The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-17

| always paid FOR.
Local on third page.
Ice, wood and kindling, at City Brew
cry, Jacob Klce. II
Rector Davenport has returned from
Chicago and will conduct services in the
Episcopal church this morning at II
o'clock and tonight at 80.
We are still ready to sell our entire
stock of clothing. G)ldstuo & Rosenwater
If
DIR. Strong was yesterday called to
Cleveland, Ohio, by dispatch announcing
the serious sickness of his father there. He
left on the afternoon train.
Several hundred pounds of newspa-
pers for sale at THE BULLETIN at sc a
pound for the lot. tp
The usual services will Re held to-day
in the Methodist church by Rev. j. A.
Scarritt. At the evening service the ordi-
nance of baptism will be administered.
Full stock and complete sample book
of wedding invitations, ETC., just received at
The BULLETIN job office, No. IS Ohio
Levee. tt
Chief Myers and DR.. Wood yesterday
rendered substantial aid to six or eight
poor people who were here without means
and who wished to 60 to friends up or
down the river. They helped the poor fell
lows off.
Magistrate Comings believes that the
people living on the river below us owe us
gratitude for generously holding back
within our levees all the water that falls
from the clouds, until the rivers are low
enough to receive it without danger to the
inhabitants below.
Alderman Lancaster, Mr.. G. r. Wood
ward and Mr.. John T. Rennie, took q
tramp around the town on the levee yes
terday and found every foot of the splendid
smbankment in admirable condition. At
the lowest point they report the MISSISSIPPI
pi levee to be eight perpendicular feet
above the level of the water.
| The Mt. Vernon News gives this
"pointer" to railroad managers all over the
country: Something like a year ago the
eastern railroad made reduction in the
fare between Boston and Lynn, of five
cents, or from twenty-five to twenty cents
The passenger department of the road has
now announced a reduction of fare to quite
number of stations, so handsome has
been their increase In business since lower
9 rates were established"
i The entertainment that was arranged
> to be given next Wednt sday at the Opera
o House by the Cairo City band and the
$ Opera House management, for the benefi
s Of the upper Ohio river food suffers ha:
been postponed until the first days of the
week following, because the Opera House
has been engaged for another purpose OF
8. the night first agreed upon. The charity
n performance will be very interesting one
s, 1t will consist of music, vocal and instru
y mental, Rotations, ETC., by some of eur fav
q orite local talent; but the object alone will
Y probably insure crowded house.
The Alexander County bank is receiv
ing very fancy internal dressing. Messr
Clark & Lovett are engaged in decoratln
the walls with a new style of paper that
n very attractive aud has the important &C
d vantage that it can DO taken down agai
a at any time and used in another room. 1t
% either pasted or tackled to the walls an
m can be handled even by inexperienced me
a The paper is known as Lincruston. Walto
A. paper. The wood work in the bank wi
IA. Also receive new and ornamental drcssin
~, OF paint; new wire screens will be mt u
nd on the counter and wire partitions With
" the enclosure, separating the vault, cashie
bv book keeper, teller, etc, each from I'll
10. other.
10 The jury in the case of Jacob Bradle
~ failed to agree. 1t held out from about
p. m. Friday until yesterday noon, who
they were discharged by the court stan,