The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-31
The Daily Bulletin.
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GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS
Additional locals on third page.

Additional locals on third page.
Mr.. Gus Botto has returned from Hot
Springs.
Ice, wood and kindling, at City Brew:
cry, Jacob Klee. tt
w. L. Bristol always has a fine lay out
of choice strawberries in season, at his
store.
A boy was badly hurt in the wreck on
the Wabash yesterday morning, but not
fatally.
The Chester Tribune, too, admits that
the Republicans might select a stronger
man than Capt. Thomas.
Mrs. W. P. Halliday came up from
Memphis yesterday and will probably, af-
ter a few days stay here, go again to St.
Johns.
so far not one acquittal was had at this
term of the circuit court, and, what is
more, there is not likely to be any. Court
will probably conclude the work it had
laid out for itself to-day.
About twenty confederate graves stu
ated in the cemetery at Mound City were
decorated yesterday, which may be regard
ed as an indication that the bitterness en-
gendered by the civil war is gradually
dying out.
The Senatorial Committee of this, the
Fiteth District, met at Jonesboro Thurs
day and decided to call the Democratic
Senatorial Convention to meet at Jones
boro on the 10Th of July, The convention
10 to nominate one candidate for Senate
and two for Representatives in the STATE
Legislature.
If there is anything that will make a
person forget time and tide that waits for
no man, it is visit to the Cairo Box and
Basket Factory, and being shown around
among its intricate machinery. We have to
thank Mr.. DeMontcourt for couple Of
hours very pleasantly spent in that way
yesterday.
Marshal Jack Ross, of Mound City
attempted 10 arrest passenger on the tra
which left Mound City for Carmi abou
$50 o'clock; but the passenger refused
be arrested and showed the Marshal fror
the steps of the coach to the ground, eau:
ing him to fall and break leg. 1t wa
thought last night that the leg would hsv
to be amputated.
Ticket Agent Church sold about on
thousand tickets for Mound City yesterday
The Illinsis Central brought in about fou
hundred people, and the Fowler brough
about one hundred. There were probabl
at one time two or three thousand strange
in the city and yet there was not or
single arrest made nor single case of di
turbance reported anywhere in the city
About 10 o'clock yesterday mornll
near New Grand Chain one coach of ira
on the Wabash Road jumped the trac
and was thrown across the track al
broken In two. About one hundred al
twenty-five passengers were in the coac
and, strange to say, 80 far as we cou
learn up 10 last night, no one was serious
injured. The cause of the trouble W
also unknown.
The Memorial Day services at Mou
City Yesterday we're more largely attend
than they were in previous years, and TIT
were no such disgraceful scenes near
cemetery as before. Refreshment stan
and carousas were confined to the city, q
those who visited the cemetery spent
time in wandering quietly about amo
the graves and srewiDg flowers, or listt
ing to the Grafton. Hon. George Washit
ton Cmlth delivered the Grafton OF the q
The CAIRO city band furnished the mu
and the Halliday Guards lent the seen,
sort Of military aspect.
C. II. Jackson was ths'proud recipe
from Caledonia, Of basket.of large, lus,
Gus "Clsmson" strawberries, gsrnish
with two elegant boquets. He found di
Guilty 10 deciding which was the grea
attraction-the berries or the flowers,
valuable assistance was easily obtain
and the berries carried off the honors TT
nestled among the green leaves that ,
rounded them, bright and bushing, like
many large red apples. 1t is needles.
gay that they were sent by Mrs. j.