The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-11-12

Kerosene
AS he jumped from Jersey wagon
driven by little niger, he looked mp al
the reporter and staggered. "-Paducall
News. And where the wonder' The re-
porter's coat and shirt and boots were well
enough, but in his hurry and rush to wei
come DR.. Blackburn he had forgotten both
his hat and brceches
No police business before Squire Com
ings, yesterday, and only single case be-
fore police magistrate Bird. If the quiet
and good order of the city are not ascriba-
Bile to the influence Of this paper, and the
daily examples of the inmates Of its office,
how. in the name of all that's curious, can
the quiet and good order be accounted fort
1T was not our intention, in referring to
"The Voice of the pestilence." published
Saturday, to convey the impression that the
poem was an original production. II was
first published on the outbreak Of the
cholera in 1882, and although much inquiry
has been extended since then, the authors
name is still unknown.
John @. Harman is elected Appellate
Clerk by majority of 1000 or 5000 votes.
His election necessitates his removal to Mt.
Vernon, to the good people Of which the
citizens of Cairo commend him as good cit
izen, sound democrat and the man out Of
ten--yea 10000, for the position which he
has been chosen to fill.
We wish it distinctly understood that
we don't share in the wish expressed else
where that dealers in wood, etc, should be
subjected to municipal supervision. Com
petition regulates such matters, and law
that would require the measuring of every
| cord of wood sold in the market would
prove impotent.
On Sunday last the Illinois Central
railroad commenced running through sleep
ers on every passenger train from Chicago
| to New Orleans Prior to that time sleep.
ers were run only every other day. The
great increase in trave., occasioned by the
return of yellow fever refugees, and the re-
vival of business in New Orleans necessited
the doubling of the sleeping accommoda.
tions.
An old curmudgeon, named Callahan,
was before Judge Bird. yesterday, on a
charge of drunkenness. He had, according
to his own story, been soldier in several
wars, was one of the ''old guards" of Ma
poleon, and was the identical man who
| killed General Packenham and struck the
memorable blow that laid out Billy Patter-
son. In view of the old mans heroic SER
vices, and because of other and still
| weightier considerations, he was fined only
two dollars and given stay Of execution.
The August Journal has authority for
the statement that only forty-nine persons
in this city died of yellow fever. We have
the authority for placing it at fifty-eight;
but it would be a difficult matter to con-
vince persons living abroad who fed upon
the sensational reports and rumols that
gained publicity that the number did not
reach FIVE hundred, But put the best face
on it we can, the fact remains that the visit
alton was of a kind the like. of which we
never wish to see again.
Taking the question out Of the arena Of
politics, and giving it local application
we desire to be informed what Cairo pro-
poses to do with her legion Of tramps. The
city seems full of them. They tax the
charity Of our generous people for from 100
to 500 meals or lunches every day. They
Turk in by -places, sleep in our sewers, empty
houses, stables and under sidewalks. Night
and day they are everywhere ever coming
and going-lazy dirty, impecunious, impu'
dent and dangerous. Again we ask, wha,
shall we do with them2
Why is it that the Fort Wayne Iror
Bridge Company is not carrying out the
contract for the erection of the Cache Rivel
Bridget The trestle work for the ap
proaches, and the pile-driving for the abut
ments were completed a month or more
since, and yet everything is at a stand-still
If the work is delayed much longer, the Sc.
we're weather and the condition of the river.
will be urged as an excuse, and no more
work will be performed this winter. Ism
it about time, then that the contractor
were stirring up the Fort Wayne gentlemen
to sense Of their duty9
We never yet attempted to "play" upol
a word, unless foiled by the type-sctter O.
our own careless proof-reading. In TIN
mss. for Sundays BULLETIN we used tn,
word "mau-sole cum" in q connection tina
was not only excruciatingly funny, bu
highly creditable to our pathological or or
biographical genius. But -- -! Tn
word appeared, "man.so lc-um." We 80,
it Immediately ate q peck of pounde,
glass, and died in paroxysm of great fur