The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-11
BULLETIN: WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER H. 1885,


We take 1t that if any Of our people think
there is money In it, that Mr. Hodges will
sell to them every cent Of The cmolumcnts
of the Sheritls and collectors office for
$4,000. Mr.. Saup's commissions as collector,
last year, amounted to exactly S2,080.
The communication over the signature
Of " Rush. Is well written, and cmbodics
much that would be interesting to our
readers; but it deals with q subject which is
"tabooed, in SO far AZ the columns of THE
BULLETIN are concerned, We have scdu-
lousy held aloof from the discussion of
any system Of religion or medicine upon
! which the members of our community are
divided, The necessity for the adoption of
such course was taught to us in an cy-
pcricnce that was neither pleasant nor
profitable. The communication in Ques-
ton would I've thankfullyrccevcd, no doubt,
by the publisher OF any periodical devoted
10 the subject upon which it treats; but it
would not only be out of place in the col
umns of The BULLETIN, but would pro-
woke controversy that would eventually
be unpleasant to all concerned. For these
reasons We must respectfully decline, etc,
at the same time thanking the writer for
placing it at our disposal.
"A little girl, her face all begrimed
with dirt and tears, scantily and meanly
clad, approached policeman yesterday,
and commenced her tale of woe, but her
uttrrance was so "choked by tears that
her story was fragmentary, She told
enough, however, to give the officer to UNI
dcrrtand that her mother was given to
drunkenness, and TO great violence about
her home while in that condition. "She
is b-b-breaking everything, Mr., Officer, and
| ca-can't can't stand it any longer" And
here the poor ill-clad little creature broke
down; great big tears wcllcd up in her
eyes, and she looked imploringly to the
officer, as If she thought his power omnipo-
tent Through inquiry we learned that the
mother had been in the habit of getting
drunk whenever she could get the liquor;
that no amount Of night-walking was great
enough TO stand as bar between her and
qualification of her appetite. Filled with
her maddcning draughts, she would return
home, and there display all the uginess OF
her debased nature. IL the closing Of the
courts last night, the petition of the little
girl had not been needed. The woman had
not been arrested.
The city election pot has begun to
simmer In almost any par, of the city you
can hear the probabilities OF the next spring
contest discussed, and rs time passes on
these discussions take on increased ANNA.
ton Mr., Comings and Mr.. Bristol
are, wJwedly, in the field for
the Office Of city treasurer. Mr. Parker
cannot, because of legal restraints, be his
own successor. Hence he is not probable
candidate Mr.. +. NJ. Ward begins to
loom mp as an opponent of the field;
but has not, through the usual
channel, given anybody authority to Use his
name in that connection. 1t seems TO be
accepted as settled thing that Jack Winter
will stand for reelection, and that Thistle.
wood will be his opponent We have been
told that Mr. Winter will be Il candidate
in almost any event, but we have seen no
one who can speak authorativcly as to the
candidacy Of Mr.. ThiNlewood. Mr.. Phillis
vii! most likely be candidate for rc-elcc.
ton to the Office Of city clerk, and we have
heard limitations that his most formidable
opponent will be colored man. For the
offices of Aldermen to be filed, there will
be no notable contest until the day Of elcc.
ton. In the ,acan time the columns Of
The BCLLETIS are at the service Of the
candidates at the usual rates and candidates
who do not stand in their own light, and
are wise unto their own salvation, will not
fail to avail themselves of our columns at
the earliest reasonable opportunity.