The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-22

street Methodist church this morning
will be The Devil In the Church.
In the evening the subject viii be
AN Honest Man"
Some one stole a big bundle OF
leather from the shoe store and re-
pairing shop of Rothenberger on
Twenty-elghth street and Commercial
avenue last night.
IL is rumored that Mccarthy & Ma
linski are con emplating the erection
of large machine shop and foundry
on lower Commercial, next to the
Cairo brewery TO cost perhaps. $40
600.
The subject at the Christian church
this morning will be Tried" In
the evening the subject will be Lib
erty by the Gro. S." The sermons will
be preached by District Evangelist $.
G. Roberts.
The subject at the Church of the
Redeemer this evening at 1891
o'clock, will be The Relation of
Young Men to Greater Cairo anG
the Relation OF the Church to the
Young Men"
Mr.. Leo. Kleb Friday received |
his appointment as notary public from
Secretary Of State James A. Rose. Mr. |
Kleb has for years been employed |
with the II. H. Candee & Son insur,
ance agency on Ohio street.
Dr. j. Rendleman has cOntrac Ell |
with NJ. w. Richardson to tear away |
the old board fence on Twenty-eighth
Walnut and Charles streets, AM |
erect q neat and substantial wire |
fence. work to begin as soon as the
weather viii permit.
Yesterday morning Master in Chan \
Gerry Walter Warder offered for sale
at auction, the Madden property at |
Twanty-third and Holhrook streets,
The highe,t bidder vas Jacob Kline |
who offered $1,000. 1t was decided |
that the price was too low and the
sale was postponed and viii be read.
yertised
Rev. l.. G. Mahoney will give his
second expository address his
morning on the Epistle to the He
brews. in the Calvary Baptist church
The subject will be Something Bet
ter ;han Law" Tic lubject for the
evening will be The Woman Finding
Her Last Coin The congregation
will have tie pleasure Of listening Il
solo by Miss Grace Edmonds
A bill introduced into the state leg
islature at Springfield makes it
punishable orense to give misleading
or false information to newspaper
man. ana the punishment ranges
from a fine Of $40 % one OF $500 II
was referred 70 a committee The
bill also exempts them from being
compelled TO give the source of any
Information in court.
The Miller ana Tcasdall company
of St Luis, has compiled statistics
from government reports which show
hat the potato crop of the past year
was the largest by about 100000
bushels ever raised in this country
The largest crop previously produced
was in 1896 which amounted 10 a
total of 290.000.000 bushels. Ken
lucky produced 3.045.44O bushels in
1912. 2,040.0I5 in 1908 and 2971 .G49
in 1904 The total production OF the
United Sta as in 1902 was 2S4 .G32.
1877 for 1903 it was 247,127 $50. and
1904 ii was 332.s3030O
A gentleman entered the p0stoffice
yesterday afternoon and, stepping up
to the writing desk. proceeded 10 re
move his gloves ans make other prep /
ara5icna % write a DOS n card HIS
hat shaded the card on which he was
writing, SO he removed the pbtrusive
headpi &c and laid II on the desk at
his side. Having finished his writing
he mailed the postal card and start
ed along the street a a brisk pace
Passersby turned 10 gaze at the man
as he passed but all unawares that
his hat was lying on the desk at the
postoffice, he proceeded on his way /
unmolested lie was crossing Wash.
ington avenue at Fourteenth street
when toe chance meeting Of an &C
quaintauce whose ginning face in
formed him that something was
amiss sent him back TO the postof
fee for his forgotten headgear.
AGRICULTURAL gill.
BY The Associated Press.
Washington. Jan. 21.-The house
committee on agriculture today prae