The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-11-08


A fire at Pulaski Thursday night com
pletely destroyed the store house Of A. w
Lewis with its contents. Loss over $4,000
and only a small insurance. The schoo
house and several other building also were
burned
The City Shoe Store will hereafter be
conducted by M. G. 6 W. E. Black under
the firm name of "Black Bros" These
young men are popular and enterprising
and will always control large share of
Cairo's boot and shoe trade.
1t shows that faith in humanity is fast
becoming an unknown quantity when wife
| will believe q "one-dolar" clock rather
than her husband, when the latter has told
her it was only II o'clock when he came
in last night, when the clock struck 2.
The work OF the campaign was too
much for the physical system of Mr. Al
bright; he broke down the dry before the
election and had to be carried to the polls
to vote, and is now very i'll, but he has
sound constitution which will help to place
him on his feet again soon
Commercial avenue presents an anil
mated and lively appearance, Every even.
ing this week hundreds are out and hearty
congratulations all around mongst the un-
terrified, with general good will and SYM
patty for the unfortunates, who are feeling
disappointed over the result.
--"What are the natural products of
Kentucky3' asked the teacher.
"Tobackerl' yelled little Sammy.
"What else2"
"Whiskyw yelled Tommy.
"What elsel'
"Kurnels!" yelled Johnny Kentucky
State Journal.
"A call has been extended by the Pres
byterian congregation to Rev. A. H. Trick
who filled the pulpit Of their church two
Sundays in the latter part of last month.
Mr.. Trick is a young man, very pleasant
and good preacher. The church will be
fortunate if they secure him.
After twentv-four years Ye demo-
cratic editor he stitch on ye stool; ye dem
ocratic editor he saith, III am no fool" Ye
democratic editor now wrieth of the news;
ye democratic editor doth now indite bis
views. Be democratic editor no longer is
restricted; ye democratic leader now be-
gins, Gas we predicted.'
"A manuscript book of 2a folio leaves
of velum was lately sold in London for
$50 pounds. 1t was written in the 10Th
century, and Is handsomely embellished
with numerous delicate miniatures executed
in the highest style of the art, and with the
minutest attention to every detail of armor
and costume.
Mr.. L. o. Winton, of St. Francis coun-
ty, superintendent of schools in Clay coun-
:N Arkansas, was in the city yesterday.
He reports the election passed off very qu-
city with them, and no interest exhibited.
Out of 1900 votes only about $50 are re-
publican and there was not over l2 colored
men in the county.
The days of the crazy quilt are num-
bered. An American manufacturer has
just composed new style of silk Quilt
called the Queen Anne 1t is made of
quarters and diamonds Of silk handker.
chiefs so arranged as to form most eab
crate patchwork. The inventor intends,
however, to monopoize this peculiar silk
quilt business, and has applied for a pat.
emit,
That do settle It now Yesterday Jay
Gould sent the following dispatch to Gov.
ernor Cleveland
Grover Cleveland, Albany, n. Y.
hereby congratulate you on your cleo
ton. ALI concedc that your administra.
ton as governor has been conservative,
and in larger fields as president they feel
that you will do still better, and that the
vast business interests of the country will
be certainly safe in your hands.
(signed) JAY GOULD.
Ella Mitchell, a young girl, was found
drowned in the Ohio river Yesterday morn.
ing at the Butler Duncan landing near the
point She had been an inmate of Maggie
Brims house on Thirteenth street, and
from her statemep, II was evident the girl
committed suicide; she paid her board be-.
fore lnhyinu lin Lunnn u.l ..-.I...uI.l Al !.