The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-22


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his place. Mr., llough informs MS that he
has secured The services of Mr.. Ellis who
will have entire control Of Arlingtons din
ing ball and the management Of its people.
The ability Of Mr.. Ellis to fiji this impor-
tant office is well known to the people Of
Cairo and under the care of Mr. llough and
his able assistant, the Arlington is bound TO
succeed.
Times are hard, but the promise and
outlook is more hopeful The holidays are
upon us, and they claim and must have the
usual attention and ObscrvanCc--propcr and
timc-honored, from all of us or the time
will indeed be sadly out Of JOINT. Girls
and boys, young men and maidcns, grand
pa, grandma, father mother brother, sister
aunt, uncle, cousin friend, mothcr-in-law
and sweetheart, all must receive from Us a
happy greeting at Christmas, and on the
New Year And if we are not as prosper
as we have been, let us remember the
golden bread and silver milk of our child
hood, and the happier lays Of the past, and
taking good cheer ourselves, do all We can
to bring joy and gladncsS TO the hearts Of
those about MS. Forget not the little ones
in giving tokens of love and kindness, and
within our means let us evidence the con
| tinuancc Of our affection and friendship and
kindly feeling for those to whom good
Providence has bound us by ties of blood,
| friendship and happy association. Our
gifts should be such us good judgment sug-
gcsts, but We must bear in mind that
worthy recipients Of such gifts most apprc-
ciatc them not because Of their greater or
| lesser cost. but because Of the motive that
prompts the givcr. The widows mite from
Il warm true heart is more valued than a
purse Of golden coins from one whose mo-
tive may be suspected as selfish or outside
the truer impulses Of our better nature.
The counters and show cases Of many OF
our business houses are laden with holiday
goods, and we trust none Of them may be
disappointed in the patronage they receive.
Many articles appropriate as presents-us'
full, ornamental, Of necessity, Of luXury--at
low prices, may be seen in the show cases
Of Barclay Brothers, at their stores on the
levcc, and on Washington avenue Go
there, and see if you can not part with your
holiday money to your advantage and salts
faction. From what We have seen We can
assure you you will not be disappointed
The Bclleyille Democrat, referring TO
the candidacy Of Judge MuIkcy for seat
on the supreme bench, says: I'VE have not
word to say in deIogation Of Judge Null
keys eminent character as a lawyer and CT
tzen; but we protest against the monopolil-
ing tendency Of Cairo in claiming all the
Offices" And this palpably unjust, uncall-
ed for protest meets the endorsement OF
the .Ionesboro Gazette. Cairos tendency
to monopolizc all the offices There is not
community in Southern Illinois, number
ing 1000 inhabitants, against which such an
imputation could not be more dcscTedly
made. During the twcnty-fOur years OF the
city's existence no CarOitc has been 10 con
grcss: no Cairoitc has ever received the mo-
minaton of any party for any state Office
has filed seat in the State senate, or
been elected to the supreme bench,
or even to the lower house Of the General
Assembly, until the minority representation
law, by intention, assigned her seat there.
The success Of John q. Hartman, IN sccur-
ing the Appellate clerkship, forms the sum
total of the officers "monopolzcd by Cairo
during her existence ms u city. Hacker
lived in Cairo, during u part of the time he
was in the legislature; and Allen was mem.
Der OF the constitutional conventional posi-.
ton that can scarcely be regarded An "oi-
fee If such record AS this subjects US
to the charge Of IA disposition TO monopo-
lie all the Offices what community of one
tenth of our population, is entitled to eX.
cmpton from such II CHARGE Taking into
consideration the facts that Cairo is the
largest town in Southern Illinois, contains
contessedhy, the largest and abIcst
bar, and the greatest abundance
of eligible material out OF which
to manufacture congressman, senators and
state ohiccrs--takc these facts into consid-
Grafton, and then consider the further fact
| that, abundant as our material is We have
never supplied "A single one of the positions
named with AN incumbent do this and
even .handcd justice would praise us ON the
score of our iorbearance and magnanimity,
and not rs the Democrat does and AS the
Gazette is inclined to do, charge us with Il
yrcedncss Tor office we never exhibited.
We protest against it as unjust unfair and
unfounded.
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FINE slippers for gentlemen at o. Hay
! thorn Il Co.'S.
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