The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-16

case OF hemorrhage. DR.. Wolfe stated In
his letter that he would discharge Mr..
Holloway the next day. which was yester-
pay Mr.. Bl4ckmau, who is the other man
who remained at Olmstead with Mr.. Hol-
loway, was also able to be about when DR..
Wolfe wrote
Saturday night Mr.. Jeffreys of the ILL
nois Central railroad company was in the
city ON his way south over the southern
branch of the road While here he sought
to hold conference with the street com
mittee, for the purpose of considering the
questions eff repairing the Ohio levee be.
tween Twelfth and Fourteenth streets and
Of raising it according to the survey agreed
upon by the city council. But the confer
ence WAS not had because the full street
committee could not be COTTON together
and Mr.. Jeffreys could not wait. He will
return IN about ten days, and then it is in
tended at that time to have the conference
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The matter is certainly one of importance
TO the city at large; it is desirable, we may
say necessary, that the work should be
done before the spring rise; and there is no
time to loose, for there may be considerable
necessary delay on account OF unavorable
weather, even after the work shall have
been begun.
Not large audience greeted the See
mans at the Opera House last night, but a
better entertained one has never been
there. The performance given hy Mr.
| Seeman aud his assistants is startling in
character. From beginning to end it sur
prses the senses and pleases them, and
leaves one in happy state of mind at the
conclusion. The electric part of the per-
| Torrance last night was wonderful thing.
A human form suspended in midair, ap-
parently without any visible means sup
port" whatever, and while thus suspended
changing to represent different figures of
historic fame, such as the "Maid Of Or
leans" ETC., was a really beautiful act and
received much we'll merited applause from
the audience. The dissoving views were
also fue. Representing scenes from places
Of renown in all parts of the world with an
accuracy that made all things seem real.
The falling snow, moving windmill,
burning house, sunrise in the Alps and EVIL
dences of human life and industry we're all
given with wonderful correctness, to the
great delight Of the audience. Tonight
the performance will be an entirely new
one. It will be the last and none who
would witness novel and unusually en-.
tertaning show should fail to be there.
--Murphysboro Independent: ~. G.
Allen, president, and Col Buell., chief en-
gineer, of the Texas, Toledo & Rio Grande
railroad were out among our people yester.
day and to day in the interest Of the 70 I'd.
They are now at work surveying aud loca.
ting the division from Benton to Cairo -
This new railroad about which there has
been so much talk of la'e, for which Car.
| bondale and Paducah and other towns have
been trying hard 10 become the terminus,
is now after all 10 come direct to Cairo,
the point for which ii has aimed from the
start. The road is COW in operation be.
tween Toledo, Ohio, and Centralia, and II
wants connection south with the Texas &
st. Louis, Mobile s. Ohio, Chicago, ST.
Louis & New Orleans, and other roads
centeriDg at this point. 1t was frs; intend.
ed to Join the St. Louis and Cairo road in
Jackson county and run into this city on the
tracks Of this company, but 1t appears now
that the managers have concluded to run
the road direct to Cairo from Benton in
Franklin county This, with the Chesa-
peake and Ohio which Is on its way mere
from Paducab, will give Cairo nine rail.
roads, or ten when counting the Cairo and
St. Louis Short Lines and "the end is not
yet"
Mr.. Benjamin Wiburn, of Hodges
Park, this county, has made application to
the county board for renewal Of his ca.
loon license, and with his petition comes
counter petition, signed BY ninety citizens
of the township, praying that Mr.. Will
burns petition be not granted, but that his
license allowed to expire without renewal.
The petitioners are headed by Mr. VIM.
Ireland and Mr.. Bowles, who figured very
prominently in the prohibition movement
In this county during he late election; but
among the other signers to it are number
of men who are not rampant teetotalers,
some even, who are Of the other extreme,
The reasons assigned for protesting against