The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-31

ness, perhaps, than any other variety stor'
in Perry county,
Mr., Taylor, the head miller Of the Cair'
City Mills, was lying so low, yesterday If
ternoon, that it was thought impossible thu
he could survive the night. He has many
friends in Cairo, who will receive this in
telligcncc with feelings Of deep regret
We understand that our county super
indcnt Of schools, Mrs. T.. A. Taylor ha'
been compelled to surrender charge Of he
department Of the Cairo public school, be
cause Of official and other duties that de-
mand her attention. Miss Mamie Mckee
Miss Thompson's assistant, fills the vacancy
temporarily.
We've suspected il for sometime, and
it turns out that our suspicious were Fright,
In our ambiguous notice of the affair, some
time ago. we minated the probability Of
such thing as one Of the distinguishing
events Of the holidays, The possibility that
we had been "hum- buggcd' occurred to US,
and, therefore, our caution.
A young man to whom we are indebted
for an occasional batch Of items, very sell
sibly admonishcs the young men of Cairo
that, "Now's the time to quit chewing to-
bacco and t. subscribe for The BULLETIN.
The deprivation in the one case provides
means for paying for the qualification in the
other"
The Ohio being filed from bank to
bank with slow-moving ice, yesterday eve.
ming, the cold weather Of the night doubt
less blocked up the stream entirely. Ithas
withstood vast deal of cold weather al
ready; but We are greatly mistaken if last
nights cold did not operate as the "closing
scene"
1t was not altogether modest in the Re.
publicans Of Pulaski county to set up a
claim to the Farris succession. The jlst
district is composed of five counties. OF
the three representatives allotted to the dis
trict, Pulaski Republicans propose to take
two, leaving one to the remaining four
counties.
There were slcighs, sleds and drags of
every shape and kind abroad on Sunday
Everybody who had horse and set Of har-
ness under his control, improviscd some
kind of sleigh, and was out with his family.
As many, certainly, rs hundred families,
were abroad; but we heard of no accidents
more serious than an occasiona! break
down.
A real summer bird, full and stopping
over" of summer songs, makes its head
quarters in the neighborhOod Of the
Christian church, on Eighteenth street. He
is a most cheerful and persistent singer.
and seems so out of place in his surround
ings Of ice and snow, that we can't resist
the impulse to make local item out of
him.
The scarcity and poor quality of THE
BULLETINS original matter to-day, both
local and editorial, are due to the ndspo-
siton of the editor. Conducting both de-
partmcnts of the paper--hunting up the
facts and writing from five to eight columns
of matter daily, have ovcr-taxcd bis capacity
Of endurance somewhat But he'll soon get
used to it.
"A lot Of cattle we're crossed from Mis-.
Sonri, yesterday on the ice. Men on horse
back and in buggics and wagons also passed |
without mishap. We don't know how
thick the ice is; but before we'd use it as
bridge, we'd have to know that it was fro
zen solid, to the bottom Somebody, in his
effort to save fcrriagc, will make fatal
venture before long. The necessity for
caution can be impressed upon some people
In no Otncr manner.
There are two strange boys in the city,
who arc manifestly trying their fortunes
abroad, and experiencing rather rough |
time Of it. They beg their food, are lily
clad, and apparently very much down
hearted. They came to Cairo from Vincen.
mes, and express purpose to 60 to Mem
phis. They are the youngest brace Of
tramps we have yet seen upon the road
and it might prove an act Of Kindness to
them to ship them back to their starting
point.
The Balfrcy children who were render
I'd homeless by the fire of last Friday, have
found a home in the family of Mr.. Charley
Gaycr, who is in some manner related to
Mr. Balfrcy. The iates have dealt harshly
with Mr., T., especially during the four
months past. The epidemic made heavy
upon hi' family, and fire dcs-
,roycd the roof that sheltered the balance.
May we not suggest that these fatalities
open the way to those who have enough and |
to spare, to dispose Of portion of their
plenty in most commendable manner.
An uptown family, consisting of three