The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-10-25

ing. Reading the inscription aloud, on
of the ruralists punched the other, e1claim
ing, "Gad, wonder how long it would ru
if it was woundG'- Paducah Standard.
The Hudson got in from Paducah yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock, having beer
caught by a fog at Gray's Point, the preced
ing night.
"A comet devoid of a caude appendagt
is visible to the naked eye at Alexandra
Those tailless comets, however, don't dc
any damage.
1t is now time for that celebrated IN
dividual, the "ojest inhsbitant," to tell by
the corn husk what kind of a winter we are
going to have.
The Missouri Grand Lodge of Mssons
has decided to arrest the charter of any
subordinate lodge that allows saloon
keeper to hold Office.
There is no indication of an advance
in the price of wheat, corn or oats. Corn
for May delivery is now selling in Chicago
at 80 cents per bushel.
Gus Winter expects to go to St. Louis to.
morrow or Monday, having accepted a
good position as travelling salesman for q
wholesale grocery house in that city
MIR. John Aisthorpe, for several years
clerk in the City National Bank, of this
city, has been promoted to the position of
assistant cashier of that institution.
Rev. A. II. Trick will preach at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow morning on
"the great business of the church." and in
, in the evening on what faith doesl"
--Capts Marsh Warren and Harry
Brown were passengers to Cairo on the
Alice Brown, and las. night left by rail for
Newport, Ark, on hunting expedition.
Capt. Henry LoureY, vice president of
the Valley Barge line, accompanied by his
wife, spent yesterday in Mound City and
Cairo, and returned to St. Louis last night.
Mr.. j. Culley; postmaster at Clear
Creek Landing, and Messrs. A. J. Bunch
and Jos. Rsines, two prominent farmers Of
that locality, were interviewing the city
yesterday.
The darkey who cut the other, We'd
nesday, mentioned in yesterdays BULLE-
TIN, was brought before Judge Robinson
yesterday, charged with disturbing the
peace, and was fined s5 90 aud costs.
One Of the fashionable schools of New
York has introduced new thing, called
slumbrous comeiness, which teaches the
young ladies to assume graceful poses in
bed, to keep the mouth shut, how not to
snore, etc.
The Mobile & Ohio railroad has issued
poster, offering reward of $1,000 for the
arrest and conviction of the party or par
ties who wrecked the train on that road on
the night of the 18th inst, between Tupelo
and Saltllo.
Since the fact has come to light that
we are to have no Paducah Southern rail.
road, Vienna has taken boom, and several
new bricks are going up in the spring, and
already one of our leading roads is under.
going macadamization. = Vienna Times.
The Cairo Short Line has adopted
new scheme to induce shippers to patron
lze the line in shipping goods to the
worlds fair at llew Orleans. 1t offers to
deliver freight directly on the grounds
without extra charge, - St. Louis Chron.
icle.
Next Tuesday will be the last registra-
ton day before the election. Voters who
have not registered and who want to save
trouble on election day ought not to fail to
register. Under the new law every voter
is compelled to register in his election dis.
trict, and to vote in it,
The Cairo boys did not win the game
OF baseball at Charleston on Wednesday,
the club at that place having imported a
st. Louis man, and our club being minus
their regular pitcher, The score was,
Charleston 16, Cairos 7. The Csiros plsy
the Reds at Memphis to-day.
The tow.boat Alice Brown arrived at
this port from st. Louis yesterday with the
largest tow ever brought to Cairo by one
boat. 1t consisted Of 2s empty coal barpes,
IL abreast, making 264 feet of the tow
showing ahead Of her. She went on to
Memphis for tow of emptics.
The Tichborne claimant ia out of
prison. Ifhe makes but a single motion