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

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pared for it.
Capt John Hardin, of Memphis tee-
graphed to Capt. Newland, care Of Halli-
day Bros OF this city, under date of Mem.
phis, Friday, noon, that the excitement
there had subsided-that the scare was
over, and no new cases had been reported.
This dispatch is given an additional color
ing of truth by the closing remark of the
sender that he would remain in Memphis,
at least for the present.
Blessed is the publisher who is salts
fed to have his paper appear wholly desti.
tute of local news, for he is not, in his
hunt for items, subjected to a liability to
sun-stroke. Twice blessed is he who gives
no home news, for he is not held to answer
for affronts given; and thrice blessed is he
whose local ear hears not anything, for
while it is closed to the truth, it is not open
to erroneous information.
The excessive heat, coupled with the
news from below (already given in The
BULLETIN) has, and should have, called
for the exercise of little more severity on
the part of the Health officer. He is de-
termined to enforce cleanliness, and will
not allow others to judge of the degree
of cleanliness that ought to be maintained.
II orders are not obeyed, prompt recourse
to law will follow the neglect or disobe-
dience. Dilly-dallying will not be tolers-
ted.
Collector Hodges has sold all the de-
linquent property in the city proper, and
found buyers for all that was worth the
taxes. The details Of these sales foot up
many thousand dollars. To-day he will
commence selling lots in the first addition,
and as the time for bringing the sale to a
close is not distant, he will be compelled to
rush things, somewhat. If any delinquent
purposes paying up, he certainly has but a
narrow margin for neglect. Time, in tins
cease, is money. Sales commence, daily at
o'clock p. m.
One of the new devices for swindling
the unsuspecting, is the publication of adj
vertisements, offering large premiums on
particular COINS. For instance, the Chica-
60 Times few days ago, contained the
"add" of coin gathering firm, that offer
ed ST. for half dollars of the coinage
of 1854. A few days before that an offer
of 81 90 was made tor the half dollars of
| 1856, and so on. Of course the greeney
who sends forward his halt dollars, may
receive postal card telling him that he
is blasted fool; but its doubtful if he re-
ceves even that attention. Never trade
with man who offers to make sacrifices
to your advantage The good chances are
invariably reserved for No. l.
When the differences that bring col
ored females to blows, or to the use of
threatening and abusive language, are
probed to the bottom, man is almost in
variably discovered. This was conspicu-
ously the case in the affair between Mrs
Florence Coleman and Miss Cynthia Parker
alias Dean, that came up tor hearing be-
fore Squire Robinson, yesterday. Florence
had accused Cynthia of an effort to estrange
from her the affections and caresses Of her
husband, who sports the cognomen Of Lit
tic Coleman. Cynthia, who is pert, and
frail as pert, rctorted severely, and then
followed war Of words--a passage OF the
foulest verbal missiles that the human
tongue is capable OF shaping. Both Of
them were very properly fined, by the
Squire, who gave Florence eleven days in
the cooler and Cynthia nine. The last
named female is yet girl, not more than
thirteen or fourteen years of age and was
but recently in jail under a charge of lar
ceny. Although young in years, she is old
in iniquity
"A few days ago we published, over the
signature of the secretary of the Board Of
Education, a statement Of the expenditures
made on account of the Cairo public
schools, during the scholastic year just
ended The statement failed to show the
amount Of money the Board had to draw
upon at the commencement Of the year,
the amount received during the year, and
the amount in the treasury at the close.
Our correspondent, Taxpayer, is dissatisfied
with the showing, and asks to be informed
why the debit side Of the account was not
given as well as the credit side; and as
Taxpayer is not alone in desiring this IN
formation, q few words Of explanation are in
order. The secretary didn't furnish the de-
sired information because it was not in his
possession. The money does not come into
his hands, nor into the hands of the Board.
Neither does it pass through