The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-23

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Remember we sell all our dolls ard toys ipl
S one week, and during the holidays and
they l must be" sold at Jhe New York
Store. Ct.
Yesterday morning the Eleventh street
primary school was dismissed till Jan. %
owing to thee Illness of the teacher Miss
Prouty. She has been indisposed Iof sew
eral days, butts fastrecovering and will be
about in a short time. n
Ladies desiring hats or anything in.
millinery goods for Christina pr, sent to
a friend will ard them cheap. at Mrs. Will
liamson's, as she is selling them out at cost,
as she hast very large stock and is anx.
ieus to dispose of them. 81
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To-day and tomorrow the Church of
the kedeemer will be open after q. IN. for
decoration. The rector urgently requests
the presence of the ladies and gentlemen
Of the congregation for advice and assis.
talce, .sd.,'.r Lal,rgarn Ind aaiinr
'ao II have 100 nice turkeys for Christmas
and Will be pleased to have your orders.
Also cran5errIes, oysters, celery, pfunes,
currants, ralsins, etc.-in fact, a full lire of
staple and fancy groceries at lowest prices.
Walter B. Petts, the grocer o.i-e) 4d6t
'or-FiFrY,-We have just received fifty
pieces more of that brown Canton flannel
at cents per yarl. Also Hamilton Stout
for cents per yard :. Dress goods reduced
20 per cent, and must be sold 70 close. .Ex-
anime them. Lonsdale muslin s cents per
yard. All lines Of tlannels reduced 90 per
cent at the New York Store, : ~ ~. 'e' St.
"A short time since City Clerk Foley
promised US a good item, and after, re-
porter had produced book and pencil Mr..
F. said be wasn't quite ready.po But We
have got him now. Early Sunday morn.
ing diminutive female put in an appear:
ance at Mr. Fplley's residence and at once
gave him to understand that she had come
to stay. There will be one more stocking
to hang up Christmas eve ia' -Ho11.oi
Christmas AND New YEARs.-We
have on hand for holiday trade, new raisins
currants, prunes, citron, jelies, mince meat,
apple butter, preserves, oranges, lemons,
nuts, cocoanuts fancy candies, both A,neri-
can and french, new hams, Brockfort bacon,
chow chow aud mixed pickles by the pint
or quart and all family goods needed.
Telephone No. II for price. New York
Store. 3.i -.-- ga.moJ9u ,EnIloI g..
Some Of our Leading citizens are be-
ginning to take an interest 10 our military
company 1.-The Halliday Guards---and are
determined to bring 1t to the front as q first
class company, second TO none in the State
The boys are to have m onthly competitive
| drills the first Tuesday, in each month.
Competent judges among citizens having a
thorough knowledge Of military affairs will
be in attendance. ana ,Gi Jul-oi iruoJ
The genial Ham McNeely, Of the Eg-
ansule Journal, our old time friend, sent
US his pictnre by the steamer Ohio yester-
day. 1t represents that gentleman posing
in two different positions, both graceful and
airy, with degree ola )andon at once de-
lightful and attractive. The light, gauzy,
summary costume, which is the distinguish.
ing feature Of the portrait, appears some.
what out Of place when viewed from q
standpoint OF six degrees below zero, but
we presume Mr.. McNeely was indulging
his taste for the artistic, and rightly judged
that "beauty unsdorned, is adorned the,
most I,..H o.iiHtd etHuictnI .
"A gentleman who gave Ills name as
Lightfoot and who said he had been
at Metropolis several days assisting
MIR. Fred Maxwell, OF the Bloomington
mutual insurance company, in ferreting
out the alleged frauds perpertrated in Me-
tropols on the company recently, was in
the city this morning and stated TO News
reporter who met him at the Richmond
House. that they had succeeded in arrest
Ing Harold Armstrong. the local agent Of
the company, who is charged with heading
the fraud, and that several other parties
had been "shadowed" and would likely be
arrested. Lightfoot knew all about the
swihdle and who were suspected Of being
Interested, but would only, name Arm
strong, The swipdle, seems TO have consist.
ed IN insuring men who had but recently
died, and thus scouting prompt returns
from the policies, the swindlers all stand
ing together in tho transaction. ,d Deaths
were becoming too frequent, and an inves.
tigatlon brought out the crookedness. = [Pa.
ducah news. '....,., .'l,l'''', ..r.
christmas times are here, the brightest,
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