The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-10-09

the said reporter, overcome by the heat OF
by drinking ice water and things got a
rabbit FOOT in his pocket and failed to
fnd!the Office. notwithstanding the report
er's failure, the affair was fine thing and
delightfully."- successful. A pretty full ac-
count of it-barring the speech of O'EIara
and--others, will be found in another col.
umn.
The Illinois Central trains yesterday
forenoon came in from two to six hours late
owing to wreck on the line near Belleville
caused by one train trying on the main line
to pass another so much too long for the
sidetrack that the end projected over like a
fishing rod. Considerable breaking up of
rolling stock without damage to life or
limb was the result
The County Democratic Central com
mittee are ION the war PATH" in earnest.
1t is composed of the rioht kind of men
and the right kind of metal to make the
campaign red hot one for the Republican
Buter-Prohlbition opposition in this coun-
ty, and they now propose to do it. Several
hundred dollars were subscribed yesterday,
to defray expenses of the Carter Harrison
meeting.
st. Louis IS a slow town; anything will
excite it. The union depot Tuesday bub-
bled over with excitement that reached out
to the evening papers over the Devils
Auction" beating the "My Partner" combi-
nation into the depot on different roads.
the Devils Auction train leaving Chica-
60 ten minutes behind the other and arriv-
ing ten minutes ahead "a gain of twenty
minutes in the run.
AT Murphysboro, Sparta and DuQuoin,
Mr.. Thomas falsely charged that while Mr..
Albright was Il member of the legislature
of this state he was not member of the
committee on mines and mining The
question was raised by Thomas at a time
when he knew that Albright had not the
records.on hand. BY reference to House
Journal of Illinois, 1875, page SO will lie
found: COMMITTEE on mines and mining:
Mooney, chairman; Gehring, Weigler, AL.
bright, Rankin of St. Clair, Hoffman, Sal.
ter, Stewart, Gundy, King, Moses, Lewis,
McWhorton. This is another infamous lie
of Thomas nailed to the wall
The Georgia Ministries last night was
perfect success as regards the performance,
but owing to the incement weather the
audience was not SO large as it would have
been if the weather had been IN re favora-
bic. In justice to the troupe, although
composed OF colored men entirely, we must
say they have but few equals on the road.
The olio was fine aud tho singing especial
ly good. Chas. Humm, one of the endmen,
has no superior in his speciaties. The
tanjo solists and the quartette, jig dances
also deserve great praise. The company as
a whole are tirst.class artists, and should
they ever visit Cairo again will receive
crowded house.
"A gentleman, examining his son on
the geography of the county, yesterday
caught our attention and reminded US how
little children are taught IN small matters
pertaining to their own country. Of 100
children studying geography in our
public schools, tive-tenths of them do not
know what township they live in; nine.
tenths do not know where Cache river, the
only stream of any size that runs through
the county, rises; half Of them would be at
sea if asked what counties bound Alexan.
der on the north and east, and lew of them
could tell on the moment what towns there
are in the county or point the direction in
which one should 60 as the crow flies to
reach them.
The pocket edition of the B. & o.
Red Book for the current year is undeniaby
one of the handiest and mos, complete lit
tie text books of all the political pubica-
tons of the present campaign. 1t is of
convenient size for the pocket, and per-
feet cyclopedia of facts, embracing every
state IN the Union, Just the points most
wanted are shown in nut shell. Pres-
dental, congressional, state and legislative
elections are indicated, while the notes GOV.
er important results from the very admis-
sion Of the states. Stamp aud address for
warded to G. K. Lord, the well known gen.
cral passenger agent of the B. & O., at
Baltimore, will secure copy, there being
no other charge.
Mr.. A. II. Irwin, Independent caudi.
date Tor reelection to the office Of circuit
clerk, has been tried by the people in vari-
Gus flices within their gift and has filled
them to the entire satisfaction of all. Dur.
ing the four years term just passed he has