The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-13
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS
Brief Mention Of Events Concerning
the people Of Cairo and
Vicinity.

Master Phil Eichenberger has al
most recovered from an attack of
measles and pneumonia.
C. \. Bright and viii Griggs, ar.
rested hy Officers Cowell and Wilson
for disorderly conduct paid s. each
in Judge Robnsons court yesterday
Rev J n. Nye. Of Paris, H., will
fl the pulpit at the First Methodist
Episcopal church this morning. Other
services will be held as usual.
The bell rope OF the Church Of the
Redeemer is broken and the bell will
not ring as usual today Services
a.ll be held at the regular hours
The ground in the custom house
ward is being broken up preparatory
to planting blue grass seed, This was
done last year, but the grass failed to
set a good stand.
Bird Ambers and Nicholas Kessier
we're brought here from Thebes yes
terday BY Deputy Sheriff Durham
charged with larceny. 1t is claimed
they stole a sklf
Two fine gasoline launches with
combined capacity OF i5 people. have
been purchased by Metropolis parties
ana several pleasure excursions will
be made in them this summer
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to James W Emory, aged =
and Mrs. Annie D. Bailey. aged A
both of Charleston, Mo. They were
married by Justice Joseph Steagala
in the afternoon
Word reached here yesterday of
the death Of Christian Merit a prom
inent citizen Of Dog Tooth Bend
which occurred last Wednesday He
was one of the early settlers in that
section and owned considerable prop
erty.
Ii was the Massachusetts, Mutual
Life Insurance company. represented
BY p. C. Barclay that carried insur-
ance on the life of the late John A,
Haynes instead of the Metropolitan
company as stated in yesterdays Bull
letin
The telephones Of the Cairo Tele
phone company which were put out
of service by the big brewery smoke.
stack falling across the wires and
breaking them down. are now in use
again. The smokestack will probably
be raised tomorrow
A fine new delivery wagon has been
ordered by Stone Brothers, the gro
GERS, and will be on the streets in
few days
Mrs Charles James, wife Of En-
gineer James. of the steamer Fred
Hartweg, died at St Marys infrmary
Friday night OF stomach trouble. She
was taken i'll at the Planters House
and was removed to St Mary's in
Urinary Thursday. A son, aged
years. is left to mourn her death. The
remains were taken to Decatur. Ala,
last night for burial
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
SAYS II Is announced that the ILL
nols Central will begin balasting the
Paducah-Cairo division This diyi
sion is about ffty.five miles in length
and it Is estimated that it will cost
the railroad company 100000 to build
up the roadbed with ballast BY this
Improvement the Illinois Central ex
poets to make the run between Cairo
and Paducah In less than one hour
IL Is understood that the improve
ment is to be made in time for the
Worlds faE travel
Following a heretofore observed /
custom, Cairo c0mmandery No IS I
knight Tempars will attend Easter
services at the Presbyterian church
in a body. Sunday. March -.
Night Sergeant Mcnamara last
night arrested Eugene Franklin (
charged with stealing S. from Frank (
Jones in wild Cat chute" When ap
pretended Franklin only had 81 I
Both parties are negroes.
The United States circuit court Of
appeals has reversed the case Of Il .
r. Flasckam, and T W. Reeves. Of
East St Louis convicted in the United
States district court Of Springfield for
using the mails for a scheme to De.
fraud, and who was sentenced to the |
penitentiary. They advertised TO
give fnr colarettes free to parties
who sold a certain amount Of Jew
eIry The case was reversed on error
and will be retired here next Monday
Electric lights are being put in the
circuit court room Of the court hous
instead OF the gas being used a pres
ent The room was in such a torn
mp state Yesterday that Judge Butler
held court in the Office Of Judge ".
). Dewey
A holdup was reported 10 have &C.
Cured last night AZ $50 on Poplar
street between Fourteenth and FIT
teenth streets. but no particulars
could be- learned Il is said the thiey.
IS procured So aud watch. The vic.
tins name is not known
One of p. r Iangan big teams ul