The daily Cairo bulletin., 1882-12-03

| CAIRO Company desires 10 give HotlCe 'ha
Eugene Proctor, an operator temporarily
employed in the Cairo office, abscondec
Oct. 17th. having collected freight bills t'
the amount of 500. so, which he failed tC
remit. This may be of interests to othel
companies, as it is believed that he vii
seek employment elsewhere"
Rector Davenport occupies the pulpl'
of the Episcopal church this morning and
evening. This mornings service will be OF
unusual interest and this evening the kec'
tor will, in compliance with very urgent
request by many, deliver lecture on very
important subject That those who attend
will be not only entertained but instructed
is a forgone conclusion,
Mr.. John Sproat has made arrange
ments 10 run his refrigerator cars through
| from New Orleans to Cairo, bringing up
fish from the Gulf, oysters in bulk, cans ana
in the shells. Parties needing something
nice and wanting oysters fresh and sweet
can 90 to his place of business, cor. l2Jh
and Ohio levee, and have their oysters
opened fresh from the shell and put in
their buckets, making these choice bival7es
so fresh as eating them out Of their own
briny home. See advertisement in another
column.
Since the Madison Square Theatre was
established in New York, but three dramas
have been presented on its stage, Hazel
Kirke, Esmeralda, The Professor aud our
Mrs. Winthrop, the latter now holding the
boards. Esmeralda enjoyed the unprece-
dented run OF three hundred and fifty con-
secutive nights, and the royalty received by
Mrs Hodgson Burnett and W. II. Gillette,
the author, up to the time the piece was
placed upon the western circuit, amounted
to trihe over ten Thousand dollars, which
is about half what the play will probably
yield at the termination of the season.
Wednesday and Thursday nights at the
Opera House. Reserved seats at Buders
iewely store-$l0O and 75c
Prof. Hardness, of the United States
transit of Venus commission, requests the
publication Of the following: There are
many persons scattered over the country
who have good telescopes and would be
glad to observe contacts during the coming
transit of Venus if they had any means of
obtaining Washington time, The Western
Union Telegraph company has most gen
erously agreed to give wi e distribution to
noon time signals from the naval observ-
atory December 1, 5, and 7. As this
service will be wholly gratuitous on the
part Of the telegraph company, its officers
request al persons who intend to make &C
curate observations Of the transit 10 i'm.
mediately notify the nearest Western Union
Telegraph office, as the transmission Of sg.
nails will involve the use of many thousand
miles of wire and the making up Of many
special circuits, all Of which must be
planned beforehand. Furnishing these sig-
nails free Of cost to all observers is a con.
tributon 10 science on the partof the West
eru Union company, which will be sppre.
ciated by everyone interested in astronomy.
--JOuesbOro Gazette "The river com
mission for the improvement of the Mlsss-
sippi river have done good work opposite
Cape GraIdeau. They have put in lefty
willow dyke opposite that city, and the
current Of the river has gone over to the
Missouri shore, making good landing at
the Cape, and protecting the farms from
overflow in the bottoms on the Illinois
shore A dyke should be put in at the
mouth Of the Muddy, which would save
thousands Of acres of good land from over.
flow in this county.s We presume that this
will be done, With proper continuance
of these dykes from st, Louis to Cairo, the
money expended will be returned four fold
to the land owners along the river, and thou,
sands OF acres of the richest lands in this
great valley will Comeunder cultivation, n
And, above all other things, it will improve
the navigation Of the rivers save million
of dollars yearly in destroyed vessels and
cargoes, cheap freights, ETC., etc. Always
heavy on "the improvement of navigation,
Brother Bunton. That is the chief aim, the
only legitimate aim, of river improvement
by the federal government
A St. Louis drummer committed sui.
eide in Paducah Friday, but the fact was
not. discovered until yesterday. The Times
man, who went into fit Of just (0 rage,
and anathamaised the whole people of
Cairo and the ground upon which they
tod, because Of a mythical case Of SINH
liar kind here, must now, if he would bo
consistent--if he believes that the people