The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-29
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr.. Charles Brush, of Carbonate, is
at The Halliday. He has come to stay,
expecting to have work begun on the U. s.
Marine Hospital in few weeks. The
plans of the buildings are expected to ar
rive to-day, and bids for work will be adj
vertised for probably IN few days. 1t
will take several weeks before the contracts
will be let and work can be begun.
Miss. Mamie, daughter of Mr.. Steele,
clerk of The Halliday, died at Paducah
yesterday. Mr.. Steele went up day or
two ago to attend his daughters bedside,
as she was expected to die, ana he teleg-
raphed the news OF her death to Mr.. L. z.
Parker last evening. Miss Mamie was IS
years of age and very attractive young
lady. She had been sick for several weeks.
About twenty couples, of our popular
young people, gathered at the residence of
Mr. Henry Wells Thursday night, in re-
spouse to invitations from Mrs. Wells, and
spent the evening in the most pleasant
manner conceivable. 1t was farewell
party to Miss Hathaway, of Rising Sun,
Ind, who has been visiting at the Wells
residence for short time and who is to
leave for her home to-day or tomorrow.
Music, dancing, a supper and several other
popular and interesting means of pleasure
were utilized.
AS may be seen from notice publish
ed elsewhere, the Congressional Central
Committee met at the Office of Chairman
Hughes several nights ago aud called upon
the voters of the county 10 meet at their
respective places of voting on the 18th of
May and select delegates to another county
convention to be held at the Court House
in TIL, city on the cath Of Nay. This con-
ven,iOn is to select delegates to he National
and Senatorial Conventions, and to select q
new County Central Committee. The csun'
ty convention of the jh Of April, for which
| delegates are to he selected to-day, 1t Is
understood, is to only select delegates to the
State Convention al Peoria on the 10Th OF
April
Much Of The BULLETISs space is this
morning taken up by an article taken
from the Nor hvestern Lumbermsn, q
forty four page publication. devoted to the
lumber interests of the northwest. tits
published in Chicago aud edited by Mr..
w. B. Judson. Il is very valuable paper
TO lumbermen generally, and its subscrib,
ers, scattered all over this broad country,
probably represent more capital than those
of any other publication. Mr., Judson was
in this city several weeks ago on his way
home from New Orleans, and while here,
he took the trouble to post himself about
some OF Csiro's good points. His editorial,
reproduced elsew here, is the fruit Of his
unparalleled observation and is one of the
strongest articles on Cairo ever printed, the
publication of which in the Lumberuar
will do much toward relieving the city O
the unjust prejudice which exists sgains
her among the cities of the country anC
will bring her to the favorable rotice o
thousands Of the ccuntry's men Of means
Already Mound City is a little agita.
ted over the election of new mayor, Il
flthe vacancy occasioned by Mayor Mertz
and of three aldermen, to be held on tn,
18th of April. One question Of importance
will form the issue upon which the people
will divide pro and con, viz; Shall tht
Illinois Central Road be permitted to come
down the Ohio Levee2' Two Candidate
will be in the field, and well.informed mel
from there say that Mr.. Andrew Dougherty
and Mr.. G.. F. Meyer will very probably b,
the men. Mr.. Dougherty favors the rail
road, ard Mr.. Meyer opposes it. At thu
last election for aldermen, the same issu,
was made, and the party favoring the roaC
was victorious in all but one ward where
man was elected who had not declared
himself upon the question before the cleo
ton, and who afterwards proved to be op
posed to the railroad. Mayor Mertz wa
in favor of the road, but by this on,
neutral (O vote in the council that body
was against him. 1t is thought that thu
election will go in favor of admitting thu
railroad.