The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-06-17
The Daily Bulletin.
LOCAL NEWS.

Collector Hodges has for several days
past, nearly week, in fact, been so overrun
with business that he had hardly time to
eat his meals. The notice of the approach
Of the day for selling the property Of d,lin-
Quents had the desired effect; and his office
was crowded continually from morning till
night every day, not excepting even last
Sunday, which was one of the biggest"
days Of the week. Yesterday, which was the
day on which, by law, the sale was to com
mence, he could just tear himself away
from the crowd long enough to sell one or
two lots, just in order to comply with the
law. He estimates that his receipts yester-
day alone will foot up about $4,000.
"A special meeting of the City Council
was held last night. The bonds of Street
Supervisor Boughner and Chief of Police
Rearden were approved. A communica-
ton from Mrs. A. E. Stafford, inviting the
Mayor and Council to attend the dedica-
ton of the Stafford Memorial Library Build
ing and to receive it for the city, on such
day as may be fixed, was read, received
and invitation accepted. The report of
Committee on Police, Jail and Fire Depart
ment, recommending that Officer Tyler be
repremsnded but retained on the force, was
also read, received and concurred in.
Recommendation of Street Committee, that
the Tenth Street pump-room be filed up
and the sewer extended out to low ground,
was concurred in.
On the Goth instant graduating exer-
cises will be held in Loretto Academy for
young ladies, this city. Graduating horrors
will be conferred on this occasion upon
Misses Eveleen Mccarthy, Clara Stephen
son, Lula Kaltenbach, and Josephine Des
Roscher. A programme of very interesting
exercises, literary and musical, has been
prepared for the occasion, in the execution
of which the following named young ladies
will take parts: H. Cooke, NJ. Coyle, T.
Bross, L. Tanner, L. Kaltenbach, J. Des-
Roscher, R. Madden, E. Mccarthy, T..
Walsh, r. Bird, NJ. Williams, W. Marnell,
B. Susanka, L. McCander, R. Tarr, M.
Wortbington and A. Wilson. In years
past these exercises have always drawn
large audiences and been highly appreciat-
ed by them. This year they will be no
less msritorous and should excite the usual
public interest.
"A white man came into the store OF
Mr.. Samuel Burger late Saturday night,
and, purchasing suit of clothing, offered
500 bill in payment. The bill had a
worn appearance and suspicion was aroused
as to its genuiness. Experts were consulted
about, and it was pronounced to be counter
felt. The stranger, of course, was very
much surprised at this. He had obtained
the bill from bank in ST. Louis, he said
in conversation with one gentleman; and to
another he said that he had won it at polk
er. Chief Myers was notified of the case
and he learned that the gentleman" was
stopping at the Waverly House under the
name of L.. T. Jones, Lebanon, Mo-, and
that he claimed to be detective, showing
papers to prove it, and also several of the
accountrement of such an officer, such as
pistols handouts, etc. But it seems that
the gentleman" wasn't quite at ease after
all, and watching his first opportunity, he
slipped away, leaving the 500 bill and the
suit of clothes behind. He had been here
about two months before and registered al
the same hotel as G. F. Blake, Fayetteville
III. These circumstances, taken in con
nection with his flight, would justify the
suspicion that the gentleman like great
many other things, was not what he seem.
ed or protested to be.