The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-26
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.
Notices in these columns, ten cents per line,
each insertion. Marked .
County convention this afternoon.


vention at the court house this afternoon
Young and old Democrats should be
at the court house in full force this alter
noon and see that the proceedings are en-
! thusiastic and harmonious.
The Chicago Clothing House baseball
club will play the Mound City's to-day at
2 80 o'clock, on the grounds up town, An
interesting game may be expected,
The entrance to The BULLETIN news
and editorial rooms is on Railroad street.
The front entrance to job office is closed
after seven p. m, Visitors will always find
the Railroad street entrance open. Il
Tickets for the excursion to st. Louis
of Mr.. d. f. King, on the 3lst instant are
now on sale at the store Of Mr.. james Cole
man, and persons wishing reserved seats
should apply at once. 1t
The committees of young men, APP
pointed at the meeting of the young
Mems Democratic club" Monday Night, to
solicit members to the organization in their
respective wards, are composed of the fol
lowing young men: First ward NJ, j.
Howley, VIM. Uundff; Second ward, Jne.
Horne, Phil II. Saup; Third ward, W.
French Axey, George w. Hendricks;
Fourth ward, Frank Healey, d. j. Foley;
Fifth ward, E. B. Petit, E. P. Powell.
Last Monday night, about nine o'clock
the out going Illinois Central passenger
train collded with the rear end of a freight
train standing still about six miles below
Centralia The passenger engine was bad
ly wrecked, so was the caboose OF the
freight train, and engineer Van Potion, of
the former, was seriously injured. The
fireman escaped with slight bruisee The
freight train had stopped to have some
couplings repaired and had proper signal
| lights and hagmen set out; but it seems
that the passenger engineer failed to see
either
-- British troops have occupied Ramleh,
a suburb east of Alexandria. There was
only slight skirmlsh De Freycinet says
if the powers directly interested in Egypt
keep alook France will leave England to
operate alone, but will assist in protecting
the canal. Arab has written to Gladstone
declaring that the property of Europeans
will be confscated, canals destroyed and
holy war melted in Syria, Arabia and
India Admiral Nicholson reports that so
far as he can learn there are only half a
dozen Americans in Egypt, two being mis-
sionaries Troops are beginning to be for
forwarded from India
An Anna special OF Monday says
"Great injustice was done our banker Mr..
G. NJ. Willard, in saying run was made
on his bank He is too safe man to even
get up the slightest scare, even in this hour
of excitement, Mr.. Willard had nothing to
do with the assignment of his very distant
cousin. The papers were sent direct to
| Jonesboro to Mrs. Willard. Two of the
assignees appointed by the defaulter were
the Judges Hileman, and refused to act,
and the creditors to-day selected p. v N
Davis, Esq, of this place, and Hon. VIM.
G. Rich, of Golden, to act. Every hour
new creditors appear and much distress
prevails. Nothing is yet learned of the
whereabouts of the defaulter
The Argus accuses The BULLETIN Of
an attempt to rob the Three States of the
credit Of first suggesting an excursion oveI
the new narrow gauge railroad. The Argus
accuses The BULLETIN wrongfully. The
| BULLETIN does not claim to have suggested
an excursion on the new narrow gauge
road. 1t merely stated that when the
merchants of PaduCah had given similar
excursion to their customers on one of the
roads running into that city, "THE BULLE
TIN suggested that the merchants of Padu
cab had set a good example to those OF
Cairo and hoped that steps would be taken
to folowIt." And does the Argus NEAR
to deny that THE BULLETIN did this2
AT the county convention to be hello
at the court house in this city this after
noon seven delegates are TO be selected t,
represent the Democracy of this county al
the congressional convention to be held her,
on the 10Th of next month, and, &C
cording to the call, an uncertain number o
delegates are also to be selected to attenC
the Democratic convention for the nomina
ton of candidate for the vacant appel
late clerkship. For the latter convention
no call has as yet been issued; it is no
known where or when it is to be held o
how many delegates it will be necessary t
A appoint In each county There would seen
to be some difficulty, therefore
in thp wav nf solactino dnIauofae IN tho