The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-29

Probably Mrs. Biggs will arrive with them
this afternoon.
The Argus ntimates that Hon. Jno. II
Oberly is in Springfield lobbying to pre-
vent the passage by the senate, of Mr.
Linegar's Levee bill. The friends of Mr.
Oberly would hardly believe he could be
bought to work against the interests of the
people of Cairo.
The coast Of the proposed canal tc
unite the Bay of Biscay with the Mediter'
ranean is now estimated at $24S, 100000
the length of the canal being some $40
miles. Engineers speak confidently of the
perfect feasibility of the vast undertaking.
The intention was to start the Cairo
ice works to- morrow, Friday, but the pro
gramme has been changed, not because FRI.
day is an unlucky day according to the
popular notion, but for other good reasons
The works will probably not be started un-
I'll Sunday night.
The Bloomington Bulletin Co. is man
ufacmring Perforated Scratch Book in
imitation of THE BULLETIN Scratch Book OF
Cairo, that is driving all others out of the
market up there. The advantage our Bull
LETIN scratch book has over it is, that 1t Is
made from jute MANILA calendered which
is better than any other paper for either
pen or pencil use.
1t is reported here by young man
who recently returned from three months
visit to Carlifville, his home, that Mink
Mayfeld, the slayer of Captain James
Biggs, is living in that city and has been
there for several months. An indictment
is pending against him here, but it is doubt
full if he would be convicted if tried; and as
he is not desirable citizen it may be as
we'll to let him remain away.
Some days ago two negroes at Beech
Ridge, named "Bill" wilkins and Jno. Ed
wards, had a row in which fists were used
vigorously and with bloody effect. The
cause of the fuss was, that one had called
the other hog-thief, which the latter re-
sented, probably because it implied too
close a relationship with certain colored
devine of this city. Yesterday Officer
Greenwall, of Hodges Park, brought both
pugiists down here and Magistrate Comings
fined each of them five dollars and costs.
Yesterday evening Mr., J. NJ. 0Neall,
Of Paducah, came down for the purpose OF
here branch of the Junior
Order of Mutual Friends, new insurance
organization of which he is supreme coun-
,elor. The order proposes to insure only
persons under age and pay them the
mount insured for when they become of
Ige, or at tie expiration of any other speci-
led time. 1t now has branch organizations
n ten states and is growing rapidly. DR..
!. S. Petrie and Mr.. D. F. King are the
ocal agents here and have succeeded in OBJ
sining quite number of members already.
"A negress named Alice Anderson was
brought before Magistrate Comings yester.
lay, charged with stealing from negro
famed Jackson Krise, ten-dollar gold
piece. The evidence was meagre, and the
court discharged defendant and told com
plainant that if he came to town a stranger,
went on bust" and lay down drunk in a
den of ill-repute, he had no business to cx-
pect to get out again with any money left
in his clothes, and less business to expect
that the court would be moved to burden
the county with the expense of boarding
and trying the supposed thief on his un-
testimony.
The Halliday Guards have offered
their services to Miss Annie Pitcher, on the
occasion of the latter's benefit entertain
ment at the Opera House, on the 18th in
slant. The stage will permit only sixteen
of tie members to exercise at once, and
these will be the most proficient OF the
company. They will be under the direction
of Captain Waldron, who has been their
tutor for some weeks past and have at
tanned a surprising degree of perfection In
the various military movements. Their ex-
ercises will be one of the important features
of the entertainment.
The new social and literary club recent
ly organized by number of young people
at the residence of Mr.. Parsons, is having
very interesting meetings every week, at
which music, song, dancing and literary
exercises of high order prevail. At the
last meeting, which occurred Tuesday
night, Miss Rida Corlss and Prof. Storer
produced beautiful piano and clarionet
solo; Miss Maud Rittenhouse read an inter.
esting selection in a captivating manner
Miss Gordon sang "The Spring Time"
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