The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-03-23
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS
Brief Mention OF Events Concerning
the people Of Cairo and
Vicinity.


Thomas A. Thornton, aged Fl. and
Miss Lena B. Miller, aged 10. both Of
Cairo.
Mrs Halliday r AiSthorpe will en-
terrain the Thursday afternoon card
club at her home on Seventh street
tomorrow afternoon.
AIRS c. Duncan has received her
stock and is preparing to open ND
her new millinery store at l107 Wash.
ington avenue next Friday
The Schiller club will meet at the
home Of Mrs Henry Bernstein on
Tenth street tomorrow afternoon and
win read Goethe's "Gat2 Won Berlich-
ingen."
The brick work on the Grinstead
building at the corner Of Eighth and
Ohio Leyee streets was commenced
Monday hut the rain of yesterday re
tarded work temporarily.
Another petition has been filed for
the incorporation Of Future City as a
village. This is the eighth time the
petition has been made and until
March y will he given TO file objec
lions.
There was no train to Thebes from
Cairo yesterday on account Of some
damage to the track north Of here
Conductor Billy Bryan hade the trip
from Thebes to Olive Branch and r..
turn. however,
AT a meeting of the stockholders Of
the Citizen Building and Loan Assoc
iation held Monday night at the Office
of Secretary ] c. Crowley, the follow.
ing directors were reelected; W. J.
Sheehan, Chas Feuchter and G 7.
| Crabtree
An officer was expected to leave
this morning for Arkansas City, Ark,
to bring the negro. Ben Talley, alias
Texas back to Cairo, He is the nc.
gro who shot police officer Watkins
December 20, seriously wounding him
and for whose capture $3.50 reward
had been offered
The merchants display at the Pa
ducah spring carnival sill be an espcc
ial feature this year, large subscrip
tions having already been taken for
booth space In the design for the
entrance to the grounds there are
large pillows on either side of the
gates, and. on top in the center is the
Goddess OF Liberty on a globe and ir
red letters over the gate, Fifth An
nnal Carnival"
The Cairo Min and Lumber com
pany have lately been making exten.
siye Improvements at their plant
They have put in a new battery Of
boilers double the capacity Of the old
and will add 10 the building and to-
the machinery generally so as to make
the producing capacity of the plant
about double what it is at present
The company has greatly extended it's
business which has made this in
crease in capacity necessary. Mr..
sondhelmer says the capacity of the
plant is to be doubled
Mrs. Annie Crews and Mrs. Molle
Drum, living in the vicinity Of Twenty
ninth street and Commercial avenue
have recently been having a little
neighborly quarrel and decided to
submit their grievances to Judge Rob
inson Mrs. Crews claimed that her
neighbor was alternating the affections
Of her husband and thereby obtain
ing his earnings which should 90 to
support his own wife Judge Robinson
settled the matter by assessing fine
Of So each against the compliments
Mrs. Drum paid and Mrs Crews is
boarding al the city Jail Both are
white women
Mr.. Arthur Nanblbber, represent
ing the Geo. II. Peckham company. Of
Cincinnati, was in the city yesterday
calling ON his numerous friends. MI
vanbibber is a prominent Els 0f Gin.
einnati and says that preparations
are well under way TO entertain the
Elks at the grand lodge meeting
which will be held in Cincinnati this
summer. He congratulated the Cairo
lodge in being able To- secure the
Grubbs Minstrel syndicate TO assist
them in giving their minstrel show
as bis lodge gave a performance IN
der the direction Of this syndicate
which surpassed in costuming. cleo
trical effects and general merit. any
performance ever given in Cincinnati
by local talent Mr. Chas. Feuchter
is SO enthusiastic about the perform
ance that he is trying to talk the boys
into the idea Of taking the show out
on the road for two or three weeks.
The choir Of the Calvary Baptist
church viii hold song service next