The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-07

coincidence of all who know him, and cs-
pccially of those whe know how signalIy
he is bcrcavcd,
Remember the Arabs Ball, Christmas
night. 1t will be the grand feature of our
holidays.
- Mr.. w. NJ. Athcrton, Of Unity precinct,
was in Cairo yesterday. Mr.. \. is to the
manor born; his parents being among the
first white settlers of this portion Of the
state. lie is thrifty gentleman, largely
interested in the lumber business, and one
of the most successful farmers of Alexander
county.
The stranger visiting Cairo will be sur
priscd at the extent of our productive indus
tries. if he will take the trouble to pass
through Halliday Brothers, Galighcr's and
tho other mills along the Ohio levcc. 1t is
by far the busiest portion Of our city, and
furnishes scene OF business activity to be
seen in but few of the Ohio river towns,
just about this time.
We spoke. yesterday Of the funeral,
lugubrious quartcttc we met, on the corner
of Twelfth and Commercial, consisting OF
Captains Hambeton, Mcdonald, McKin
ney and Kennedy, Meeting Captain Ham
bleton yesterday, he agreed with us that ii
WAS Il sorrowfnl crowd; "but," he added
''thc worst of it was we had quart yet
to take" AS the popular Sample Rooms"
of Pat Fitz were on their route, it is entirely
safe to say that the prescribed quantity
was rcligiously taken.
The county commissioners completed
the work of the December term, and adj
journed Thursday evening Ordinarily the
business of the December term covers set
tlemrnt with the collector and all the coun-
| ty officers. AS the collector made his rc-
port to the September term, most Of the Ia
Dor of examination, cor arison and vcrii-
cation was then performed Hence, the
business of the term just concluded was
comparatively light.
Scarcely day passes, or single hour
of the day, that one may not see from one
| to dozen women and children winding
about and under the freight cars about the
upper ,pot, picking up coal and fragments
Of cotton. tits matter ofsurprisc that some
of them are not crushed to death every day
or so. The risks they run are so fearful
that it seems to us that our authorities
should step in to protect them. They
should be forced to have little care for
their safety, worthless as many Of them ere,
as members of the community.
1t is such marvel to Us that we place
the fact on record to amaze future genera
tons, that the cost OF dieting our prisoners
in the county JAIL since the last day Of last
October, amounts to only ten dollars and
fifty cents; that at tins time there is only
one man in Jail, and that the indications
are that he will remain without company
until next circuit courts meets Unless the
next grand jury grinds out grist Of in
dictments, the term will be signalized be-
cause of transacting the least amount OF
criminal business ever disposed Of at Il
single term, since the first term of the court,
in 1890.
The night watchmGn of no city in the
country have less exciting, dryer old time
Of it than those OF Cairo. Wednesday night
no approach toward theft or disturbance
no intoxicated person abroad, not even q
hen roost disturbed. Thursday night, moi
| a sound was heard, nor motion made that
required the attention of the police force
and so for two nights it was quiet walk
around--a water haul, SO to speak, with ar
empty police net in the morning. Thi,
condition of things is most gratifying TO The
taxpayer and average citizen; but it is hard
even cxasperating on the reporter of the
newspaper,
The steamer p. T. Hillman, plying be
tween Cairo and New Madrid, as a regular
| packet, deserves all the patronage that oul
business men can bcstow upon her. Con,
signmcnts to New Madrid or intermediate
points should BE- held for her, let opportu-
mites for sending them forward otherwise
be what they may, A regular packet is q
great want with the people along the route
and ut times answers very pressing necessi
tics of Cairo business men. Let US, then
give the llillman all the encouragement We
can. Capt. Ambros is cal eful, obliging
river man, the Hillman is well adapted tC
the trade, and failure to patronize the one
and sustain the other would reflect some
what, upon the foresight Of the communi
ties that are interested The boat will leave
for New Madrid to-day.
Collector Saup steps out Of his Office
with clean record, with all the state
county and school authorities paid up t.
the last dollar. His reports show his ne
collections of revenue during the prcsen