The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-05-17
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Cape Girar,ieau " In u stew. lew
years ago the citizens Of that quiet little
city were I,ersusdei That thcir great need
was a railroad connection with the It.
Louis and Iron Mountain railroad. The
People saw the point. voted to the man
ayers ot the project $DO,OW In city and
county bonds, aud the little switch Of
railroad. dignified by the name Of the
estate Line railroad" was, In due season,
completed. Time passed on: the owners
OF the concern found that the expendi.
lures called Sbs NOR money t,An ti'e re.
ceipts furnished. aud the dcter'nin.
alton was formed to steal
away the locomotive. aud leave
the other rolling stock OF the road
without the power Of propulsion. In
pursuance Of this determination. a tow
boat landed at the Cape Girardeau ter
minus of the road, last sunday evening,
and the crew at once set about the work
Of getting the locomotive aboard the tow
boat. This purpose becoming known.
the citizens Of the place emerged from
their state OF customary torpidty. and
swore BY the eternal that the engine
should be spirited away In no such man
ner. The captain Of the tow.boat. disre'
gar,ling the threats OF the citizens. took
possession of the engine house, and con.
tinued his arrangements for carrying on
4 an rrktS mn fhall tIg
Capacities could stand. A hundred OF
more OF them repaired to the engine
house, and gave the captain the most
positive assurance that unless he aban.
doned his purpose, there would he doled
out to him. in two hundred pound doses,
a hundred ton weight Of Cage Girar,ieau
knuckles. Taking the exasperated citi.
zens at their word, he abandoned hii
work and left the field ofaction.
But this was not the emil Of the matter.
The instigstors Of the STEAL" hearing
Of the Captains discontinue. appealed to
the United States District court, and
Monday last. the United States Marshal
visited the Cape, and placing the loco
motive on the tow.boat transferred it to
81. Louis.
Upon this result the gushing local OF
the Cape Girardcau Press aiscourses a
follows: We sympathize with our Mis-.
souri, friends; but In such an emergency
of what avail is sympathy:
"Our once fourishing and proud little
\ city ID no longer the queen OF Southeast
Missouri. She has been taken in
robbed-plundered- Northumberland her
people veal, the yoke that gets no lighter.
| A people that once enjoyed unincuIn-
bered liberty are now struggling for tree
dom under the heavy burtlien Of taxa
tion-shackles placed upon them by
band OF thieving railroad swindlers. We
have paid dearly for our experience. We
have no one to point the finger Of scOrn
at-nOne 10 ayengc. We allowed our
selves to be led into the snare ~ sheep
is1ed to the slaughter pen. and We must
now stand the consequences. 1t would
be folly for Us to plunge into the water
in the rage Of storm unless we could
swim. so VIC must wait until the rolling
thunder. the threatening lightning and
maddened winds have gone. and then
under the clear canopy VI heaven, and In
the Centennial year VI our nations birth,
review the past with sober forethought,
and there Ia honest declaration resolve
never to trust railroad enterprise into
the hands Of such sharks as have robbed
Us of our hard-earned money!"
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