The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-23

leading stakeholder and director. The
new company has already caused consd-
cradle decline in the stock of the Western
Union,
"A new gilt sign for Coffee & Bross, in
the paint shop of jeff. NJ. Clark, is, to Dor
row an expression from the quaint vocabu.
larry of the "dude, "a daisy" or darling"
1t will be up IN few days and then the
public CAD Judge for itself
--Paducah News: "There are said be
IN the neighborhood of an hundred guests
at Dixon Springs at this time And every
body is enjoying themselves hugely. Whit
tamore and McGinness' orchestra has been
regularly engaged for the season.
Yesterday young Charley Celia was
doing very well indeed. His wound was
clearing itself of puss freely and DR.. Parker
has strong hopes of his recovery. There is
some danger of blood poisoning, however,
which would result fatally as it did in the
case Of President Garfield.
Yesterday Mr. A. j. Doughterty was IN
the city, calling upon our merchants with
the subscription paper for the extension of
the county road TO the cemetery. He OBJ.
tanned several subscriptions in addition to
those already on the paper, and there is
now very fair prospect that the money
needed will be raised
Mr. George G. Wichert returned to the
city few days ago, He came from St,
Louis here. He has taken up his home
with his family in the lower portion Of the
city, and is preparing to reopen his billiard
hall aud cigar factory on grandner scale
aud in a more convenient place than be-
tore.
AT the meeting of the state board Of
equalization Tuesday, resolution was Of
fered declaring it TO be the sense Of the
board that the real and personal property
of the state had been assessed az 50 per cent.
of its value for the year 1888. The resoIu-
,ion was made the specia. order tor the
Goth.
Several citizens Of Mound City We're
down yesterday. They repor, the boom to
be ia full blast in that village, Work on
the levee is in progress; the marine ways
are kept constantly employed; and the
furniture factory will be il operation next
week, the machinery having about al, been
put in.
After the most Strenuous effort: Of the
Of ST. Louis to suppress the +.
liquor traffic 10 81. Louis, the Missouri Re-
publican concludes that latter all, the !
liquor question appears TO simmer down 70
one Of whether drinks shall be dispensed On
the sly, or whether the traffic shall yield
revenue
County court was convened by Judge
Robinson yesterday to try Mrs. L. A. Phelps
for insanity. Drs. Perie and Sullivan were
in the case and the jury found a
7erdlct Of not guilty. But the court was
stisfed from the appearance and behavior |
II the defendant that the verdict was not
n accordance with the facts and will try |
he case again today.
Mr.. G, MesIier, southwestern passen-
ger agent Of the Texas and St. Louis rail
way at s., LOUIS, has been provided with a
baggage car and locomotive with instruc-
mons to collect specimens Of the products
along his line in Arkansas and Texas, 10 be |
placed on exhibition by the Wabash rail,
way company at the coming agricultural |
and mechanical exposition in Boston,
A change is expected soon to take !
place in the running Of the / o'clock q. IN.
ou. going tram and the O'Clock p. m,
incoming train Of the Illinois Central road
A conference is now in progress, looking to
the accomplishment of this purpose, tits
intended. to make these trains fast" trains,
so that the former will depart later and !
the latter arrive earlier. What the differ
ence in time will be remains to be deter.
mined.
The exports of domestic produce from
the port of New York were unusually
large the past week, amounting to 1914 !
433 This is the Second largest total for
one week this year, the largest being the
week ended March 90, when exports az
gregated $S,4l9,350. Of this week, ex-
ports s2,2O0,450 were shipped to Liverpool
and $l,3lS,909 to London. Since January
/, exports were 1925 2ol, ZOO, against SELL
027,9S4 for the corresponding penod last
year.
The Ant.Organ party in the United
Presbyterian church held convention at
PIttsburg on last Tuesday and Wednesday,