The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16

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our sister city, was in town yesterday.
WANTED 10 pounds of clean, white,
cotton rags at THE BULLETIN Office. If
NOTICE Past due accounts will be
thankfully received by VIM. NJ. Davidson.
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The ferryboat Three States is back
again, making her usual trips under the
skillMl management of Capt Hacker, En-
gneer Cassidy and Clerk Devorc. She is
a daisy now.
-LosT-A black andtan ratterier bitch
A liberal reward will be paid for the return
to City National Bank. 81
Mr., Peter Nelf's houses on Ohio Llyee
will be three stories above the leyee, and
the two together will make the most
copaciouS structure on the levee, excepting
The Halliday.
CLARK Il Lovett are offering ready
made frames cheaper than ever. They
have an immense line of mouldings suita-
bic to every taste at bottom figures. 3t
Several members of Mr.. Patrick Fitz-
gerald's family, who were dangerously sick
a week ago. are able to be about again.
The eldest daughter, Miss Maggie, was at
the point of death for several days.
The Tenth Street pump needs repair
ing again. Teams, to get water, must
either all cOngregate at Smith Brothers and
wait for their turns some times consldera.
able time, or 90 to the Court House.
The indications are that the political
campaign will be exceedingly warm one,
both State and National, Both parties
will put forth their best efforts to win de-
cisive victory, and this time, rs in '7G, the
best party and the best men will win,
Clevcland's inauguration will be fatal to
the party of corrupt politicians,
The Democrats of Joncsboro, Union
County, are also wide awake. A grand
ratification meeting is advertised for that
city next Saturday, at which Hons. Jas. C.
Robinson, of Springfield, WI. Allen, Of
Carbonate, F. Z. Albright, of Murphys-
boro, Geo. W, Hill, of Murphysboro, D. T.
Linegar Of Cairo, and Jno. w. Burton, of
Marion, are all to speak. Cairo will doubt
less contribute good sized delegation.
One of the biggest contracts for paint
ing that has been let in this section of the
country for some time back is probably
that of painting the Marine Hospital build |
ings now under way in this city; and
Messrs. Clark & Lovet. have carried
Oft the prize. 1t is roughly estimated that
the job is worth not less than $4,000. II
will be some weeks before any Of the build |
ings will be far enough advanced for
painting.
"A collision occurred on the St. Louis
and Cairo road about two miles below Alto
Pass yesterday afternoon, between the
north and south bound passenger trains.
The engineers discovered the danger in
time to reverse their engines and the col
lision was not so serious IS it might have
been. But the engines were both cOnsid-
erably damaged, though not truck in
either train left the track and no damage
was done to the trains. The engineers ard
fremen were also unhurt.
The Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific
Railroad Company has issued map Of the
United States, for free distribution in the
cities along its lines, which is very SUPER
ior piece Of work 1t is thirty-six by forty
two inches in size, cloth bound and noun
ted ready for the wall. 1t is recent pro-
duction, giving all the railroads, and all
the political divisions in sharp outlines,
down to the counties, as well as all the |
cities, towns and villages on all railroads
and rivers also the divisions Of time accord
ing to the recently established standard.
1t is valuable addition to any Office.
The total number of negroes in the
United States is estimated at 100000, or
one-ninth of the entire population. Only |
seven Northern States have a higher colored |
population than 10000, and of these the
highest is Pennsylvania, with $4,000. The
last census indicated the fact that the |
white population doubles itself every TWEEN
ty-fve years, while the negro does the same
in every twenty-five years. From these
figures a writer in the North American
Review, making allowance for foreign and |
Northern immigration. concludes that IN |
100 years the negroes in every Southern
State will be double the number of whites |
Monday night the Republicans of the
city held ratification meeting at the Coutt |
House. The affair was very quietly gotten
up; but was largely attended, nevertheless,
by the colored voters who formed about |