custom house,
Halliday hotel, union depot and some of
the churches are visible almost entire for
miles away.
AT the Southern Illinois Anniversary
Association, of the Independent Order of
| Odd Fellows, held at Carbondale, on the
10th inst. Mr.. G. Kirkpatrick, of Anna,
was reelected president; Mr.. George M.
O'Hara, of Carbondale, was reelected secre-
tary; Mr.. Kimmell, of Murphysboro was
elected treasurer; Mr.. Geo. W. Young, of
Marion, was elected vice president The
next meeting will be held at Murphysboro.
james, Clifford, Douglas, White,
James, Ashworth and Alex Thompson, all
arrested for drunkenness by officers Wins
and Tyler, were fined one dollar and costs
each by Magistrate Comings yesterday.
Henry Lamb, arrested by officer bunker for
disorderly conduct was fined five dollars and
costs. In Justice Robinion's court one case
of drunkenness and one of disorderly were
tried, the former being fined one and the
latter five dollars and costs.
Mr.. John Sproat has placed The
BULLETIN office under obligations for a
box of soda water of his own manufacture
and bushel of superb oysters, in the
shell, great round shells in which superb,
fat, delightfully."- favored oysters lay in
juice so delicious to the palate and offer
ing an irresistible invitation to "comc and
eat" These are the kind that may be
found at Sproat's, corner 18th street and
Ohio Levee.
In turning corner on Eighth street
last night the end of one of the brakes of
the Little Arab" engine caught telegraph |
pole, and was broken off. Later, in turn
ing another corner, the engine was turned |
entirely over, wheels upward, but without
sustaining any further injuries. She was
righted in second by the boys and continu-
ed on her way to the fire, where she was
one of the first to arrive.
MIR. Bird, who lives near the river bank
on the Missouri shore, has found it neces-
sary to place boards against the bank, OPP
posite his residence, to a depth of about
eight feet below the surface of the water, in
order to prevent any further washings there.
The distance from the front fence of the
premises to the edge of the bank is only
fifteen feet; it was several hundred not
mony months rgo.
The train on the Cairo and St. Louis
railroad last evening was prevented from
entering the city by high water. 1t was
to stop outside Of the levee and
unload its passengers, who were compelled
to make their way into the city as best they
could. Unless the river falls considerably
soon the Narrow Guage will probably be
compelled to stop operations entirely, at
least 30 far as Cairo is concerned.
The ferry boat Three States made her
trip to Fort Jefferson, landed and came
out Of the slough, all in forty-fve minutes,
last Sunday. She then ran up the Missis-
'ippi river about ten miles, took aboard
about five hundred sacks Of corn and re-.
turned to the Cairo wharf about 7:15 at
night. A nice little party of young people
made the round trip with her and enjoyed
tue ride and the scenes while aboard, and
spent the time target shooting and wander,
ing around in the woods while on land. N
"A small fire WAS discovered about 8
o'clock last night in the residence of Capt.
r. X. Riley, on Walnut street, between
Nineth and Tenth streets. The alarm was
almost Immediately sounded on the several
fire bells in the city, and the fire depart
mcnt was on the ground within very few
minutes afterwards. But there was no oc-
casion for action on It's part; noighbors had
come to the rescue, and the flames were