The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-08
The Daily Bulletin.
Local News.

"A whlle man named IhOmaS Morris,
tramp, has been loungng about the Singer
companys premises up town tor some days
and nights, taking up his quarters at night
in some Of the buildings. He was ordered
away several times but paid no attention to
the order. Yesterday Chief Myers attention
was called to Thomas' irregular" habits
and Thomas was brought before Magistrate
Comings, charged and proven guilty of
vagrancy and fined $50 and costs, in de.
fault of which he was sent to the municipal
bastile. '''l % .i.t. |'.'.. "a
Although coming right in the wake Of
several Of the best troupes on the road
the Walters Estates Attorney" combination
drew good audience to the Opera House
last night. "The States Attorney was the
play, production of Scott Marble, and a
very popular drams, combining the ingre-
dients that would entertain an audience in
spite: of itself. Last night the company
produced the play with all the strength of
thorough artists and received from the
audience frequent marks Of hearty approx
al. Mr.. Dillon personated the leading part
of "Pilgrim Boggs," admirably and was
we'll sustained throughout the play, more
particularly by Mr.. Geo. W. Walters, Mrs.
Walters and Miss Walters.
Bro Jno. Fl. Oberly is now editor of
the Odd Fellows Herald, published at
Bloomington, in the Bulletin Office. He
has also bought out the Independent, an
evening paper started at Bloomington by
ex-Rev. Hoffman after bis expulsion from
the Methodist pulpit, aud is continuing the
pubicaton OF this paper also. Besides
these Mr.. Oberly continues also to be editor
and publisher of the Daily Bloomington
Bulletin and is chairman of the Illinois
State Democratic central committee. A
man Of ordinary parts could not fill all
these responsible positions at once With any
degree Of credit; but then, Mr.. Oberly is a
man Of unusual executive ability, is thor
oughly familiar with the three p.'s and
what they represent politics, printing and
publishing. BY the way, Mr.. Hoffman has
dropped the prefix "ex" and is again a full
hedged Rev in active service. His I'D
herents Ia the church from which be was
expelled seeded from the congregation
and formed q new organization with Mr..
Hoffman as their pastor, Mr.. Fl. therefore
resigned the editouhip Of the Independent,
and b succeeded by the "Bishop" Of the
| Bulletin, who will doubtless succeed soon
in making the Independent the standard
authority in the state upon all matters per-
tanning to religion and to moral Philosophy
generally.
The astronomers say that the comet Of
1912, which is making its return journey
ing toward the earth, il now visible to the
naked eye. 1t is, they say, shadowy
speck of nebulous haze. With an opera
glass or an ordinary telescope it may be
seen distinctly. In the northwest, as soon
as darkness falls, brillisnt star-Vegs or
Alpha Lyra-shines in the skies. Two
small stars form with this star an equilst-
sral triangle. About thirteen degrees
north Of Vega is red star of the third
magnitude, known as Gamma Draconis.
The comet is now between these two stars,
not fer from one third of the intervening
distance south and little west of Gamma,
and is moving rapidly towards Vega. The
comet reaches its perhelion or nearest point
TO the sun on the Goth of January, being
then about seventy million miles distant
from the sun. Concerning the return of
this comet, the astronomer from whom We
have quoted indulges in the following OBJ
servstions: "Whst depths of space it must
have pierced in its travels of nearly three
quarters of century; what dangers it
must have surmounted from planetary
masses in its way; what doughty battles it
must have fought with resisting mediums,
to bring it back on its unerring path so
nearly in predicted time Since its first
recorded appearance nearly the whole pop
ulstion Of the globe has passed away.
Very few of those who now welcome its ad-
vent will behold it's return in 1854. No
one can fail to be interested in the reap
pearance of his old friend for second
visit, tho only comet of 9 long period with
the exception of Halley's comet) that has
designed to bestow this mark of attention