The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-03-01
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention Of Events Concerning
the People Of Cairo and
Vicinity.

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\ Dr. E. d, Morrow the dentist, /
| furnishing a room in the rear of nix
dental parlors and will occupy is as /
bed chamber.
/ The breaking Of the trolley wire al
Sixth and Commercial Yesterday AZ
+tenoon about o'clocks delayed street
car traffic a few minutes
J. L Hartley and Miss Clara Casey
were married Sunday afternoon at the
residence Of Mrs Charles Farrell on
upper Sycamore by Rev A. S. ]. Bal
bridge.
I The gross earnings of the Big -Four
for January are reported at over one
and a quarter million dollars, and
since July are said to be Twelve and
one-half million dollars
Julius Loeser. Southern Illinois dep,
Iuty of the woodmens OF the World, of
Padueah, is here to. organize lodge
Of the order In this city, Mr. Loeser
win locate here, working from Cairo
as his headquarters.
Cape Girardeau is to have new
soap factory, the Cape City Soap
works being organized with capital
rstock Of $4,000. The factory will en-
ploy about loo hands and have an out
put Of 200 cases daily.
A gang of workmen were engaged
Yesterday in making preparations TO
raise a new steel stack over the boil
ers in Winter Brothers ice factory TO
replace the one blown down and de
stroyed by the storm of three weeks
ago.
The Elks are making extensive
preparations for a big minstrel show,
which they will give at the Cairo
opera House Easter Monday night,
April Il The minstrels are all home
talent and the performance will
doubtless eclipse all former efforts.
Rev. James A Tate, OF Hartman,
Tenn, addressed q good audience at
Red Mems hall, on Upper Washing.
ton avenue, last night, in the interest
approximation. Quite sum of money
was collected with which to carry on
= campaign against the liquor traf-
dc.
Funeral services were held yester-
lay afternoon over the remains of the
late Joseph f. Tanner, at the Meth.
.Sdlst church. Rev ] A. Scarritt, of.
iciating. The funeral was largely at
ended and the Masonic lodge was
present in body. Burial was made
at Beech Grove cemetery
Jaiior II. Riggle returned from chi,
ago Sunday with &. Peters. father Of
he young man. who shot G. A. Mar
-sssiuon d Thebes. The father was
placed iHsthe county Jail from which
ne attempted TO help his son escape
lie admits that he sent saws to his
ION and says the latter asked him TO
10 so.
Louisville bakers have gradually
~edReed the size of. their loayes OF
Nead and consumers are now buying
he smallest leaves ever sold in that
sity for five cents. The high price
VI wheat is responsible for the rise
md seven ounces or -four have been
at out Of each loaf. c9iio bakers
rave made no reduction and oonsum.
RS have no kick to register.
r--Padurah lodge No. Eli, b. p. OIL
slks, is preparing to erect a $4,000
Tub house consisting Of FIVE floors
The first floor viii be an up-to-date
restaurant and the balance Of the
building will be nsed as club, billiard,
Hodge rooms, etc A lot adjoining the
tostoffice on the north has been pur
| biased for IS 500 and the lodge has
/ yer 100000 in the treasury to apply
| \ the new building. The balance Of
| h necessary funds will be secured
| adissuing bonds Three sets Of plans
late been submitted by Paducah
rhitects to the building committee
4 the Aodge As soon as plan is
hfen and contract let ground will
re broken The Paducah lodge is
PROSPEROUS and much interest is mani
esteg by the members in the new
,uildhg.
Mrllra Lutes and Mr. T. L. Gilbert
ave formed a partnership in the
sholeale brokerage business with
)fficeslat No. Gil Ohio Levee street.
These gentlemen are well known and
popular and will doubtless enjoy
soodly share Of business in this line.
| Jake Hckels, tramp, made himself
obnoxious yesterday on Ohio levee al
Robt, Smrth's place Of business. He
vent intothe place aud demanded 10
4 see Dennis Mahoney's union card
4 Mr. Mahoney, who is bar keeper there,
told him be had none, when EcheIs
abused hin and left, but returning a
little terlwith two companions and
kagain abused him. calling him ''scab. =
He returnedla third time with a brick
in his hand. when Mr.. Mahoney had
him arrested and he was fired for dis
orderly conduct. Mr. Smyth keeps one
of the finest and most orderly saloons
| in The city. and feels that he has a
| right to resent any interference by