The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-10


movement was inauguratcd. To get out
the others, again, there must be attractions
which, of themselves, will bring out a
crowd. Just now is not the most propiti'
GUS time, perhaps, to make "the new de-
parture;' but it will not be labor lost to
make it at any time. The general waning
of zeal now so apparent is more to be fear
cd than the fall, here and there, of individ-
ual members.
doctors Reilly and Rauch were en-
gagged yesterday, purchasing supplies for
the hospital boat that is to be established
at Island No /. The report reaches us
| (but we don't believe word of it, that
the residents of the neighborhood of the
Island have avowed purpose to sink the
boat, if it takes on board single patient.
| We don't believe any responsible resident
of Ballard county ever made such a silly
threat. The hospital folks will have no
communication with the Ky. shore, but
will have daily communication with Cairo.
Hence while neglect to fumlgate and
change wearing apparel, on the part OF
those passing 10 and fro between Carlo and
the hospital, MAY imperil citizens OF Cairo
somewhat, we can'tsee how it will ehdanger
our neighbors across the rlver. But in any
event, the boat will not be sunk. A single
yellow fever patient on board would afford
the boat better protection than six ten
Founders would and the knowledge that
both the State of Illinois and the Federal
government are concerned in its mainten-
ance, will afford 1t guarantee of safety
that ten thousand men under arms could not
afford. The boat will not be molested
The Mt. Carmel Register, of Friday last,
makes the following reference to the sud-
den, even instantaneous, death of Mrs
Leary, the aged mother-in-law ofour fellow
citizen, Mr.. John Taber, of Taber Bros {:
Mrs. Leary, Of Cairo, a widow lady, aged
Ga years, the mother.in-law of Mr. John
Taber, the Cairo jeweler died very sudden
ly at the residence of Mr.. J. j. Thomas, in
this city, Sunday night. Mrs. L. came
here on a visit Sunday, July eth, one week
prior to her death. She had been afflicted
with rheumatism for several months. suffer-
ing at times intensely Since her arrival
here she was supposed to be improving
rapidly, and was at no time considered Sc
riously i'll. During the evening she was
in unusual good spirits, but was all at
once observed to gasp and in moment
fell dead Dr. Rigg was at once summon
ed, but saw at glance that his services
were useless He pronounced the disease
rheumatism of the heart. The lady was a
devout Catholic, and her body was inferred
in the Cotholic cemetery on Monday after.
noon.
The failure of the thirty thousand
Memphis refugees, now domiciled all over
the North and South, TO disseminate the
germs Of the yellow fever, argues the gen
eral absence of some condition, the pres
cnce Of which is essential to the spread of
the disease. While refugees, infected with
the disease before leaving Memphis, sicken
and die in all parts Of the country, we have
yet to hear of a single death or case Of
fever that is chargeable to contact with
such cases. We are thus shown that the
germs are transportable, may be carried
thousands Of miles, and then develope in
the party infected with them, and then die
out for the want Of conditions essential to
their continued activity. That these con-
ditions do no exist in Cairo
that they have been destroyed by very ordi
nary sanitary etforts-is pretty clearly
shown by the experience Of the past month.
Not day has passed during that time that
a Memphis refugee did not arrive in Cairo
stop over in or pass through the city; but
ifany i'll consequences have ensued the
public is in blissful ignorance Of them. We
are not disposed to urge a demonstration of
the matter by experiment, but we now be-
licvc that if little more energy were in
fused into the efforts TO clean up and iisin-
feet the city, we might safely open our
gates to Memphis, and permits resumption
of travel and business by both rail and
river.
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