The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-05-05
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The Ohio river is falling here, the
decline In the twenty.four hours ending
at six o'clock last evening, being nine
inches. The water now marks ttirtv-
six feet ten inches on the gauge. The
river is reported rising at Cincinnati and
Evansville, and falling at Louisville. The
fall at Paducah was eight inches. The
Mississippi is rising slowly at st. Louis,
but falling above.
Miss Fannie Rabb and Prof. Staple.
ford, Of Paducah, who are very fine
singers, will be in Cairo over Sunday.
and will sing in the Episcopal church at
the morning and evening services. Dur.
ing their stay in the city Miss Rabb will
be the guest Of Mrs. Charles Gallagher.
and Prof. Stapleford the guest of Mr.. W.
II. Morris.
The attendance at the tobacco sales
at the Farmers warehouse on Thursday
was good, and the bidding lively. The
sales were as follows II hhds.
Lugs So 90. 3 20, 800. 800, 4 S.,
4 90, o., 3 10, 8 45, 20, 10,
3 %, 3 o., 3 80; 10 hhds. low to
medium leaf, S. 40, 10. . 40, 90,
4 So, 200, ) 20, 20, ) %, 5 10; 10 hhds.
medium to goou leaf, ss 90, W, 10 90
0 80, %, s 10, 0 10, Z IS, 80. 9 80.
Next week the sales will take place on
Thursday and Friday.
The Dongola correspondent of the
Jonesboro Gazette, says: "The frosts
of Monday and Tuesday mornings did
not very materially damage the pros
pective fruit and berry crops. The late
tender strawberry buds just in bloom
were killed, but these form very small
proportion of the berries in sight. A
| few apples were killed, and also the last
bloom OF the cherry trees. but enough
are lett to make good crop. The early
Irish potatoes were considerably bitten,
and the very few sweet potato plants
that had been set were perhaps ruined.
The latter will be replaced with new
plants, and the former will grow out
again. Wheat is said not to be injured,
and the prospect for a large yield has
never been better. The farmers and fruit
growers are cheerful, sure sign that
we shall have an abundance of every
thing in their line"
MIR. X. Buckingham, writing from
Alto Pass, under date of May LIST, to the
Jonesboro Gazette, says: 81 find on ex.
aiming the fruit that the only damage
done is to the strawberry plants. On
the Ridge the damage amounts to
from one-third to one-fourth. On the
low lands, from one-halt TO two.thirds
of the strawberries are killed. Toma.
toes that were set out on the highlands
not Injured. None raised on the low
lands here. Taking all in all, we con-
sider the frost more of benefit than an
injury"
Mayor Winter in his message to the
city council says there are less houses
OF ill-tame in the city than tor years be-
fore. This L. not the case. There never
was time in the history of the city
when there was so many places of pros
titution in the city as at present; and
there never was time when the inmates
of these dens were allowed so much lat.
itude as under the present administra.
ton. But then as his honor promises
to exercise a stricter police supervision
over this class of persons during the year
just commencing, we should not com
plain, and are willing to give him credit
tor whatever good he may accomplish.
The mayors action in the appoint
ment OF the standing committees of the
city council has been the subject of con-
siderable comment among the friends of
some Of the aldermen. His honor has
ignored his friends in the matter OF chair
manshlps. In nearly every contest be-
tween the mayor and the council, Alder
men Patier, Lancaster, McGauley and
Yocum have stood by his honor and
yet in the selection Of his committees
Mayor Winter snubs them all. Thistle
WOOD, fittenhouse and Wright each
come In for craftsmanship, and Halli-
day is placed at the head OF the two most
important committees of the council.
His honor is ungrateiul.
An old and small-very small-clerk
In a downtown business house has been
making it point to gulp down the con-
tents OF beer schooners," aud being
short OF the amount collected when the
time comes to settle on the first OF each
month. Last Tuesday was the first of
the month, and the anniversary of book
beer falling on the same day, the clerk
was in his glory. While out collecting
he visited several of the beer sal oons and
drank freely. He drank and collected,
which fatigued him. He became so tlreu
that he was compelled to crawl in stable
and rest. lie rested so long that his en-
ployer became uneasy about him, and
when he returned to the store he found
he was short, but couldn't account tor il
His employer not being of suspicious
nature believed him. We know of sew
eral just like this small clerk, and would
advise them that beer and collecting do
not 60 well together, and one or the other
must be dispensed with.
| To enforce the decree of the c,rcuit
court in the matter of the Illinois Central
railroad. is to virtually drive a number
of the mills and manufacturing establish
ments on the levee out OF business. In
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