The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-07
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

The celebration of the great and glo-
rious 4th Of July in this city commenced
after dark on the night Of the Sd and has
been continued ever since. The city on
Thursday presented gay and festive ap-
pearance. A general decoration took
place, and more flags and bunting were
displayed than have been seen on like
occasion since the war. The day itself
was perfect. No dust, and the hot rays of
the sun were tempered with u fne breeze.
The military paraded early-too much so
for your correspondent to witness them.
Thousands spent the day in picnics to the
fair grounds and out on the line of the diff
ferent railroads. A great many went on
steamboat excursions up the river down
the river, AMI over the river, while thous-
ands from the country towns around
poured into the city. As soon ne nigh,
let fall her sable curtain general fusilade
commenced oil along the line and all over
the city. Rockets whizzed in the air and
candles poured .crth their hundred balls Of
FIRE. The streets echoed with the roar of
all kinds of explosives, from the tiny fire
cracker to the lS-pound cannon. The sky
appeared all aglow with hundreds of bon
fires and the thousand different kinds Of
pyrotechnics that were continually ascend
ing from all parts Of the city, which dis
play was kept up until long after midnight
and it may be said that the 4th Of July,
1872, in St. Louis wound up in a perfect
blaze Of glory and fire. Long may the
american bird" continue TO soar and
scream and FLAP his wings. "Rah for
the esgler
Thanks to providencc-not the street H..
spectors-the city, owing to the immense
amount of rain fallen, is now in more
clearly condition than it has been before
for years, yet owing to the large quantity
OF fruit in the market and the imprudence
Of many, there is great deal
of sickness in various parts Of the city,
a great many Of our citizens have left
the city the past few days with their fam-
lies to escape the heated term. AL
though the mercury has been lower here
the past week than in any other part Of
the country, yet we are n restless people
and desire change. The slaughter OF
the innocents' continues, there being
l5S deaths of children under five years OF
age last week. Nearly ,wo-thirds of al
the deaths were these little ones. The
statistics for the present week are not ye,
summed up, but We have no doubt will
even exceed those of the week before
At last after repeated trials we are to have
the Lindell hotel rebuilt the contracts
have been signed and sealed, and tn
workmen have already commenced t
clear away the debris Of the ole ruins
The new "L.nd,ll" will not only be nj
ornament to the city but one of the arges
/ hotels in the country. 1t will probaly b
4 fully two years before it will be ready TO
9 guests; it is not yet known who will be tn
LESSER. Atthis early stage, we know of n
less than nine different parties who ar
; after it. The work Of building the ne,
+ Tunnel along Washington avenue wi
: soon be commenced, the different lines G
i horse railroads which now run down tn
avenue will remove their tracks to 81
=, Charles street and use that street Will
{ the tunnel is being built. DR.. Berkle
: is preaching in small hall in the western
part of the city, formerly used by Xaup
for his rracticing parties. The friends O
DR.. Is. are about to build new church 70
him, and he is now in the tide of ful
popularity again.
In the way of amusements with the ex
ception of the Varieties which nevel
close We have but one Theatre open, De
Bars, where Billy Emmerson is drawing
splendid houses, in spite of the intens,
heat. In former letter we mentioned
that Rankin and wife have gone north
: since then every thing in his theatre ha
{, been attached and sold ut ruinou
]. rates. His loss has been heavy and that o
F his many creditors much more so.
! While on recent flying trip TO Cair
we were much pleased at the many ne,
buildings we noticed in process of erection
- Inc st. Charles h otel looked maenificen
!. in its new and becoming dress. The pain,
a ers, Messr' Scot. Il Meigs have s,andip,
advertisement. Of their skill and taste i,
0 the manner in which they handled ,hei
d work. We understood from mine Ho,
= Rexford tina. still further improvement
|, were 20 take place in the interior Of II
"a building, so that the st. Charles will |
&c more than ever, q source Of pride to Il
n city. We think that for the future welia
" OF Cairo, a great mistake has been mat
in locating the Depot OF the e. d V. r.
J., SO far from the business portion of Il
. city. The original place selected on Il
T. Point would have been benefit to Il
7. whole city Whereas the present locate
VIII only benefit small section of Il
town, and be Of no direct benefit to Il
10 citizens and merchants who do busine
,s below Twentieth street and who pay 70,
). Gfth Of the entire taxes levied to bring Il