The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-18
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS
Brief Mention of Events Concerning
the people Of Cairo and
Vicinity,

Mr. and Mrs II f Halliday are
ia St Louis
Word from Chicago reports Mir AIT
T L Haynes, formerly of this city
i'm with measles.
A III citing OF the Ladies Aid socie
~ Of the Presbyterian church viii be
held al the church this afternoon.
Mrs Katherine Smith entertained
the Schiller Club yesterday afternoon
at her home sos Washington avenue
Misses Lota Clarkson and Lou
Stotts of Charleston, Missouri are
guests Of Mrs. George Dewey OF
Tenth street
The Ladies Aid society Of the Cal
vary Baptist church will meet with
Mrs. ], H. Ferguson at Thirtyhfth
and Sycamore streets this afternoon.
The office furniture Tor Caro's Own
Brewery has arrived and is being
installed. The smoke stack was not
put in position over the boiler room
yesterday
Rev. Robert A. Sickles of the Cal
vary Baptist church, left for Metrop.
Oils yesterday to deliver an address
at the installation of officers OF the
Woodmeu Of the World
Funeral services were held yester
DAY afternoon over the remains OF
Mrs. Sarah Johnson, at the residence
2t02 Sycamore street, and burial was
made at Beech Ridge cemetery.
A force of men were engaged yes
terday unloading a car load OF heavy
lumber for the new Grinstead build
ing. A tool house has been built or
Eighth street. and work will be push
ed as rapidly as possible
Ii is rumored that the Evening Citi
zen will soon install a upesettine
machine in that office similar 10 thost
now in use on The Bulletin. Nher
questioned in regard to the matter
Mr. Fisher admitted this to be TACT
Mr.. ]. W, Spies will soon begin tht
erection of business house at Eigh
eenth and Poplar streets, He aiSt
has the erection OF a residence at
the south east corner Of Twentieth
and Poplar streets under consdera
tion but NAV not begin work on i;
or some time,
Two Paducah policemen lost then
Jobs recently for drunkenness. In III
ture the council will fire any officer
who INDUCES. whether on or on duty
The county Jail at Paducah is en-
joying a rushing business. There are
forty-five prisoners confined within its
walls at the present time Twenty
nine of them are negroes
In his sermon at ST JoSeph's
church Wednesday night Rev. Father
Diepenbrock used some strong Ian
gnage in deserving and denouncne
he moral conditions in this city. He
spoke of the temptations to which the
youth Of the city we're subjected anc
declared that the open gambling dives
in all parts Of the city with prostitu
zion ana other evils, were a greater
menace to young men in Cairo now
than they had been in many years.
The st. Louis and San Francisco
and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railroads have determined no longer
10 allow expense accounts for wine
teasts among travelling district and
general agents. For years, It is said
Il has been customary for agents o.
railroads to spend what they termed
policy money On every expense
account about one-half of the items
nave beeen for drinks, suppers and
other expenses incurred in preserving
policies. The reform is in line with
the general rules against intoxicants
that are now enforced on all rail
roads Up to this time however, the
rules have applied only to the en-