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

Since March came in like a lamb
1 ii is expected that the ending will be
lion like
Mrs, R, Jones has sold her grocery
stock at ll07 Commercial avenue TO
Moses Saliba.
Miss Marion Wright viii entertain
the Card Club tonight at the home
of her uncle Mr. VI c. Wright. 90l
Walnut street
The w C. T, L. will meet with Mrs
4 Z. r Temple, 309 Washington avenue
at > O'Clock Thursday afternoon
The Eagles held meeting last
night and ordered furniture for their
new quarters They also had work in
the initatory degree
The stock and fixtures for the new
grocery store of Curtis Ritehey, at
.l4l5 Washington avenue, have ar
rived and are being put in place,
Tonight is entertainment evening
at the Alexander club and some Of the
club members and their lady friends
will enjoy a dance in the gymnasium
Mr. f. L. Russell has been appoint
ed assistant agent of the Iron Noun
lain with offices at 500 Ohio Levee
street. and all the local freight bust
ness win be in his care
The foundation for Dr. W F Grin
stead's fine business block on Ohio
Leyee Is finished and men We're en-
gagged yesterday digging out the base
ment Bids for the super-structure
are now being received
The Aid circle Of Calvary Baptist
church will give a tea at the residence
Of Mrs. O. B. Archibald. AS Twenty
seventh street. Friday afternoon be
tween the hours Of . and O'Clock
The social is free and everybody is
invited.
sheriff Roche last night took Albert
Peters, George Jackson, Nose Raney
Claud Carter. Babe Houston and John
Conner to Pontiac 10 put them in the
reform school All Of them are col
ored and charged with burglary, OK
cepting Peters. and he is the young
fellow, who shot G. A Marchildon, at
Thehes
Mr ] B. Warner, who for years
has been connected with the Boat
store. has been appointed administra
tor OF the estate of the late John A
Haynes. The property Is inherited
by Miss Anna Lake Haynes daughter
IF the deceased and the boat store
business viii Be continued under the
same name by Mr Warner and Mr
u c. HAYNES FOR Miss haynes
The following officers have been
elected by the Methodist Sunday
school Superintendent Tobe L. PM
ley. assistant superintendent, ] G
Gholson: secretary, Otto Lee treas
urer. Mrs F. l.. Pulley: Librarians
Misses Lula Young and Blanche This
tlewood; assistant librarians, Jasper
Hatcher and Roy Lutes; ehorister
George Parsons. organist Miss Flor
ence Bristol The old corps Of teach
ers were reelected.
The Z year old daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Thomas at ZIG Twenty
first street died Tuesday OF compli-
cation Of measles and pneumonia. Fun
eral services were conducted yester
day morning at 8 o'clock at St Jo-
sephs church Mr. Thomas has been
extremely unfortunate since moving
TO Cairo, having had very poor health
since his residence here. He and his
wife and family Of several small chill
lren are all in at the present time
md the deaf hof the daughter is
,eyere blow
A man about SO years old. who
works at the Bee Hive candy kitchen
At 1907 Washington ayenue, and VIII,
Is familiarity known as Cairo Bill
threw a brick through one Of the bis
glass doors of A Halleys hardware
store yesterday afternoon Some boy
make a practice of taunting the Ole
nan at the risk Of being seriously in
iured. and this was the case yester
lay he appears harmless enough
md apparently attends TO his owr
business until teased by the boys
when he becomes dangerous Tho
rick that went through the window
vas intended for one OF his youthful
Prosecutors.