The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-13

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held the day before the convention.
The Hiberian fire company did not
elect officers the other night, but postponed
it until Thursday night. Non attendance
of members was the cause of failure be-
fore.
"A brother-n.law OF engineer Frank
Cassidy, died at New Madrid yesterday,
aud Frank left to attend the funeral. Mr..
James johnson is engineer on the Three
States until his return.
Smith & Brinkmeyer have received the
first new stock of everything belonging to
tirstcass merchant tailoring establishment,
and they invite immediate inspection by
the public. Those who call first will have
the great range for choice. Thu & Su5t
The contract for erecting the Stafford
Memorial Library Building was yesterday
let to Messrs. Lancaster & Rice, who agree
to put the magnificent building up accord
ing to all the elaborate specifications, for an
evan $4,000, giving the necessary security
for a faithful execution of their contract.
An excursion train of five Pullman
Palace cars and four first class coaches ar
rived at $50 o'clock last evening, on the
| southern division of the Illinois Central
road carrying four hundred passengers, who
are making round trip from New Orleans
to Chicago and back, in charge of Mr. j.
M. Merry, general western passenger agent.
Last evening, if we were correctly in
formed, the wedding of Mr.. Henry Donald
son, of Mason, Ills, and Miss Annie Morse,
Of Anna, occurred at the latter place. Miss
Annie is daughter of Mr.. G. w. Morse, of
this city, is a charming young lady who
was, during her residence here, quite
tavorite in society and has many friends
here who will wish her every blessing in
her new state Mr. Donaldson is a prosper
young farmer, brother to Mrs. David
of This city.
"A man named King, who used to live
in Caro-, Tuesday night beat an old man
named j. T. Conner, at Ashport, Tenn, rs
miles below here on the Mississippi river,
50 that it was thought one time he would /
not live. The constable in trying to ar
rest King, found 1t necessary to shoot the a
whole top of his head off with shot gun, t
after which his arrest was comparatively Il
easy, the man dying instantly. King is c
'ad to have lived In Cairo, and to have late t
y moved to Ashport. Capt. Lem Hill, of "
q. J, Tyler, brought this information late "
asst night. f,
DIR. j. c, Sullivan and Miss Mary 'Smith c
were married at St. Patricks church Tues J
day night, in the presence OF a large con p
course of people, by Father Murphy. The |
sister and brother of the bride acted as
groomsman and bridesmaid. A big feast |
was then held at the residence of the brides u
relatives, and after this the happy couple {
repaired to their new and elegant home on
Twentieth stree, where they received their Il
many friends. They have the congratula-
ions of the community generally and of Il
The BULLETIN particularly Il
Jim Orange, driving his crippled mule y
through the streets, hitchcd to cart load
II wood, has been the subject of many de- -
lunclatons for some time. The poor ami
nal he drives is barely able to move by /
tself and hobbies along in most pituful ,
manner, drawing its load with apparent :.
great labor and suffering, and making hats
At short distances only to be promptly urged
forward by the semi-brute on the cart. The
site would arouse the dormant sympathy in
any human breast and move the lips to -
utter Impressions against the half-witted
crank that thus persecutes the poor dumb
beast. The mule is hardly fit live, much .
less fit to work. The public ought not to
be compelled to witness the offensive sight
again, if there is any law to prevent it,
The remains of the man A. Boren, t
who died so suddenly in his room at the 1
European hotel Monday night, were con. 7
veyed to the Hberian engine house to be G
until further instruction from the r
firm for which he had Travelled. After this @
had been done, a telegram WAS received /
stating that deceased was a Mason, and I
that relative would arrive to take charge t
Of the remains. The Masonic order here at q
once took charge Of the remains, and gave a
them all due attention. Yesterday the rel a
alive, Mr., o. N. Frelaglot, arrived from 7
New Harmony; the remains were placed in
q handsome coffin and were taken home by
last nights Illinois Central train. De.
ceased was widower and had three
grown children and one of about twelye ,