The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-10-17

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There's an opera company travelling
around Nevada which carries chorus of
girls with such divine forms that baldhead.
ed eagles fly up against the windows when.
ever show is given aud pound around for
front saats.--St. Paul Herald.
The youngest of P. j. Thistlewoods
children died Wednesday night. 1t was
an interesting and beautiful child, aged
about nineteen months. Its death was o
severe blow to its parents, who have the
deep sympathy of large circle Of friends.
John A. Miller requests us to say that
he does not deserve the credit awarded him
for the beautiful decorations of yesterday
on the upper part of the building occupied
by him on Commercial avenue The work
was all done by the ladies of the Arlington
house.
The game of baseball played in this
city yesterday between the Cairos and the
famous Memphis Reds resulted in defeat
for the Reds by score of to 8. The same
mines will play again this afternoon, and
will doubtless attract very large crowd
Mound City was we'll represented at
the big doings in Cairo last night. As the
train came down Commercial avenue it
ran down between two long lines Of torches,
the bearers of which set up a loud and pro,
longed cheer at sight of the visiting patri-
OTIS.
g. E. Critz, editor of the Paragould,
Arkansas, 'Press, was in the city yesterday,
and made us pleasant call. Paragould is
located on the Texas & St. Louis narrow
guage, about 1870 miles from Cairo. 1t is
about two years old and has population
of over 1000.
BE sure to see the baseball game to-
day. It's bound to be intensely interest
ing. The clubs are close match, and the
Memphis Reds will strive hard to recover
the laurels won yesterday by the Cairos,
while the latter will work equally hard to
retain their prestige.
An old frame honse on the corner Of
Nineteenth street and Washington avenue
caught fire Wednesday afternoon, and for
fe " minutes 1t looked as if there would be
another vacant lot in town, but the house
was not good enough to burn, and the
flames were subdued
1T may not be our putin, but it docs
seem that if the street sprinklers are ever
needed, yesterday forenoon would have
been good time for them to have been at
work. The streets we're very dusty, and
the constant breeze made 1t very uncom-
| Portable.
--"The Little Duchess" is a pleasant
melo-drama, and one which was we'll re-
ceived here last April when it was present.
ed by the same company which renders it
tomorrow Saturday night. Do not for
get the fact and turn out literally to wit
ness Miss Matte Williams in the role.
Buder has tickets and reserved seats at
popular prices.
"A wealthy lady IN New York city be-
haved so queerly in the streets that she
was arrested. From the station house she
was taken to doctors residence for treat
ment. The physicians said she was troub-
led with heart disease and Mysteries, and
was in the habit of taking a preparation Of
anodyne and spirits of lavender. The police
were less tcchnical they said she was
drunk.
Hon. Geo. w. Hill, of Jackson county,
Democratic nominee for state senator, and
Hon. P. V. Davis, of Union county, Demo-
cratic nominee for representative, in COM
pany with several Of the local Democratic
lights, called on The BULLETIN last night.
They are arranging for vigorous canvass
of this district, and list of appointments
will doubtless appear in to-morrow's
BULLETIN.
We have heard several complaints
lately to the effect that some Of the pupils
at the colored school on Walnut street,
annoy the girls of the high school who
have to pass the colored school daily on
their way to and from school. The annoy
ances consist Of calling names, throwing
sticks and "c!ods" at them, throwing
cookie burrs in their hair, etc. 1t ought to
be somebody's business to see that such
conduct is stopped.
The worst nuisance on earth is a
crank No matter on what subject he has
gone daft, he is bore to all people who
persist in thinking there are many things
on earth worth regarding instead of only
one--the crank's hobby. Of course some
| cranks do some pood hut oa n rulo thnv