The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-13

DIR. Dunning drives the oes' roa'
cart" in the city.
David Davis is to be married to-day a
Fayetteville, N. c.
Charles Baker OF St. Louis paid fly
ing visit to his friends in Cairo Sunday.
Cooking Oil at G. d. Willhamson's
If
Mr.. Jno. w. Trover, of St. Louis, was
in town, at The Halliday, yesterday.
William Harrell offers some good prop
erty for sale as will be seen by an lad" in
wanted column.
City council will meet tonight in Sec
ond regular session this month, Some in
teresting business will probably come up.
School children will tind THE BuILE-
TIN scratcb-books Nos. and tor sale at
Phil Saup's candy store. tt
Marshal Myers has an important notice
In special locals calling upon persons
owing taxes on dogs or other things to
"come to time" at once.
A broken shaft and fear of Virgins
storm were held responsible tor the non ar
rival of the steamer Fowler Saturday, But
the boat arrived on Sunday afternoon in
stead.
Andrew Lohr's Genuine Aromatic Bel
fast Ginger Ale, pare pleasant and
wholesome temperance beverage, is now
on sale at the leading saloons. If
In another column will be found the
advertisement Of sale of personal property
belonging to the estate OF the late D. b.
Thistewood. The sale takes place on Sat
urday the 25h of March.
Captain Jno G, D. knight left yester-
day tor Plum Point, to view the condition
of things there after the food and perhaps
to have work resumed on the government
improvements,
The rivers are falling everywhere above
u.s. The weather is clear, barometer and
thermometer rising and the sewers are open.
In few days now every low lot in town
will be high and dry.
About nine o'clock yesterday morning
the Fourth and Tenth street sewers were
opened. The other two will probably be
opened this evening People will therefore
suffer very little from sipe water this year.
A colored woman named Reed died
yesterday on Twenty first street, and will
be buried to-day. Her husband was out
yesterday taking up collection to meet
the expense of the funeral.
Yesterday it was reported that several
cases of smallpox had appeared in house
on Eighteenth street. Drs. Wood and
Myers investigated the matter and found
it untrue. There is not sign of the dis
ease or OF any other dangerous disease any
where 10 the city.
A colored man named Baptste Hols-
ton fell into the river from barge near the
coal dump yesterday morning and would
have drowned but for the prompt action Of
Captain Short, Of the tug Montauk, who
was near at hand aud got the man out just
10 time.
Yesterday forenoon Clayton Harriss,
the negro who shot another named Richard
Durbin, over game OF dice in Kinnebrew's
saloon several days ago, was brought before
Magistrate Comings for preliminary hear
ing, But Durbin was as yet unable to ap-
pear in court, and the examination WAS de-
ferred several days longer.
The young swilchman, Greenway, who
last week was accidentally thrown under
the cars in the Illinois Central yards and
narrowly escaped being horribly mangled,
was able to be out again yesterday lie re-
ceiyed some bad bruises 10 the back and
on one hip, and long cash 10 one leg,
made by the car wheel, but no injuries that
are likely to have lasting effect
Judge j. H. Robinson convened county
court yesterday morning; but very little
business WAS done, principally because no
attorneys offered TO conduct cases, and no
defendants or witnesses we're present. Some
important probate business WAS disposed Of,
and the cases against Richard Fitzgerald,
Jno. Koehler aud Squire Johnson were
nollied, Judge Robinson will be at bis
post again this morning.
Yesterday astranger came into severa
OF our down town business houses and sig
nlhed bis intention Of buying them out
His conversation and manner proved tina,
he was not "leyel in" the supper story.
He was arrested and jailed but released
when II WAS learned that he had come her,
in charge Of relatives on their way to Iowa