The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-11-02

haps the sweetest ever heard here. There
was not a harsh note, all was harmony.
The band was followed around the city by
an admring crowd and sidewalks, win.
dows, doors and porchcs were crowded at
many points along the line of march.
The rain was the cause of a rather
small audience at the Opera House last
night to witness the New Orleans minstrels
But for the rain there would have
been much larger house. Those who went
to the number OF between three and four
hundred, witnessed good performance
80 far as songs and music were concerned,
all of which was really fine, but the sketches
and some OF the jokes were stale. In fact,
aside from the music and songs, the per.
Torrance was not what those present had u
right to expect, though, on the whole, they
received the full worth of their money and
trouble, ard most of the gallery was very
well pleased if frequent applause and
laughter was any indication.
Men were still at work yesterday
forcing pipe through Ohio levee Tor Mr..
| w. h. Halliday corn meal mills. 1t was
expected that the pipe would have pierced
the levee and come forth in the trench back
Of the mills Tuesday night; but though
yesterday at noon twenty. feet more than
were necessary to reach through the levee
on a straight line had been forced in, there
was no sgu of It's coming forth in the
trench. II seems, therefore, that the pipe
has again diverged and will come out at
some unexpected place.
Two negroes fought like tigels for
about three minutes on Railroad street
near Fourteenth yesterday afternoon.
Jealousy was the cause of the quarrel, a
"yaiar gall was the object of the jealousy
and she WAS also the wife OF one Of the
pugliss. The Darwinian theory as to the
survival Of the tttest may
have been exemplfed in this
instance but the law Of the land which bad
declared that the "Yaller Gal" belonged
to h3t hulblal Vas sadly demolished,
for the husband got licked and the
other fellow took the gal"
"A meeting of the board of directors of
tue Cairo Public Libray and Reading
Room was held at the Library room on
Tuesday afternoon a. 3 o'clock Important
business was transacted, including the
adoption of BY Laws Tor the government of
the organization, and conduct of the Libra
ry and the unanimous election by the dlrec-
tors Of Mrs. p. +. Powell AS librarian. Ar
rangements were made for opening the
library in short time, for two afternoons
4 and one evening Of each week, The Off
GERS Of the board of directors elected for
the ensueing year were, President, W. p.
Halliday; Vice President Mrs. A, f. SAT.
ford; Secretary, Mrs. II. II. Candce, FL
! nance Committee Mrs A. L. Stafford, Mr..
Wood RittenhOuse, Mrs. p A. Taylor; Ii
brary Committee, Mr. w. r. Smith, Rev. b.
! Y George. Mrs, II, II Candee. The libra.
ry will remain in Its present quarters for
the winter.
The following well deserved compli-
ment to Hon. John II. Obcrly, the energet-
c chairman of the Illinois state Democrat.
iC central committee, comes from the Gin.
ton Democrat, Of Lock Haven, Penn:
"Whilc the party of bosses and spoils is
rapidly losing its foothod in Pennsylvania
it is gratifying to know that in Illinois it is
getting good and ready" to tBke a long.
hoped.for and permanent trip up Salt river.
Both the Democratic and Republican part
les Of Illinois have their state tickets in
the field and haye thoroughly organized
for the champaign with Hon. Juo II. Ober-
y as chairman of the Democratic state
committee and Long" Jones as chairman
VI tuc ltCluDlICdu oluLc LII lllC
selection of Mr. Oberly to this important
and arduous position the ILLINOIS, Demo
crazy exhibited an uncommon degree of
wisdom. He is without question one of
the shrewdest and far seeing politicians in
the state and an able and eloquent
oratorpf unrivaed popularity within its
borders. His selection means discreet,
aggressive and successful fight In an iu-
teryiew with Chicago Times representa-
tive he expresses himself as confident of
success, while Long Joacs says he does
not believe his state is by any means sure
Tor the Republican party Mr.. Jones must
have long head indeed and get up early
in the morning if he hopes to successfully
extricate his party from the unenviable
position into which it has Numbered by
its deCptlulnesg and assllmpd Iowa for pro