The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-24

posed" to-day. Some people will fail to
see any connection between the demand
for houses and the clerks indisposition ;
but there is, alice samee, and he will only
be too happy to explain to all who will
take the trouble to ask him.
THE Bad Boy Cigar
Is better by far
Than the majority.
1t smokes very tree,
And good it must be,
For its enemies re in the minority.
For five its the best
Create and behest,
Our patrons cry with seniority.
This piece of poetry was written by our
special poet. He has since died.
On. Bit wasn't the cigar, but the po-
etry, that killed him. tt
The Illinois Central railroad company
is preparing to increase the size OF the levee
of Mound City, preparatory to laying down
its track apon it. The work to be done
will occupy force of about twenty teams,
and the requisite number of men to work
then, perhaps two weeks. Mr.. julius Ssr-
bian is one of the bidders for the job. He
is also to make bid for the contract to do
all the filling and excavating that may be
required along the line of tue proposed
Wetaug road, and will depart in few days
to take an inspection trip on horse back
over the surveyed line to see how much
work, and of what character, is required.
The work on the evee here will not be in
terrupted.
Cairo solar time Is only three minutes
slower than the ninetieth meridian or Gen
tral" time, which is sent US from St. Louis
every day Cairo people are not much
concerned about the change. But the fact
that the twenty-four o'clock system has not
yet been adopted is source of some salts
faction to many, because they sec in this
failure a continuance of the bliss derived
from the use of the delightful a. NJ and p.
m, which now have to be written every day.
Ten years ago there were upwards of a
hundred different time standards in the
United States. Three years ago these were
reduced to fifty-three, and on the 18th inst,
they were cut down to four-the Internal
ional, the Eastern, Western and Pacific.
Each belt has fifteen degrees of longitude,
and there is difference of one hours time
in each belt.
"A large and fashionable audience
greeted Harry Lacy's "Planter's Wife
com binstion at the Opera House last
night. It was evident that the amusement
loving people of the city had become salts.
fed that the company was one deserving
patronage, and they were not disappointed
The company, particularly Mr.. Lacy and
Miss Rigl, proved to the satisfaction of all,
that the many fattering notices they re-
ceived were well deserved, and the expec-
tstions of the audience, which had been
wrought up to the highest point, were
fully realized In the faithful representations
of the various emotions and passions excited
by the play. Miss Rigl charmed the audi
ence from the start and carried it with bel
| through every scene to the end of the play
by her realistic representations. Mr.. Lacy
was not less successful, and both were ap
plauded heartily and frequently, as they
deserved to be. The support was also good
generally, making the company one of tb'
best on the road this season.
Officers Mahanny and Hogan were at
ter two bad negroes again Thursday night
who are professional dead beats. The ne
groes named Les Price and VIM. Warren
were lounging around in dark places along
the levee and other places where traveller:
must pass in going to or from the princi
pal railroad depots or wharf. boats, and thu
officers very properly suspected the loung
ers of having mischievous purpose
When the officers neared them the negroes
guilty consciences told them that they
were being "pipec." They went up thu
levee, pretending to be about to leave on q
boat at the stone depot, and were followed
by the officers unobserved. AT Fourteenth
street they stopped in the shadow Of Z
building. The officers were right opposite
them on the railroad track, and waited &c
see them 20 on the boat; but the boat rang
her bell to pull out, and the negroes didn't
stir. 1t was then the officers stepped Out
from behind the cars and made boldly to-
ward the evil-purposed darkies. One OF the