The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-11-22

turned to ST. Louis Monday from New
York, whittier he went on business con
nected with his railroad interests.
Mr. John Major is having two.stor,
frame building put up on the north side o
Ninth street. between Commercial avenue
and Poplar street. Its frame is already
up 1t will be about fifty feet long by
twenty-five wide. The upper story is to be
used by him for paint shop, and the
lower story will be used in connection with
his already large wagon factory and black
smith shop
--"My Partners" is announced appear to
at the Opera House on Tuesday next, Nov,
2s. This ia the very best play BARLEY
Campbell ever wrote, and has brought him
more money than any other. Aldrch and
Parsoe appeared here last February with
the play and the manner in which il was
received at that time indicates that our
people know first class article of drama
chen they see it. Buder has tickets on
sale, 75 so and % cents, reserved seats in.
cuded
Captain John G. d. Knight is lead to
believe, by his interview with the special
river committee Of congress, that its in.
vestigation will be thorough and fair, aud
will not tend to create prejudice against
the commission, plan Of improvement,
The captain was subjected to rigid exam
nation by the committee, as to the work
under his charge from Cairo to Island No
40, and he gave all possible information,
From the character and tone OF the inter.
view with the committee he judges that the
investigators are all prompted by desire
to learn and tell only the truth.
A mule attached to delivery wagon,
the whole belonging to Mr., Valentine Resch
and standing untsstenei 10 front Of his
place of business on Eighth street, became
frightened at passing OK yesterday and
ran up Eighth street to Railroad street and
down that to the rear OF TIE BULLETIN
Office On the way the wagon came in
contact with AN obstinate obstruction and
was considerably torn up. Tee driver Of the
rig who in violation Of the city ordinances,
had allowed the mule to stand in the
street united, was arrested for the offense
and fined three dollars and cost by Justice
Robinson.
Meetings of temperance people are be-
ing held in all the small towns in southern
Illinois, and other parts Of the state, with
the object of appointing committees whose
duties shall be TO obtain signatures to pc
titions asking the Thirty.third egisa 10
submit to a vote of the people Of this
state the question of prohibiting by law the
manufacture and sale Of liquors; and also
to another petition asking the submission
Of a proposition to enfranchise the women
of the state In view Of the results of the
late elections it is rot likely that Repub
lcan legislature will venture to make any
concessions whatever to the Prohibition.
lists
A sensible exchange, that evidently
has become tired Of extending favors to
dead.heoders, eXclaims Why anyone
should expcc; the newspaper publisher to
be more generous in squandering his sub
stance than other business men Is some.
thing that cannot be accounted for, except
on the suppositiou that some people have
an idea that printers set up type for love
of work, thai ink and type and printing
presses are gifts from Heaven to sinful
men who publish newspapers merely for
the purpose of soothing the pathway Of
their fellow men on the rugged road to
fortune, and who hope not for reward this
side of the grave.
Beautiful advance pictoriss for the
Madison Square troupe, of New York,
which is to produce "Esmirelda" in the
Cairo Opera House on the 9th aud 18th, are
already here, "Esmirolda,N it will be re-
membered, had an immense run IN New
York city hut short time ago. The peo'
pie OF Cairo will have the same grand
treat right here at home. Sol Smith Rus.
sell, "Caros favorite,' will also be here on
the lst of December. The people of Csiro
will find before the season closes that
through the efforts Of Captain Shields, they
will have been brought face to face with
some Of the best theatrical talent the couu-
try affords
East St Louis Gazette; "rho five
miles Of new road being built by the st,
Louis e. Cairo railroad between East St.
Louis and East Carondelet 10 being rushed
to completion rapidly About two miles Of
the pradlnr ia alrpadv finished and more