The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-20

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Michael Davitt arrived in New York
Sunday, and will make tour of this coun-
try.
The Hibernian Fire Company will
give sociable at its hall next Wednesday
night. 2t
The town of Grinnell, Iowa, was par
TALLY wrecked by Saturdays storm, and
about fifty persons were killed.
Mr. Samuel E. Wilson has just received
two hundred boxes of lemons of various
brands. See special locals.
County court WAS convened by Judge
r. 5. Yocum yesterday, for the purpose of
disposing Of some probate business.
Isaac Markison was fined five dollars
aud costs by Magistrate Comiugs yesterday
for refusing TO pay his street tax.
The Twentieth street sewer was again
closed yesterday, because of the rise in the
river which caused the water to run into, in.
stead of Out of the city.
Quite number of our fellow citizens
of African decent seem to have already got
ten good big slice of the ham that Hon.
w. +. Scott was clamoring for.
Marshal Myers killed twenty-five dogs
Saturday, making the total number killed
up to that time sixty five, There are twelve
more in the pound which will probably ca
terminated to-day.
Mr. w. c. Mulkey left yesterday for
Cape Girardeau, to deliver the Grafton be-
fore the alumni, in st. Vincent's college
there TO morrow. The graduating class of
the college this year is said to be larger
than it was in former years.
Several negroes who were won't to 90
about in rags and often beg a dime or
few crackers, were seen since the primaries
of Saturday wearing new fuits of clothes
and stoyepipe hats, and displaying five
dollar bills.
The Pennsylvania railroad officials
were In conference at ST. Louis last week.
considering the project of new bridge
across the Mississippi river just above St.
Louis, The management Of the present
great structure is Objectionable.
AT the last meeting of the city council
the street committee was ordered to have
drive well sunk at st. Mary'S park and to
award the contract for doing 80 to the low
est bidder. Mr.. II. T. Geroud was the low
est bidder, was awarded the contract and
had the work begun yesterday.
The Jonesboro Gazette is right when
it says Cairo can furnish Democratic
candidate for congress that will be elected
His name is Tom Halliday THE TWEEN
tieth district would be fortunate, indeed,
if The Democrats could induce Mr. Halli.
day to make the race.
During this and last week ham has
been very much at discount among the
colored voters Of this city and county. Many
of our colored fellow citizens were com.
parative strangers TO ham until The latter
part OF last week, when the market was
suddenly glutted with the now odorously
celebrated Damron brand.
Ton Winter and George Olmstead,
everybody knows them, to-day open an auc.
ton and commission house on Eighth
street, and solicit consgnments of goods
or furniture, Their card will be found in
another column, and we trust the public
will give them liberal encouragement.
They deserve it.
lestcrday morning, as the little daugh
ter Of Mr., Peter Conant was playing in the
yard OF her parents residence, she acci.
dcntalIy fell, severely fracturDg her right
arm, and otherwise injutng herself. Dr.
Mafean was called, who set the broken
member, aud left the little one resting AZ
comfortably as the severe injuries which
she had sustained, would permit.
Work on tue stree, railroad, which had
been interrupted for sometime because Of
The lack Of rock, was resumed Saturday
and will now continue until finished. II is
thought that an extra car or two will be
put on the road in order TO meet the great
demand for conyeyances to and from the
park that will prevail on the Fourth inst,
-lu the match game Of base ball,
played by the Arab and Singer base bali
clubs on Twenty .nis,h street Sunday after
noon, the former came out victorious by
nine tallies. Nine innings were played, in
which the Arabs scored twenty. eight and
the Singers nineteen 1t was an interest.
ing game throughout and was witnessed by
large number of people,
To day the trial of VIM. Reddep, for