The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-03


Crittenden sulphur springs, Aug. I, 1870.
DEAR BULLETIN The steamer City Of
Evansville, upon which "yours respect.
fully left the Cairo wharf . fsw days
sgo, presents the perfection Of human In.
gcnuity In marine architecture. An evi.
dence Of this Is found in the fact that, in
all essential particulars, she exactly suits
her veteran commander, II. T. Dexter.
She was built for twelve years service In
the Cairo and Evansville trade, and those
who have examined the completeness
of the provision she presents against the
wear and tear Of time wind, aro
and water, express the opinion that she
will prove herself capable Of that extra.
ordinary service. OF large size and light
draugh,, Of good speed, and using thirty
per cent. less fuel than vessels Of her size
ordinarily use, she l., beyond doubt, the
boat for the trade In which she 10 now sue.
cesshllly plying. She is, in short, what
Captain Dexter intended she should be,
the best money-making boat on tho lower
Ohio. That she is managed just as such
model Graf, should 30, We need net urge,
after stating that Dexter Is on deck, Nick.
Pennington in the Office and the atiable
Mr.. Cough boss Of the lardcr and dispen.
ser Of the liquid inspiration.
Have you ever seen the valley OF An.
grongna, from tho pass Of the Prs du Tour
Taking it for granted that you have not, l
can safely say that the counterpart Of thu,
grand, wild and rugged scenery, Is pre-
sented right here, In the Crittendcn Sui.
phnr Springs, and its varied surroundings.
Tall hills with rocky crest,, here rs there,
hem In small valley Through which
. clear cool strsam) and shut
out at least two hours Of the morning and
evening, giving US land the Angrogna.
gians) the luxury Of delightful mornings
and protracted dcws and twilighu.
found here Mrs DR.. AFTER, Mrs. Jacob
Mrs. Henry Foster, Mr.. Geo. Z.
olmstead and family, Harry Walker and
family, &. ID. AFTER and son, Isaac Newton |
Ashton and Henry Ashton, all Of Cairo, |
considerably reJuvcnated by a use Of the
EXCELLENT water, and, to all appearances, |
heartily enjoying the tri-daily good
hings, so abundantiy provided by mine
iost, Mr.. Perkins.
pot consisting Of y genuine and
anmistakablc red fox, WAS captured, u few
lays ago, by Charley After and Hen. Ash.
lon, after u spirited contest with two resi-.
dents, In the well known and popular
game Of "scvcn-up.'
About six weeks ago this Same fox. WINS
bounded out Of tho rocky lodges OF Liv.
lng'ion county. Leading pack Of six.
Teen dogs, and five horsomen, reynard
struck out for the Cumberland river
'wnm It at point short distance above
Dysusburg, cut out through tho timber,
and after II run Of over forty miles took
10 his hole and was captured-s little
'ra'ei-worn to-be-sure, but otherwise In
good order. Since then the progress Of
iomestca,ion has progressed very RAPIDLY
with tho sly cuss SO much 30 tina. he
never bites anybody unless he is furnish.
ed an opportunity. lie will be brought
10 Cairo to exhibit, not unly as animal of
curiosity, but as an evidence that in "hirh.
wIjack' imbroglios, Cairo is exper, ana |
nvineiblc. In the mean time, Colonel 1
n. Ashton, the author Of the undyiny l
,ouplet-
"sted not this book my honest friend,
For fear the gallows will be your end
will 'jerk tho animals hash" and teach /
him TO DO good as well as beautiful. |
The election for county officers and
adge. of the Appellate courts in Kentucky
5 now In progress. In this (Cristendsnl |
ounty, the contest will DO very close. The
Radical candidates relying upon q united |
olored vote in their favor, are confident
{ success. The Democrats, believing
hat recent acce''ions to their party, will
oun tor balance this vote, believe tina, they
'ill elect every man on their ticket.
A joint discussion between the candi-
ates was to have been held here on Satur.
ay but all the disputsnts except the
'adical candidate for County Attor-
ey failed to put in an appearance. This
entleman made his talk, when Mr.. Blew,
he Democratic Representative OF Critten-
en- county, in the Kentucky Legislature,
as called on, and responded in . very
bic and effective speech Of about two
ours length. He took the advanced
round that negro suffrage IL an accom-.
ishsd fact, and should be classed with the
lad issues OF the past, He arraignsd the
adical administration for its enormous