The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-13

between eighty ana eigty-nVe dollars
is the net amount realized by the ladies Of
the Episcopal church from their entertain
ment al Hartman's hall Thursday night
which proves that the affair was'fully as
successful financially as it was IN every
other way. So well pleased were those
who attended the entertainment that many
have urged the ladies to repeat it at the
opera house some time next week for the
benefit of the Cairo public library. The
ladies certainly have much reason to feel
proud of the results of their efforts.
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR BANQUET.
The social conclave of Cairo Command
cry, No. 10, held on the 9th inst, was per-
haps the largest meeting ever convened in
Southern, Ills. There were present, as
visitors, five grand officers; three past grand
commanders from the state of Illinois, rep
rescntatives from very many subordinate
Communicates of the state; also large del
cations from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mis-
souri,, numbering in all, seventy-fve visi-
tors.
After comforting the order of Knight
hood at their asylum procession was
formed, headed by Prof. A. Goss' brass band
who escorted the commandery and its Wis
itors to The Halliday, which was reached
at 1880 and Immediately proceeded to
the dining hall where an elegant banquet
awaited them.
After full justice had been done to the
magnificent menue, Eminent Commander
Dunning called the attention of the Sir
Knights and said:
SIR KNIGHTS very pleasant duty
devolves upon me, as the Eminent Com
mander of Cairo Commandery No. 10 to vel
come you to our asylum and our city, and
permit me to assure you that We, as q COM
mandery and as invididuals, fully appre-
ciato the honor you have conferred upon
US by your presence here to- might
Some old cynic has said that life il
chiefly remarkable for Its disappointment
that may be 80, but the pleasure of meet.
ing 80 many courteous and distinguished
Sir Knights, and tho honor of receiving
and entertaining them compensates for a
whole host of disappointments that
pleasure we enjoy in all it5 fullness to-
night.
In offering you welcome to Cairo Com
mandery we cannot resist the impulse we
feel to allude to Cairo itself.
We regret that 80 many having come
from distant points, may perhaps be some
what disappointed in the general appear
ance of Cairo; we regret that we have no
grand architectural works to point TO, no
institutions of renown, excepting that OF
which you are now ihe welcome guests
We can, however, point to our grand geo
graphical situation, at the junction of two
of the mightiest rivers in the world, in the
geographical centre Of the United States
and at the terminus OF six of the longes,
trunk railroads in the world. The valley in
which We are situated rivals in richness OF
soil, in climate and, in extent the famous
valley Of the Nile, and think, we have the
| finest unoccupied point in the world for Q
great city, we think too, that it is only &
matter of time, and in the near future
when Cairo will be enumerated among the
great commercial cities Of this continent
Permit me, in beh alf of Cairo Com
mandery, to thank you for the honor you
have conferred upon US by your presence
here tonight and to express tho hope thai
you may all retain some pleasant recollec.
tons of your visit to Cairo.
will now ask you to join me in drink
ing to the health and happiness of tn,
Right Eminent Grand Commander of tn,
State of Illinois. Long may he live tt
adorn the position of Knighthood.
These eloquent remarks of Eminen
Commander G. W. Dunning which were de
livered in the Drs peculiarly attractiv,
style, were we'll received, and were inter
estingly responded to in the following
Speech of Right Eminent Sir Knight
Loyal L, Mum, grand commander of th,
State of Illinois;
Eminent Commander, aud Sir Knights OF Cairo:
am very happy to be with you on thi
occasion, 1t is the first opportunity
have ever had Of visiting your asylum o
your city. l did once upon time, pas
through here in the night, but had no
time enough to get glimpse of it. | sec, EN-
inent sir, that your city can get up anything
that it takes notion to get up. You Ger
tainly have hotel here that you should
be proud Of; you certainly have an oper,
house that Is very pleasing, and must b.
pleasing to YOU your commandery must b,