The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-14

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notified and they arrested the thief, after a
search of some hours, crouched in the Hi
nois Central passenger depot waiting for
the rext train out. The thief's name is
Dryer, a stranger here. He is in jail
Mr. p. H. Maloney, Of the firm of
Durham & Maloney, liquor dealers at
White Sulphur Springs, Montana territory,
has been in the city for about week, visit.
ing at the family OF Mr.. w. G. Mulkey.
He is brother to Mrs. Mulkey and to Mrs.
H. Blooms. He has been very successful in
business out west, being also interested in
the springs from which the city he calls his
home derived its name. He will remain
until Monday,
There will be only Sabbath school in
the Presbyterian church to-day at the usual
hour. Sabbath school and prayer meetings
only will be held as usual during the time
the pulpit is vacant. A minister sent here
by the proper church authority must come
and declare the pulpit vacant, and then the
congregation may, by direction Of the same
authority, issue calls to other ministers to
select successor to Mr. George. A num-
Der of weeks will probably elapse before
successor is firmly installed,
-Carbondale Criterion Democrat; "Ihe
Texas Toledo & Rio Grande railway is at
last fixed up. A Pittsburg firm has the
contract to build fence and equip the whole
road. Mr.. Tenant of the firm has signed
the contract and has gone to New York,
and will return with $4,000, and all back
debts are to be paid at once and work to be
pushed forward rapidy."-Ths is the
road that filed papers with Circuit Clerk
Irwin, IN this county, about year ago, Tor
rght.orway into this city over the track OF
the st. Louis and Cairo road
A slight collision occurred yesterday
morning on the Mississippi lcvee, at point
| not far from the gas works, where the tracks
of the Wabash, st. Louis and Cairo road
cross eachother, An engine of the latter
road was struck by car that was being
backed down on the former, and TIE result
was only derailment of the forward trucks
of the engine and the demolishlng of some
attachment to one of the cylinders. But
little time was lost in replacing the engine,
and the money value Of the damage is
slight.
ALL day yesterday Mr.. Phil Saup's show
window on Washington avenue was hidden
from view by molly crowd of children
and citizens generally, intently watching q
young alligator displayed in a rustic cage
in the window. The animal was sent to Mr.
Saup by Mr.. Ed. Close, who is in drug
store at Ocalla, Florida. When Mr.. s.
opened the box, not knowing what it con-
tanned, the little devil made a frantic
lunge for liberty, jumping from the counter
into the middle Of the floor and there snap
ing and Kissing in a manner that proved
him to be chock full of fight.
Another attempt was made yesterday
morning to burn down the Cuhl building
on Ohio levee, occupied by N. B. Thistle
wood & Co.; but, as before, the attempt
proved futile. The exact nature of the At
tempt this time could not be ascertained,
as the means used had already been con-
sumed when the fire was discovered. Capt
Thstlewood and family roomed up stairs
over the store, and about 3 o'clock in the
morning Mrs. Thistlewood was awakened
by strong smell Of smoke in the ROOM
She aroused her husband and he arose i'm
mediately. About this time some one rat
tied at the door down stairs and gave the
alarm of fire. Every part of the house
from the basement up was filled with thick
smoke, 50 that it was with some difficulty
that the seat Of the fire was finally discov-
cred in tn rear end Of the basement, at the
window of the left hand corner. The win
dow sash had burned out and the flames
were beginning to lick the floor above
when the fire alarm was sounded. When
the engines arrived the fire had caught
the door and was making as good Roadway
as possible under all the circumstances;
but 1t was soon extingushed and the dam
age to the building was comparatively
slight, not to exceed $lO0 The basement
Is used by Messrs, Jesse Hnke g. Son for
storing meats and lard, and they had over
athousand buckets lard and large guam
ity OF meats in it at the time. While the
fire was confined to the rear left hand cor
ner OF the basement, and did not touch
much meat, the smoke and the heat did
considerable damage to the lard, and some
also to the meat, in all parts of the room;
but the damage is probably amply covered
| by insurance The house is also insured
| for $4,000. Messrs. Thstlewood e. Cn