The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-03

Chicago in Mr.. HCghetts car, from whsnc
they will go direct to Washington.
Members of the X. N. X. c.. / re
spectfully request full attendance at meet
ing this afternoon at s o'clock.
It CLAUDE WINTER, G. G. N.
The members of the Merchants Pro
tective association are requested to meet a
the hall to morrow night. Business OF i'm
portance will be brought before the meet
ing and full attendance is desired. Tit
association is a very important one to mer
chants and oil others and the interest in it
meetings and business should not be per
mitted to flag.
We have new numbering machine
numbers to 100000. Merchants anc
others who want checks, orders or tickets
numbered, can be accommodated at THE
BULLETIN office at low rates. If
AT the next regular monthly meeting
of the Woman's club and Library associs'
ton, which occurs at the library rooms
next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
Mrs. L. ]. Ri,tenhouse will read paper
entitled "The High Grade" There will
also be other interesting exercises. There
should be full attendance and the above
announcement will probably insure it.
According to the "ground hog" sign,
we are to have six weeks more bad weather.
And in the meantime the ladies can de up
their spring sewing, and they can find at
STUART's, on Sth-street, the fullest line of
muslins, embroideries, white goods, etc, in
town.
The Wlckliffe Paindealer is In mourn
ing because of the death of VIM. Ransom,
one OF the stockholders and former editor of
the paper, which occurred on the 30th ult.
Besides this there are six other notices of
deaths in the paper, four of which occurred
on the Gath and the other two on the Goth
and 9th respectively-and all in or near
Wickliffe. The proprietor of the New
Halliday there died on the eth. His
name was Samuel Teere.
The river was clear of ice at St. Louis
yesterday morning, and Capt. Shields was
notified that crews would be sent down
yesterday for the Anchor Line steamers
Baton Rouge and City of Vicksburg, which
are to start from here for St. Louis to-day
or to morrow. No damage was done by
the Ice to the Anchor Line fleet at st. Louis.
1t is thought that the river will be nearly
clear of ice between here and St. Louis by
Tomorrow, and will remain SO until breaks
occur further up.
"A white man named Charles Court
was arrested by Constable Martin yester-
day, upon the charge of stealing clothing
belonging to fellow lodger in down town
boarding house. Several shirts found in
the prisoners possession were identified
blythe victim as belonging to himself, but
the prisoner stated that they must have
been placed In his valise by partner of
his, and he said it in such an innocent
manner that Magistrate Comings discharg-
ed him.
The negro Charles Allen, who led Con.
stables Sheehan and Hogan such lively
race Thursday, has been heard from again.
When he fed he carried with him the shot
gun with which he had received the off
GERS and which belonged to his brother,
Henderson Allen, at whose house he was.
He returned to the house, left the gun, took
his clothes and "lit out" again for parts as
yet unknown. Allen is known in nearly
all the principal river cities below here as a
desperate character. He had been making
his headquarters here for some months
previous to this little "scrape," but had
kept himself straight so far as is positively
known. 1t is believed, however, that he
was at the bottom of several little raids
upon goods in Illinois Central cars in the
the yards.
Both the senate and house of represent
tives at Washington have passed a bill ap.
propriating $3,150,000 for rebate tax on
manufactured tobacco. Through the kind.
ness Of Deputy Collector Eubanks and his
accommodating clerks, we are enabled to
give the following data concerning claims
on account of the rebate 10 this revenue dis
trlct and in this city: The district com
prses thirty-four counties. The total mum
Der of claims filed at the office here was
4l0. amounting to Sll,S90.57 The tota
nuAber from Cairo alone WAS 25, amount
ing to :2,733.72. The largest claim ia this
city is $S60.07; the smallest, $1,000. The
dis,ribu ION of this money among the bust
ness men at this time will prove very sstis
factory to those of them who have for some
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