The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-27

CnleI was RECOMMENDING ana n0tlded the
St. Louis police of Mr.. McLoughlin's pres.
ence here. ASA .
The permanent removal from from the
city of Mr.. Joseph Steagala will create a
vacancy in the Office of assistant chief of fire
department. The emoumeDts of the office
would not perhaps serve to attract any great
number of applicants for the vacancy, but
the honor and the fun it affords the incum-
bent are considerations which might excite
longing and do credit to any patriot.
The house of representatives in con-
gress, which will meet on the first Monday
in next month, consists of 325 members, in.
stead of 203, as did the last house. The
Eastern states have rs, as before; the West
ern states have 100 instead of 90, and the
Southern states 1871 instead of lO8. The
Democratic majority is "a.
Last evening the thermometer stood at
four below zero at Bismarck and the wind
was blowing in southerly direction at the
rate of fifteen miles per hour. AT Cairo it
stood forty six degrees above, having fallen
nineteen degrees during the previous TWEEN
ty-four hours. 1t was generally low. The
barometer WAS we'll up everywhere.
-You make mistake if you buy furni-
ture withou: first examining the large and
elegant stock now ON exhibition corner 18th
and Washington avenue, next door above
postofiice. The line of bed room and par
lor SETS reed, cane and folding chairs, is the
finest ever shown on this side Of Chicago,
Cincinnati or St. Louis, and is offered for
sale at low prices. Sales now open until
o'clock p. IN. WIN. ElcHHoFP.
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Report reached here last night that in
a quarrel at Hodges park yesterday after
noon, white man, whose name We could
not learn, was shot and mortslly wounded
by the saloon keeper there, named French
Jones The wounded man had bullet
hole in the abdomen and through the lett
thigh. When the St. Louis and Cairo train
passed through the place, he was lying on
the porch of house in dying condition.
No further particulars could be had here.
Some time during Saturday night a
The Bad Boy Cigar
Is better by lar
Than the majority.
II smokes very free,
And good it must be,
For its enemies re in the minority.
For five It's the best
Create ana behest,
Our patrons cry with seniority.
This piece of poetry was written by our
special poet He has since died.
N. Bit wasn't the cigar, but the 20.
e,ry, thst killed him. #
window in the residence of Mr. II. Wells
IN town was raised, and 8 gold watch and
chain, and Nj. VS. pocket book containing
&, were taken. The empty pocket book
vas found under the window outside. Only
yslusblss Of this description were wanted by
the thieves, for nothing else was disturbed.
Very little trace Of the thieves could be
found after leaving the scene of their depre-
dstions. A window pane was also broken
10 81 the residence Of Mr. George W. r.
CorIis:, but the would.be burglar wss
scared Of before be could make further
opening.
"A dispatch was received by Mayor
Halliday from Carbonate, about o'clock
Yesterday afternoon, stating that the Nor
ma University was on FIRE and asking him
TO send up portion of the Cairo fire de-
partment TO help eItinguish the flames
No particulars were given. The Mayor
Immediately ordered the alarm to be given
to call out the companies, ami the Arabs
steamer and the Rough and Rsady's
Ocean," together with several reels Of
hose, were put aboard of two fat cars on
the Illinois Central road. superintendent
Hudson happened to be in the city, and he
ordered special train to convey the en- :
gnes and as many men as desired to 60, to
be taken to the scene of action on light
ming time. Besides the two fat cars box
car and passenger coach were put on,
with engine 1903 st the head and conductor
Wisher in charge. The track was ordered
cleared from here to Csrbandae, and the
special started on her trip about 4 o'clock,
with orders to pass the passenger which
had gone out three-quarters Of an hour be-
fore, at Wetsug. The special dsrted out
from the stone depot crowded with young
men anxious for the fray, and the rate Of
speed at which it was expected to go would
have brought it to Carbondale, distance of
tifty-si1 miles, in an hour ana ten minutes.
| Among those who went was Alderman G.
| N. Hughes, one of the trustees of the
| school.