The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-02
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.

road, which will be laid as soon as the
wOter shall have gone down enough to per-
nit it. 1t is thought that the road will be
open again by Friday or sooner.
Some one broke into Mr.. Pete Saups
store, on Ohio levee, Monday night, and
stole eighty-fve cents in money from the
till and some tobacco from the shelf. En-
trance was gained by the rear door, out of
which glass was first broken and then
the fasenings removed. The burglar got"
About noon yesterday Sergeant w. II.
Ray gave warning of the approach of
storm Of about forty five miles per hour
some time during the afternoon, The
storm came about 1870 o'clock at night,
lasting for nearly an hour and blowing In
gusts with considerable force, but doing no
damage 50 far as could be learned last
night.
Capt J. G. D. Knight is enlarging his
Office room in the Custom House, taking
in another room back of those he has so
far occupied. An arched doorway Is being
cut through the wall so as to connect the
additional room with the others. This has
been found necessary so as to accommo-
date the large clerical business of the
Office. 1t is understood also that the Office
force will 500 n be increased by several
men, or probably only replaced at VIII at it
was before operations at Plum Point were
interrupted by high water.
The Red Cross Society, at its meeting
at Temperance Hall Monday night, elected
Rev. J. A. Scarrilt, President; Mr. II. II.
Candee Vice President; Miss Bette Kors-
meyer Secretary, and Capt. N. B. Thistle
wood, Treasurer. The permanent organl-
cation was not completed, however, and
hence the adjournment till next Monday
night, when the several important commit
tees will be appointed. II Rector Davenport:
al iress before the meeting last Monday
night is spoken Of by those who heard il
rs very fine one, elaborate, yet concise
elegant in diction, huently delivered II
was listened to with wrapt attention by all
present, and left them fully informed upon
the subject and strongly impressed with
the importance Of organization here, under
the banner of the Red Cross.
Hon. w. S. Rogers was in the city yes
terday on business connected with the
river improvement at Plum Point. He is
grooming Hon. Geo. w. Smith, of Muir
physboro for Congress against Capt.
Thomas, and swears that Mr.. Smith will
be the next Republican candidate for Con-
gress from this district. But Mr. Rogers
must be mistaken about that, for gentle
man stated in our presence last night that he
heard Capt. Thomas say, when here Mon
day, that He would be his own successor,
a. least so fsI as the candidacy was con-
cerned. But while these gentlemen are
dispuing as TO who shall be nominated,
the Democrats are entirely at ease as to
who shall be elected, firmly believing, and
with good reason, too, that the next Con-
gresham will be a good Democrat from
somewhere in the district.
The plans and specifications for the
new Marine Hospital buildings here were
received by Mr.. Charles Brush Monday,
and in another column appears an adver-
tlsement for proposals to furnish material
and work for the immediate construction
of the buildings. There are to be six
buildings in all, two of brick and four of
frame. The executive building will be of
brick, forty-sx feet square, two stories and
basement The kitchen and laundry will
be of brick, sixty mine feet long, twenty
two feet wide, two stories and basement
Two wards will be of frame, each one
hundred and eight feet long, thirty five
feet wide, with two wings a. rear end--one
story above basement. The surgeons
house will be of frame, forty -four feet
square, two stories and basement, with an
L for kitchen, ETC., twenty by forty feet
Stable will be of frame, one story and
twenty-one by forty.four feet. The build
ings will be put up according to the best
plans and furnished with everything needed.
The wards will have roof ventilation. As
may be seen from the advertisement re-
ferred to, the bids will be opened on the
2Sth instant, and soon after that date work
will begin.
Upwards of twenty leading white Re-
publlcans called upon Chairman Hughes,
of the County Republican Central Com
mittee Monday, and unanimously requested
him to call meeting of the committee for
tomorrow, to rescind the. order for holding
primaries on tie 18th of May, for second
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