The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-24

In passing upon claim against the
city for ferrying skiif load of tramps across
the river, the Committee on Claims decided
against its payment, alleging that the city
had no right TO send tramps or members Of
any other class, out of the city, at the pub
lie expense. In u legal point Of view this is
sound decisions but an economic policy
condemns it. To pay the ten or twenty cents
necessary to remove tramp from our midst,
would be a very cheap disposition of u very
absolute nuiSaucc.
We received intelligence yesterday,
that Gus, lIoim had died, the day before, in
the city Of Little Rock Of consumption
He left u wife and three children in quite
destitute circumstances, and in the midst Of
comparative strangers. Gus was well
known in Cairo, having tor Il long period OF
time stood at the head Of one Of the leading
tonsorial establishments of the city. lie
had large number of friends here who
will learn OF his death, and the circum-.
stances in which his protracted illness com
PEELED him to leave his family, with ftefngs
of sincere regret and sorrow.
Below we give the names Of TIE appli-
can,5 for membership of the Episcopal
church, who were confirmed into the faith
of the church, under the minis,mtons Of
Bishop Seymour, last Sunday The cere-
monies were quite impressive and were wit
messed by one of the largest au licences that
ever assembled in the building, Thcn.mcs
are as follows Miss Eta Foss. Miss Mamie
Halliday, Miss Daisy Halliday, Miss Clara
Robbins, Miss Susie Williams, Miss Geneva
Lavender, Miss Mamie Taylor, Miss Annie
Olmsted, Miss Edith Obcrly, Miss Gertrude
Oberly, Miss Mamie Corliss, Miss Maria
Corliss and Miss Bryant Mrs Cushman,
Mrs. c. Hanny ami Mrs, S VI. Taylor, Judge
d.. Baker, Mr.. G. Hanny, Mr.. J. B, New
begin and Mr.. George Corliss. Total 90
--Alcxander Paul Lewis the wrctched
creature who found his way to police head.
quarters, was still there, yesterday. The
ovcrseer of the poor will not take charge of
the poor fellow, and the chiefs sympahies
Tor the unfortunate will not permit him to
hustle the old man into the street or to see
HIM lie in headquarters and starve or freeze.
Sundry overtures u drown the miserable
man for four dollars and quarter had been
made; but the chief fell in with none of
them. He made up his mind last evening,
however, to get rid Of his elephant" by
buying a railroad ticket that will carry the
paupcrizcd old being 10 his friends, who
live two or three hundred miles up the Ms
sis,ippi Tins will involve the outlay of S.
or So; but better that than the continued
presence OF such Il ptiable object Us is AL
cxandcr Paul Lewis.
The law regulating the transportation
of cotton in bales or otherwise, on northern
and eastern railroads is exceedingly strict
and exacting. The cotton must be slowed
in closed cars, the doors Of which must not
only be closed, but 50 battcned as to render
the passage Of spark from the locomotive
or elsewhere, an impossibiIity. On some of
the southern roads like precautions against
fire are not observed, yet it is but rarely that
losses occur The Iron Mountain is not as
a railroad man observed yesterday "a id
bit afraid'-proof of which emphatic re-
mark WAS furnished in the presence Of two
platform cars from that road, containing
each, tifty-iiye bales Of cotton--ifteen bales
more than can De slowed away in box car
As the entire bulk was completely covered
with ice and snow there was no occasion for
the w. to be "a id BIT afraid" of fire, in
any event
The enlarged river hence to s..
Louis, gives the Illinois Central and Cairo
and Vnc,nnes' Cairo employees all they can
do. Freight agents and clerks Of the last
named road are compelled TO work eighteen
or nineteen hours per day; and the indica-
tons are that the rush will continue week
or two. The Illinois Central loaded on TO
the Anchor line b0rges. yesterday morning,
seven car loads Of Chicago merchandise,
and made heavy shipments Of miscc'lancou
goods 70 st. Louis. But the heaviest carry.
ing business between Cairo and 81. Louis is
performed, just now, by the Cairo and Vim.
cennes road. About forty car loads OF
Anchor line freight, such as sugar, or.
anges, etc, were shipped for st, Louis via
the &. and V, yesterday, and for sometime
to come the daily shipments will scarcely
drop below thirty or forty car loads. The
receiving business of that road, chiefly
plantation supplies to go forward by tho
Anchor line, is also very heavy. So upor
the whole, the blockade of the river is
"god.send" to the railroads; but "god
send to the railroad boys which they ncve
"hankercd after" and would gladly dis
pensn with.