Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-20
CAIRO, ILL.
To Cairo ON the @emPhIs and Paducah
The EIIzabethtOSn ROad-BOaf
BuildInE-An Editor at Home
The Yinoennes Road.
From an Occasional Correspondent

| From an Occasional Correspondent
CAIRO, June 17.-From Trimble, a
quick run OF seventy-eight miles over a
good road, brought me to Paducah,
Kentucky. Mayfield, the only point at
which l stopped, is in a tobacco raising
region, and the country is higher, and
probably healthier, than in the low
lands near the Mississippi, but the soil
| by no means 80 rich. The wheat crop
is rather good, but will hardly be harv-
ested for two weeks to come. Had fine
audiences both in Mayfield and Pad
ucah. Met Hon. J. Q A. liking, former
| ~ lieutenant and acting governor Of
| Kentucky, who introduced me to my
audience in Paducah. He is to intro
| duce the two candidates for governor,
Messrs. M'Creery and Harlan, who are
| to speak there tomorrow night June
18Th. Says they are both able and pol
ished gentlemen; that it ia not the NJ
Creepy of United States senate re-
nown. Saw brother Of President Nor
ton, of the Paducah aud Memphis rail.
road, who said they were trying
to make arrangements to COM
plete the road. Saw q man who
heard Judge Billiards. decision order
ing the EIizabetbtown and Paducah
Lailroad into the hands of a receiver, the
earnings Of the road to be applied first
to the running expenses of the road and
afterward to the back pay Of the en-
plOyes. l heard that President
MCOmb, of the Southern railroad asso.
citation, holds three million dollars OF
mortgage bonds upon the EliZabethtOwn
and Paducah railroad. Should this road
fall into his hands it would open up q
competing line between Memphis and
Louisville, and necessitate the compile
ton Of the road from Memphis to Pa
ducah. We had grand granger picnic
here; a big crowd from Paducah came
down to Cairo on the pleasant little
steamer Fisk, regular Paducah and
Cairo packet. The scenery down here
is very beautiful, reminding one Of the
evergreen shores OF Japan. There is a
fine boat on the stocks building at Me-
trOpOlis-the new Belle Lee. 1t is said
she will be larger than any boat on the
Mississippi. 1 met J. II. Oberly, ESQ,
editor of the Cairo Bulletin. You ring
bell; are shown up stairs by his little
daughter; tind him in a neat room at
home, his wife busy with his exchanges
and scissors. He replies, ooh, yes; she
does most of the editing.n A practical
solution Of wOman's wOrk-to help her
husband. The blessing of God is upon
the woman who can thus assist her hus-
band in his labOTs of life; and the re-
verse. Where would the TiltOn-Beech-
er business have been had TiltOn's wife
been with him instead Of making his
home attractive to Beecher. When will
woman once learn that the END of her
education is to be a helpmeet to her |
husband! Mr.. CDerly IS a director of |
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railroad, and is probably calling the at |
tention Ofthe mayor and council VI Cairo |
to the fact that the contractors of the |
road have control of stock enough to |
elect board of directors in their inter- |
est, to the detriment Of the original |
You cannot eat your cake |
and keep it-yOu cannot build your road
with other mems money and own it.
This is bona .fde narroW-gauge road,
one hundred and fOrty-six miles long,
and recently opened. Passenger trains
are now running regularly. The track
is only three feet wide. The engines,
cars and everything down to the rails
and road-bed small and cheap Road
said to be paying well. NarrOw.gauge
roads are new in the country and this
will be watched with interest. The law
Of Illinois limiting railroads iu their
rates is not yet finally passed upon by
the courts. The Cairo and Vincennes
is IN the hands of q receiver, but is in
good working order, and ought to be a
very important road. was over it last
spring. From Indianapolis there is a
direct line to Vincennes, thence over
this road to Cairo, thence TO Little Rock
and Texas by straight line. Passen-
gers from Mississippi county, Missouri,
lust west of Cairo, say the crops of wheat
and corn are good there. Cairo is a
small place and hotels undesirable. One
Of the churches here is likely to be sold
'or debt. They had q preacher two or
.hree years ago who had made a great
many additions to the church, and he
wanted to stay by the year; but a few
wealthy people objected and got up a
quarrel, ga house divided against a
house falleth." PAUL BAGLEY.