The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-14
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS
Local on third page.

The Wabash pay car came down yes
terday, aud attended to business.
Fresh Oysters at Joe S,ca5ala's saloon
and restaurant, corner Sixth and CONNER
cial. II
MIR E. A. Budcr is having his store
painted up. Paint could be u9ed with
much good affection many of the business
houses in the city.
Fox SALE-The law library of the
late II. II, Black. Enquire o. A
Black. st
Civil Engineer Charles Thrupp drove
stakes for the 10 h Street fill Tuesday
and now men aud teams are hard at work,
hauling in dirt for raising that street
Twentieth Street IS done.
1t is probable that within the next
year or two some handsome residences will
spring up in the vicinity of the Library
building. Property there has been rem
dered much more desirable since the open
ing Of the Library than it was before,
--Watermelons continue to be brought
over from Birds Point by the train load
nearly every day. Several cars were yes
terdsy sent to New Orleans, and six or
eight car loads came here to lie transported
to different points in the north.
Mr. Frank Y. Vlckey, who is con
nected with the Grand Avenue saw mill at
St. Louis, will arrive here to-day on his
way to Wanita, Florida, M. W. w.
Wright's town, to take look at the place,
with view to establishing q large saw
mill there
Gen Logan and Mr.. Hendricks have
met shaken hands heartily and behaved
towards each other like any gentlemen
should. The episode is said to have Great
ed surprise and emotion in the hotel din
ing room in New York, where it occurred,
though we fail to see any reason why it
should.
Last night the Anchor fire company in
stalled its newly elected officers with ap
propriate ceremony. The oill iers were: A.
Steele, President; Dennis MlstIe, Vice
President; VIM. Keene, Captain; Il. Dun
ker, Treasurer; John Z.none, Secretary
James Carroll, George Hester and VIM.
Keene, Directors.
The residents on Washington avenue
from Ninth street up, and on the cross
streets through which the dirt teams most
ly pass, are praying for rain, and their pray.
ers will certainly be heard and answered if
they are earnests and persevered in long
enough. But the departed Tice says there
will not be much of chance for rain till
about the 10Th or thereabouts.
Col. Taylor and Alderman McHae
have been up the equity road in Pulaski
county for several days, laying out and sup
erintendlng sume work on the road there
The work consisted mainly of filing up
some bad holes and repairing cuverts. The
road from this city clear to Mound City i.
now in excellent condition, In spite of til,
fact that Mr.. D5ugher'y has not near finish
ed grsyeling it,
Mr.. Julius Sarbian has commenced t,
I'LL the Court House yard, for which worl
he has the contract; and will push it to al
early completion as it is possible to do i,
Alter the filing is done new fence will
probably also be built around the premise
and new sidewalk in front, and then is
little finishing up on the exterior of tn
building Itself, if anything remains Of til,
Court House faad.
The petition Of the School Board ask
ing the Council TO order tina, Thirteenth
Street be filed to Walnut Street and Wal
nut to Fourteenth by special assessment,
will doubtless receive favorable considera
ton from the Council, AS it should. Thi
work would add very materially to tn
good looks of the premises. and durip,
high slpe-wster, If We should eve, have
again, there would be no water in clos
proximity to the premises,
Friends of Prohibition may por
with pride to Clayton County, Ga, wher
prohibitory law has been in force fc
something over year. A local papt
boasts that the moral tone of the county hs
been raised, business improved from 30 t