The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-07

tact with Objectionable characters, mlle OF
female. The manager will be equally eau
tious in the future. He invites his c,sto1'
ers, and others can gain admission ody M
der the escort or recommendation Q ticket
holders.
MIR. Sam Steele, Of Puoki county
was in the city, yesterday, weighted down
with trouble, dispair and legislation. Once
a bright, jovial, rolliclSing yung man, he is
now, on the sunny side Of As, a broken
down, woc-bcgone old one. He retains
scarcely q single repinder of the Sam
Steele of twenty.yeor ago-save his i'm
pulsiveness.
The daily STREET screnades by the The
alter Comque brss band, is quite a treat to
lovers of brass pusic, and furnish an inter
val of perfect rapture to the urchins
Crowding in the rear, in front and all
around the nusicians there are, as usual
thing, abou rs children, varying in age
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from thirty months to eighteen years. A
greater variety of juvenile humanity is rare
ly seen anywhere
The Jail of Alexander county does not
at this time, contain a single inmate. The
dozen or so that filed its cells at the COM
mencement of the September term of the
court, have been disposed of. Seven or
eight of them have been sent to the pepi
Tertiary; three or -four Of them were dis
charged, on trial, and one of then was let
out on bail Who shall be the irst now,
to break in upon its quietudei
The L, S. District court Tor tie North
crn District of illinois, passed upon the pc
tition, yesterday, Of the assignee of the
Protection Life Insurance company wherein
twas prayed that he, the assignH be al
lowed to levy upon the stockholders ana
policy holders ofthat defunct conorn, such
sums as might be found necessary to p; |.
off its debts. We shall know thcrcsult in
a day or two. There is scarcely aiy doubt
that the levy will be authorized Its an
internal gouge
Mr. W. F. Davidson, the poQr fello-.
who was stricken with hemorrhag, CT tie
lungs Saturday, died Sunday morning
The very profuse hemorrhage he h:d on the
streets, Immediately after leaving Inc cars,
50 reduced him, that his hold upon life
was but feeble indeed, and returning in 4
less aggravated form during the night, Put
a period to the poor fellows existence. II
was a terrible shock to the devoted wife,
and has won for her the universal sympathy
of all those who are cognizant Of the dis
tressing character of her bereavement
The W. L, Telegraph company has is
sued orders. dating from October lst, that
the tariff Of charges for messages notseX-
ceeding ten words, shall not exceed TWO dol
lars to any point on its lines in the United
States. This is very marked reduction on
the price Of kilograms to and from the Pa
clfc coast cities, and will serve to corros
pondingly increase that kind OF CORES
pondence. The company further orders
that on and after November lst half rate
night messages will be taken for all points
in the country, that are reached by lines
under its control.
The State Board of Equalization has
taken final action in reference TO the taxa.
bic property Of the Eighteenth congress
sional district, modifying the returns Of the
county assessors considerably; but not SO
heavily as last year. In Alexander county
the county assessors valuation Of lands has
been reduced eighteen per cent, the valua-
ton Of lots the same, and of personal prop
erty nineteen per cent. In Jackson the
value Of lands was increased 10S per cent.
The heaviest reductions were made upon
the Pulaski assessment, being q per cent
ali around. Pope county was increased .
per cent, and Union county reduced H.
Few men Of our acquaintance have
been subjected to more frequent or more
distressing domestic Affections than our old
friend Elijah Dickerson. The last grca,
sorrow is the loss Of his little baby boy,
the announcement Of which reaches us in
the following shape: Died at Commercia,
Point, Illinois, October 9TH, at O'Clock, a.
m, Samuel E., infant son of Elijah and
Mary Dickerson, aged . months and q
days Mr.. and Mrs. Dickerson will have
the sympathy Of all who know them, and
especially Of those who know the great
sorrows to which they have SO often been
subjected.