The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-05
HAPPENINGS N
i THE K|GHD0RH00D.
Wants Municipal Ownership.

wants Municipal Ownership.
/ Cape Girardeau proposes to pur
N chase their water woRks and electri,
light plant. The matter is now be
fore the City Council for action.
! Winks at Ordinance
i A number OF merchants at Cape
Girardeau petitioned the City coun-
Gil at that place Wednesday not Il
enforce the safe and sane Fourth or
| dinance which was passed after they
had received lthe stock of fire works.
The Conncil promised NOT 10 enforce
at this time.
Good Saloon Town.
Johnston City now has fifteen sa-
looms west OF the railroad with pros
poets of FIVE more to go in as soon
as buildings are completed.
Seventy Coffee Houses
The CITY Council at Paducalr Tues
day granted license to seventy coffee
houses. 2 fe
Lightning Strikes Steeple.
Tuesday night lightning struck
the steeple of st. Vincent Catholic
church at Cape Girardeau and it was
badly damaged by Are, In consc-
ouence. The members of st. Vim
cents parish, with their friends.
were enjoying lawn social at the
time the storm came up. St. Vim
cents church is one of the Oldest of
southeast Missouri, having been
built about 1885 by Father Odin.
Extends Road to Clinton.
Right-of-way for the Chicago,
Memphis 4 Gulf railroad out of
Hickman is now being condemned
by commission appointed by the
court, the railroad company and the
owners of the land having failed to
agree on valuation of the land de-
sired, says the Clinton, Ky, Gazette.
Nine pieces Of land have been con-
demned in and near Hickman and
the securing OF the right-of-way byl
this method Is. said to be proceeding
rapidly. Everything indicates that
the extension to Clinton is going to |
be made this year and actual work
may begin any day.
Looks Good to Mllburn. Il
The citizens Of Milburn and vicfn-
ity are feeling somewhat like they
may have a railroad in their vicfn-
ity within the next few years. or
maybe months, says the Bardwefl |
News, This feeling is the result OIL
4 corps cf eIyii engineers that has
been at work in that community DUR
ing the past week, surveying a line
frem Metropolis Ill, to Hickman.
The route surveyed by them runs
a few hundred yards northwest of
town and Is near enough for all
practical purposes, should the road
be constructed The citizens of that |
community are feeling considerably /
elated over the prospect, although |
they are not ready yet to announces
positively that they will have q rail-
II
road
Murphysboro Paper Sold.
The Mnrphysboro daily and week
ly Independent, owned by John Her
bert and Joe B. Gill has been sold to
Fred NJ Rolens, who has been man
aging the paper for Gill and Herbert
since 1907, and who managed hai
paper for Mr.. Gill couple OF years
before that time.
The consideration Is said to be-
10000, The Independent, like the
Republican Era. Is an old news.
PAPER, having been established short
y after the civil war. Its politics
iave varied. Under J. J. Penny,
'ormerly Of Cairo,it was Democratic
put Gill and Herbert made II a Re-
publican paper In 1907. In earlier
ines II was Democratic, Republican,
Ind Independent. AS business
proposition the Independent Is al
rood investment The new owner
viii have one satisfaction In that he
8 familiar with his plant and.1willl
lot need to learn many things thaf
lew proprietor usually has to learn.