The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-12

--Vennor is almost Midas this year.
Everything he touches turns into cold
Lee Boicourts string band will fur
nish music for Kings excursion Thursday
night. 1t
The river continues to fall at this point.
The sewers will probably be opened to-
night or tomorrow morning.
Hon. John II. Oberly took editorial
charge of the Bloomington Bulletin Mon
day and the result is magical.
The fireworks and illumination on the
excursion Thursday night promises to be
grand affair. 1t
The arab base ball club has changed
its name TO the "Chicago Clothing House"
base ball club, in honor of one of Cairo's
new and large clothing establishments.
The horizontal 2 fuc boiler and up
right engine, with drive well pump; tank
and connecting pipes, is for sale and now
ready for delivery. Apply at BULLETIN
counting room, No. 70 Ohio levee st
Ut Thomas will superintend the
fireworks on d. Kings excursion Thursday
night, which certainly will be grand
affair. 1t
Mr.. d. +. King, the 'peasurc King"
as he has been dubbed, was in Mound City
yesterday to see if party of people there
can be made up to attend his excursion up
the Ohio river, on the ferry boat Three
States, Thursday night. He met with
much encouragement.
County commissioners met again at
the court house yesterday morning, but
adjourned without transacting any business
of importance, because the collectors books
were not yet ready for action by the board.
The board will again convene this morning
by nine o'clock.
The excursion on Thursday will leave
the ferry landing at 8 p. m. Leave Mound
City 0, aud return at one Tickets round
trip only 80 cents; Mound City, % cents;
children, half fare, 1t
"A red hot war upon rates of freight and
passage has been inauguratcd between the
Cincinnati and Memphis packets and the
Louisville Transportation Line. The Mil
lar and Reuben Rynus opened the ball at
Cincinnati, and things were lively while
both boats were in port there.
Tho seesaw over the situation at Alex
andria still continues. The British admiral
has demanded the surrender Of the Egyp.
tan forts, with the usual alternative of Il
bombardmont and the Egyptians are de-
lbcrating, The first gale that sweeps from
the east "may bring to our ears the clash OF
resoundng arms"-or it may not.
--NIessrs, J +. Henderson & Co. are al
ready making preparations to open new
grocery store on Eighth street, north side
in Mr.. Louis Herbert's house. phoenix
Grocery store would be an appropriate
name Tor the new establishment
The Guiteau family is not down yet
1t is worse than the ghost of Col Banquo
deceased. Mrs. Scoville has just written ,
letter abusing Dr. Hicks, who stood by hel
iclon brother when the drop fell, claiming
possession of the dead assassin's effects
Her "open letters are no longer worth the
space in which they are printed.
Kansas City has done something to re
deem Missouri's reputation, George Grant
one Of crowd Of lynchcrs who hanged ,
negro last spring, was last Tuesday nigh
convicted Of murder. few such examples
as this aud blood thirsty individuals who
form lynching crowds that they may crafty
their evil instincts with impunity, will lost
some of their daring,
"A small pond of rain water on Com
mercial avenue, near Ninth street, has been
II matter of much comment by those resid.
ing near there The water is rapidly be-
coming stagnant and full of life--in fact
yesterday several lads spent several hours
very pleasantly and very hopefully trying
with hook and line aud pole to get some OF
the "lfe" out of it. Imperfect drainage il
evidently the trouble there, which 1t would
not require much money or labor to remedy
Work on Mr.. Jacob Kline's artesar
well continues just as vigorously as ever
even last Sunday being put in as good
work day. The we'll has not yet reached
depth Of two hundred feet. Yesterday II
WAS about one hundred and ninety fee
deep, and was still sending forth pure, fine