The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-02-11

disease was dong ITS most deadly work,
Mrs. Henry came to Cairo, where, with the
exception OF two weeks, which she spent at
Anna, she has resided every since. She
says that some one has kindly provided for
her passage home; but she wants to raise
money to pay incidental expenses. Contem-
plating the fact, that this lady came direct
to this city from the most dreadfully infect
ed and afflicted point in the whole South;
and the further fact that what this lady did,
almost anybody else could have done, it is
moi to be wondered at that the epidemic
reached Cairo.
The till-tappers and burglars that in
fest Cairo have not succeeded in "bagging
much "swag," but in the art of hiding their
plumber and escaping arrest, they are &C.
knowledged adopts. An instance in point
occurred yesterday, about one O'Clock p, m.
Mr., Charles Gallagher had occasion to leave
his office, at the mill, and step up stairs
He was not absent to exceed three minutes
yet during that brieI interval some villain
stole into the office, broke open three draw
ers that had been left securely locked, and
finding nothing else of value, carried off
about twenty-five three cent postage
stamps. The fellow was no doubt lying in
wait, and stepped in the moment lr
Gallagher stepped out; but even granting
this, the work was marvelously quick, and
told of the presence of master hand in
that line of business. We can imagine the
rascaI's disgust over the result. Going for
hundreds of dollars and getting six bits
worth ct postage stamps, was dlscouraging
if not eXaspcrating.
The passage Of the Mississippi river
improvement bill arecognition of Western
and Southern claims upon the favor Of the
nation that may speedily lead to something
better The law thus enacted places the
whole subject Of river navigation, and the
protection and redemption Of the lands
upon the rivers banks into thehands Of the
commission. 1t will pass upon the several
plans that have been suggested for the &C
complishment of these ends, and may, with
out adopting either, in detail, take the
best suggestions of all Of them. The Cow
dan plan Of outlets has nothing in it that
will command much attention. as its imprac-
ticabiliy has more than once been demon
strated, The jetty system, aided by levces
and cut offs, is sure to commend itself to the
favor of the commission In the opinion
Of the most skillful civil engineers Of
the country, who are not in
terested in rival schemes, there is no more
practical plan for the permanent improve
ment OF the channel and the protection of
adjecent lands. Its adoption would involve
large expenditure Of money; but who can
calculate the valve OF the results that
will follow the deepening of the river 50 as
to afford twenty-ioot channel from Cairo
10 New Orleans, and the permanent recla.
nation Of the millions Of acres of fertile
lands that lie on either side Of itlThe value
of such results is simply incalculable. But
such results achieved, the wonderful posi-
bilities ofthe lower Mississippi valley would
he demonstrated. Cairo would be a great
inland seaport, and would at once
start upon an era of prosperity that
would on, strip the fancics of the most ar
dent Of all the dreams of our earlier DAYS.
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