The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-19

after oil the changes ore made.
We have new numbering machine
numbers to 100000. Merchants and
others who want checks, orders or tickets
numbered, can be accommodated at The
BULLETIN Office at low rates. It
Business failures in the United States
the past week numbered 34o, being sixty
three more than the preceding week, and
an increase of three over the corresponding
period Of 1883.
The finder of q small blsck-and'tan
slut, strsysd from the jowslry store OF Mr..
Joseph Bernatb, on Sixth street, vii! be
literally rewarded by returning her It.
Mr.. W. W. Wright is in the city. He
came up from Memphis several days ago on
business, and will return there tomorrow
or next day. He is we'll pleased with Mem
phis, says the city 10 booming, and he ex
poets to stay there.
-LosT "A red morocco pocket book
containing some money and rallroad passes
(com plimentary) to John L. Nichols. Will
pay ten dollars reward for the return of
the property to W. Il. Eubanks or A. Dsv-
isson, Custom House. 1t
A negro named Paschal was arrested
by Constable Sheehsn Thursday for steal.
ing q valiss from bosrder at Mrs. Kellys
house, on Ohio levse. The prisoner turn
ed up" the valiss with all its contents and
was permitted to site out
A considerable quantity Of the ice in
the Mississippi back Of the city broke loose
last Thursdsy night, and, running out, gave
transfer boats some trouble. Last night
another break was reported to have &C.
Cured, but no particulars could be OBJ
tanned in time for this issue.
Those who knew Mr.. Robero White
when he was engaged 10 the Illinois Cen
trail, Mobile and Ohio and Iron Mountain
railroad Offices here, twill be interested to
learn that be is now cashier on the last
named road under Agent q. q. Milburu, at
TeXsrkana.
Dealers in fresh meats should Be care
full about handling venison now. The law
prohibits the killing of deer after the lst
of January, and the possession Of vsnison
after the 18th. To-day is the 10th. New
srthsless, several deer were brought into
town yesterday.
According to last evenings weather
report rise OF one foot one inch occurred
in the river here during the previous twen-
ty.fsur hours, ten inches at Cincinnati, one
inch at Louisville, one inch ct St. Louis.
At Nashville and Chattanooga the rivers
fell, two feet two inches and two inches re.
spectivsly. The rise has bsen very mater
tally checked at all points reported from.
The state executive committee sp.
pointed by the colored mems convention
recently held al Springfield, has issued
call signed by Chairman L. G. Wheeler and
Secretary R. NJ Mitchell, calling for
meeting Of the committee at Chicago on
the Both and 81st instants, for the trans
action Of "very important business" We
are left entirely to conjecture what the
nature Of the business Is.
Constable John Sheehan made 4 raid
on Catfish Row." Ohio levee, yesterday,
aud brought forth from the mysterious re.
ceases Of that nsighborhood of depravity
three negro women who had been at their
fsvorte pastime, abusing, smuggling and
carving one another. Rosa Alias was fined
by Magistrate Comings IS aud costs for
abusive language, and $40 and costs for
permitting crap-shooting In her den.
Florence Featherstone and Julia Smith
were each fined IS and costs.
The case OF DR.. G. 8. Clark Va. James
c. Buckner was concluded In the circuit
court yesterday evening, and the court ad-
journed, taking it under advisement, it
having been tried without jury. To-day
the case of Mary Farley vs.. Jno. Burgoise
will be taken up, In which the plaintiff
seeks to recover fifty or sixty dollars for
wood claimed to have been sold to defend
ant, which the latter denies having received
at all. Mr.. Warder represents the plaintiff
and Messrs Mulksy & Lssk the defendant
AS may be seen from a notice In spe.
csl locals, the firm of j. 8 L. Burger has
been dissolved. Mr.. J. Burger remains in
sole ownership OF the business, and Mr.. L
Burger withdraws and will leave tomorrow
for New York to engage in the dry goods
and clothing business there. During Mr..
]. Burgers absence from here, giving his
personal attention to his manufacturing bus.
mess In New York, his business here will