The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

running order, and operated by the Halli-
day Bros. don't suppose there would be
any difficulty in shipping grain from Cairo
TO New Orleans il there was river tonnage
TO meet the demands ut that point, and the
parties Engaged in the buying made mar.
ket at Cailo. There are but few, it any
farmers who send their grain to Chicago u
other markets on their own account, but il
is sold to dealers at the various railroad
stations from which the grain is shipped
II these dealers have their financial arrange
ments with New Orleans houses, to furnish
them the amount of money necessary to
handle the grain, have no doubt large
amount of it would probably find its way
to New Orleans market
"A mass meeting of the Democratic yo-
tiers OF Ballard county was held in Bland
vile, last Monday, for the purpose of indi-
eating the choice of the Ballard Democra
cy, for the Offices to be filled by the election
next summer. The meeting declared that
its first and only choice for Governor of
Kentucky, is DR.. Luke =. Blackburn; first
choice for Lieut. Gov r. ii. Corbett; sec
ond choice, IL. A. Tyler; first choice for
Auditor, Fayett Hewitt, second choice, j.
p. Nichols; for Superintendent Of Public
Instructions, z, p, Smith; for Attorney
General, T. +. Moss; for Register Of the
Land Office, w. l.. Worries; for State Treas
urer, J. w. Tate. Mr. w, VI. Coffee was
chairman Of the convention, and Mr., W.
W. Jenkins, Secretary. The convention
was composed of good, substantial citizens;
and although the matter is one in which
our Illinois people feel no direct concern,
the expression Of preference given wilkhavc
considerable weight in the future couneiis
Of the Kentucky Democracy.
The Massac Journal is disposed to as
cribe to the improved tone of Cairo morals
to Republican ascendancy IN Cairo, As all
our peace conservators, with single excep-
ton, are Democrats, the Journals solution
of the matter, won't do, The gratifying
change is due 10 the enforced good conduct
of the Republicans. They have been taught
by experience that, before the law, they are
no better than Democrats and seeing Demo.
Gratis filling the offices of sheriff,
marshal, and coroner, and acting
as constables and policemen, they
know that, to a dead moral certainty, if they
offend, they will be punished, Our former
full isils, and Alexander county heavy con
tributions to the pcnitentary, have taught
them this lesson, and they are profiting by
it. II took our Democratic officials a long
while to teach the Republican element this
salutary truth. But full jais and striped
garments finally enforced conviction, and
now, in point of good behavior, il is difficult
to tell a Republican from Democrat.
Harry Taylor and Dave Harper, two
colorcd roust-abouts, were arrested by Off.
Ger AXlcy and Wilson, yesterday, and taken
before Judge Bird, on charge Of carrying
concealed weapons. The charge was sus-
tanned, and fine of twenty-five dollars
and cost was imposed upon each Of them.
OF course although they were provided
with means to take the life Of others on the
smallest provocation, or none at all, they
were entirely destitute ofmeans to preserve
their own liberty. They were caaboosed
for % days. Good citizens will commend
the infection OF this punishment, heartily.
Three-fourths of the homicides committed
nowadays, are ahargeab!e, not SO
much to the depraved and
bloody minded character Of our people,
as to the circumstance that one of the
parties to the trouble happen to have a
knife or pistol directly at his hand.
Break up this practice; punish every man
found with weapon concealed about his
person to the full extent OF the law, and
the number Of homicides that now so fire.
quenty appal the people, will at once be
lessened fully 50 per cent
Barton, of the Carbondalc Free Press,
seems to think soup house, for the feed
ing of tramps, would be q pretty good
thing, as well in an economic as a humane
view Of things. He is mistaken II would
serve as magnet to draw to Carbondale all
the tramps within n circle Of hundred
miles and what blessing they'd be when
once collected! We have urged the policy
Of cose-fsted niggardliness, in dealing with
the tramp nuisance no food to healthy
tramps, and none to any kind whose breath
may be perfumed with whisky and, al
though the policy has only been partially
adopted, it has had most salutary effect
If any considerable portion of the vaga-
bonds would accept work when rendered TO
them, our charity would be Of broader
kind; but not more than one in twenty-five
will work, at any price Only few days
ago, levee man had work tor fifteen men,
He offered twenty cents an hour, and to test
the disposition of the tramp, he tried every