The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-26


direction of Street Supervisor AFTER
The tax books are now 10 the hands Of
Sheriff Hodges turned over to him ycster
day, he is now ready to receive
taxes. Call on him without delay.
The hit of the season! The "OuT
Bachelor Cgarw at Barclay Brothers
If
II BY advertisement elsewhere the Hi
nois Central railroad announces that 1t will
give reduced rates to New Orleans for
Mardi Gras,
-"The Pathfnders" whose bills appear
upon the boards all over the city are under
the direction of Ren'ro, which is guaran.
tee that they will be good,
Mr., John Harmon, lobbyist, testifes
that five thousand dollars was paid him by
the clerk of the house Of representatives
for services in the interest Of the Washing
ton gas company.
The Illinois legislature has occupied
another day in doing nothing. The house
was principally engaged in wrangliug over
she appointment of janitor and couple
Of other unimportsnt officers.
New street crossings are very
much needed in some ofthe populOus walks
of the city, notably over Commercial avenue
on the south side of Sixth street and at
Fourth street on Washington avenue.
School children will md The BuLlE.
TIN scratch-books Nos, and 3 TOR sale at
Phil Saup's candy store If
Tine ladies' OF the Episcopal church
met yesterday at the residence Of Mrs. W.
b. Gilbert, for the purpose of perfecting
Cor their oyster supper, 1t
may not be much Of a miss to assume that
hey made good Roadway,
--Erysipelas is unusually prevalent in
be upper portion Of the city. The chief
cause is the weather Very slight scratches
nave in some cases developed into erysipelas
aud as this disease in contagious, there is
every reason to use care IN treating and
keeping them.
Valuable information for every one
who plants single seed such aa could not
De obtained from any twenty agricultural !
ext books is 10 be found free in D. NJ.
Ferry 81 Co.'S Seed Annual for 1888, which |
3 mailed to any one sending his name and |
address, to D. NJ Ferry e. Co., Detroit,
Ilch.
The committee of the Illinois house |
we're accounted only Tuesday and from
hat day date the preparations for work"
q the Springfield Journal terms it. Three
weeks wasted in organization alone, There
IRE forty-four committees in the house and !
Mr.. Linegsr is on four Of them; the Judi.
,iary, the Revenue, Municipal Affairs and |
Elections
"A white tramp named Gilber, stole
~ of whisky from another maa yesterday
aud allowed himself to be caught in the
.rt, which was wrong, His victim refused
o prosecute him for committing the theft
20 cumsily, go the officers had to content
themselves with charge Of vagrancy, and |
Ne was fined fifty dollars aud costs by Mag.
strate Comings for having no visible IN.
lrepinning of pecuniary nature.
We should have SAID yesterday morn. |
ng that Hon D, T. Linegar is the princ.
pal local counsel for the St. Louis and |
Cairo railroad company in the proceedings
pending between it and the City Of Cairo.
Mr.. S. c, Judd, Of Chicago, is the principal
counsel for the company, The ctys IN.
erests are well guarded by Corporation
Counsel w B. Gilbert aud Judge Wm. II,
lteen,
"A negro in rustic sleigh drawn BY |
A shadowy mule, coming down Washing.
ION avenue yesterday afternoon, while the
mud closed in over the runners of the
sleigh to the depth Of four or six inches,
was 40 object of interest to pedestrians
generally and the subject Of verbal bouts
from wicked school children The limo.
cent old fellow had come In from the coup.
try where the snow fingers longer than in
tue streets ola populous city
Crushed coke is next In point of clean.
l,ness to hard coal aud is an excellent sub.
sttute for tits especially adapted to base
burners and for heating purposes, while
It's cheepness recommends it on the score
of economy. The Cairo City Gas Company
has put In heavy machinery for toe pur.
pose OF crushing aud preparing their coke
Tor domestic use and the results are On.
tirely satisfactory. Orders for crushed coke
left at the gas Office on Eighth street, will
receive prompt attention. Ct.
"A white man named Dudley came