The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-28

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old. You can cut good sized room into
the trunk OF a baobab, with comfortable
accommodations for 80 men, and the tree
lives on and flourshes, 1t produces fruit
about foot long, which is edible. As an
example Of slow growth in England, bao-
bah at Kew, though more than 80 years
old, has only attained height of AZ feet.
A kindred species to the African baobab
grows in Australia. They have been meas
ured, being 30 feet high, with girth of IS
feet
"A small fire in Captain w. P. Hall
days saw mill and box factory was the
cause of the alarm last night. A pile of
shavings near the furnace caught fire; the
blaze burned up against the floor and when
discovered by the Waterman, Mr.. Priddy, it
had burned hole through the floor above
and was making toward a huge pile of shay
ings up stairs. The alarm promptly given
brought force of men together and ener-
| getc action prevented a destructive fire. A
telephone message brought the tugs and
the fire department also, but too late to be
needed. The damage done is compare
lively slight.
One who processes to know all about
1t says that the telegraph girl operators ia
BILE may be known by its neatness-gener-
ally flowers upon or near it, A mans ia
| BILE is known by the spittoon and half
smoked cigar" But going down Ohio levee
OF an afternoon one may see mans table"
that, besides the adornments mentioned
above, sports also a paper doll.baby, neatly
attired in dotted suisse, suspended from
the chandelier just over head. But, by the
way, come to think Of it now, a so-called
telegraph GIRL" occupies tina, table at
night. That accounts for the doll baby, Of
course.
Mate McClosky, Of the steamer Vicks-
burg, who is in the hospital here under
treatment for wounds inflicted upon him by
the Darnell and Watson gang of despera.
does on Wednesday, was somewhat i'm.
proved yesterday and will be out before
many days. 1t is understood that the An
Choir Line Company will make strenuous
efforts to administer unto the Iawless per-
| petrators of this outrage a dose of justice
that will land them where they ought TO
have been long ago, in the peniten tisry
The company will probably be backed in
this noble effort by the United States gov
eminent, as the Vcksburg is U. S, mail
steamer and was taken forcible possession
of by the rioters.
Superintendent Warner, Of the tele-
phone exchange here, took a bath in the
Ohio river near the ferry landing Thurs
day night, laying his clothing on the stage
of the wharf. Having finished his bath he
proceeded to dress himself, but found a
portion Of his garments, that intended for
the lower extremities, 10 different posi-
ton from that in which he had left 1t. He
suspected trlckery, examined his pockets
and, sure enough, some one had been there
since he had left, and taken with him a
pocket-book containing ten dollars. Ten
dollars for bath is an outrageous price.
The Halliday charges only 25 cents aud
furnishes fowls, soap, hot water if wanted
and room with lock and key all to your
sell, entirely safe against persons of our
glsrous or throwing nclinations.
Complaint was made yesterday morn
ing to police headquarters that certain
ice peddler who makes the rounds Of the
city every morning has unusually healthy
and well developed lungs and uses them to
their full capacity with exasperating fire.
quency and blood curding effect, 10 "cry,
ing" for customers, as his WAGON rumbles
and rattles through the streets at an hour
when some people are enjoying their sweet
est slumbers. An organized effort is about
10 be made by a number OF tollerablJ
healthy citizens up town, to kick a lung
out the crier, and they are only waiting 10
see what effect a warning by the Chief
will have upon the crier.
1t is proposed by the members of the
band to give Prof Storer a benefit on o,
about the Gath Of next month. The propo'
siton will meet with the greatest popua
favor. Prof. Storer has exerted all hi
superior talent, has labored long, hard ant
without fsrthing as compensation, to Civ
Cairo one of the finest musical organiza
tons it has ever had and to afford the pub
lie many hours of delicious, elevating en-
tertainment. The benefit entertainment
will be musical one, in which the Prof
will take the leading part, and be ASSISTED
bv all the band and number Of the musi
, cal ladies in the city. We predict in ad
vance that as an entertainment and bene
a. 4, ,;ll be n orand a hatterinp stlcCpss