The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

! the surgeon general OF the Uniteu ptutes
marine hospital service, that all taxpaying
river men can be vaccinated free of charge
by applying to the marine hospital sur
geons at the different stations.
The young people had meeting at
Reform hall last night. The object was to
elect officers. The attendance was fair and
several hours were spent in an interesting
manner.
About ten o'clock last night Mr. Chas.
Mehner, who was sitting in the billiard
hall of Mr.. Fred Teichman, watching the
players, was suddenly attacked with tit OF
considerable severity, A doctor was i'm
mediately summoned, but no relief could
be given him. He was soon all right again
and was taken care of by his friends.
AT the conclusion of Thursday nights
session of the musical convention at the
Presbyterian church, the vote by which the
proposition to continue the sessions through
next week had been lost, was reconsidered
and decided affirmativey. Therefore Prof.
| Sherwin will remain for another week, du-
ring which he will doubtless accomplish
much toward the improvement of Cairo's
vocal talent
Fred Koehler at his shop on south
| side of eighth street will have on his counter
for sale this Friday, Saturday and Sunday
mornings the fine beef promised, to secure
which he has killed the three fine fat young
cattle noticed in The BULLETIN few days
ago. This is the finest beef offered in Cairo,
so don't forget to 60 early and secure
choice cuts. st.
The grocery store at the corner of
Twenty eight street and Commercial
avenue, formerly owned by Mr.. e. G, Petit,
was taken charge of yesterday by Mr..
George F. Ort, who bought it. An account
of stock was taken and everything is being
gotten in readiness for doing business. Mr..
Ort will have personal supervision of the
establishment.
About fifty couples of young people
gathered at the ball of the Hibernian fire
company Thursday night and enjoyed a
social dance. The ball was under the i'm
mediate supervision of members of
the company and was given
for no other purpose than to afford anight's
amusement to number of young people.
And in this the affair was a complete sue
cess. Mr.. Harry O'Brien's band furnished
the music. The fun lasted about seven
hours, beginning at 8 o'clock in the evening.
Columbus Beacon "The high water
is playing sad havoc with the X. & T. be-
tween this point and Cairo. The roadbed
is almost under water in the upper bottom,
and that side next to the river is giving
way, making it rather dangerous to run
trains over that route. A passenger on
late train over the road asserts that he stood
for several miles, ready to jump, so i'm
minent was the danger. We fear that
route will ultimately prove impracticable."
The BULLETIN is in receipt Of letter,
from one j. E. Bish, colored man, of Chi
| cago, asking for information concerning his
brother, Frank. He says Frank was
| drowned, or thinks he was, on the steamer
Grand Tower recently, and describes him
as being Of light brown complexion,
small mousache, black hair, about thirty
years of age and medium height. He was a
deck hand on the Grand Tower, says our
correspondent, and he leaves family and
a number of relatives in Chicago. Any in
formation concerning deceased sent to j. 4.
Bish, 1911 Third avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, will
be received by the family and relatives.
The particulars of the attempt by Mrs.
Dunning, OF Hodges Park, in this county,
to poison her husband, of which mention
was made in THE BULLETIN at the time Of
the occurance, week or ten days ago, are
given by a Hodges Park correspondent of
the Argus as follows: 1.-THE wife of Mr.
Vim. Dunning attempted to poison him
with strychnine and arsenic both. She first
purchased strychnine of Mr., VIM, Ireland,
druggist, alleging that she wanted to poison
an owl. She gave the poison in such large
doses as to produce vomiting. She next
sent to DR.. Maxey for strychnine and arsen.
ic both, stating that she wanted good ar
ticle that would not fail. Suspicion was
aroused, the doctor gave her harmless
drugs she was watched, and found she was
giving them to her husband to kill him.
She was tried, found guilty and sent to
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