The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-28

acter CT inc lHnkcc, SolOu CCuuuel, vi
Banci Cauk's famous play, the "Octoroon,"
in which he appears to splendid advantage,
Tickets on sale at Buder's Jewelry Store,
70 and so cents no extra charge for reserv-
ed seats. Saturday matinee, 30 cents to all
parts of the house.
With a positiveness that implies
knowledge Of the truth of what it says
the Springfield Register tells us that Bar
ton, of the Carbondale Free Press, is an
applicant for an office at the hands of Gov.
ernor Cuiom when that gentlemen shall
be senator, and that this accounts for Bar
tons labored attempt to prove the Gov.
eligible for the office of senator. We were
under The impression that Barton was for
Thomas for senator; but we are afraid we
were mistaken; in this matter Bsrton is 80
much like the Irishman's flea.
Mr.. Orr, advance agent for the Fay
Templeton Troupe, is in the city since yes
terday, arranging with Manager Shields for
the appearance of the above named troupe
at the Opera House here on New Years
afternoon and night, ami on the next night.
AT the afternoon matinee, "Patience" will
be produced New Years night, Mas
cotte," the beautiful play with which this
troupe opened the Opera House over year
ago and on the night OF January % we
will have "The Pirate of Pcnsans' We
doubt not that the Cairo public will greet
the pretty and sprightly Fay aud her troupe
very heartily and numerously
On Tuesday Chief Myers received a
dispatch from Mr., Harvey Black, OF Pop
lar Bluff, telling him to look out for a
young white fellow who had stolen about
four hundred dollars from Mr.. Black. The
thief, whose name is Wells, is about twenty
years old, and wore blue cap, shirt and
pants Mr.. Black keeps a saloon ut Pop
lar Buff and Tuesday Wells was in the
saloon and while Mr.. Black was out went
to the safe which was open aud took ell he
could find, about three hum
bred and thirteen dollars in
money and check for eighty
seven dollars, and left for parts unknown.
Mr.. Black offers reward of fifty dollars
for Wells, capture.
AT eighteen Of the twenty-oue places
reported from in yesterday evenings
weather bulletn the thermometer fell; at
the three exceptions it was stationary. The
average fall was about seven degrees; the
average state about thirty.two degrees
above zero. The highest was fifty, at
Vicksburg; the lowest, nineteen, at Yank-
tod and Bismarck. At this point it
marked thirty seven. Slight rains were re-
ported from Cincinnati, Dubuque, La
Crosse, Pttsburg and ST. Paul. Light
snow from Dubuque and Pittsburg. Our
weather promises to be about the reverse of
what those who profess to be the country's
reliable proguosticators have prognoSti.
Gated
"A little Gil painting OF much merit was
shown us yesterday by its owner who re-
ceived it as a Christmas gift 1t was in
form Of the style now very common: a
paste.board plate, mounted upon a silk
back grounl in neat frame.
The picture on the plate rep
resented winter scene snow.covered
ground; an ice-bouod Streamet "a tree,
irregular Of form and apparently dead,
supporting upon one side, a lovely ivy Of
dull green and upon the other, clingine to
the bare, crippled branches, with elevated
back and spiteiul mjen,a black tomcat bids
defiance to great, black hound, whose
attitude and expression are those
of the most intense longing. The little
! picture - " WOIh VI ull, ~ VIII pIul S''SC
scrutiny without detraction, for every
touch of the pencl-brush is smooth, accu-
rate II is very true to nature--so true that
while gazing upon it one almost expects to
see evidences of life. 1t was produced by
Miss Emma James who has made oil
painting one Of her studies aud has,
throu IN her own efforts alone, acquired
great skill in his beautiful but difficult
art, She expects to take lessons from a
competent teacher soon and there caa be
no doubt but that she will develop rare
| talent.
"a TUMBLE OF ERRORS AGAIN.
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