The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-31

good will toward the boys Tickets are on
sale at Paul II. Schuh's tobacco store, Har-
ry Shuh's drug store and Frank Hcaly's
drug store. ct.
The man picked up on the streets Of
Paducab, and who died in the lookup, has
been identified as Michael Murphy, Of
Golconda. He had been working in Mem
phis and was returning home, but owing
to exposure and want of food, he fell on
the street from exhaustion. He was a
hard working, industrious man and leaves
wife and two children.
"A letter was shown us yesterday by
Officer Mahanny, from John Resting, an
Evansville detective, which states that the
gold watch and chain found in the posses
sion of Dave Johnson, the Cairo negro, in
Jail at that place, was stolen from III. G..
Merritt, Of GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and that the
prisoner will be taken there as soon as the
necessary papers arrive. 1t is safe to as
sert that Johnson will not trouble the peo-
pie of this vicinity for some time to come.
Sour Irish Visitors" at the opera
house New Years night, has been written
simply to amuse, and it has made posi-
tive hit. 1t contains numerous amusing
situations, which keeps the audience in
continual roars of laughter. The manage
ment is to be congratulated on having Sc.
cured two such capital comedians as Muir.
ray and Murphy, and most excellent
company. 1t is very pleasing entertain
ment, brimful of exuberant humor and
comical situations. The fun is of the gen.
uine sort, never broad nor vulgar, and the
hits follow one another so rapidly that the
spectator has no time to reconcile the &C.
centricities. Matinee tomorrow afternoon.
-Thirty-four years ago Mr., ]. A. Dixon
left Cornth, Miss, on a mule to seek his
fortune in the far west. Yesterday he was
in Cairo on his way to his old home to
visit his mother, whom he has not seen
since be left home when boy. He made
a fortune in Arizona, and having met a
number of Capt. Williams friends during
his residence in the territory he called on
that gentleman yesterday and had pleas
ant chat. The trip from Arizona was Mr.
Dixon's first ride on railway.
"A recent decision of the supreme court
of Illinois is a warning to people to look
out when they buy Communication railroad
tickets, and see that they contain no mac
curacies, by which they may be rendered
void. A Mr.. Bannerman bought ticket
for his wife, Mrs. E. Bannerman, but by an
error the 50" was left off from the "Mrs,
so that it read as if it was for himself. The
wife undertook to ride on the ticket, which
the conductor refused to accept, and as she
would not pay her fare she was elected
from the car She sued the railroad com
pany for damages, and was defeated in all
he courts.
Judge W. Ii. Green, of Cairo, was in
the city yesterday, a guest OF the Richmond
house. While here he had talk with
some of our prominent citizens relative 10
the Wetaug and Psducah road, recently
projected and at one time regarded as q
certainty by the people Of Paducab, Me-
tropolis and along the proposed route The
judge said the scheme was not as dead as
generally supposed, and if it "bobbad upn
early in the coming spring quite promi-
nently our people mustn't be surprised. The
judge has great faith in the projected line.
Paducah News.
The indianapolis Sentinel is realizing
that parties as well as republics are I'M
grateful-that the newspaper that works
hardest for apolitical party in campaign
particularly the democratic party lis the
first to receive the "cold shoulder" aud the
last 10 be appreciated by the members of
that party. The Sentinel struck harder
and oftener and more untirngly for the
party against Blaine in the late "unpleas.
autness," and its recompepse is an attempt
ed organization in that city by leading
democrats for the purpose of starting "a
good democratic paper.' The experience
Of the Sentinel is that Of democratic news
papers, large and small, all over the United
States, not excepting even the Cinci matt
Enquirer.
Tomorrow is "New Years day. but
as the Post Dispatch says, zone OF the in
dustries which will suffer severely by the
business depression is the industry of New
Years calling. We advise all young men
who contemplate calling to prepare them
selves accordingly. When each young lady
says--as she certainly will say under
stand that calling is much less general tbi,
year than formerly the young man should