The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-05
MCCLURE, ILL. =


StNtlt Nlnu anu ram Sloiii
struck this place Friday and tore up
big trees. but otherwise no damage
was done.
While the hand car was returning
on the l. c. r. r. it jumped the track
and Tom Kolley was hurt. DR.. p. H.
McRaven attended to him and he IS
doing well and no serious results are
anticipated,
John Manner was in Cairo on bust
ness the first of the week
Leon Culley spent Sunday in Emo
visiting relatives.
The baseball team of Cape Girar-
deau, Mo, played here Sunday and
after a holly contested game defeated
the Mcclure team, TO 4.
C. w. Hasler and Albert Vogel.
sanger of Cape Girardeau, spent Sat
urday here fishing and took home a
fine string
w. Mofield and NJ, L. Norman of
Jackson, Mo. were here with batch
of horses the first of the week but
failed to find a buyer and returned
home.
Clyde Craig, of Elmo, was home
Saturday and sunday visiting his
parents.
Eugene Kaufman caught a rattle
snake measuring feet / inch He
skinned it and found inside a full
grown quail and a full grown squirrel.
f. NJ. Gully has the hide stuffed and
on exhibition in his place of bust
ness.
Mr. and Mrs f. NJ. Gully and chill
dren that were visiting at Anna have
returned
Mr.. Drake left here Monday for
Grand Tower for an extended visit
to his relatives.
A. l.. Harris, wife and children who
were visiting at Grand Tower the
past week have returned home.
Mrs. NJ. Keenan, and children of
Pottsville, are visitors of Mr. and
Mrs A. l.. Harris.
Mr. Carter was in Aidrich Monday
on business.
VIM. Keenan, of PottsyilIe, was
here Monday transacting business,
Alb Pierce and Paul Baker of Anna,
drove In Monday night with fixtures
for Bro Mullins saloon.
Mr.. J. II. Alexander OF New Mad
rid. Sic, spent the first OF the week
visiting Nj Rockwell ard daughters.
Bug M~lli'is va n Murphysboro
Tuesday n business.
Mr.. J. e. Stylcs o. Cape Girardeau
Mo-. was here Tuesday visiting
friends aud relatives. He left for
Thebes.
n. Kohler and !. 5. Raboum of
Anna were here Tuesday and bought
and took back a fine jair of mules.
The stave mill started up Tuesday
with full crew after a three weeks
shut down. There is ten teams haul
ing logs but the back water threatens
to shut them off.
VIM. Lightner and family that was
sick with the measles are all better
and able to be out.
Mrs. A. p. Council and children,
of Cairo, who have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs E. A. Barton the past two
weeks left for Chicago Wednesday
morning on the l. c. R. r. where they
will make their future home.
The liquors and beer for Mullins'
saloon arrived here Tuesday. Paul
Baker of Anna, the barkeener, being
here the stuff was opened Up aud
business commenced at once. 1t is
openly admitted that the new saloon
was urged to put up merely to spite
f. NJ. Gully. The whole is simply
to try and square the Ill feeling over
the recent school election.
Mr.. NJ. b. Scanlon of St Louis,
was here the first of the week and
-oent a day prospecting and taking
u samples of marble on his farm,
when he will return home with them.
The prospects for oil are good and
several companies are after it.
on Tuesday evening when Mr..
Athefton was driving from Thetes
to Mcclure the storm overlook him
and he was Obliged to seek shelter
till it abated When he again re-
sumed his Journey he ran into deep
water and the floating logs became
so numerous that ii jammed the
buggy and they had to get out into
water waist deep and raise the buggy
before they could move. 1t was II
O'Clock at night before they arrived
here drenched and completely worn
out alter their experience The
heavy downpour Of rain and the fast
raising baekwater made it almost I'M
passabe in places and several times
the horses had to swim. 1t is an eX
perience that Mr. Frank Ethefton
don't want any more.
Logan Blaylock is visiting relatives
at Murphysboro.
Ross Skyles the barber has so far
recovered from his recent illness a.
to be able to look after his tonsoria'
business.
Clear Greek is raising and has al
ready overfowed the Tow places aud
is over the county bridge and put a
stop to logging. In several places il
is running into the road and into the
wheat and corn fields.
Oscar Taylor SAYS another foot OF
a raise will put the water over several