The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-29

Ohio.
Ice, wood and kindliug, at City Brew
cry, Jacob Klee. II
Misses Edith aud Abby Wheeler, OF
Mt. Vernon, are in the city on visit.
The Villa Ridge Grange are preparing
to build large hall on their grounds before
their next picnic.
For rent, frst-class dwelling, in good
order, Seventh street. Enquire of o. Hay
thorn. ~
Miss Mary Anderson will not marry a
duke. She will wait for the champion
poo. player in Cairo.
1T is now about time for naughty peo-
pie to be thinking about turning over
new leaf" The first Of January is near at
hand.
Full stock and complete sample book
OF wedding invitations, etc., just received at
THE BULLETIN Job Office, No. 10 Ohio
Levee. tt
"A number of our society bellies have
put their heads together and decided to
give the first Leap Year party Of the season
at Temperance hall mex. Thursday night.
"A large lot of walnu, boards were be-
ing transferred yesterday from the river
bank at Eighth street to the Singer works,
there to be used in the manufacture of
sewing machine tables.
The old reliable r, & R. Fire Co. are
making all the arrangements that will lead
to grand success of their great ball on
New Years Eve. Tickets are for sale at all
the drug stores. 1t
Among the names OF those who sent
contributions to the Anna Insane Asylum,
for Christmas celebration for the inmates,
we find those of Messrs. T. ]. Kerth and
Paul G. Schulz, of this city.
Mr.. E. Y. Crowel, of the levee express
Office, left Wednesday for Springfield, ILL.,,
to engage In the First National bank there.
His departure will be regretted very gen.
orally among our young society people,
among whom he was very popular.
The sewers were all closed yesterday.
In 1882 they were closed several days
earlier than this. The river marked
twenty nine feet two inches on the gauge
yesterday evening, showing rise Of three
feet eleven inches during the previous
twenty-four hours.
The beautiful brass cross spoken of In
sn item in yesterdays BULLETIN as having
been presented to the Episcopal church,
was presented by Mr.. II. H. Candes and
Mrs. Stafford in memory of their mother
who was one of the first members of the
congregation and gave it its name.
Several barges of the government coal
feet anchored in the Ohio just above the
city broke lose yesterday morning early and
went down the river. They we're all
caught by tugs as they passed down and re-
stored to their moorings. Sudden high
water and heavy drift wood caused of the
break.
The Illinois Central railroad company
is having its tracks on the Ohio levee raised
to the new grade Of the street from Four
tenth street down. The work had reached
nearly as far down as Tenth street last even
ing. The city will also be ready to do Its
share of the work. 1t 10 only waiting for
the gravel, which was ordered some time
ago.
Judge Robinson convened county
court yesterday morning and rendered
judgments in favor of the city in several
special assessment cases under ordinances
numbered SO, 81 and go, which had been
pending for over ayear. The cases under
ordinances 70 and 1874 were laid over until
Wednesday next week, because the proof
Of publication was wanting.
Although according to last evenings
report the river at Cincinnati had risen nine
inches during the previous twenty flour
hours, it was falling at the time the report
was sent, 2 o'clock p. m. At Chattanooga
the rise for the same period Of the time was
three inches; at Louisville, two feet four
inches; at Nashville eight inches; and from
St, Louis fall of one inch was reported.
The temperature had an upward tendency.
Street Commissioner Baird yesterday
had force Of men at work laying few
brush mattresses along the Ohio river bank
where "pockets" had been formed by previ-
Gus high water, to prevent further abrasion.
The Tenth street sewer received some atten.
ton in this way and the bank at several
points along the stone wall will also be
given few doses of brush, which will rem
der it not only safe against abrasion but
cause an accumulation If sediment.