The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-26
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention of Events Concerning
the People of Cairo and
Vicinity.

at Ndih To ~ tNllNoNas ffSAthN a. tAN.
home on Fifth street
Paducah has one case Of smallpox
in the pest honso At that place The
patient is negro.
Friday of this week is the last day
for the filing Of suits for the Feb
uray term OF circuit court
Mrs. T. J Kerth will entertain sew
eral friends with a thimble party this
afternoon at her home on Tenth
street
Directors and board of managers of
the Cairo Chldren's home will meet
at 2:3o this afternoon at the home
for general business.
An ordinance has been introduced
in Paducah which will drive the pool
rooms Of that city out Of business and
gambling on the races will cease
John J. Walter has sold to Robert
White. lot IS. block 80 in the first
addition TO Cairo for S2Oo The lot
is situated on Twenty-ninth street
The meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Cairo Baseball and Athletic com
pany. which was To have been held
last night, was postponed on account
Of the Indictment weather
All outdoor operations are checked
by the severe weather The most i'm
portant OF these is the preliminary
work ON the new business house at
Eighth and Levee streets
A Paducah alderman is preparing
an ordinance combining the offices
of health officer and milk and meat
inspector al a salary Of $50 per month.
The incumbent of the combined Of
fees is required to be physician
News Of the serious illness Of Miss
Alice McClintock at Washington. p.
G.. has been received here She is a
niece of Congressman and Mrs
George W. Smith Appendicitis is the
cause of her Illness and it is expected
that an operation will have to be per
formed
Three floating theatres are now
making Paducah their winter quar-
,ers Capt Eisenbarth's boat Swal-
low Il Markets marine play house
md the New Era" show boat are the
three boats tied mp there The per
'ormers have gone TO their homes
and only the crews remain on board
In the February number Of Every
5odys Magazine appeared a full page
likeness of Miss Trixie Friganzi who
vas in Cairo this season as Mrs
rocker the widow. In the western
Pirates Of Pilsen" company. Miss
sriganzi. who halls from Cairo, has
achieved great success during her
theatrical career.
John Ford. an insane man giving his
-esidence as Louisville, KY. was ar
rested by the police Sunday and
edged in the county jail The pris
,ner is quite violent and imagines
some one il trying to murder him
Ie gave jailer Riggle and two dep
ities a hard tussle before he was safe
" locked in a cell
Mr. Homer Allen of the Illinois /
hotel has leased the second story of
the DESMOND building, adjoining the
hotel on the north, and will con
struct passage between the two
buildings The lack Of rooms has
leen greatly felt by Mr. Allen and I
the new acquisition will enable him to
accommodate all of his patrons with
sleeping quarters
A: l.. Stewart. better known as
Dat" or Link" Stewart, gave Sheriff
Roche and Prof John Snyder consid-
1rable trouble before they succeeded
n getting him safely in the Anna /
ssylum He made a hard fight Kick
ny and striking al the guards with
ais manacled hands and the straight
Jacket was resorted 20 in order To
miet him Sheriff Roche has a badly
bruised leg as result Of his scufde
With Stewart
Several leading Republicans of Cal
o are expected to attend the Republi-
IAN love feast at Springfield to-
morrow delegation of the colored
eaders is reported to have gone on
the early morning train and the white
contingent will follow tonight.
The snow plOws OF the Cairo Elec-
trio a. Traction company were put
into service last night clearing the
street ear tracks of the snow. which
fell during the greater part of the
night
Mr. = l.. Marx president and gener-
al manager OF the Marx White Dry
Goods Co. is back from New York.
where he went some time ago to select