The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-08-12


misses Sue Batterton. Alice Morse
Alice Chrest and Mabel Langan.
! There were forty tickets sold by the
| Big Four for the Niagara aFlls ex
cursion. Last year 1873 tickets were
| sold
Brick work has been started on the
fronts of the new buildings beine
erected by the Zimmerman estate al
907.909 Commercial avenue, to be oc
cupled by The Fair
| Isabella Horton. a 16.year-old ne
gro girl evangelist. is in Cairo and
will preach Sunday at Rev. Kicks
church and the Baptist church, cor.
ner Twelfth and Walnut streets.
The funeral of the late l.. f. Fal-
coner was held yesterday afternoon
and was largely attended. Services
were conducted by Rev Edward L.
Roland and interment was made at
Beech Grove cemetery.
Billy kersands' Minstrel company
gave the first performance of the sea
son at the Cairo opera house last
night to a fair audience After the
performance a dance was given at
Clancy's hall in honor of the min
strels.
Mr. w E, Cover of 4011 Sycamore
street has gourd which measured
Tuesday morning SO inches and Wed.
nesday morning 40lA inches The
gourd is of the trumpet variety and
he would be pleased to have any one
come and look at it any time.
Mr.. c. L. Keaton will soon begin
the erection of fine cottage In Park
Place West on the lots formerly oc.
cupied by DR.. A. A. Bondurant's house
which was destroyed by fire a few
years ago, The plans have not yet
been completed but the cottage will
probably cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000
Some one entered the home of
Frank Belaud on Twentieth street
Wednesday night and while searching
about the bedroom in which Mr.. Be
laud was sleeping rubbed his hand
over that gentlemans face who
awoke and put the intruder to fight.
No valuables were missed from the
house.
Mrs. J. B. Messenger entertained at
euchre yesterday afternoon at her
home on Tenth street in honor of her
guest Miss Trixsye Chandler of NAL
den. Mo. The contest at cards result
ed In Miss Howse winning the first.
lone hand and guest prizes while Mrs.
j. ID. Ladd captured the second prize.
Following the games delicious re-
freshments were served.
Railroad people are looking for
touch of high life in worlds fair bus
mess from this time on. The corn
crop is about finished. the oats will be
threshed in few days. and then the
farmers will take the opportunity to
see the fair Business is already
picking up from the dullness OF the
Ia II nf Iulv anh IL 10 oxnanfad 10 In
crease from this time on.--Mt. Carmel
Register.
Some one entered the home of Mr. 1
and Mrs. George Dougherty at 212
Twentieth street yesterday morning /.
while the family was away from the |
house and ransacked the rooms. A
small chatelaine watch is about the 1
only thing of value that is missing. 4
Some boys who we're In front OF the /
house when Mrs. Dougherty went out,
ire thought to be the guilty ones.
Mr.. w B. Smith. a prominent law.
yer OF Little Rock. Ark, was in Cairo
yesterday. He came here in connec.
ion with the taking of dispositions at
he Office of Mr. David s. Lansden. in
suit brought in Arkansas by the n.
:. Halliday Milling company against
he Louisiana and Northwest railroad.
This case grew out of an oyercharge
made by the railroad company for
reight on eight cars Of corn and -four
ihipped by the Milling company. N
Arguments In the suit against the
Illinois Central railroad for payment
4 taxes on their bridge approach
rave been concluded and Judge Dew.
y has the matter under Amusement. |
{ may be several days before he gives
decision. The amount involved is
5,5i2.40. The objection of the rail.
Dad company TO the assessment of
axes Of road district No. 5. amounting
o SIS, was also argued and taken
inner advisement yesterday by Judge
)ewey /