The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-30

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Circuit court continues to grind ava!
at cases of small Importance.
Mrs. ]. B. Phillis is at Alton, visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Foster
An elegant team or horses, harness
and wagon is advertised for sale in specia
locals.
Mr.. Fred Miller leaves to-day for Mil
waukee, to assume the responsibilities Of hi.
new position there.
SO far IS we can learn, the orator Of
the occasion at Mound City cemetery to-
day, has not yet been secured.
Yesterday Mr.. jeff. NJ. Clark sold his
Poplar street property to Chief Myers, who
will improve considerably and let it.
Sheriff Hodges has placed some of
the water of his spring up in the county,
on sale at Phil. Saups place of business,
1t is thought that several special
meetings ofthe city council will be held
this week, for general business of impor-
lance.
Andrew Lohr's Genuine Aromatic Bel
fast Ginger Ale, pure pleasant and
wholesome temperance beverage, is now
sale on at the leading saloons. If
DIR. Geo. II. Leach contemplates the
purchase Of one of those neat road-carts
that have become 80 popular here OF late,
to be the better able to attend his growing
practice.
The finance committee, composed of Al
dermen Walker, Hughes, Blake and Mayor
Halliday, chairman, met IN the council
chamber yesterday afternoon to attend to
some important business for the city.
Engineer James johnson left yesterday
evening on the steamer Golden Rule, for
Wilson's Point, where he will take charge
of tug engaged in the government river
improvement in progress there. He will
be gone some months.
Mr.. j, A. Goldstine is preparing to
erect an addition to his residence at the
corner of Seventh street and Washington
avenue. 1t will be Of brick and will con-
tribute materially to the appearance and
convenience of the house.
SO far as we are able to learn there is
only one person in the city, who is "inno-
cent" enough to believe that 1t is the inten-
ton Of anybody to "elevate the streets Of
the city to the MOON" and that one person
is the kind, simple, perfectly harmless old
would.be pedigogue of the Argus.
The Wabash and St. Louis railroad
company tax.contest case, which has been
pending in the county court before Justice
Robinson for a number of days, was com
promised yesterday to the..entre satlsfac-
ton Of the representatives of the city and
county.
For several days Mr. Andrew David
son, Of the revenue Office, has been out
gathering in the tax imposed by the gov
eminent upon the various dealers in liquors
and tobacco. Including those who deal in
leaf tobacco, there are about two
hundred dealers in the city.
The freight department of the Wabasl
exhibits schedule which shows that ,
carload Of sugar that started from New
York on the evening Of May Goth was de
livered in Decatur, H., at $50 o'clock oil
the evening Of the 23d, about seventy hour
out. This is simply dizzy pace.
Articles Of incorporation Of the Spart,
& 81. Louis railroad company have beef
I hledin the office Of the Circuit Clerk, oil
e Randolph county, H. Capital 100000
. The object of the incorporation is to con
struct and operate railway from spart
k to intersect tho Cairo Short Line railroad a
Tilden, distance Of eight miles.
4 BY the first day Of July Secretary Fol
s ger will reduce the internal revenue servic
by cutting of from the service thirty revc
nue. collectors, In the flower of their youth
!. IL may DO said. There is much anxiet
among the whole body of collector