The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-17

Watermelons IN great abundance arc
going north every day by rail.
Dave Griffin who has been sick fol
some days is able to be out again.
Bob Townsend goes to congress again
He was nominated on the third ballot.
The Mexican War Veterans meet this
year at Memphis September 10.
Bloomington is unfortunate. A sewing
machine agent took morphine, bur was
unfortunately pumped out and will recover.
BY The BULLETIN we learn that Frank
Petit of the city was in Bloomington last
Saturday and Sunday.
Amongst the delegates who gave us a
call was William Perez. Glad TO renew
our acquaintance.
-Bibb and Bird have obtained the priv
ileges of the neg Greenfield ferry for one
year from Mississippi county Mo.
-Guiteau's skeleton is on exhibition at
Washington. Thomas scalp will be on
exhibition after November
Five prisoners escaped from the Jail of
Dunkln county, Mo- They captured the
lailors keys with fish pole
Sells Bro has the only woody elephant
ever on exhibition in the world. and they
will be at Cairo Sept. II.
You can see large double horned
white rhinoceros with Sells Bros. show at
Cairo Sept. 18th,
General Swain the personal friend OF
Garfield doubts the genuinencss of Dorsey
letter lately published.
Now for the circus, 1t behooves the
boys to practice so they can slip under the
canvas without trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Higgins, of Olmsted
are in the city visiting the parents of Mrs
Higgins.
E. N. Stevens, of the Paxton, Ills
Record, was sun struck in Salt Lake City
last week, He will probably recover.
Go to VIM. Alba's on Commercial ave.
nue. for hair cut, shampoo, shaves etc. The
best shop IN southern His tt
The excursion on the st. l.. & Cairo
K. r. leaves here at 5 a. IN. Sunday, ano
returning leaves Red Bud at 5 p. m. price
for round trip $500
Would it not be a good idea to form
an Old Settler Society hcre3 The early
history of Cairo is being rapidly lost anc
should be preserved.
From the Illinois State journal, o
Springfield, we learn that the au1itor reg
istered funding bonds of the city Of Cairo
amountingto $4,000.
The rain yesterday whilst it was not
very extensive was sufficiently so to ex'
hibit the very dirty condition of our streets
and crossings
Agnes Smith, chronic dsturber, was
yesterday fined fifty dollars and costs 70,
her habtual ofleuse. Agnes will loiter st
days in the jug to exc out her fine ano
costs.
Ed Coleman, a gentleman of color
was fined five dollars aud costs for disturb
ance and will render the city that muc'
service in eating its grub.
The Northern Pacific railroad hal
added another 140 miles to their finished
road. 1t is gradually creeping toward thu
Pacific.
1t was mistake about the court hous,
at Moberly, Mo-, being burned. The dis
patch was from Moberly but referred t.
the court house at Huntsville.
There will be no living giraffe on ex
hibition with any show coming to Cair
until the animals of Sells Bros. big show
Monday Sept. II.
w. II. Curtis, part of whose letter ap
peared in yesterdays BULLETIN was electet
county constable at Carbondale not Muir
physboro as we stated.
"A pair of Living Ilippopotami, nal
and female, are among the many feature
to be witnessed with Sells Bros show whicl
exhibits at Cairo September II.
The Sisters have number of me
employed in preparing their building prep
aratory to the opening of their schools il
the tall.
--Messrs. Goldstine d Rosenwater ar
receiving their new goods already. Yes
terday they received one case from NeN
York containing fifteen hundred dollar
worth of clothing. It.
William Burns the negro, charge
with the burglary Of b. f. Parkcr's pair
shop had his examination before Judg
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