The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-28
THE ABSORBING THEME.

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On Monday morning about daylight the
mercury sank in the thermometer to sixty
five, and since then we have been enjoying
a taste of fall weather-the most de-
lightfu season of this latitude. With the
fall of the thermometer there has been
perceptible corresponding increase in the
spirits of our people based upon a belief
now very general that our fortunate cXpe-
riences of former years will be repeated
in this-and that we will escape the cpl
demic terrors of the scourge. 1t would be
exceptional ii, in community which has
had the nightmare of fright lifted from it,
there would not be still some doubling
Thomases with evil tongues in their heads
wagging mischievously and industri
ously with false and sensational
reports. Indeed, it is perfectly safe
to say that if we do not
have the fever here in an epidemic form be.
fore frost there will bea dozen individuals
who will lie down and die of broken
hearts at seeing their darling theories shat
tered. But rs we can better afford to lose
that number at that time from disease
that will create neither terror nor grief, il
is perhaps well that it should be so and
that their pet theories should vanish with
them. A BULLETIN reporter was informed
Yesterday morning, at break OF day, that a
WILD PRINTER
had run the blockade by swimming the Mis-
sissippi river, and that he was literally alive
with the Yellow Jack--in fact il seemed to be
the power which shot him through the
town like bolt of lightning He invaded
several households, and after frightening
the women folks well nigh out of their wits,
departed as myteriously as he bad arrived,
and the utmost diligence on our part failed
to discover him. The next rumor located
TWO CASES
in the house on Poplar street, in which
Clark died 4 visit to these premises
shovel there was no truth whatever in the
report, but it was still current at late
hour last night and willi1Il probability
be running on the streets this morning.
ANOTHER GRoUyDLEss STORY
located family stricken down with
the disease near the corner Of
Eleventh and Walnut street.. This
family arrived few days since
from Cape Girardeau in a destitute condi-
ton and utterly broken down with chills
and fever. They arein the hands of one of
the charitable ordcrsof the city, and are be-"
ing properly caredfoL Two ofthe family are
convalescent. We mention these rumors
specially because they located the disease,
and thus furnished IN opportunity for ascer
tanning the facts il each case. There are
many Others Of an absurd and cXag-
gerated character ahoat, but they
failed to make any impression
on the minds Il people who would
take the trouble t. think for themselves Ii
is a good rule to gt down all stories that |
are banded from mouth to mouth on the |
streets as lies until their truth is established |
by the authority Of physicians.
THE ABSORBING TOPIC
among the scandamongers was the charges |
published in The BULLETIN yesterday !
morning from the Paducah sun rejecting |
upon member and an official Of our
board of health. A. will be seen
elsewhere the board Of health has,
by resolutions, expressed an earnest de
sire to have the charges investigated by a
committee OF the city Council, to be com
posed of members outside Of the Board Of
Health. This places the matter in the prop
er hands and in proper shape to get at the
bottom facts. In the meantime The Bull
LETIN rctrains from making any COM
ments upon the charges that would have
the appearance Of prGudicing the case or
attempting to forcsall the actions OF the
committee. 1t will. however, give to the
public the proceedings of the com
mlttce from day to day, or at
least such portions Of them as the
committee may deem not "incompat-
ible with the public service
THE sun SAYS
"thcre is no need of alarm, if the truth is
told, but mystery about disease always
creates alarm" and il it adds "therc is but
little, if any danger Of the disease spread
ing from the Clark CASE Now we main
tain that the Clark case was not case Of
yellow fever, and we gave the testimony
yesterday of physicians who diagnosed the
case to that effect. The sun stated
it was yellow fever and based its statement
upon the authority of those "who ought to
know" although il refuses to divulgc who
those knowing ones are. There is no mys-
terry about the case, and there is no need OF
alarm, for THE BULLETIN has published
the truth about it, so far as truth IN
such matters can be asccrtancd state
mcnts of the physicians who examined the