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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
The PRECIOUS FLUID.
THE scANT SUPPLY IN THE prRyr OFT
CITY.

III" 'N"Ni sUPPLf IN THE BURNT OUT
(From the Chicago Journal, lltbl
Great haidships are being endnrod from,
want Of water, and thousands vbo--vh.n
liberal s'pply Was rrocurable before the
great fire were in the habit of WASTING
what has bec"mc precious nnid, would
cow pay liberal y for even fra"ti Jnnl nor.
ton OF that which they threw away. The
almost economy has to be exercised in the
indispensable fluid, and as II consequence,
persons who are most scrupulously clean
IN their habits are compelled 10 forego
their former luxurious use of water and
.oap, while all clean linen on hand has to
be jcalously watched and brought into re-
QUESTION under the most economical regu.
ation.. The artesian wells, Union Park
and the Lake Front are crowded with
men, women and children conveying vcs-
sels of iron, tin, wooden and earthcnware
Of almost every imaginable shape and size
in which TO procure supply Of water.
| Thousands of carts, wagons, wheel-bar-
rows and other vehicles, are also employed
| in the same capacity, while the authorities
have chartered almost every street sprink-
| ling machine in the city to procure water
and distribute ii FREQ of cost TO those who
| need il. In some sections of the city there
exist private wells, which for some year,
have not been used, and many Of these
now on being opened are fonud 10 be foul
| and useless. One man on West Twelfth
street, who owns well which happened Ia
contain a fair quality Of water, refused to
allow any one, except Il few of his rela.
| tlons who live in the city, to draw from it,
| and so determined is he in his Partially,
which under some circumstances might be
comparatively justifable, but under exist
ing circumstances, TO say the least, british
that an eye witness declares the fellow
mounted guard over the well with a cock.
ed and loaded revolver and drove off all
| applicants, except the favored ones alluded
TO, iri espective OF age or sex.
Indeed, this is not the only case Of thc
| kind reported, while there are men going
round with barrels of water on wagons
and selling the fluid at ten cents pint,
dollar a pailful, and 30 on. The publ,
are warned that these men are not author
zed by the city, are So many impostors
and should not, if by any means it coulC
be avoided receive the least encourage
ment. a supply of water necessary unde
existing circumstances, can be procure
from the city "carts, and the eXtortion
lists avoided by the exercise Of close econu
my and :wa,chfulness. Meantime, every
thing that can be done by the authorize
to furnish limited supply of water is be
ing done, and the time l. not far distan
when the distress in that particular will b.
comparatively relieved, and the arrange
ments are being made by which, either to
night or tomorrow, water will be pumped
| from the lake by stationery engines, int
the mains, 30 that the basement. and th,
first floors will have a supply.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
ANOTHER GREAT FIRE.
WHOLE DISTRICTS SWEPT BY THE
BREATH OF THE FLAMES.

THE TOWN OF M,NIsiEE COMPLETELY
RUINED lover 81 900 900 or PROPERTY
DESTROYED, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN
POSED TO THE ELEMEN WITHOUT FOOL
OR sHELTER-AN APPEAL FOR AID.
DETROIT, October l3.--Full particulars
of the burning of Mani.tee on Sunda,
night are received. About 10 o'clock the
fire engine gave out after which the flames
ravaged without resistance the helpless
town the wind blowing gale all night.
THE Loss
estimated at nearly 100000 on which
there is but $50, 900 insurance.
THE suFFERINGs
of the people are beyond description
Manistee being so far beyond immediate
communication that considerable time
passed before their wants could be known.
The people Of Grand Rapids and Grand
Haven promptly supplied their immediate
necessities, and Senator Terry and the
mayor of Grand Rapids, have issued
AN EARNEST APPEAL
to the people Of the whole State for aid.
They say the latest news from Manistee
more than confirms all previous reports
of the sufferings there existing. The
necessities of the people are imperative;
they need Immediately -four, meat and
clothing. Direct all supplies to Senator
Terry, Grand Haven, and good vessel
will carry all contributions from Grand
Haven to Manistee. The people of De-
troit and other cities are
SoBLY RESPONDING
to the appeal made to their generosity. A
car load of provisions leave here to night
for Grand Haven, and one goes from Lam
sing in the morning. Large quantities OF
clothing, bedding and provisions are for
warded by boats to Port Huron, Lexing-
ton and Port Sanitac for the relief of hun
dreds Of the destitute congrcgated ct these
places.
STILL LATER.
Reports from Holl nd announce that III.
Rev. Mr.. Scott Is safe, and il is now believ'
ed that no lives were lost at the burning Of
that town.
LATEST.
JANEsvILLE, VII, October l2.-Gover
nor Fairchild telegraphed the following
from Green Bay in relation 10 the Wiscon
sin fires tonight: The appalling calamit,
has not been exaggerated over thousanC
men, women and children are now desti
tute.
THE Loss OF LIFE
has been very great. Mt less than 500
persons have been burned at Peshtigo and
vicinity, and 800 on the eastern shore.
Scores of men, women and little chill.
dren are now in temporary hospitals,
burned and MANNED, in want Of money,
clothing, bedding, boots, shoes and pro-
visions of all kinds not cooked, also build
ing materials and everything needed by
family TO commence life with.
The people are responding nobly, but
there is no danger of being too much re.
ceived. The destitute must be provided
COR during the winter.
MILWAUKEE, October l3.-Col. ID. Rob-
inson, Of the Green Bay Adrocate, tele.
graphs to the mayor as follows. Northern
steamer just in. Doctor Nichols Of your
city and other passengers bring the terrible
news that 47O dead bodies have been found
at Peshtigo and vicinity, and it is thought
that the loss of life will reach 700. This is
exclusive of the east shore where the loss
of life is fearful
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
TIE NICOLsON PAVEMENT.

A noticeable fact, and one Of immense
importance in the rebuilding Of the city
of Chicago is the almost perfect condition
in which the fire has left the Nicolson
pavement. The damage is SO trifing as
not to be worthy Of mention. Miles OF
pavement on the North Side are almos,
III scorched and perfectly free of debris
and even in the South Division, where
both sides Of the streets were lined with
lofty brick and stone buildings, there is
scarcely point where carriage may not
be driven through the streets. Indeed
except where the buildings were blown
up, or partially blown up, in endeavorng
to stop the progress Of the flames, the
ruins have almost invariably fallen upon
their own sites. At points where the
pavements were burned at all, the fire
only churred them on the outside, and il
is question whether the process to which
they were subjected will not add to their
durability.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
THRILLING,
An INCIDENT OF THE FIRE.

A couple Of families, the heads of which
were teamsters, living near the lake shore,
not far from the watcr-wOrks, stuck to
their homes to the last moment, in the
hope of saving a porli m of their effects.
They were cut of by the flames, however
and compelled to flee us they could but
the only direction IN which they GOULD go
was into the lake. The men succeeded in
getting their teams hitched up, and hastily
putting themselves and families on the
truck wagons, they drove into the lake us
far us possible without drowning. This
WAS at 6 o'clock on Monday morning.
There they were obliged to remain through
that live-long day, scorched by the heat
almost beyond the power of endurance,
and obliged TO dive into the water at FREE
quent intervals, to keep from being con-
sumed AT o'clock in the evening a
small tug approached the group OF suffer-
crs, and took away the women asd children
but could not take the men. The hus'
bands and fathers were left there for
twelve hours longer, and finally, on Tues.
day morning, We're rescued by another
boat. All Of the party found each other
| at last, at the houses Of friends on the
| West Side, but the suifcrings and expos
urc Of the weaker ones may yet terminate
| fatally.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
EXTINCTION OF FIRES.
VERY IMPORTANT II TRUE.


"a German writer, in discussing the
general theory Of iires and the method OF
preventing and extinguishing them men
tions various mineral substances which
may be mixed with the water employed,
to give it:much greater efficiency.
Chief among these, in his opinion, is
common salt, and he maintains, rs the re.
suit of actual experiment, that one part OF
water containing salt will have more effect
than four without it, He explains it, actor
by saying, that saline solution is les:
readily vaporzed than pure water, and
that it is not SO easily decomposrd into it
constituent elements of oxogen and hydro,
gen, which, of course, tend to reunite and
produce still greater intensity Of combus.
ton. He thinks that the salt itself
also, falling on hot Goals, is de-
composed, its sodium combining witt
the oxygen Of the W tr. but that the n.y.
a. o gen ii the water unites with the chlor-
ine Of the salt, and forms complete in.
combustble gas, which has Il very favOra-
bic effect in deadening the fame, and
aiding in extinguishing the fire.
There is no danger Of injury to the
fire apparatus a,ten liant upon the use OF
salt water, provided it be subsequently
flushed with fresh water from the hydrnni.
Our author advises that a supply of rock
salt be kept in bags in every engine-hous"
and as soon as the fire breaks out that tn,
solution be made. It, is not necessary I,
Ia I'VE the solution saturated, a. n large per
centsgc of water may be added withOu'
materially affecting the efficiency OF tn
mixture.
AN important preventive Of fire is sug
gested in the coating of the beams and tim
bers of newly-built houses with solubl,
glass, applying this in several successive
coats of II rather dilute solution, to be fol
lowed by final application of a mixtur'
of soluble glass and cement. Wood treated
in this way may be exposed quite close 10
burning matter without actually taking
fire
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
GIVEN UP As LOST.

The second thing il, the patients must stay
warm room nth they get well II II almos(
possible To prevent tnkln cold when the III
are diseased, but IL must be prevented or
can not DO effected. Fresh air and riding
especially In this section of the country.
fall and winter season. are ull wrong.
clans who recommend that course lose thei I
tients. II their lungs aTe badly diseased: and
because they are In the house they musY
rs much and as fast az the strength Will be !
get up n good circulation of blood. The pat
must keep in good spirits-bc determined q
we'll. This has great deal to do with the
tite, and Is the great point 70 gain.
10 despair Of cure after such evidence
possibility In the worst cases, and moral
tainty in ali others, Is sinful. d.. Schencks
sOnal statement To the Faculty Of his own
was In these modest words:
Many years ago ] was In the last stage
consumption; confined TO my bed, and ut
time my physicians thought that could not
straws, heard of and obtained the prepared
which ! now Ofer 10 the public, ana they
perfect cure OF me. II seemed 20 me u
They soon ripened the matter In my lungs,
I would spit up more than a pint OF omen
yellow matter every morning Tor long TINE
fever, pains, and night sweats all began 70
me, and my appetite became 80 grent tnht
with difisulty that could KEEP ,Tpen lf4in and
grown In flesh ever since;
~ was weighed shortly after my recovS|
sseIsio hne nv Weight " was ' only ninety
pounds; my present weight Is two undred
twenty-five i22j) pounds and for years havel
joyed uninterrupted health"
DIR. Schenck has discontinued his pr0fessi1
visits 10 New-York and Boston. He or MS
DIR. j. ii. Schenck, Jf.. still continue Y seeJ
tients at their ONCE, No. ID North SKIN st1
philadelphia, every Saturday from Am; To-
Those who wish "A thorough examination
the Respirometer will be charged ~. the
promoter declares the exact condition 81
lungs, and patients can readily learn WheI
they are durable or not,
The directions for taking the medicinesl
adapted TO the Intelligence even ora chiid.
low these directions, and kind Nature VIII do1
rest, excepting that In some cases the Mand1
pills are TO be taken IN increased dosesi
three medicines need no other accompanying
than the ample instructions that accomI5
them: First create appetite. OF return
health. hunger is the most welcome sympy
ing ut once DO OF good cheer. Good blood at q
follows, the cough loosens. the night swea]
abated. In u short time both OF these moi
symptoms are gone forever.
Dr. Schenck's medicines are constantly kep
tens OF thousands OF families. As "a LAXATIVE
purRative, the Mandrake pills are standard !
parntion while the Pulmontc Syrup as d
OF coughs and colds. may be regarded as !
phylncteric against consumption In any OF
forms.
Price Of tho Puimonio Syrup and sca-w
Tonic, \ 90 bottle, or $3.50 half dosen.. NJ
drake Pulls, 2S cents box. For Gale BY all DR.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
THE GREAT PREsEST-TAKER.
From the Ses.York sun, Oct. 18th. |

From the Ses.York sun, Oct. l2th.l
In II speech at Albany yesterday Sena-
tor Conkling, with boldness that does
credit 10 his courage, made this afirma-
ton Since Gen. Grants accession TO the
Presidency, as far as can learn, he has
never accepted costly present from any
one
Has Mr.. Conkling never learned any
thing about cottage by the seaside at
Long BruEch, presented to President
party or parties? Wasn't that rattle
custly present
While Mr.. Conkling i, studying into
this subject, he might also investigate
President Grants transactions concerning
The house now occupied by Gen. Sherman
in Washington. When he Was elected to
the presidency that house belonged to Gen.
Grant. tie offered it for sale and sold it
for $40 200 to Mayor Bowen Of Washing
ton who paid him 81 900 down and took
his contract TO convey the property by
deed. After this was done, Gen. Grant
wrote letter to rich citizen of New
York, saying Gen. Sherman WAS too poor
to keep such an establishment in Washing
ton us General of the Army ought to
have, and it would be very good thing if
the wealthy men Of the country would
give him (Shcrman) such donation as
would enable him to live in handsome style
On the receipt of this letter meeting Of
rich men was held here, the presidents let
ter read, subscription started, and money
raised. This fund, finally amounting to
about 100000, Was taken to Washington
by Mr.. A. 4, Stewart Gen. Grant man
aged II so that out Of this money thus col
tected at his o0n solicitation, S65, 900 rent
into his onn pocket 10 pay for the house he
had Just before sold 10 Mr., Bowen for S40,-
900 and tbereupon Mr.. A. Il. Stewart,
who had brought on the money and paid
over to Grant the part of it which he
chose to take for himself was appointed by
Grant to the Office of Secretary of the
Treasury. Poor Bowen, thus deprived Of
the property he had bought, at first threat
ened to sue for it but he WAS persuaded
to give up his contract on the repayment
OF his money, with the promise that tho
president would make it all right with him
in distributing the patronage Of the Dis
trict of Columbia aud this promise has
not been kept.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
A LOOK AHEAD.

From the Oh icago Evening Post, lith.l
There is now only one way TO look
ahead. Chicago has q future as certainly
"a 1t has past. Nothing is now left but
dwelling houses that is visible to the eye Of
sense, but beyond these dwellings and
Ranking and already overrunning the hor-
riblc area of the consumed city, is spirit
Of enterprise and energy that is quite
indoinitable. All is not lost; indeed
nothing is lost while hope and pluck re-
main. Fail? fail? ain the bright lcxi-
con of youth, which fate reserves for
gloriou, manhood, there's no such word rs
fail Upon all the blackened walls and
lettering towers, upon clinging cornce
and ruined pavement, is written broadly
the CHEEKY word resurgdm. There il
manlines- enough left here TO reconstruct
the city even in this terrible calamity and
this deep desolatlOn. There is waste,
but there is not despair. The brave hearts
of our ti:cn.. even more than the symps-
thy Of other cities. stands to US a pledge of
victory.
Chicago is hencf.rth TO be the inheri-
tancc Of heroes. The men who will stay
here or come here and grow up with the
growing city will be- men with pluck in
tleir eyes, hope in their hearts, and iron
IN their biood-brave men, capable ofresis.
ting ard overcoming. The Chicago that
wa bequeatbes to the Chicago that is to
be, an Opportunty-thc grandest the sun
shines on to-day-and it is such men who
are to be the columns Of the future temple.
The land is left, the grand position is
left, and the men are left who reared the
recent magnificent city from the prairie
mud. They can do it again, and they will
do it again. The consequences ofthe most
disastrous fire the wculd has ever suffered
will be conquered and forgotten by the
most intrepid spirit Of determination the
world has ever reared.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17

THE WORTHY EF-MAGlsTpArv
of these United States has performed
an act OF magnauimity never equalled
since Artemus, the great American
Snowman, actuated by a lofty patriot
ism, advised all his able.boded rela
tives to fight and bleed aud die, i,
need be, in the war for the Union
We refer to the touching charity shown
BY General Grant when he telegraphed
the authorities Of Boston to forego q
public reception on his arrival in tina
city and donate the expenses Of the
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17

The rRoPMEToRs of the Standard.
the baptist journal published at Chica,
20, were not less unfortunate than the
rest OF the newspaper men Of the Office
vi all the material Of the qity, nothing
was saved except the subscription list
ana the account books. The publish.
er' appeal to subscribers and friend. O,
the paper to help them in their cx.
rcmity.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17

SAYS late telegram, " it is esti-
mated at the internal revenue bureau
that the Chicago fire will reduce the
internal revenue receipts to the extent
Of s4O0, 900"
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17

GEN. GRANT, who has had no recrea-
ton from business since the railroad
excursion, now nearly two weeks past,
went to Boston on Friday for week $
visit.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17

BONNER gave ten thousand dollars
towards the relief Of any persons in
Chicago connected with the newspaper
business.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
STATE TICKET.
JOHN p. HELI.

Mr.. CowLEs, the publisher of the
Chicago TiJme says that re-proof
building is humbug
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
JOB PRINTING.

-. The unde' signed, pro prletors OF the dahl anu
WEEKLY BuLLEris, have just received an assort-
men, 81 the latest s,{lrs OF Job Printing tyIes
aud have now on" OF the most complete Job 'fires
IN The south and West. They faiter themselves
that they possess facilities for turning out
promptly, IN the hes style of the Art, all work
enlrnslel TO lhnm. from he smnll. Il card OF
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17

TIE RIGHTS OF WOMEN are so far
respected in Milwaukee that women are
employed as newspaper carriers.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
THE POLITICAL PROBLEM.

in the political chaos OF the present era
of American politics.
First, we have Phillips.Norton
dical.sm. which is nothing but intensi
fed old time federalism, the adherents
of which advocated strong paternal
central government, and the substan.
iial CELEBRATION Of state lines--in short.
limited monarchy under the title of
Republic
Next, We have Stephens. Toombs
southernism. the doctrines Of which
bear strong family resemblance TO
those of the defenders Of the old con-
federation, and of the Calhoun seces-
sionist- Of later days.
Then. we have Groesbeck -Schurz
constitutionalism, the doctrines of which
are precisely those of the republicanism
of the days of Jefferson, and for which
! Webster contended and Douglas made
such gallant fight
No one who has given to this subject
a. moments thought can doubt that the
political doctrines advocated by Groes-
beck and Schurz have the endorsement
of great majority Of the electors of
the republic, and yet we are compelled
to acknowledge that the doctrines Of
Phillips Morton radicalism are being,
year after year, fastened upon our pub
lie polity-made part Of the govern
ment of the republic.
The explanation of this fact may be
found partly in the present organiza
ton Of parties, and partly in the excited
condition of the public mind, in which
still linger many of the prcjudices tina,
grew therein, like rank weeds, during
the late war. Groesbeck and SEIZURE
for instance-the one in name a demo.
crat, the other in name republican,
but both. in fact, advocates of precisely
the same dcctrines-are at this time
not members Of the same political
organization, but are fighting at cross
purposes, and at the polls cast their
ballots one against the other. Groes-
beck expostulates with Schurz and
points to the fact that he, democrat,
is combating for precisely the same
doctrines for which Schurz, ali outcast
radical, is contending, and says: Here,
in the democratic party, is your only
home come in Schurz replies
that the republicans who believe with
him cannot have any confidence in the
democratic party that it was the bull.
wark of African slavery while that in
sttution existed that it opposed the
war for the preservation of the Union +;
that it opposed the policy of enlarging
the circle Of American liberty that its
present policy is shaped if not die
tated by the Stephens oombs non
ao,or,,.;s,. ,ho, , now orcon;,o,;or
unorcrmborod hr ,nv of Tho brrdors
of ,bo r,st-de6ont and oocross;vc-
Is Jem,pded nv the cxi,encics Of the
fine and adds :" Here in this new
b marty is the home of men like YOU;
: come in The conservative Mo.
b,mmod osks ,be domocrat;c MAINTAIN
to come TO him The mountain re.
fuses, and Mohammed PERSISTS in not
going 10 the mountain.
From what we have said. it will be
seen. that. in our opinion. the grand po-
litical problem is How can the
anti radicals and anti. Bourbons-
the only true friends of
American renublicanism-be united
in one political organization ?"
Until this nroblcm has been solved
the radicals will be victorious. 1t is
therefore the dutv of every true demo.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17
TIE UTILITY OF PAPER.

rev housekeepers are aware of the
many use TO which waste paper may be
put AFTER stove has been blackened i,
jsn o. Kept looking very well by rubbing
y Nv, WIN paper. Rubbing with paper is =
h'ucll nicer and more convenient way ot
keep'hg the outside Of tea.kettle c"iyee'
pc, ana teapot bright and clean Than IN,
old way Of washing, them in sud. pu ra'
bing with paper is also the best w.n w. "
polishing knives and ,nware ss,er sSo, .
ing. If II little -four be held on the noa.
in rubbing tnware and spoons, ,hcyr wv" vii
shine like new silver '
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-17

nkis-Thc Prov dence Herald says; "This
ivertisement is from tho Atlanta Sun.
Who can explain; Notice. hereby con-
sent f'r my wife to be II Free Trader from
this date. j. NJ MABETTn WHY, YOU