The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-08-06

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBoRs


and one OF them, Lee Dale, Is In Gus
tody charged with the theft,
Prot. Cantley was here from Cape
Girarleau Friday ald Saturday on
business.
James Hin underwent an operation
al an iatrmary in st. Louis and is
improving.
Ed Berry, the operator AT Cache for
the |. c. visited here the first of the
week
HERMAN Bunch was in Cairo the
first OF the week on business,
Oscar Taylor returned Saturday
from st. Louis.
Otto Giles was home from Mounds
the first OF the week To visit his par
ents.
| W Waltor aud family spent sun
day here visiting ]. r. Mcclure and
| family.
Mr.. Lowry of Reyloldsville was the
guest Of Dr. Norris SUNDAY
Mrs. 7. NJ Otrich was in Carbon
dale the first OF the week
J. T. Mcclure was in Jonesboro the
first of the week in the interest of the
Union and Alexander county drainage
system
The swift current and the great
amount of drift collected in the creek
west OF the bridge has done consider
able damage by causing the bank to
cave, and ii is so bad at one place
that Ed Craig had gang of men
busy all day SUNDAY moving his barn
10 keep il from falling into the creek
T. NJ Otrich started out Monday
to thresh the wheat crops of Joseph
Bunch VIM, Lighter. Jesse Dollman
land p. II AIcRayen, the roads having
dried sufficiently for him to get
around
VIM. Lightner left Monday for AT
kansas on business. ...
r. Curtis OF Carbonate is here buy
ing wheat
Contractor H s Williams OF Ma
rion is here looking over the ground
preparatory TO laying steel for the /
NJ double track. In about ten days
he will have 70 men busy.
John J Jacobs has purchased the |
OTIS east OF the NJ, f church, the old |
ball ground and will commence build |
ing as soon as the lumber is hauled |
from Cape Gearardeau.
Mrs. Doll Culler and two daugh- |
tiers have returned from ST. Louis |
where they have been the past week |
Miss Maud McRayen, who is now
In Oklahoma, has been offered posi- |
tion rs school teacher there at an. in
crease over the salary offered here.
AT the meeting of the school di- |
rectors Saturday Miss May Rockwell
was chosen as teacher of the primary |
department. The other applicants |
were Miss Maud McRaven and Miss
Ellen Lightner. The other teachers
are Prof. Cantley and Miss Bunch.
Farmers are hauling wheat from
the hills to Mcclure
The school board is asking for bids
for ianitor for the next term.
Mrs. Fl. G. Presnell. Arthur Castle
man and Ed Craig Will attend the as
ISOLATION meeting Of Baptists at Anna
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Miss Maud Colp of limo, spent
several days here this week visiting
friends returning home MONDAY.
Despite the disastrous floods ard
he exodus OF renters from the farms
he farmers are going TO break ground
md SOW wheat on a larger scale than
ever. They contend now that ii they
Ire to make anything they must make
Iouble or if flooded out they will lose
H. Several are already breaking
hubble on the ground that was out OF
water
Mrs. 7. Blake and children who
ave been away the past two weeks
eturned Tuesday
Cleat Craiglow Of Hamburg Island
'as here Tuesday en route to Cairo
II BUSINESS. =
Fred Douglas and son Henry OF
onesboro, We're here Tuesday on
Henry House o. Carbandale was
ere the first OF the week on bust
ess return,g Wednesday.
Miss Mary FiHdley left for Carbon
ale Wednesday for short visit 10
lends
Mr.. " c. Rushing of Murphysboro.
visiting his daughter and family
Ir and Mrs. I. Blake.