The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-12-06


my Testimonial OF tie HeSpect with
RDiCI sac People OF Cairo Regard
Goy GulioIn 49, The Reception aud
FnIcriaInTneni of the Govern or and
Party 4 visit 10 Oar Public schools,
and what the Governor ana Pres
jdent Ackernan Said or 1hrin-fhe
Recepiio. at Temperance Haii-Tho
Hail ana Banquet al the NJ. Charles
The supper, enc.
Governor CullOm may well feel proud
OF the reception accorded him by the c.i.
zens Of Cairo. Notwithstanding the in
element weather, and the yariou. iIsad,
yan,ages nnder which the committee
who had charge Of the reception labOr>
ed, the event was an uninterrupted sue.
cess from the arrival until the dcpart>
urc Of the Governors party, and reflects
credit upon the management Of the com.
mittee, The directors car Of the Illinois
Central road, which brought
THE PARTY
to The city. let, Chicago Monday morn,
Ing with President Alderman, wife and
daughter Mr. Mex inley, auditor Of the
road. and wits, Mrs. Merely and Miss
Smith on board, taking the Governor and
family up at TolonO, from whence they
proceeded to Centralia where they re-
NAMED over Monday night, LEAVING that
point for this city Tuesday morning by
special train. The announcement that the
Governor would arrive &c . O'Clock
p. IN. caused a large crowd TO gather at
the depot, and when the train arrived
there were probably 800 people collected.
Ths reception committee, consisting Of
Capt. ". +, HALLIDAY, Capt, K. w. Nil
Ter, Hon. John II. Oborly, II. +. Potter,
r. n. Barclay, Col. $. Stats Taylor.
Judge +. BrosS, Geo. Fisher, {. q. Pa
tier. james johnson, Col. Geo. ". Nc
ksaig, Capt. c. Il. Woodward, d. J..
Davis, Chss. /. Nellis, Hon. Henry Win
ter, blaj. r. W. Geen and Capt. W.
7. Wright, who were in waiting, receiv>
ed the party, Col. Mckeaig making
short address of welcome, to which the
Governor replied in few brief remarks,
after which carriages were taken and the
party conducted to the st. Charles.
VISIT TO TIE SCHOOLS,
The ladies' of the party having been
provided with quarters at the hotel, Coy.
ernor Cullom and President Alderman,
OF the Illinois Central, accompanied by
Capt. Halliday, Col. Mckeaig, George
Fisher, Esq, Hon. John II, OberIy, c.
L. Woodward, w. =. Wright, Mr. STRAIT
ton and others, started out for Visit 10
the public schools. Commencing at the
Eleventh street school, Miss Rogers
teacher, the party visited the Thirteenth
street, the coIored and the High Schools
in their order. Without entcring into de-
tails as to what was So d and done at the
different schools visited it is
enough to say that the GOV,
erpor and President Alderman were
much pleased with our schools, and pro-
nounced them among the best in the
state. Gov. Cullom, in his remarks at the
reception rendered him in the evening,
said that he had within the last few
months visited the Normal schools at
Bloomington and Carbonate, and many
OF the leading institutions OF learning in
different parts OF the state, and in many
respects the Cairo schools were superior
to the best Of them. President ACker-
man, himself an old school man." was
not only pleased but was surprised
at the superiority OF the Cairo schools.
Miss Rogers, teacher at the Eleventh
street school; Miss Thompson, principal,
and the teachers of the Thirteenth street
school Prof. Pinn OF the colored school,
and Prot. Alvord, and his corps of teach
ers were all complimented by the Gov
ornor and President Alderman Tor hay
ing brought the Cairo school to so high
a standard and placing them on a level
with the best in the state.
The visit to the schools oyer, the party
returned to the st. Charles for supper.
After supper, accompanied by several
members OF the reception committee, the
Governor was escorted to the Temperance
Reform Club Rooms, where a
RECEPTION
was held. During the evening from ! to
$50 o'clock-between five and seven hun.
bred persons called at the hall to pay
their respects to the Governor. Atabout
8 o'clock delegation Of colored men,
headed by Judge Bird, called and were
introduced to the Governor By Hon.
John II. Oberly.. Judge Bird addressed
| the Governor briefly on behalf Of the col.
orsd psopls Of the city. The judges r..