The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-20

~ tHelr uall on commercial avenue, Tor TIL
purpose of taking the preliminary steps t.
the organization of a Rebecca Lodge in thi,
city. 1t was meeting of more than usua
interest, there was more effervescence 50 Ia
speak among the members, probably be.
cause OF the presence of a number Of ladies
who took an active part in some of the
proceedings. Speeches were made by
Judge Bross, Mr.. c. r. Woodward and
Judge Il. 5. Yocum and it is superhuous
tasay that they were charming little eIu.
sions--the speeches were. A committee
consisting OF Mrs. Stockfeth, Mrs. jeff. NJ
Clark and Mrs. E. G. Ford was appointed,
whose duty 1t was made to procure charter
members and organize the lodge. The
Reoecca lodge will he an organization to
ITSELF holding meetings of its own; it
VIII be sort Of Odd Ladies' lodge to Ger
tam extent independent of the Odd Eel
lows lodge. The organization will take
effect as soon as certa number ot char
ter member shall have been enrolled.
Chief Meyers yesterday arrested
Jerome Ward a white pedlar of black ink,
who had been working" the city for
few days, without having previously oh.
tanned q license to do SO. Jerome was
quite sure that there was no law in the
United States which would prevent man
from going anywhere and selling what he
pleased. But Jerome was compelled to
change his mind when he was brought be-
fore Magistrate Comings and was there in.
formed of the existence of law in Cairo,
made in strict accordance with the law of
the state, which in turn was made in strict
accordance with the federal constitution,
and which protected our license and tax
paying dealers in Inks, etc, against the
would-be non-tax-paying and generally
INSCRIPTIONS travelling mendicants Of the
jerome Ward species He was fined five
dollars ana costs, in default of the pay
ment of which he went to the municipal
b4stie there to reflect for ten days upon
the cruelty and general lawlessness of law
and its representatives in Cairo
"A copy Of sunday mornings Blooming
ton Bulletin is before rs
and it is with some diff
Guilty, that we refrain from venting our adj
miration in enthusiastic language, tits a
twelve-page, seYe1column folio, cut aud
pasted in book form by machinery. The
outer page, or cover, is heavy, cream-tnted,
book'paper, with light red border, filled
with huge advertisements inside and outside |
Its typographical appearance is OF the best,
the type used is apparently |
all new and of The latest |
styles; the press-work was evidently
done by one who understands his business
for the paper has the appear
auce of having but just been taken from
the ster,otyper's plate. Of the character of
the matter 1t is needless to speak further
than to say that it is a reflection of the |
Of Mr.. Oberly, whose good
judgement and faculty forseeing and super
everything ia every part Of u
large printing Office all the time is not open
to dispute among those who know him.
The sunday Bulletin shows in every part
1t it rare taste and the best of mechanical
and editorial skill, and last but most i'm.
oortant, financial prosperity OF which the
managers are well deserving, but which
hey seem TO be sharing literally with the
patrons of the paper
Fair as star when only one is shining
n o gloomy sky seemed to us a tiny bo-
luet OF. natures real flowers, lying parti-
Ny hlden among heap of papers, etc,
lpon The table in our gloomy little santum !
yesterday forenoon. A double tube.rose !
smiled in virgin robes of white" upon
he pink aud green in which it was imbed-
d. and shed a fragrance which delighted
nd surprised the senses. They were fresh
nd perfect, rs though they had butjust been
tucked from lovely Mays gorgeous gown,
# had just emerged from solid mail, in
which they had derided stern winter and
rom which they had come forth to mock
is power. A note accompanying the boz
ue told that the donor was thoughtful
rlend who sent it in token OF appreciation
1 our successful efforts to induce news
aper composltor to suppress for little
'hile his supreme contempt for "copy," ,
nd to forgo for once his high prerogative
/ subs itutlng his own strictly original ex.
ressons and punctuation for that OF "copy, o
'henever and wherever in his Invaluable ,
alignment the author made "bad break"
he fact that we succeeded was as agree.
Die surprise to us as it was probably to ,
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