The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-04

Mrs. Jane Putney died yesterday morn
Ing at the residence of her son'in-law, MI
George Van Brocklin, on Thirty-second
street Funeral this afternoon
Ten thousand people can perhaps not
build great city in day; but they can
certainly commence laying very good
foundation for one and then get outsiders
to come and help them along,
Mr.. W. V, Leech a merchant of Cape
Girardeau warns us through Chief Myers
against sharper named Andrew j. Young,
who goes about the country obtaining
goods under false pretenses of various forms,
Our CID fellow citizen, John Tanner,
has come among US once more and to stay.
He opens his store corner Washington ave-
nue. and 18th streets to-day aud invites all
his friends old and new to come and see
him.
The chief of police of St. Louis, writes
to Chief Myers to know ifa man named
Adolph Quick is wanted here for attempt
ing to commit rape upon little girl about
eight years ago. Quick is not wanted
here.
Mr. Joe H. Barnes, business represen-
tative Of Lamberts & Richardson popular
dramatic company is in the city pertecting
arrangements for the appearance at early
date of the company on the boards of the
Opera House,
A large oil painting, bunch Of holly
hooks in different coors, upon beautiful
back ground, is executed by Miss Katie
Howard during her visit north, is an sttrAc-
tive ornament in the office Of Messrs. n. B.
Thistewood & Co.
If borrowers could realize what
nuisance they are to their neighbors they
would either subscribe for or stop reading
THE BULLETIN. In either case il would
benefit US and increase their own self re-
spect- they have any left,
AS l intend to leave the city, will to-
day sell a complete saloon outfit or parts
thereof, including stocks, at reasonable
figures To any one desiring to purchase
Application must be made to-day. Cor
l4th & Pop. St. Paul KeSselhut,
The regular meeting of the city coun-
Gil will not lie held tonight, and probably
not until the latter end of the week,
in order that the Ievee work may be finish
ed and the claims on account of such
work be passed upon by the council at
once.
We did not even intimate that Mr.,
Thrupp did not know his own ability to
bear the expense of street filing. We
doubted only that he knew as much
about other citizens affairs as they did
themselves; and We 10 not think that
the Argu, represents him correctly when
it say, be ju ged the financial condition
OF cltIzsas generally by his own.
"A negro named Jerry Cox was arrested
by Constable Sbeehan Sunday, but resisted
and created great disturbance al along
Washington avenue from Eighth street
to the JAIL by his di,ordery conduct
With the assistance Of other officers he was
finally lodged in Jail, however, and was
yesterday fined five dollars and costs by
Magistrate Comings.
The Argus engineer did not argue as
he does now about street.hllng when he
directed the Fox, Howard Il Co. work on
Commercial avenue. But from the utteran-
ces Of his organ one would infer that he
now believes that Commercial avenue
would be in q better sanitary condition
and the property holders along the street
would be Weather had the street not
been filled at all.
If Oscar Wilde were citizen Of Cairo
he would probably object to raising the
streets because It would neCessitate the
bringing in Of 50 much "horrid dirt" into
the city. 1t seems little strange to US
that the Argus man hasn't discussed the
street filing project from the stand. point Of
aesthetlcism; but he wasn't very far from it
When he tackled the sentimental side of
the subject.
The delinquent, stay.at-home members
of the Halliday Guards, to the number of
eight, marched to the train on the Illinois
Central Sunday afternoon, to report for IN
struction at Springfield. They were in
charge of Sergeant Metzgar. Even the
citizen soldiers life is not entirely go.as.
you-pleasc one, When the order comes
from headquarters that the state MALTA
must 80 apicnicking every blue coat must
respond
IA switchmsn on the Wabash road
named Charles Lysit son of Mrs. Sugaro,