The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-11-18

All heart sawed and shaved cypress
shingles at Lancaster g. Rice Manufacture
ing Co. for $3.50 per thousand. If
The new stone walk ordered on tn,
levee is materializing. The business mer
most interested have taken the matter il
hand and will not wait the slow motions o
the city council.
-"Holding the Fort" is the way many
republican editors head news of the New
| York canvass of the returns. But where il
the fort2 They really meant that they are
holding the bag.
"A committee of ladies were out selling
tickets yesterday for tie charity ball, and
were kindly, pleasantly and-fnancally
received by business men generally. The
ball will be success.
1T is positively the duty of all good
citizens to submit to the verdict of the
people. Grumblng, discomfort and sore
headsm only foments discomfort and Gre
stes i'll feeling Let US have peace.
T. The Cheerful workers" of the Baptist
church will give an oyster supper at Bris-
tolls hall, Eighth street, Thursday evening,
Nov. 20. Supper ready at o'clock. Ad-
mission, including supper, 35 cents. 3t
1T is well to remember ia this hymene-
al season of the year that wedding cake
cannot be sent through the mail. In one
week fifteen hundred boxes of toothsome
substance were sent from Philadelphia to
the dead-etter Office.
If there is q man in this city with q
few hundred dollars capital that wants to
open an office and prosecute paying
business, let him address the Illinois Gas
Saving Company 1lG Randolph street,
Chicago, Ill. ct
The item was written, "London has
society to promote window gardening" but
it appeared in the paper, "London has a
society to promote widow gathering"
Whereupon a rival editor wrote scathing
article headed, "The Mormous Must Co."
We think we may safely recommend
the Baird mammoth Ministries due here
Thursday evening to the consideration Of
the Cairo theatre.goers. They come highly
praised by the press and avertise many at.
fractions which cannot fail to please.
The democratic party is much more
numerous in Illinois than has been sup.
posed. The number of Illinois candidates
for democratic United States senator is al
ready large enough 10 turn a close election
district if they were all to go to the polls
on the same day.
The widow of President Polk, who
passed her eighty-frst birthday anniver.
sary in September last, has kept close
watch upon the years political contest and
though increased age has somewhat dimln-
ished her partisan ardor, she expects to re.
tam until the last moment of her life her
deep interest in national affairs.
The New Yorker who declared twenty
four years ago that he would neither be
shaved or have his hair cut until the cleo
ton of democratic president visited a
barber shop on Monday. His beard reach
ed nearly to bis feet. He intends to have
some of it made into watch cham for
Grover Cleveland.
Since Bob Lincoln refused to permit
the second artillery band to play for the re-
joicing democracy, it is again said that he
is Todd, and not q Lincoln. |, is intma.
ted that we have some republican
"Todds," if the term is synonymous Of
narrow minded partisansm or worse, In
Cairo.
Il. w. Bairds mammoth minstrels o.
the opera house Thursday evening promise,
many features, among them "The Roya
Bell Ringers" oil fine vocaliS,s, and thei
singing TO the music the chime of Swiss
bells is said to DO delightful musica
novelty.
Yesterday afternoon a colored mar
named Harry Dunwiddy, who has been fol
several years in the employ Of Samue
Walter hauling lumber, was seen to ial
from his wagon at the corner of l4th stree
and Commercial avenue. When picked VI
he was stone dead. Cause supposed TO hav
been heart disease.
Q To-day is tho silver wedding annivtr
Q sary OF Mr.. and Mrs. Cbas. Gayer. We d
b. not know that 1t will be celebrated in tn
4 customary manner, but we know larg
circle OF friends join THE BULLETIN in coz