The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-02

held by Captain English, of tho Halliday
Guards, few days ago, Mr.. Metzger, OF
the drug house of Mr. Paul G. Schulz, was
awarded the medal for the best-kopt uni
form, which he will retain rs long as he
continues to como out best in these month
ly examinations. Tho medal is Of silver,
the size and form ora dollar, beauti-
| fully carved aud bearing the monogram ST..
N. G." tt was manufactured by Ms. L.
A. Builder.
The Chicago Times of Sunday pub
lished map of Illinois showing the new
congressional districts into which the state
has been gerrymandered by the republican
legislature. The map may be all right in
other respects, but it is very much out of
shape at the lower end. 1t makes the line
dividing Alexander and Pulaski counties
strike the Mississippi river some where near
Beech Ridge, and places Cairo in the latter,
instead of the former county, where it is.
Under the circumstances it would not be
strange if all the counties in the state had
the appearance of being carelessly thrown
from dice-box. The horrible arrange
ment of them by the legislature is hard to
initiate ana harder still to recognize after
having been initiated.
The following letter was received re-
Gently by Will s. Hays, the poetcal ma
rine editor of the Louisville Courier Jour
nall "Fricnd Will have contracted
for my new Cincinnati and New Orleans
boat and propose to call her the "Will S.
Hays" l don't know any better way to
compliment you, or to pay tribute to one
so deserving, and who has been so earnest
and constant in his labors with that mighty
weapon, the pen, in the interest OF the
river fraternity. This is official; and, if
you have no objection, so shall il be re-
corded Your friend Jim Rees The
"Will 5. Hays" is to cost 100000, and be
one of the finest and fastest boats that ever
walked the waters of the Ohio and Missis-
sppi, Here's that she may take all the
horns that she can stand under!
Three new cases of varioloid were re-
ported to the city authorities yesterday.
Two Of these were discovered Sunday and
one yesterdays The two were fifteen year
old son Of Mr.. Hugh Callahan, living at the
corner Of Twentieth street and washington
avenue. The other was negro man, who
was found in the streets, having come to
the city Sunday. He was taken to the
hospital by DR.. Carter. The third was q
negro child living in frame building near
the Hibernian engine house, on Washing
ton avenue, near Thirteenth street. All
have mild cases. Several other cases were
rumOred 10 have broken out in different
parts of the city, but they were not report
ed t. the authorities. 1t is expected that
Mrs. Armstrong, near the corner of nine
teenth and Poplar streets, viii, take the
disease from her little daughter who died,
and therefore the premises is still quaran-
tined against, although the case for which
the place was first subjected to restrictions
has disappeared.
Yesterday afternoon 50 little old
mule" drawing "a little old" rickety
wagon containing colored boy, came
dashing around the corner of Sixth street
and up the avenue; either in spite Of, or in
obedience to, the reins, he ran diagonalIy
across the avenue, jumped upon the stone
pavement in front Of Mr. Paul G. Schuh's
drug store aud sCampcred along up the
walk, tearing down the dummies at the
door of Messrs. j. Burger & Bro, bruising
them badly; tearing new wire door from
the front Of the Hotel De Winter,
smashing baby buggy into heap, aud
breaking several spokes out Of the wheels
of the "little old wagon" AS the rig dash.
ed by the dry goods house of Messrs. White
& Greer, Mr.. JEFF jenkins, clerk in the es-
tablishmcnt, caught the bride reins of the
mule, and then began lively struggle in
which Mr.. jenkins and the mule danced n
not very graceful racket or some other
dance of which violent motions and con-
tusions arc the usual characteristics. But
Mr.. Jenkins held on noby and succeeded
ultimately in stoaring the animals nose d.
rectly against the wall of brick house.
THAT matter Of circulation" says
Grandmother Argus, sis difficult to arrive
at, except by mutual arrangement there
fore we will putt IN this shape; THE Bull.
LETrN is 25 ITS per week, the Argus, al
though the same in size as THE BULLETIN,
is only tifteon-cents per week. 1.-THE books,
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