The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-16


company were elected generally. DR..
Casey is believed to be non.commital on
the subject.
The Western Union Telegraph Com.
psny added another million to their capital
stock on account of pneumatic tubes, max
ing the six millions in all of the 7 per cent.
bond, authorized in 1874. 1t is understood
that the Equitable Life Assurance C'm'
psny took the entire block a, ll3.
"A Telegram from the agent Of the Iron
Mouutain road at Tcxtrk9na yesterday
afternoon, said the remains of Mr.. H. j,
MiIburD, deceased, would leave Texlrkena
at G 40 last night and will arrive At Cairo
on the Iron Mountain train this morning.
1t Is probable that the knights Of Honor
will take charge of them while here,
-BIRrHs-At Cairo His, on the l4h
last. At 80 a. m. the wife Of W. W. Con.
way, of Pittsburgh, Pa, of son
DIED-At Cairo, H., on the l4th inst at
5 p. m, Wallace B. only son of W. W. Con-
way, of Pittsburgh, Pa. "Sufer little child
rem to come into me and forbid them not,
for Of such is the kingdom of Heaven
A wonderful woman in town, Mile
Sayin, the strongest woman in the world,
is now showing her wonderful ieats OF
strength of Cutpulling some Of the best
spans of horses and mules in Cairo. The
admission is but ten cents. GO and see
Der this afternoon and evening, Cor, OF S'h
street and Commercial Ave. Doors open
at and : o'clock. It
"A young boy named Thos. Marooney
had one of his hands badly mashed in a
machine at the Box and Basket Factory,
Yesterday forenoon. DR.. Parker amputatcd
the boys little and fore fingers, and dressed
the hand up in manner that will insure
speedy healing. The boy stood the opera
ton without taking any gas and without
hinching, displaying unusual nerve.
The new standard time OF the railways
has come already into almost universal use.
Returns made to the secretary of the time
show that Of one hundred pin
cipal cities of the country, exclusive Of the
cities on the Pacific coast, seventy-eight
have adopted the railway standard time as
their official local time. The Pacific roads
will adopt the standard time when the
spring schedules 90 into effect.
The circus and the election monopoIiz-
ed all public interest yesterday; hence the
scarcity Of news generally, In most aEy
other city the assertion that it was a very
sober" day in every sense of the word,
would sound paradoxical. But then, Cairo
is an exceptional and very model little city
in many ways, An election and circus in
any other city would raise the devil gen
orally and place special correspondents
and local newspaper writers, for the time
being, among the happiest creatures upon
earth.
Yesterday morning THE BULLETIN, in
A short item, called upon the men of prin
,iple in the Third ward to turn out in
'orce aud disarm the "hoOence' men, those
political tramps who make
an article Of traffic Of the franchise, extort.
ing paltry sums of money from opposing
candidates, in payment for "infueuce'
which they pretend to have among friends.
To Judge from the number Of negroes who
WINGED under this general denunciation,
assuming that it was meant for them, one
must conclude that there are not a few of
these constituencies vagabonds in the Third
ward, and that it will take some very
heroic treatment to rid our municipal cleo
tons Of the curse.
-Jno B. Doris circus came in by special
train yesterday morning. There were IL
fiat cars loaded with wagons, and six box
cars full of stock and wild animals. They
proceeded to unload and transport the out
fit to the ground near the Mississippi levee,
at Eleventh Street, and in doing so broke
down several wagons and a section Of the
centre pole for the main tent, besides which