The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-15
Local News.

trapping coons and getting their stock
ready fo' market. The ferryboat Three
states gives evidence of this in the loads
she brings oVel every day.
Our gardeners have had troublsous
time with their hot becs during the recent
spell of reduced" westhu. Their tender
plants suffered much In spils of thick GOV.
erings and it is likely that the vegetable
consumers here will have to do entirely
without some of the delicacies Of former
early springs and pay better for those Trey
get at all. Southern gardeners, from whom
much of the very early crops of raddishes,
beats, turnips, cucumbers, etc., have usual
ly been obtained, also suffered from the
depressed temperature and their crop will
be also considerably curtailed.
Some sharper came to Mr.. Moses Phil
lips at his residence yesterday morning and
requested to be admitted to the apartment
of Mr.. c. W. Warner, of the wharfboat,
who rooms there, saying that Mr.. Warner
had sent him for a small box he had there.
The man was told to 20 up stairs and he
returned with the box containing Mr..
Warmers cornet and left. 1t tnrned ont
subsequently, that the stranger was fraud;
that Mr.. Warner had net sent him, and
that he had "evaporated," carrying the fine
cornet with him. The cornet was q silver
plated one and worth about $50. At last
accounts the officers had found no trace Of
the thief.
Some of our oon-ksepers who have
of late been taking more liberty on Sun
days than even very ndugent public
ought to be compelled to bear, have been
given significant nudge and have prom
Used to do better. AS 8 rule, our saloon
keepers recognize the obligation of every
citizen in community, to respect the
opinions OF those who may differ with him;
and they doubtless strive to practice &C.
cording to their belief. But there are
always some-a few who gradually per.
init themselves to take q bands breadth
when they were granted but 6uger's
breadth, and these invariably cause their
fellows to suffer with them in the public
disapprobation that is sure to follow.
WIN. J. Seaman and bis company drew
fair.sized audience to the Opera House
las, night The Indictment weather doubt.
less prevented many from gong out, or the
house would have been we'll filed The
performance was very good throughout, but
Mr.. Scanlan's songs we're the principal at
fractions and invariably brought forth q
hearty applause from the audience. He
has very rich voice, and understands not
only the science of using it properly but
accompanies it with those graceful gestures
which lend power to any vocal rendition.
The audience was evidently infatuated
with his songs from the first. The troupe
wentitfrom here to Paducab, many regret
ting that it could not stay another night.
Juvenile coal thieves have been I'm.
usually industrious and bold of late. While
the mercury marked zero or less, they seem
to have regarded it as right to take fuel
wherever they could find it; and though
the city authorities were prepared to supply
all who might ask for it, yet there we're few
applications and many thefts from the
railroad yards. But the worst feature
about the evil, it has been discovered, was
that some of the thieves stole coal, not for
their own use, but to sell it to their neigh
bors-estsblished themselves in business
opened little supply depots and kept their
stock up by nightly raids upon the coal
cars in the railroad yards. The raider were
mostly boys and girls Of African descent;
one of the former is now under arrest and
will probably be examined to-day.
Our several brick yard proprietors are
we'll prepared for the coming building
season, spring; and to Judge from the out
look at present there will be greater de-
msnd for building material of every de-
scriptiou, and skilled labor OF every kind,
next spring than there was last spring.
Contractors, mechanics and dealers in
building supplies as we'll a. labors in this
city have every reason to feel encouraged
at the prospect. Besides the Library build
ing which will be finished in spring, the
foundations for four large brick business
houses have already been laid and the
projectors are only waiting for steady
weather to put up the superstructures; and
besides all these, the government marine
hospital building, which will be grand
one, will also be commenced in spring.
Judge VIM. II. Green, Of this city, and
Messrs. 8. Corning Judd, Joseph G. Mack.
in, N. A. Chase and General Herman Lieb,
Of Chicago, have been appointed by Chair
man Jno. II. Oberly, Of the state Democrat.