The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-10

j. Kline's two story house on TWEEN
tieth street is Tor rent.
Many of the telegraph wires in the
city sustained injuries during the storms
of Sunday and Monday nights.
Two freight trains colllded on the Iron
Mountain railroad near Little Rock, Sunday
killing two tramps and injuring sew
eral train hands.
Sheriff Hodges office is veritable
picture gallery. 1t has arrayed in splendid
order series of bright colored drawings
showing how the parsons old nag" got
away with trained, blooded racer.
The Oil Mill people get more than
their share. Every kind of accident that
comes 10 town hits them clip and leaves
them to wonder what will come next.
There seems now to be nothing lett but tor
the mill to be struck by lightning.
-Centralis and Champaign are 1873
miles apart, but they were connected by
telephone recently and conversation was
carried on successfully. A cornet played
st one end of the line was distinctly heard
81 the other.
-FoR SALE OR RESr.-The two lue
horizontal boiler and eight horsepower up
right engine, now in use at The BULLETIN
Office. II not sold, the machinery with
building will be rented to good tenant
for use as it stands, Apply at this office If
-Circu., court convened Monday morn
Ing with Judge D, j. Baker on the bench.
After ordering the drawing of grand and
petit jurors it adjourned until this morning
when it will convene and begin work in
earnest
In business locals will be found the
announcement of Mr. Jno. A. Miller, who
has opened fine iewelry store in the Ar
lington Hotel building, opposite the Opera
House Mr.. Miller is thoroughly prac
tea! eweler and matchmaker Of long ex
periclce, and he will constantly have in
stock a superior class of goods
The old negro, Soulee, who broke his
leg in fallingfroma plank leading from shore
to flat boat, had his leg amputated by
Dr. Parker last Saturday. The poor fell
low will be sympathized with, as he was
known as gu honest, hard. working man,
depending upon his labor for his daily
bread.
-Mouldings and picture frames at JEFF
Clark's, tt.
Mr.. W. G. Dowell, purchasing agent of
the Chester penitentiary, who was SO badly
cut by convict last week, is now out of
danger and will soon be able to resume his
post of duty. He received thirteen razor
cuts, making as many horrible wounds up
on his neck, face, arms and hands. His cs.
cape from death is regarded as a most re-
mgrkable one.
"A dray heavily laden with sacks OF
grain broke down in crossing the Illinois
Central track at Sixth Street and Ohio
levee The accident was not due to the
bad condition of the track, but to bad
driving, by which one of the wheels got
between the rail and the plank on either
side and was wrenched off when an at
tempt was made to turn the dray.
No new cases of smallpox or vario-
lold were reported in the city on Monday,
and yesterday there was but one, col
ored child in the shanty on Ohio levee be-
tween Fourteenth and Twelfth streets, IN
which woman, mother of the child, was
discovered with the disease day or two
ago. 1t is probable that the diseased is
now on the decline.
In the storm of Monday night three
cars OF the st. Louis and Cairo railroad,
standing on the Mississippi levee near the
head OF Third street, were blown from the
rails, two OF them being blown completely
over and lying on their sides inside the
levee. The same storm also did some
damage at other places. AT Metropolis a
new two story frame building was blown
down and demolished.
From an item which appeared in the
last issue Of the Anna Advocate, and re-
produced in the Argus some people gained
the impression that Company d., Halliday
Guards, Of this city had been ordered by
Major r. 3. S,inson to disband This i'm
preston was gained partly from the fact
that company "G" Of Anna, with Il. G.
English as Captain, was ordered to disband
The similarity in the names Of the cap.
tains caused the error.
AT meeting Of the committee, ap.
| nointed NV the Reform Club IN mako mr.