The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-09
THE DAILY CAIRO BULLETIN THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 1884

N''E" ouNC'" p""huH' lncsc are Tue KIM
that DeBaun will keep right along, rain or
shine, through the season.
"A large stock of pianos and organs to
be closed out for cash or on monthly pay.
ments. Each instrument will be sold at
reduced price and easy payment guaranteed.
Call at once on W. G, Jocelyn or at Taber's
jewery store. If
The steamer City of Vlcksburg was at
the wharf yesterday evening, floating flags
and other signals Of mourning at half.mast
in respect to the memory of her late com
mander, Capt. r. X. Riley. Capt. Samuel
McPheeters commands her in Capt. Riley's
stead.
We offer our entire stock of summer
hosiery and gloves at large discount from
opening prices to close. Buyers of hosiery
are invited to examine our stock before it IS
too late. Stuart. It
during the month just closed the col
lections in this internal revenue district
amounted to $4O,12l57, divided as follows;
on distilled spirits, $l9,556.99; on tobacco,
snuff and cigars, $l0,653.24; on fermented
liquors, $9,853,3S; penalties collected,
$5S O3.
Bank checks made to order, bound in
books, $500 per thousand at The BULLE-
TIN office. Perforating % to SOC, number
ing 500 per thousand extra, Linen or reg
ular folio paper. Call and see samples OF
paper or checks. II
Some sneak thief cut the screen from
window in the rear of Mrs. Glmore's lodg-
ing house on Fifth street, and entering,
took from the clothes of two express mes
sengers asleep there all the money they
contained, amounting to about ten dollars
There is evidently one or a gang OF Sneaks
in this city getting in their work."
In addition to the me display Of ISL.
yer, gold and precious stones" in the win
dow OF Jno. A. Miller's jewelry store, there
are number of photographs OF the beautl-
full scenery round about Dixon Springs |
that are worth studying. If
Another cargo of rock arrived yester-
day for the Mississippi levee work, The
force has been engaged for several days
back, in cutting brush for more mattresses
and the work of constructing and sinking
these will begin again to-day. 1t is
thought that between thirty-fye and forty,
each about twenty feet square, will have to
be sunk yet.
We are engaged in "weeding out" odds
and ends and all accumuations Of the sea-
ION. Judicious buyers of dry goods will
ind this favorable time to secure great
bargains as the remanents must be moved
i whatever price they may bring to make
Dom for fall business. Stuart. 1t
The first freight train passing over
he Texas and st. Louis railway was com.
posed OF 40 cars, each of which contained
30 barrels OF salt. Each barrel weighed
300 pounds, go that the load carried by the
entire train weighed 100000 pounds in the
aggregate, or $50 tons. Such train on a
new road was quite useful ornament.
"A bachelor who was tired Of single
life set the table in his lonely abode with
plates for himself, and an imaginary wife
md five children. He then sat down to
line, and as often as he helped himself to
God he put the same quantity on each OF
he other plates, and surveyed the prospect,
i the same time computing the cost. He
5 still bachelor.
commissioners yesterday, Devore and
ialVin are now employed in assessing the
benefits Of the estimates upon new side
walks recently made by them. They have
lot yet, however, made estimates upon the
treet filling recently ordered by the coun-
il, because they are awaiting the results of
urveys Of the streets to be filled, by En-
.ineer Charles Thrupp so as to ascertain
he amount Of filling to be DONE
A neat little race occurred yesterday
fternoon, between the steamers W. b.
duncan and Gus Fowler, beginning from a
oint about opposite Twentieth street to
pposite Springfield block. The boats were
early even at the start, but the Fowler lost
Iowly az she came and was about one
lird Of her length behind when she slack
4 up to land. The Duncan was loaded
18th train Of freight cars for Birds Point.
In order to prevent pigeons from
posting in the belfry of the Arab engine
ouse wire screens have been put up be-
re all the openings. The first night after
le screens were up the ligeons would at
mpt to take their accustomed roosts and.
ying against the wires, would break their