The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-13


meeting OF this week of prayer will bt
held at the Presbyterian church.
-Wanted-A good cook, Apply to Mrs
Burnett No. 32 10th street. 3t.
"A frozen pond in the neighborhood Of
the slaughter houses has attracted large
numbers of young people on skates for
several nights past.
For running against and striking a
colored fellow citizen, Chas Haws, a young
white man was fined five dollars and costs
by Magistrate Comings yesterday.
School children will mud TIE BuLLE-
TIN scratch books Nos. 2 and 3 tor sale at
Phil Ssup's candy store tt
The ladies of the Episcopal church re-
membered The BULLETIN, and theirremem.
berance came in shape Of elegant samples
of the refreshment served At their late soci.
able,
The Valley Clarion, of Chester, merely
wants to know, you know, if Warden Sal.
Ter did make rebate from the brick CON
tract with the Lutheran church at Bremen,
aud are rebates au essential feature Of
prison contracts"
Sixty three and half per cent of our
exports last year we're to Great Britain
American protectioniss should calmly
consider the situation If Great Britain
would follow their advice snd shut out
American products by stiff protective
tariff.
900 Mr.. NJ. o. Jones is IN the city teaching
the IS, T. Taylor system" of dress-cuttlnG'
Ali dress makers desiring to learn the sys-
EN- will please address him through the
post,office. 81
The people of Hodges Park in this
county have potitioned the county court,
Judge j H Robinson, to order an eectio
there for the purpose Of voting upon the
proposition to constitute the town village.
The court will probably take action in the
matter next Monday.
The Illinois senate Thuraday fortified
itself for the approaching skirmish by ap-
pointing two additional policemen. In
the house the resolution declaring it the
sense of that body that the governor aud
certain state officers named in the constltu-
ton were Ineligible for election to the
United States senate was adopted,
"A present that could not be
cxceled for general usefulness is displayed
at Coemans book store in shape of
"Silent" New Home Sewing Machine, with
all attachments; price at factory, $4,000
and Coleman only asks $45 for it. Call
and see 1t. 3t.
The legislature OF the following states
are now in session: Illinois, Michigan,
Minnesota, Massachusetts,, New York, Ne
braska, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Ohio, Colorado, Nevada, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, Missouri, Maine, North
Carolina, Florida, Wisconsin, Arkansas,
Kansas, New Jersey, Texas and West Vir.
GINA. The neutrality-suspicious. Of Ari-
IONA, Dakota and Montana are also in SEES
SION.
The Illinois State Grange will hold It's
18th annual session at Decatur, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 18th, l7th
and 18th. Members OF the order, both
ladies asd gentlemen, are cordially invited
10 attend. Reduced hotel rates to visitors
have been obtained, aud it Is expected that
the railroads will return visitors at one.
third fair. On Tuesday evening will be
held the usual session open TO the public at
which prominent farmers are expected to
deliver addresses.
Statistics prepared by the interns-
tional bureau show that during the year
1881 95,0OO,0OO gallons of Of beer were
consumed in the country, aud 7s0000,000
on the continent Of Europe and in Great
Britain and ireland. The total value OF
this beer was s25O,75O,oOO The United
States stands third on the list Of beer.
drinking countries the average being
about two aud half gallons for each ia.
habitaut Belgium stands first on the list.
Little beer is consumed in Scotland and
Ireland, whisky being the national bev.
erage. The English average ten gallons of
beer per head per snnum, which is good
deal.
The growth OF the tobacco trade is
one Of the wonders Of the world, and the
popularity of the soothing narcotic may be
judged from the statement which claims to
be founded on reliable statistics, that more
money is expended for tobacco than for