The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-12-07

order who is guilty of carrying con
cealcd weapons and by accident Tor other
wise) wounds himself with the same, is not
entitled to benefits made and provided for
disabled members, The decision is a
righteous one. The order in no way en-
courages the violation of law, but to the
contrary
--E!egantlinc of dress and trimming silk
of all shades and qualities, at greatly re-
duced prices. j. BURGER,
-- The city council held a special meeting
yesterday aftcroon to take action with ref
crcnce to the death Of Alderman O'Calla-
han. by resolution passed, the council will
attend the funeral in a body. A commit
tee consisting OF Aldermen Wright, Line
gar and Iowley was appointed to draft res
olutions of respect.
The Cairo & st. Louis railroad under
its present management bids fair to
overcome all difficulties and take its place
among frst-class railroads, financially and
otherwise. Its freight traffic is larger than
ever before. The coal mines along its line
are now run to their full capacity. Its
bridges, from st. Louis to Murphysboro,
have all been renewed; the road bed has
been laid and many other Improvements
have been, and are being made daily
Sheriff Hodges report OF collections
came under the eyes of the board of county
commissioners this week, and was found
correct IN every particular. The total
amount of collections made by the sheriff,
footed up, in round figures, $4,000. The
collections of taxes for 1873, in the whole
county, lacked but about 800 of clearing the
tax books In the past years the torteitures
have been nearly that many thousands. The
amount of the county taxes forfeited, of the
levy for 1878, was only s904, The city
corporation taxes forfeited was 1928 50.
This is about the closest collection made
in this county in decade, and the sheriff
is entitled to great deal OF praise for the
energy he has displayed, We may add
here, for the benefit of all concerned, that
he is ready to settle up with all the school
treasurcrs in the county.
A gentleman residing on Tenth street,
who is not what may be termed a 'chroniC
kicker" has called our attention to the con-
dition of the sidewalk on that street, near
the corner of Washington avenue; since
which time we have taken look at that
locality, and must admit that his COM
plants are well grounded, The sidewalk
for about seventy feet on the north side, is
Uttered with brickbats, morter, refuse, lum-
Der. etc, and over the sidewalk are a num-
Der of high trestles, under which the
pedestrian must pass, and fortunate is he,
ii his head gear escapes injury from con-
tact herewith. \ little further on is apple
of filth thrown from an excavation, which
completely covers the walk TO depth of
three feet and adjoining this is a wagon
load or more OF cnders, left in pile in the
middle of the sidewalk. The next obStruc-
ton is of a more dismal character-viz; a
pile Of tomb.stones, marble and stone bases
for same with monument or two thrown
in,-left there, no doubt, as warning of
what may be the fate OF the yenturcsome
citizen, who meandcrs these dark nights in
that locality. Our city marshal should see
that these nuisances are abated at once.