The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-22

farmers here Is dreadful and is on the
increase and spreading. Mr.. Herman
Bunch is one of the heaviest loosers
having lost S5 head, the disease has
spread to the hills and farmers are
complaining OF heavy losses, there Is
also a heavy los of horses the past
two weeks, the disease battles the
farmers. Last week Z farmers re-
ported having had horses to die
Mrs. Nellie Bunch who has been on
the sick list the past weeks is i'm
proving slowly.
The following are the new officers
Of the NJ. b. A. Lodge here who will
govern the affairs for the coming
year: President, James Il. Hedge:
Vice President. Robert Frasire; Sec
rotary, John ] Porter. Treasurer, A.
r. Sans; Conductor, John Manner:
Chaplain, Elsa Black; Waterman.
Roy Johnson; Sentry, William Bur-
cheyette; Medical Examiner. Samuel
Morris. There will be dance In the
hall Friday night given by the young
members of the lodge as follows:
William Burchyette. Roy Johnson,
Charles, Spears, William Porter COM
mittee.
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family of Italians have lost of their
children with 1t in the past week ana
mother two or the family are re-
ported to have taken it and are very
i'll.
Oscar Taylor was in Murphysboro
md st. Louis for several days last
week transacting business
Mr. and Mrs. Stout of Danville, Ill.
We're here Saturday looking pver
land with the view of buying same.
Odell Lowell who has been very sick
with muscular rheumatism is I'M
proving some.
Our farmers are still bringing in
corn and shipping it out but the
price has dropped to 5Sc and still
falling. Old settlers here say they
never saw such heavy shipments OF
corn or prices so high since living in
Mcclure, there is still considerable
worn but farmers are going to hold
till later on.
Mrs. ]. w. Flowers of Dyer, Tenn,
was here Tuesday transacting BUSH
ness.
Miss Ruth Carmack left here on
Tuesday for Marston Mo-, to be the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, on an
extended visit.
Miss Maud Johnson came home to-
day, school at Delta having closed for
the holidays and on account of diph-
liberia.
Deputy coroner r. NJ. Gully was
called Monday to view the body of
Newton Jarvis, aged 81 years, who
died in a wagon Sunday night, from
exposure and old age. a Jury with
DR.. Samuel Morris as foreman, en-
amined the body and found that the
Old man had died of natural causes.
He had his wife with him, aged 10
years, and couple of young men and
women all in a rickety old moving
outfit 1t was a sad and terrible
night, the whole outfit was without
a penny in money and r. M. Gully
had the old man buried in the Lindsy
cemetery, making the two young men
dig the grave. They were on their
way north and had been in Mcclure
4 days begging something to eat,
the old woman took on bad when her
husband was taken from her as they
had been married 5 0years.
Our school will have a program on
Friday afternoon consisting of songs,
l'ecitations and a Christmas tree.
The teacher will distribute Christmas
goodies, oranges, candy, etc, to the
'cholars, and the school will close for
the holidays
A Merry Christmas to all tho
readers.
Mrs. Morris left here Tuesday for
Anna to spend the Christmas with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Morris, DR.. Sam will
join the family later in the week