The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-27


very seriously "indisposed."
Agent Robert F. Jones, of the so
line of steamers, who has been away for
several days, is confidently charged by his
intimate friends here with having perpetra-
tee mstrimony within the last several
days.
The Knights of the Golden Rule have
donated IS to the Ladies' Charity associa-
ton, for use in relieving the needy under
their charge. The association desires us
to publicly express their gratitude to the
Knights.
The Dude party got of Monday.
Manager Kelley arrived at The Halliday
Monday morning snd took them all to
Memphis, from whence they will continue
their tour, producing "A Friendly Tip at
Kansas City Thursday. Mr., Kelley has
new "duie."
A country man was robbed OF Sl4
while be was having his boots blscksi on
Ohio levee yesterday evening. The robber
stood near him and gently "priggsd" the
"bosdle" from the mans pocket without
exciting his attention and then leisurely
walked sway SO says the boo,-blsck who
saw the operation performed. The officers
were in no, sursui, OF the thief, st last
accounts.
a-ln the marine hospital ward low are
five white patients. Among them are Joe
Burnett Of the Ci,y Of Providence, whose
arm WAS broken by sho, fired s, him by
4 negro who WAS Sn intruder on the boat;
Joe Brown, second mste Oh the Henry A.
Tyler, whose lsg was brokea ~ land
slide neA, Hickman; sni HelTy Loury,
spislnei ankle. They sre al improving as
rapidly SIS ooali BE expected and vii
probably be out sooa.
So fAr OILY three OF four Of the dozen
OF more men, women ami children drowned
in the gres, food By the Argus sgec!s.
travelling correspondent, with aes.ness sal
dispatch and probably not altogether with
out pleasure, hsvs dared 70 come forth
trom tbsi. ws:s'y graves SID cruelty ST.
uoeoce themselves ST.. sn.oag the living
inhabitants Of the foo,stoo.. AID ssve,s.
Others who bsi been made principals il
startling incidents have yearrei 10 b,ea;h
so.; denial o: the impeachment.
Cairo. good seop,s ,urrei 90; luns,-
ous.y to the charity caaoe,t given a; the
Opera House N2adsy night, BY
the Opera House COMPANY, the
Cairo Corns: Band and rum
Der OF public spirited ladies' and gsa;lsnea
Of acknowledges udEcal sbi.i,y. Aoy1,
four hundred people WEI. present. II.
programme published in Sundays BCLLE-
TIN was observed and admirably executed.
The applause Was frequen. and always
hearty, which, coming from an audience o.
culture such as this one vas, vas fa..e'-
ing compliment to the singers and perform
ers As "a result of this entertainment Cal
70 will add several hundred dollars more
to her already large cOntributiontowsrd the
relief Of sufferers from the food.
The steamer Osceols landed here yes
terday. Captain, Moses Andrews; clerk,
Lea Crane. She was on relief tour for the
Z. s. Government and was in charge of
Lieut.. r. c. Van Vliet, 10th Inf. U. 8. A.,
assisted by Eugene Dorsey, quarter masters
clerk. DR.. Harbold, Of Louisville, was also
on board. The boat was sent out from
Louisville, having on board seventy five
thousand rations destined for Shawneetown !;
but arriving there it was decided to come
down to this city and furnish relief to oil
who might need it. She left twenty thous-
and rations at ShawneetowD, thirty thous-
and at Paducah, and five thousand at Me-
tropolis, 80 that she had twenty thousand
left when she arrived here, all of which
she took back with her, to be distributed
on her way up If needed. Lieut.. Van
Vliet offered to leave the twenty thousand
rations here, but there WAS absolutely no
need of any at all, for there is no suffering
in this city or vicinity that our charitable
people can not relieve amply.
BY order of the street committee Sur.
veyor Thrupp yesterday morning began
driving stakes along Ohio levee street, from
Fourteenth street down, marking the linz
to which the outer side of said street is t.
be raised. Originally, the grade agreed
upon for this stretch of the levee, was fifty
four at Fourteenth street with q gradua
decline to fifty three at the point; but tn,
street committee yesterday decided to rails,
the street to fifty.four feet all along, which
will bring it to 2 feet inches above tn,
high water mark of this year and one foD
) ten inches above that of last year. Mr.