The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-11-19

tribute to the christian religion. Miss Ma
ry Mckee read an original poem that made
her hearers wish they were better christ
ians. These meetings are free to all and
those who fail to attend miss literary
treat,
Thomas Tusser was the first man who
said: "a rolling stone gathers no moss
Thomas got this off somewhere between
1928 and 1880, and it very likely came to
him some evening when he had occasion to
reply to Waterman who had requested
him to "move on" Answers-to-c
pondents men will do well to cut this out
| for reference.
The Ancients will meet, and dance, and
coffee, and sandwich, and act like "passel
of young ones" next Monday night at Ideal
League hall. AT their last meeting it was
found that so many good people we're out
and knocking to get in the club felt com.
PEELED to increase its limit to thirty couple,
which was done and the vacancies were
promptly filled. ......
Several car loads of brick are on the
track for new sidewalks in the city. What
we want to see is several car loads of stone
tagging for the new walk ordered on the
levee to replace the rickety up and down
wooden walk that is disgrace to the city
council, to the bushes men of the levee
and positive injury to the reputation of
the city among strangers.
--Artemus Ward told the character and
mind OF modern politician in political
campaign exactly when he wrote, "If your
people is temprunce, tell 'em never in my
life took drop of anything stronger than
water; but it, on the contrary they takes
their tod regular, say Mr.. Ward is as genial
felier as we ever see, and the life and sole
of the social board"
The tie is broken by tho election
of Brand, democrat to the state senate.
This gives the democrats one majority and
insures the election of a democrat to the
United States senate to succeed Jno. A. Lo.
gan. Among others Hon. John H. Ober-
ly is talked of in prominent places with the
chances greatly in his favor over all COM
petiturs. A better man for the position
could not be sc leCted.
"A monster pumpkin, weighing 100
pounds, which was grown on the farm of
Gen. Butler in Massachusetts, and has been
exhibited in Brooklyn window, has been
bought by baker of New York, who will
make 1t into an enormous pie to be pre-
sented to President Cleveland, which brings
old "ennex" to Blains's circus in closer con-
necton with the white house than he will
ever be again.
One significant fact, and one of the
most significant in the New York election
is that the only political issue in that state
during the campaign was that of protec-
ton. Blaine advocated it everywhere. But.
Ter advocated 1t, and the Blaine and Butler
organs advocated it, yet Blaine is beaten
and Buffers vote can be put under Thin
BILE. The star.eyed goddess of reform iS
coming to the BAT, with Blaine and Butler
in the out-field.-[EI.
Two deaths occurred on the steamer
Wyoming between Louisville and Cairo.
The first was that of gentleman named W.
G. Sells, St. Louis man, or a relative of
the Sells of St. Louis. He died OF indiges-
ton when the boat was a few miles above
Smithland, and was buried at Paducah.
The second death was that of ten-month-
old child of Judge Weber, of Natchez,
Miss. The body was placed in coffin
here last night and will be taken to Match.
ez for burial.
Should the weather be favorable to-
day will witness gathering of democrats
in Cairo such as has never been dreamed
Of in Egypt. Itisa pity that the republic
cans connot join hands with US in the ju-
bilee for after all Cleveland is now az
much their president as ours, but demo-
Gratis know from sad experience, that has
come to them at intervals of four years for
quarter of century, how they feel about
it and do not expect any very extravagant
rejoicing over the new admin stration.
1t is all over the city; mud, mud to the
right of us, mud to the left of US, but the
sidewalks and crossings are kept compare.
lively clean. If there Is any one place In
the city that needs crossing more than
another, it is at Railroad street, south side
of Twelfth. A good plank walk from the
levee and another from Commercial avenue
leads the unwary traveller through this vale
OF mud on rainy day until he, she or it
End themselves or theirsef brought face
to face with al impossible barrier of mud,
and nothing for it but to wade through or