The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-11-03

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direct from Memphis reached THE Bull
LETIN office. AT the expense OF the typos
he was placed in the hospital, and in the
very room with the sick deck-had that had
arrived here on the Inflated steamer Porter
In few days the fugitive printer became
convalescent, and Mr.. Nally placed him at
a case in the office. This printer, it is now
we'll known, was recking with the germs Of
the yellow fever. Mr.. Nally, as editor and
foreman, was thrown in frequent contact
with him, and soon sickened. Mulkey,
Sullivan and crofton worked by his side and
were almost constantly in his company.
They too sickened, and all of them died,
The other attaches of the office, were not
thrown into his company, and escaped To
the presence Of this man, then, and TO no
other cause, may be ascribed the sickness
and death that became the fearful portion
of the BULLETIN. To those who are malig-
nant enough to hint or believe that Mr..
Nally was reckless Of any consequences
that might ensue from the intoduction Of
the refugee into the Office, we have no
answer to bestow il words.
Mr.. Nally died under the watchful and
tender care of mother; and at very fire.
quent intervals during his sickness and
even up to the hour Of his death, the pro
prietor of the BULLETIN was at his bedside,
The body was decently prepared for sepul-
ture, and on the forenoon OF the day follow
ing death, it was conveyed to the cemetery
of the Lotus and buried.
In answer to the noxlous cellar story, we
have to say that the BULLETIN building has
no cellar. The health officer who felt
called upon to explore the region
under the first floor, declares to-
day that all the actual filth" found
there might have been eaten by the dainti
est stomached epicure without creating even
a twitch of nassau. In verifcation Of this
statement that there was nothing found
there that could, under any conditions, have
occasioned sickness--we refer with conf
dence to health officer Sumerwell.
The cistern water used by THE BULLETIN
Office employees, and to which such fearful
results have been partially ascribed, is as
pure as any water distilled from the clouds
of heaven. Late as the month Of June the
cistern was emptied, cleaned and repaired,
and no other water but the water Of this
cistern was used for either drinking or
cooking purposes, by any one connected
with the building. Moved by an unfriend-
ly spirit, some one secured o sample Of water
contained in another cistern and used solely
for laundry pu, poses, and sent 1t to Chicsgo
to undergo analysis. Singularly enough
the result Of the analysis of the sample
(Which may or may not have been impure
was never made public
This is the whole story; and in dismiss
ing the subject we cannot refrain from re-
buking that spirit in the BULLETIN neigh
bors, which, overlooking the palpable and
undeniable cause of the sickness and death
that visited the Office, sought for causes for
which the proprietor of the BULLETIN might
be held personally blameable. 1t was an
unfriendly, not to say mean spirit, that
prompted such unfair dealing, and we are,
for the sake Of our kind, glad to say that
the number who harbored it were as small
in numbers as they are recognizably small
in soul and charity.
The BULLETINS share in the suferings Of
the city, formed load Of themselves quite
heavy enough for any single pair of shout
ders to carry. 1t is, therefore, but reason
able impulse Of human nature in Us, TO
strive to throw off the additional weight
that malignant hearts and thoughtless
tongues sought to impose upon US.