The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-12

| UOhh I've thitCh VI bHoiNht oDJtSt u
to build a railroad from Sparta to Tiden OF
the Cairo Short Line. The capital stock o
the company is 100000 and the incorpora
tors are the first board of directors, will
principal Office at Sparta, ILL.,
Andrew Lohr's Genuine Aromatic Bel
fast Ginger Ale, a pure pleasant an6
wholesome temperance beverage, is now
on sale at the leading saloons. If
About two hundred citizens Of Paducah
came down on the steamer Fowler yesterday
afternoon to attend the performance of the
Paducah amateur dramatic society at the
Opera House here last night. They took in
the town during the evening and returned
on the boat after the performance was
over.
To-day the temperance people will
picnic at Fort Jefferson. At present writ
ing the indications are favorable to fine
weather for all day to-day, which, in con-
nection with the ample provisions made by
the ladies in charge of the event, will ena-
BILE all who attend to thoroughly appreciate
and enjoy the rustic beauty at the Fort.
Asbestos Paint. STRICTLY FIRE-PRooF
applied to single roofs. Freeman's, Wash
ington avenue, bet 9Th and 9th.
The amount of insurance for the Hal
liday warehouse, agreed upon by the ad-
juSters, was nearly $1,000, so that the
whole amount of the estimated loss will
reach about $4,000. A fellow never i'm
AGNES how little he loses by fire until
after the insurance adjuster has finished
his work.
"A new sidewalk on the south side of
Sixth street from Commercial to Washing
ton avenues is the enc thing now needed to
make that one of the handsomest streets in
town. That matter is safe, however, in the
hands of the new member from the lst
ward, Alderman Walker, who owns prop
erty on that side.
Here is another instance of how
the fast freight system, adopted recently by
the Wabash road, works: A few days ago
car No. 29,026 of the Erie and North Shore
Dispatch, loaded with tobacco, went
through from this city to Detroit, 55S miles
in thirty-six hours, and from Cairo to New
York in five days, the best time ever made
by freight between this city and the points
named.
The Missouri Republican remarks very
truthfully, "Itis very pleasing to learn that
one branch of the Illinois Legislature is at
last ready to adjourn, but it would have
been infinitely more pleasing to have got
the news two months ago. If the members
had given the Saturdays and Mondays of
the session to work and let politics alone,
they might very easily have been at their
homes month or two ago"
The Metropolis Democrat should fur.
nish the key to the following puzzle: 1.-THE
pension examining board at Cairo may ex-
pect shortly to hear paupers wall from
Johnson county like unto the wall sent up
from Egypt on the death Of the first born.
The mourners are now being hired for the
funeral and the preliminares having settled
here last Saturday and Sunday. Congress
man Thomas and Joe Roberts are expected
TO sit down on the board and that heavily"
"A risky little mule hitched to a little
wagon raised his heels and the - on
Sixth street last evening. The animal be-
longed to Harry Walker and is as mean
little devil as his owner is amiable. He
kicked the little wagon all to pieces and
flew around the corner down Commercial
avenue and into barber shop at the corner
OF Fourth street as though he had been
shot from a cannon; but, aside from the
wagon, he did no damage.
During one week ending yesterday Mr.
A, I. DeBaun sent over one hundred dozen
OF frogs to st. Louis and other points for
consumption by the people there. Mr..
DeBaun's principal source of supply are
Mobile and New Orleans, though many are
brought to HIM from Missouri, where gangs
OF men and boys are ou; frog hunting. Some
OF the insects are of monstrous size and as
Tat as goose greese. Some OF them, says
Mr. DeBaun would weigh several pounds.
Freight trains of the Texas and ST.,
Louis road are now being transferred by
steamer from Birds Point to this city, sup
piled with broad gauge trucks here, and
continued on their ways to st. Louis via
the Cairo Short Line. The FIRST car came
over on the lst of May and was car of
lumber for Mr. 9. r, Woodward. Since
yesterday, however, freight trans will run
through regularly. The passenger trains will
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