The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-21

County court was convened by Judge
Yocum yesterday morning. Some probate
business was disposed of,
The total rainfall at this point during
the twenty-four hours ending at eight
o'clock last night was oneand sixty one'hun'
dredths of an inch.
None of our lovers OF fun and dancing
should fail to attend the grand masquerade
ball of the Mystic Knew at The Halliday
tonight. 1t will be the most magnificent
affair of its kind ever given in this city 1t
Circuit court convened yesterday morn
ing as usual but no cases were tried, the lore
noon being consumed by argument upon
motions. Court adjourned at noon until
to day.
Several of our city officials made a
round of the Mississippi levee yesterday
and report it in good condition at every
point. The strong wind and waves OF yes
terday forenoon having had no injurious
effect upon H.
"A dispatch to Magistrate A. Comings,
fou his brother, U. l.. Comings, in Wind
sor, Vermont, says that the latter has been
nominated as postmaster of the village
named, and the nomination sent into the
senate for confirmation.
A dark yellow COW, about 8 years old,
right ear cropped, and the left horn cut OF
little, is mired near the place of MIR. John
0gg, an up town gardener She has evil
IDENTIFY been there for some days, and if the
owner would save her from starvation, he
must give her immediate relief.
--Garields lineaments are 10 be perpet-
uated on new five cent postage stamp,
which will he issued about the first Of
March. The FIVE cent stamp is used almost
entirely in foreign correspondence The
likeness of Garfield which will distinguish
the new issue is said to be a remarkably life
like picture of the deceased president.
of cotton seed oil as substitute for
lard, the Nashville Tenn Banner says:
"Cotton seed oil must certainly be a sue
cessful substitute for lard, as many persons
are using it over here, and almost every
where in the south. Could there be some
French, Italian or Hottentot unpronouncea-
BILE sobriquet appended, 1t would take like
hot cakes, and every family would have a
Jug of it-but cotton seed oil-O, shucks"
In his Lenten instructions Bishop Bal
ties, of this diocease, makes the following
exceptions ia favor of those suffering from a
shortage of crops :--"Oa account or the
almost total failure of crops in this do
cease last year, and consequent scarcity of
food, we, this year, allow those who are not
obliged to fast the use of tiesh-meat more
than once day on the days on which its
use is permitted"
One advantage, which Cairo has over
the cities and towns above her along the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers banks, is that
all the water from both great rivers and all
their branches is bound to come right by
her doors and continue on its way to the
gulf. Cairo enjoys this fact just
as much as the average school.boy does the
fact that the line of march Of Demo-
cratic procession is right by his dads front
door.
Owing to the general rains in the val
leys of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers,
people living along these streams and also
the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, are
in much fear Of innundation. 1t is safe 10
expect that an immediate rise will take
place along the banks of these rivers,
Nashville, Paducah and other places, where
people had just begun TO recover from the
effects of the recent great rise in the Ohio
river and its branches, will again be com
PEELED to forsake their houses for floating
habitatons Of some kind, and we may
again expect to see wood sheds and other
small structures floating by us.
The death OF young William Bambrick,
which occurred on Sunday morning, will
be much regretted by those who knew the
young man. It is said to have resulted
from an injury of the spine, sustained in
excessive gymnastic exercises, and he was
| confined to his room but day or two.
| He was about twenty years of age, model
OF physical strength and development, and
he was much beloved by his friends. He
was member Of the Halliday Guards, who
turned out in body and in uniform at
his funeral Yesterday afternoon. His re.
mains were taken TO Villa Ridge for inter
mentment.