The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-27
among the delegates from Southern Illinois
VAN PATTEN

among the delegate. from Southern Illinois
VAN rATrEN
or the l. G. II. Il. Van Is well.known in
Cairo among the brothers of the :" Mystic
Tie" As royal good fellow who is able
manf'nllyto WELD his sword in defense of
virtue and in the cause Of humanity. In
our notice Of the fair last week, we forgot
to mention, that one of the most success
full booths, which were used by benevolent
societies and for church purposes, was the
one occupied BY the ladies of the
NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
REV. G. II. Foote pastor). Their many
friends rallied each day, and swelled up
the receipts to such an extent as to leave
them very handsome sum that will help
60 pay for a fine new organ for the church,
which they have long needed. Each day
at the fair, the good dominic and his estim-
able lady might have been seen at their
booth seeing that all were refreshed, and
that no one went away dissatisfied. Some
miserable wretch, not having the fear of
the law, or gospel either before his eyes,
succeeded in abstracting about twenty-five
dollars from the cash box and making off
with it before the loss was discovered.
In our previous letter we were very care
ful to abstain from saying anything about the
prevalence of smallpox in our city: not
wishing TO be the first 10 cry wolf. but now
that the Democrat and other city papers
have come out In double loaded articles on
the subject, we will say that had IL not
been for the exertions used by president
Barrett tofthe fair ground association the dis.
ease would have been declared epidemic some
three weeks ago. Commencing in the north
ern pa art Of the city and the filth. dirt and
sQualor which grows riot in that section.
il has rapidly spread over the whole city.
Your correspondent was told by one Of our
most successful practitioners that we were
the fortieth person he had yaccin.
ated that day. and he had over dozen call,
TO make that evening for the same purpose.
The intelligent portion of the community are
thoroughly afirighted at the rapid spread Of
the most losthsame Of all diseases. and are
using all the preventives in their power.
while still another class, embracing many in
telligent people also. strenuously object 10
vaccination, and many, principally Germans.
are actually Withdrawing their children rom
public schools sooner than have the
vaccine matter introduced into their systems,
some of them openly proclaim they had
rather run the risk of having the "schmall-
box" than 10 be vaccinated. The con-
sequence is, it spreads rapidly from
block TO block. II is dangerous
to be in the crowded theatre
or church, concert-room or opera. The
crowded horse cars are a fine dissemination
of the pestilence. and bank bills and postal
currency are at a premium in containing and
communicating the disease. [Mem.-your
correspondent is bullet-proof from contract
ing the disorder from the last named cause.
Unless the present week finds the disease on
the dec ease. we shall look for the mayor TO
PROCLAIM II AN EPIDEMIC.
While this may keep some trade away from
the city, yet it il a duty due TO the people
in the city as well as persons out of it, TO let
them know that the disease Is stalking gaunt
and grim in our streets, so that they can
.'put their houses in order" and prepare to
defend themselves from the .pestilence that
smteth at MONDAY.
We have all kinds Of epidemics here-flrst
it is "sucides," when. for period Of weeks,
hardly day passes but some
''Poor unfortunate, weary Of breath,
Rashly importunate goes to his death
Again it is shooting. death by gun or pistol
swes the list of murders. The past week it
is the knife, equally as deadly in its result.
Within the last ten days no less than five
murders have been committed. all by cut
ting and stabbing. The last, night or two
since, in dance hall, corner of Third snd
Almond street. Thi, Almond street j. the
loves, most infamous, murderous hole in
the whole city; it is the misfortune Of your
correspondent that he is obliged to cross
! this sink of crime a number of times each
day, and we never yet have done 80 without
witnessing scenes that are, TO say the least,
most repulsiye to the eye. On the three
corners of Third and Almond the fourth
corner is vacant lot stand three vile dens
for the sale OF ''lightning benZine" during
the day, and at night in the rear room of
each in addition a dance hall is filled with
black and white where their midnight orgies
cry aloud to heaven for vengeance. In each
one of these saloons
MURDER HAS BEEN COMMITTED
Within the past six months, and the last case
of stabbing (Which will probably result ia.
tally will make second murder in the
same den of nfamy within the past few
| weeks.
We notice much needed improvement
going on in Main and Second streets. which
are being relayed their entire length with
| Nicolson pavement. We also notice that
Fourth street is being swept with brooms,
the splints Of which are made Of steel, and
the street never before has benin a. clearly
q condition rs since their introduction. The
lessees Of the stores fronting on east side OF
Fourth and Washington avenue running
back to Third street have received notice to
abdcate on or before January next, as the
buildings are to be torn down and WASH
ington avenue widened to give q larger
outlet for the new bridge. When this
is done Ticknor & Co.'S store on the
west side of Fourth and Washington avenue
will exactly face the approaches of the
bridge, so that you can stand in their store
door and look squarely over the bridge and
across the river. The fine weather is being