The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-03-04
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention Of Events Concerning
the People of Cairo and
Vicinity.

Burglars are at work in Murphys.
boro they visited three places during
Wednesday night
The Ladies Aid society Of the Pres
byterian church will meet with Mrs.
T. J. Balm. of SIS Seventh street, this
afternoon.
The cause Of the wreck on the
Illinois Central near Makanda detail
ed in Yesterday mornings paper was
a broken axle
The ST. Louis Southwestern, better
known as the Cotton Belt reports the
January gross earnings at over 5000,
coo. Since July the earnings have
been over four and one,half million
dollars, which is a big increase over
last year
The music for the coming meeting
Of the Southern Illinois Teachers as
ISOLATION in Cairo March 81 to April
>. will be furnished BY the Germania
Maennerchor, Southern Normal
quartette and the Douglas Sixth grade
pupils of Cairo That it will be of
high order of merit goes without say.
ing.
The following officers were elected
by Alexander lodge No 224. l. 0, O
T.. last night: J NJ Elsenius, \, G.;
j. A DeCrow. v G. Peter Kobler. re.
cording secretary; D. " Frost finan.
cial secretary. Lee Hanauer, treas.
urer; Joseph Steagala, Robert Hewett
VIM Schatz. Sam Shoemaker. j. H.
Robinson, trustees
The following officers We're elected
by Stafford lodge. No. "a, l. O. o. F.
at the last regular meeting Noble
grand, J. T MoFeland vice grand +
A. Snow recording secretary. j. r.
Bozman; permanent secretary. d. A.
Connell, treasurer F. f. Thurman
Mr. A. Comings was recommended to
the grand master for lodge deputy
The new grocery stock Of Ritchey
& Gillespie atl4l5 Washington avenue
IS rapidly being put in place and these /
gentlemen expect TO have their place /
If business open by tomorrow morn !
ng II will be known as the Postoffice +.
Market House and Mr. Ritchey will /
laye charge of the store while Mr. |
lanes Gillespie will continue his po- 1
,ition at the Halliday elevator
Mr.. Zion Bishop and family moved .
from their former home, /
500 Washington avenue, to j23 Cen.
er street Mr. Peter Saup has sold /
he house vacated by Mr. Bishop and /
when it is removed he will erect two
cottages, one on the lot adjoining and |
he other on the site Of the present I.
louse The cottages will be one and |
me half stories, modern and for rem.
al purposes
A negro entered the iewelry store
{ Jacob Baur at 9l3 Commercial .
venue, Yesterday afternoon aud
.laimed to have watch there being
epaired lie gave his name as John
,lexander and while Mr. Baur was
for the watch the negro
,rabbed a diamond ring from the
how case and fed He ran west 10
ward the Mobile and Ohio yards and
made his escape.
A negro was arrested by Officers
icNamara and Nichols last night
bout 1870 O'Clock charged with steal
ne a set of harness from the stables
f the new brewery. The negro sold
he harness at Trescott's second hand
tore and gave his name as Bill
ioore When captured by the police
e gave his name as Ed Fisher and
laimed he brought the harness from
ackson, Tenn He also had a car.
enters plane and plumbers pipe
french in his possession /
There Is a very noticeable decrease
} the amount Of sickness in Cairo at
he present time compared with that
I two weeks ago. and local physi-
ians state that normal conditions
ill doubtless soon prevail The
asses Of pneumonia, measles and la
Ripe the not SO prevalent and there
! a decided decrease in the number
I other cases of illness. The large
lumber of recent cases of measles
m0ng children was viewed with ap.
rehensiOn for some time but few
ltalities have resulted from this di.
ease .H..