The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-16
Captain Dan Shields will again lecture

at Temperance hall tonight.
Mrs. Gordon and daughter went to
Creal Springs yesterday morning.
Miss Daisy Ellis is visiting friends in
Fulton, Ky.
Corporation Counsellor w, B, Gilbert
has returned from visit to Chicago. His
family is still there, visiting relatives.
A social dance will be given at Hlber-
MAN hall Friday evening, Aug nth.
All are invited. At
M. j. Howley says; II have visited
Dixon Springs for four years and was never
better pleased than with my visit last
week"
MIR, AIcock, master mechanic of the
Illinois Central and Mr.. Hoar road mas
ter, are both back from Europe and again at
their posts of duty here.
- Captain Kimbrough expects to make
an excursion to Cape Girardeau with his
boat next Sunday. After that he will put
her regularly in the trade.
Prof Storer and six other members OF
the Cairo City band will 60 to Villa Ridge
to- day to make music for the people gath
cred at the fair ground there.
County court will convene next Mon
day. Sidewalk assessments will probably
have some attention again, and this will,
perhaps, be the most important business to
be done.
The total coinage of the United States
minis for the seven months ended July 81
was $31,90z516 81. OF this amount sl1,-
274,640 was in twenty-dollar gold pieces
and $16,725,S19 in standard silver dollars.
Bank checks made to order, bound in
books, $500 per thousand,iat THE BULLE-
TIN office. Perforating 25 to Soc, number.
ing S1.0O per thousand extra. Linen or reg
ular folio paper. Call and see samples of
paper or checks. II
1t is understood that the Chicago
Clothing House nine will 90 to Paducah
next Sunday to play the ECkfords-to meet
their vanquished adversaries upon their own
ground and-bea. the stifening out of
them.
The Argus last night failed 20 say that
the Dixon Springs people with criminal
carelessness permitted rain to fall on people
on the way out yesterday thereby causing
them to take cold that may lay them up
for several hours.
In addition to the fine display Of "sil-
yer, gold and precious stones in the win
dow OF Jno. A. MillerS jewelry store, there
are number of photographs Of the beauti-
full scenery round about Dixon Springs
that are worth studying. If
Temperance hal on Eighth street was
visited by good sized audience last even
ing to listen to the first of series Of lee
lures on temperance to be delivered by
Capt. Daniel X. Shields. The lecture was
very merritorlous one, it is said,
Chief Myers yesterday notified the Wa
bash officials that there must be less switch
ing oftrains on the Commercial avenue tracks
avenue below Sixth street, and the result
was instantaneous and great relief to the |
citizens on the lower end Of the avenue
Prof Hesdley the balloonist, is on his
way to Cairo again. lie will be here next |
week some time aud make Cairo his head !
quarters from which he will visit st. Louis |
and other villages where fairs, etc, are to
be held, lie will probably make an ascen-
sion here before leaving.
Mr. Louis {. Herbert has secured the
little alligator that was brought up on the
steamer City Of Cairo few days ago, aud
has him on exhibition in the basin of the
fountain in his saloon on Commercial ave-
nue., The animal Is as lively as cricket,
though he hasn't eaten anything for several
days.
Mr. c. Z. Rudd returned Yesterday
from tramp through Ballard county, Ky,
He reports crops, particularly corn, Ia that
county, to be in a very fine condition. Mr..
Rudd, who came here in a very sick conii.
ton, is rapidly regainlng health and strength
under the influence Of Cairo's fresh river
breezes
Chester Valley Clarion; "Dipthera,
the most dreaded Of Childrens diseases, has
made ITS appearance at this place. One
death has occurred to date, and there are
several severe cases under treatment, There
also seems to be prevailing a disease close
ly resembling dptheria, but not 80 maig.
nant.n
Captain English, OF the Halliday
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