The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-10

dawn ike the waters Of LadOrc, rendering
y three. sided dwelling house as Kent's then
was m abominaton, The contents Of the
building were protected, however, by tenn
porary appliances
Miss May Patterson will succeed Miss
Lon Walbridge, who recently rendered her
RESIGNATION. as teacher in the public school.
Miss Walbridge resigns after three or four
wears of service that was entirely satisfac-
tory to the patrons of the school. Miss
Patterson is a teacher Of experience, and
beng known to many of the pupils, will
be welcomed as Miss VS. successor.
Mayor Winters campaign meetings, of
which we are printing the posters, will be
inaugurated this evening, and will be kept
up-a meeting each cvening-until the
evening preceding the election. 1t is sad
that D. T. Linegar, Judge Bross and Others,
will make the speeches. Meanwhile the
Thistlewood party is working with much
zeal and industry, both parties being in
spired by what they assume is an absolute
conviction Of success.
-McCammon, whose local business no.
lice we give elsewhere, has constructed
wire cloth meat shop inside his place of
business, up town, and will use il during fly
time. The meats and the salesman, with
block and scales, will be under cover Of the
wire screen, and customers will be supplied
with meats upon which not a single fly has
trOddcn The screen was built by Phil
Brown, and to all appearances, is just the
thing for the uses intended.
The employees of the Illinois Central
have been subjected to another reduction
Of wages. We are told that persons who
were formerly paid $45 per month, will here
after be paid only $35, which is certainly a
'heavy shave" Men who have been receiv-
ing Sl,4O day, will hereafter receive
only $l25. The reduction is effected, We
understand, not by an actual looping off Of
so much money; but by lcsscning the mum
Der Of hours of work-all labor and com
pcnsation being computed by the hour
About six o'clock yesterday evening
the sewer under Washington avenue, in
front of the post-ofiicc, empticd into the
commons q great stream of dark -colored
liquid that gave out a stencil that was in
Observation-Disclosures The explanation
given by one party was that the custom
house sewer, clogged up for some time, had
broken loose and the stream owed its per.
fume to the contents Of that sewer. Another
party, whom we promptly knocked down
and threw into the water, declared that 1t
was the postmastcrs politics broke loose,
DR.. Macarthur (of whom our readers
have already heard and his wife, paid The
BULLETIN Office visit, yesterday evening,
partly to form the acquaintance Of the
aged ard partly to avow his purpose to
be numbered among our subscribers. The
Doctor is manifcstly an educated gen
tleman, whose knowledge OF men and
things has been upcned by much travel
His wife is lady of a very prepoSsessing
appearance, and of pure Anglo-Saxon
bloodso to speak. They express them
selves well pleased with Cairo, and will
take up their residence here.
We were much pleased to learn, asw c
did yesterday, that our old friend and
everybody's friend, Joe Cormlck, although
still very weak and much emaclated has
so far recovered as to be able to ride out
when the weather is propitiouS. There are
at least congressional quota of people in
tins world, who hope that Joe will live to
serve the Illinois Central Just twenty years
longer, and then, like old General Shields
probably will do) retire on comfortable
pension, live happily and go off into the
dreomlcss sleep when it is agrecblc ali
round.
Quite a discussion arose in the council
chamber Tuesday night, over the PROPOSE.
ton to reduce the compensation for dieting
prisoners from so to 40 cents Alderman
Wood maintained the position that 40 cents
furnished ample compensation. The sum
of 80 cents was named when scrip ruled at
50 cents on the dollar and provisions were
from 20 to 80 per cent, higher than at the
present time. Alderman Thistlcwood
thought 80 cents was little enough in view
of the fact that the average number Of per.
sons fed did not exceed three or four.
Alderman Halliday thought 40 cents a fair
price and had satisfied himself, by inquiry
and investigation, that that figure was
about the ruling price throughout the
State And forty cents was agreed upon,
and with one dollar turkeys fee for each
| nr;ennor w;ll constitute thr co,nnnncot,n,