The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-27

country.
Mr.. Harry Walker has for two weeks
now given the patrons of his little theatre
an entertainment which in quality, is sell
dom approached, even in the variety
theatres of the large cities. There has been
an unusual array of stage talent some
features of which would have done credit
to any Legitimate" stage. As natural
consequence The Theatre Comique has had
more than its share of patronage dur
Ing the last two weeks, and that deservedly
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"A surprise party was given Sunday
night to Mrs. Peter Ehs, mother-in-law to
Mr.. II. H. Meyer, the artistic painter, at
her residence on Park avenue and Twenty.
fourth street 1t was the occasion of Mrs.
Ehs' fiftieth birth day, and it was worthily
celebrated by her friends and relatives.
Upwards of forty people burst IN upon the
unsuspecting old lady all at once and made
the parlors resound with jollity tor four or
i've hours in manner that caused all to
forget the past in the present and the old
to feel young again for the time being. A
congraiulatory letter was read by Mr..
Albert Smith and verbal congratulations
were showered upon Mrs. Ehs by all the
company; after which there was music,
dancing and feasting until O'Clock Monday
morning.
The Argus says it looks in vain for
Capt. Thomas name among the names of
the Republican members of the different
COMMITTEES announced to the federal
house by Speaker Carlisle Monday. The
Argus is, in this instance, not as sharp of
vision a. 1t would have its name indicate.
It's not, in this instance, good representa-
tive of the tabled Argus who had hun
dred eyes, unless it meant to represent him
after his eyes had been transferred to the
peacock's tail. A list of the com
mittees is before us and We find
Capt. Thomas name among those
of the members of two of the most import
ant committees in the list, that on Naval
Affairs, of which Mr.. Cox, OF New York, is
chairman, and of that on Levees and I'm
provsment of the Mississippi river, with
Mr., King, of Louisiana, chairman. But
the Argus didn't overlook Capt. Thomas
intentionally, we know, and will DO him
justice.
Christmas was very generally observed
BY our people Tuesday. The merchants
nearly all closed their places of business
toward noon; churches were all thrown
open to the public and we'll attended, as
were also places Of amusement; while the
rough, floating element, with two or three
exceptions, behaved IN manner that was
crsditabls to them % . class. The pop OF
fre.ar was not as general as it had
been in former years on the same occasion,
and injuries theretrom were confined to
two cases, in which little boys up town re-
ceived slight wounds on hands aud faces.
Altogether, Cairo celebrated Christmas af-
ter . manner that could not but be accepta
BILE to believers in public order and in pub
lie joy on this great day. Our merchants
also did . very good Christmas business.
There were more goods sold than casual
observer would have thought. Our whole
sale dealers sold great quantities of goods
OF every description to the smaller retailers
along the different railroads and rivers; and
the retail dealers were nearly all com.
PEELED to greatly increase their force of
help in order to accommodate the rush Of
customers from city and country. From
business point of view Cairo's Christmas
was, therefore, also all that could have been
desired. All this seems to indicate q very
healthy state Of the public mind and heart
and purse, which inevitable conclusion
must give much satisfaction to the we'll
wishers of this community.
Officers Mahanny, Cain and Boughner
made good capture Yesterday morning
early. Two men, Messrs. Heff1e and Ruga.
Der, employed in the butcher shop OF
Nessrs. Jesse Hinkls & Son, on Eighth
street, after closing the shop, noticed young
John r. Runner and Davis Burke longing
around the immediate neighborhood and,
knowing their character, suspected mis-
chief. They passed on, but had gone
short distance, when they heard the crack
Of window pane. They went IN search of
the officers and found Officer Boughner on
his beat, who in turn notified Officers Ma
hanny and Cain. The three went cautious
ly to the scene of the suspected burglary.
They found young Burke standing in front
of, or near, the stand of Valentine Resch,
near Washington avenue, aud took him in
charge so Unexpectedly that he could
not give a warning signal to his pal. While