The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-06-04
The Daily Bulletin.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY
ENTERED AT THE CAIRO POsToFFICE FOR
TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE MAILS AT
SECOND CLASS RATES.
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS
Additional locals on third page.


DIR. Leach advertises his cottage on
14th Street for rent.
Ice, wood aud kindlng, at City Brew
cry, Jacob Klee. tt
Mr.. Flowers, the tress hoop manufac
turer, went to St, Louis yesterday on bust
ness.
DIR. Paul G.. Schulz is out ION the
roadn-on the Texas and St. Louis road
in the interest of his business.
The W. G. T. U. will meet at the
Library Room at o'clock p. m. to-day.
An original paper will be read by Mrs.
Warder.
of the fourteen states that have so far
selected delegates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention, only four are known TO
be for Protection (O"
The boy O'Brien, arrested by Chief
Myers Sunday for robbing a man on Ohio
Levee, pleaded guilty in the County Court
yesterday and was sentenced to one year
in the Reform School. He was too young
for the Peniten'iary.
Several friends and relatives of Ed.
Koehler, accompanied by D. T. Linegar,
went to Mound City Tuesday and succeeded
in getting bail for Ed. under the second
warrant sworn out against him by Fl. A.
Harmon. Ell. is again at large, though
Hayes remains in Jail.
Hourly or half-hourly bulletins detail
ing the progress of work in the Chicago
Convention will be posted up at THE Bull
LETIN Office door on Ohio Levee, beginning
with II o'clock a, m. to-day and continuing
q till night, or until the convention shall adj
journ for the day.
Capt. W. P. Halliday has sent home
photograph of the principle canal in Venice,
Italy, and compared with photograph of
Main Street, Paducsh, which may be seen
at The Halliday, the unaided eye can hard
ly tell any difference between the two. Ex-
cepting, of course, the architectural piles
that form the boundary lines of each, the
canal and Main Street seem identical.
Work has been begun on the Marine
Hospital. Surveyor Thrupp has laid out
the site and driven the stakes, and brick
and lumber and rock is already on the
ground. The brick is furnished by Nit
chell & Needles, contractors for the Chester
Penitentiary convict labor; the lumber
comes from st. Louis and the rock from up
the St. Louis and Cairo road,
In the County Court yesterday the sew
eral objections to the tax levy were taken
up. AN day was taken up in argument by
the attorneys on both sides. Mr.. Linegar
OF this city, and Mr.. Mathers, of Springfield
appear for tie bond holders, and Messrs
Mulkey and Leek appear for the people
The argument will be concluded to-day an,
decision arrived at. To-day will be an in
teresting day in the ease.
Elk Mayor Henry Winter claims to hav
received special dispatch from Chicago
10 the effect that the Convention of Patriot
in session there had elected Magistrat
Comings Chairman, but that, in detferenc
to the wish of Hon. W. T. Scott, who ha
long been quietly and clandestinely groom
Ing our Magistrate for the second place o.
the ticket, as against Jno. A. Logan, til
Magistrate gracefully and gratefully de
Clined to act as Chairman.
-Since 1878 Chief Myers has had
large quantity Of sulphur in store here TO
the Government. The sulphur was sen
here then to be distributed from time (
time to various points where yellow feve
prevailed, but it was not all used b
seventy-fve or a hundred barrels. Yestel
day an order came for ten barrels to b
sent to Ship Island, Miss, to be used thel
for disinfecting purposes, and the ord,
was promptly filed.
The City Council met last night
first regular session this month. I'll
meeting lasted till nearly IL o'clock an
was loveyburdened with damphoolsbne