The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-10
--Storrer's full orchestra Of eight pieces
OF the Comique Saturday night. q

Remember the X. M. X. G. ball a
The Halliday, on the night of the 2lst in
slant, 13t.
"A force Of men with shoves could dc
some effective and much needed work OIL
the Ohio levee, throwing the mud
from along the outer edge Of the sidewalk
In some places the street has encroached
several feet upon the walk and lies several
inches deep, much to the detriment of trav'
ell and appearances.
| -Auna Farmer and Fruit Grower "At
this writing February 6th), our fruit buds
give promise of bounhful crops, The dan
ger lies ahead. The winter is so mild that
there is cause to fear an early expansion of
the buds and their whole or partial ruin by
a late FROST"
The social gathering held at the resi-
dence of Mr.. James s. Barclay last night
by the young people of the Meth odist
church, under the auspices of the "Ladies
Aid society,"" was in every way up to the
highest expectations of those who had the
affair in hand. The crowd was large
"A black heifer, with white face, about
three years old, and red cow, with white
face, red rings around eyes, and horns trim
med, we're rescued from the back water
above Cairo by me few days ago. Own
ers can have same by proving property and
paying expenses. Fred Wbitcamp. 1t.
Mrs Lemen aud Miss Nellie Lemen
were passengers to Cairo from st. Louis on
the John B. Maud yesterday. They will
remain several weeks visiting the family of
Mr.. Burnett, and will spend the summer at
Dixon Springs in hopes of beneftting Mrs.
Lemen, who has been for some time in
very poor health
The ladies of the Presby terian church,
who have in charge the preliminary prepar-
atoms for the chinese tea party to be given
soon, met at the residence of Mrs. P. Wheel
er yesterday afternoon and discussed some
matters of importance connected with the
party. Among other things the style OF
dresses to be worn received some attention.
and the amusement general and unalloyed.
General good will, good refreshments and
good music prevailed and made the
time pass rapidly and unnoticed. Mr. and
Mrs Barclay, and those who had charge of
the affair, proved that they understand the
art of entertaining their friends to perfectiln,
aud they will doubtless be remembered
with pleasure in connection with the socia-
BILE for a long time to come.
What will the Irish patriots in this
city do to show their appreciation of the
labors of their greatest champion and
martyr Robert Emmet, on the 102d. ami.
versary of his birthday, which occurs on
the 4th of next month"; Irishmen in other
cities are preparing to celebrate the day in
a betting manner. Irishmen OF Cairo
should not, and probably will not, fail to
do likewise.
Gould and Huntington, and other
parties interested, have decided that it is
best to extend the Atlantic and Pacific road
to San Francisco, to prevent the route from
being taken by some other company. 1t
is also understood that the Union Pacific
shall extend its Utah system to connec-
ton vita the Atlantic and Pacific, receiv
ing prorata percentage Of the through
business.
The Ohio river continues to fall at this
point but it rose considerably at some
points north of us. II is not likely, how
ever, that the fall here will be entirely
stopped. The Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers are both still falling. General rains
were the cause of the rise at the points
above. AT st. Louis the Mississippi river
rose two inches during the twenty-four
hours ending at Iii o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
The editors Of the Mt. Carmel Register,
DuQuoin Tribune and Salem Advocate
have been nominated by the Shawnee News
to act as a committee of arrangements to
designate the time and place for holding
a convention of Southern Illinois editors to
organize a Southern Illinois Press associa-
ton. THE BULLETIN endorses both the
nominations and the purpose thereof and
may take part in the meeting if not held
too far from home.
Sparta is now certain TO have the ma
chine shops of the Cairo and 1t. Louis rail
road The Plaindealer of that city says in
its last issue :-"The committee appointed
by the subscribers to the machine shops
signed the bond to pay over the amount
subscribed to W. II. Smithers, receiver,
last week, Mr.. Il. II. Rosborough went to