The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-11-22

NHNNlo huA poltn' auNi alohB lhc runway ~
with as much apparent uuconcern az he
might pass a hay stack after hearty meal
OF corn, The mill is in full operation
every week. day, and large number Of logs
are lying in the river and on the bank,
awaiting the saws keen teeth before ice
comes down the river to carry them away,
Mrs A. Is. Stafford has decided upon
the site for her stafford Memorial" library
building. 1t is located on the westerly
side OF Washington avenue, between Six
tcenth and Seventeenth streets, 1t embra-
ces sixteen lots sbutting Washington ave-,
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets The
lots are all TO be filed up to level with
Washington avenue Plans for the library
building are now in the course Of prepare
ton by architects in several Of the large,
cities Of the north and east, aud when they
shall have all arrived comparison will be
made between them and Mrs. Stafford will
adopt that which to her shall seem the best.
AS 1t will be best to commence the base
ment OF the building before any filling
is done on the site, nothing will be done
until plan for the building has been
decided upon.
That entertaining magazine, Brainard's
Musical World, comes to hand this month
with the usual interesting and instructive
miscellany, correspondence, musical news,
gossip, etc. and sixteen pages of delightful
new music by the best authors, The
World is an invaluable companion to all
musicians; teachers and pupils alike find it
entertaining, pleasing and useful A new
and excellent song with chorus; fine bal
lad; two beautiful watzes; a galop and
Fantasia, are among the music pages of the
November number of this ever welcome
guest We heartily commend the World
tu all lovers Of music Tie subscription
price is $50 per year, single copies, IS
cents, (The music received in this way, in
one year, would cost over $50 purchased by
the sheet 5. Br iinard's Sons, 1856 State
street. Chicago, ILL.,, are the publishers.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati
COMMERCIAL with the congressional
special committee, writing from Mem
phis under date of the 18TH pays the
following nice and we'll .deserved little
compliment to Cairos opera house and to
Captain Shields, its able manager, who
graciously invited the committee to attend
the Humpty Dumpty performance of Tony
D5ner's troupe that night; Before leaving
Cairo, the committee held meeting, at
which the action of Captain Qavanaugh, in
securing transportation and other arrange
ments for the care and comfort of the
committee, WAS indOrsed, and at which it
was decided 10 begin the examination of
improvements at Plum Point and the taxi
ing of oral testimony from interested par
ties at Memphis. Tuesday night the com
mittee, with the lsdies Of the party, at
tended the representation of "Humpty
Dumpty,n at the beautiful little opera
house, on the invitation q Captain Shields, |
the manager. The wise legislators seemed
to enjoy the absurd cxtravagances, broad
burlesques ana ancient wittcsms of that
pantomime with all the guao of common
morta0. Judge Holman did not offer
single objection, and the next day Ben.
Butterworth was detected humming
Minstrel air, while Mr. Thomas,
despite slight rheumatic tinge, did lit
tie hoe.down accompaniment.
In explanation ofcause why the Demo
cratic tickets at the late election, like the
Republican tickets, were not printed only
"ior the state house appropriation" Mr..
Oberly says IN late issue Of the Bloom.
ington Bulletin; Representatives OF the
Springfield people called on Mr.. Oberly
and informed him that, if he would issue
circular as chairman of the Democratic
state central committeee directing the
Democratic tickets in the several counties
to be printed with only "For the state
house appropriation on them, Mr., A, NJ.
Jones, of the Republican committee would
issue a similar circular on his side Of the
house. Mr., Oberly informed the Spring.
field representatives that he would issue
such a circular if the law authorizing the
vote on the appropriation would justify
1t but he stated that he had rot seen the law
aud could give no definite answer to the
the request that had been made Subse-
quently Mr.. Jones, the Republican chair
man, and Mr.. Oberly, the Democratic
chairman, had conference On this sub.
eCt and they came to the conclusion that
neither would be justified under the law IN