The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-09-15

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The Cairo City band went to villa
Ridge yesterday to play at the settlers
reunion.
Fresh oysters and celery at Wlnte
Bros. 1t
Hon. Thomas f. Mitchell, Of Bloom
ington, was in the city again yesterday,
guest at The Halliday.
Oyster soup at the Good Luck saloon
tonight. 1t
The French clock was presented at the
Storer- -Corliss wedding by Will johnson
Both the Argus and THE BULLETIN were
incorrect.
"Stovewood, kinding and sawdust for
sale at Box Eactory--Telephone A." 5t
The bad piece Of walk on the east SIDE
of Washington ave-, below Tenth street. Is
being made new. 1t had been an eyesore
and a man trap for long time.
Fresh oysters and celery at Winter
Bros, II
Yesterday Mrs. Glass, of Anna, arrived
in the city, to solicit subscribers for book
entitled "Home Book of Poetry and
Songs" She is stopping at the residence OF
Mr.. John Antrim.
-Chattel mortgage and warantee deed
blanks, at THE BULLETIN Office. tt
MIR E. L. Comings is in St. Louis, at
tending a business college to learn a new
system of bookkeeping. From there he
will 90 to Chicago and other cities, tc
spend his summer vacation.
-WANTED-A white girl to cook and dc
general house work, Apply to Mrs T. A
Burnett, 10th street 3t
The steamer Fowler did not arrive here
until : o'clock p. m. yesterday She was
hung on the chain and had to wait for the
dew to fall to get water enough to float Oh
so said those who ought to have known.
Justice Robinson fined two "Nymphs
of the Pavement" yesterday, for being also
disturbers of the peace, $40 and costs each
and Magistrate Comings assessed the same
amount agains: another of the same class
for the same reason. No other police bus
iness.
The last Louisiana drawing again
made about half dozen citizens here glad,
while it disappointed about that many hun
dred. Mr.. Claude Winter drew fifty dol
lars, and smaller amounts, were scattered
about town. The telegraph operator al
Okalona, Miss, drew $4,000.
The jury in the case of Jerry Thomp'
son did find verdict without awaiting the
result of scientific analysis of deceased S
stomach, as they well could in view Of all
the evidence. The verdict was to the effect
that Jerry came to his death by drinking
coffee that had been poisoned with arsenic
by Kate Cotton.
The manner Of setting the stage in the
opening scene Of the Armstrong Brothers
burnt cork entertainment, is entirely origi'
nal and partakes largely OF an elaborate
parlor scene, wfich is at least one refresh.
ing Innovation upon the old style, showing
simply black semi-circe. Buder has re.
served seats at Is, so and 25.
Since the Illinois Central made its
afternoon train fast tram, the Wabash IS
the only road that runs an accommodation
train into the city and this one accommo'
daton train, arriving in the forenoon
and departing in the evening, has probably
been Of greater benefit to the merchants OF
the city, as a source of business, than all
other trains on all other roads combined.
Among the new features introduced Oy
the Armstrong Brothers minstres may be
mentioned the Powers Brothers rollcr.skatC
dancing; Debar, the wonderful contortlon
ist; The -Four Mdgets, The Parker Twin
Brothers and The -Four Planets, Kennedy
Foster Sheehan and Hughes, whose per
formances are said to provokingly funny.
An exchange sarcastically remarks
"a few weeks more Of TOLL and the larme'
will hang his hoe in sapling and throw
his pow or reaper into fence corner. Tit
crop will be secured, and the lmpliment
will not be needed until next season. Thei
a new mortgage can be given to buy tool
to take the place Of those rotted throug
neglect
Street Commissioner Baird has don
some good work on the Twenty third stree
sewer that leaked so badly and PERSISTENT
last spring, Several Of the joints outslJ
the gate were broken, which was the caus
of tho leak. He closed them all up, usin
sevcnty-hye pounds Of lead IN the work