The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-04-29

NEWS FROM OUR NEIcHBoRs
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business caller here Thursday.
Mrs. Gus Seger and Mrs. Chris
Seger of Anna, are guests of Mrs.
la. w. Williamson on Poplar street,
this week.
Mrs. Matilda Clanton of Cairo was
a shopper here Thursday.
VIM. F'redericks of Mounds trans.
acted business here Thursday morn
ing.
( Mr.. and Mrs, d. Bedford of Amer
ica We're here Thursday on business.
| Mrs. Mary Conley and daughter,
Miss Mollie Campbell and their guest,
Mrs. Addison of Kansas City, Mo-,
were Cairo visitors Thursday.
Mrs. J. T. Snyder and Mrs. w. H.
Filkins of Mounds, were here Thurs,
! day visiting friends.
Jos. Gaunt, ST., of Grand Chain,
transacted business here Thursday.
There will be a call meeting OF
Mound City Rebekah lodge at |. 0.
o. f. hall Monday evening, May LIST.
There is special business to be trans
acted and all members are urged to
be present.
Earl Tingate will leave for Car
uthersville, Mo-, Saturday, where he
! will transact business.
Story Of An Old Soldier
Benjamin Lawrence Ulen was born
in Greenup county, Ky, Feb. 5, 1897
| He served throughout the civil wal
as a member of Company X, 9th Ill
nois infantry, and was wounded Il
the battles OF Shiloh and Salem
Tenn. These wounds caused him t
be cripple the remainder of his life
Herrick at Ullin, ILL.,, Oct. 20, 1867
and to this union were born eigh,
children, three of whom died wheI
| luite young. He came to this city
with his family in 1874 and has since
made this his home. He served the
ountry as circuit clerk six success
I We terms, total of twenty-foui
/ years, and has also been secretary
he Board OF Education for severa
years. Although past "a years Of age.
4 ne was active and was always {
familiar figure, usually prominent il
politics and any public affairs, am
seldom known TO be confined to hi
home with illness. He will be sorel
missed by everyone and especial.
by those with whom he was an
most constant associate. A maj
whose oppinion could be relied uro
and who always proved himself fore
full in the community. His suddel
lemise Wednesday afternoon was a
shock TO everyone as he was in his
usual health until 800 o'clock when
he was discovered by DR.. j. F. Har
gan quite Ill in his office in the
i Browner building. He was taken tc
/ lis home by DR., j. B. Mathis in his
i buggy and upon arriving at his home
walked from the gate into the house
where he expired twenty minutes
later after fearful suffering. His fan
lily with the exception of one daugh
Ter, Mrs. Steers, and one son, Jer
ONE, were with him when the END
came, his wife and daughter Mrs
Piland, having just returned home
from Cairo, where they had beer
shopping. He is survived by his
wife, daughters, Mrs. Thos. Steers o.
Grand Chain, Mrs. VIM. Jenkins o.
Waco, Tex, and Mrs. Belle Pilanc
# this city, two sons, George Of this
city, and Jerome OF Jewell Junction
Ia; two brothers, II, c. of Bloom
Geld, Mo, and Matthew of Laramie
Wyo The son Jerome arrived home
Friday. Aside from these he is sur
vived by seven grandchildren. Ht
Joined the Methodist Episcopa
church at Lakewood settlement, neal
Paducah, KY, in 1863, and has al
ways been a staunch member of thai
denomination. For many years ht
was assistant superintendent of thu
VI. f. Sunday school in this city, be
ides having under his charge
1 arge class OF young ladies, but re
entity he had been compelled to give
up both on account Of his deafness
He occupied a place in the commun
tty which cannot be filled by an.
)ther. Funeral services will be cou
'ucted at the NJ. T., church Sunday
,fternoon at I o'clock and the re
mains will be laid TO rest In Beech
Grove cemetery, special cars convey
ing the cortege from this city Rev
VI. b. Baker will have charge of the
services.
Woman's Gu, Meeting.
! The Woman's Club held its early
| spring flower meeting with Mrs
| VIM. Whitley at tie Episcopal rec
tory Thursday afternoon, April p
Bids for the concrete work, walks
etc, to be built at Fountain Earl
were received and were tabled Thii
matter will probably be settled a
he next meeting, the ladies wlshint
to give 1t ample consideration. A