The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-06

Several hundred pounds Of newsps
psrs for sale at THE BULLETIN ct &c
pound for the lot. tp
Mr.. Jno. r. McFis, Of Coultsrvills
Randolph county, was appointed by Prssl
dent Arthur registrar of the land Office al
Las Cruces, New Mexico. Mr.. McFie wal
a member of the Thirry-third Illinois legls'
lature, and good one, too. He has now
splendid office-easy work and good pay
Full stock and complete sample book
of wedding invitations, etc., just received at
The BULLETIN job Office, No. 70 Ohio
Levee. II
Mr.. 7. W. Whitlock and family re-
Gently took up their permanent residence
in this city, and Yesterday ten-and-a-half
pound boy was added to the family. But
Cairo has always been noted for her salu.
brious, life-producing and Misunderstanding
climate. Mr.. Whitlock now has q son and
daughter, the latter two years old.
CLARK & Lovett have just received q
large lot and full assortment of artists ma
tsrials; also q large line Of art studies
which are held for the inspection of tho
public for few days. st
After the enormous collection of mail
from the ten boxes in the city on Sunday,
the following showing for Monday is
astonishing: Letters, 1886; postal cards,
sos; papers, 23. The largo boxes for the
three points previously mentioned were or
cred to be sent from St. Louis last week
and will probably arrive soon.
We have new numbering machine,
numbers l to 100000. Merchants and
others who want checks, orders or tickets
numbered, can be accommodated at The
BULLETIN Office at low rates. If
The Governor has offered reward Of
$500 for the apprehension of the unknown
murderer of B. W. Malone, on January
22d, in Mt. Carmel, Ill. The family have
offered $500, the town Of Mt. Carmel 500
and Wabash county 5000, making the total
reward $500. The murderer took $500
from the person Of his victim.
"A statement kindly furnished US by
Capt. W. NJ. Williams, Of the St. Louis and
Cairo read, gives the following as the re-
ceipts of the road at this point alone during
the year ending December 3lst, 1888:
Grain, 2,544,OOO pounds; hour, 2ls,s5S
barrels; provisions, including salt, $4,000
pounds; manufactured articles including
agricultural machinery, 47e,0OO pounds;
live stock, $4,000 pounds; LUMBER and
forest products, 21,597, 400 pounds; iron,
lead, etc., $4,000 pounds; stone, brick, lime,
clay, sand, cement, ETC., $4,000 pounds;
coal and coke, 12,460 tens merchandise,
ETC., 32,233,320 pounds. A total of $780,
sol, ZOO pounds or 6s,750 tons.
The following paragraph in the Du
Quoin Tribune, may serve a good purpose
even in this enlightened community, where
nearly everybody respects the opinions of
nearly everybody else, and where hardly
any body is egotis,ic enough to believe that
bis or her tastes and desires and opinions
should be always catered to IN everything,
without any regard to the tastes, desires
and opinions of others: -"If there is any.
thing in this weeks paper that doesn't
please you, take the scissors and cut it out,
and don't 60 around cursing the editors for
what don't suit your peculiar literary taste.
That same item may please some other
reader just to dot. We are no relation to
the man in the fable, and therefore can't
expect to please everybody"
The Ideal League had ugly weather
for the dance at Hartmsns hall last night,
but nevertheless the members and their
friends turned out in full force and made
up large and very fashionable company
of plsssurs-seekers, making it one of the
incest affairs of the kind this season. Small
delegations also came down from Mound
City and Ullin to attend the ball. The
League is III established social orgsnizs-
ton in our city and as such has furnished
much refined entertainment to those who
enjoyed the privilege of attending ito meet
ings. This must be the verdict of all who
have watched it and who can Judge it i'm
partially. The dance last night was another
of its many triumphs, in spite Of the unpro-
pltions elements.
Mr.. J. w. Garlic went to Jefferson City,
Mo-, last Friday, to receive the man who
about two years ago stole horse from him
and was captured for him by an officer
near Cape Girardesu, and sent from there
to the Missouri psnitentiary for some crime
he had committed in that state. The ras.
calls time of imprisonment expired several
| DAYS AGO. and "A he was turned ont Mr.