The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-14


reports himself and family in excellent
health and sends kind regards to old
friends in Cairo.
Attention is directed to the advertise
ments of Daniel Hartman in this issue. His
display OF holiday goods has never been
surpassed in Cairo, while the wonderful
lamps on exhibition are the best and
cheapest ever offered in this market. Drop
in and examine his extraordinary and
handsome stock.
Hon Dewitt c. Cregier, superintcnd-
ent Of board of public works, and John
Barrett, superintendent Of fire alarm tele-
graph, Chicago, spent several hours in our
city yesterday. They were called upon
by Mayor Halliday and other citizens, and
will probably spend day here on their
return from New Orleans.
The bow and arrow practice which
numerous boys are now engaged in, should
be abated without delay. Some OF the lit
tie rascaa u,e nails in their bows, and only
yesterday afternoon gentleman on Com
mercial avenue was struck IN the hei d
with tw0-penny, causing slight wound.
On Friday at school small boy was quite
severely injured in the same manner. 1t
is dangerous practice and the authorities
would do well to put a stop TO it.
About two months since, the store of
Mr.. NJ. f. Egner, at Aurora, Marshall
county, KY, in which the postoffice was
located, was entered and robbed by me-
gro named Lewis Whitfield. He came to
Cairo, assumed the name Of Barker, and
has since been employed at the oil mill and
gas works, part OF his work being the
lighting of the gas lamps. Yesterday Mr..
Egner, accompanied by w. NJ. Rudolph,
ieputy Unl'ei States marshal, arrived here
and found the colored mau at work. He
was placed under arrest and taken on
board the Gus Fowler, to be conveyed to
the place where the burglary was COM
mitted.
An insurance fraud has recently been
unear;hed in Metropolis which out-rivaIs
anything Of the kind on record IN southern
Illinois. A number of the parties impllcat'
ed are prominent in society and bust
ness. Their plan of operation his
has peen to issue policies on men who have
been dead some time, and short time a.
forwards report the lie 9TH, make the nee
e,sary proof by the parties in the consplra
scy, and draw the money. 1t is reprrter
they have succeeded in beating the Boom
ington insurance company out OF S22 600
The company has freed them, NJ of C u =
will bung them up with round ,uru ,
they do not refund the money. j Inns
County Journal.
In III" course Of = canp" vDvs!e dnwI
IL" Sn.quehunnn during the p 81 summ"
MIR. John Boye O'R-IIy discovered .
Athens, Pa, wonderfully pc feet "siuG
, ing-b" Gu where, whenever hr moved III
| pep les on the bottom Of the river, - rlcl
r aspn,nre passed through him, clear snc
| sweet Ms the sOf, note of distant cOw-hells
| On experimenting further, he found TIA
| by resting his chin on stone at the bot
| by the way, the water brcsme full of mu
| sic, -".uch meloiious dIscnrd, such mix
| turr of near and remote echo like sweet
ness, IS can only b. imagined in Dire ms
| Mr.. OReilly's whole trim was full of Incl
DEM ana novelty, and The paper which he
has written Tor he Jan14ry issue Of Outing
| describing it, is one Of the leading attrac
| tons Of the number.
When DR.. W dido died here in 1878
his r maios were temporarily bdried at lh
seven mile grave y.rd. AS is known t.
many of our readers, he was surgeon Il
charge ut the U. S. marine hospital, ant
dur NJ that irving time when the yellow
fever preva led here, although he coul,
have left, he resolu'eIy remained and treat
ed citizens or marines, wherever he We
called, until he was himself Frustrated wit
the fatal disease. For years it has bee
the wish Of those who knew of the service
rendered III people, to have his remains re
moved to a perm .nent resting place an
properly marked. and now the desire ha
tsFen shape. Mrs P. w. Barclay will hav
charge of the matter and all persons wish
ing to Contribute towards meeting the ex
p"nse, will please hand their contribution
to her, or leave them addressed to her q
Barclay Bros. drug store, Paul G. Schulz
drug store or the New York store. Tn
expense will not very great, but those la,
ing the matter in hand believe that many ,
our people would like to be identified wit
1t, and small contributions will be az &C
III. L.. n 4