The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-08

authorities that we hold their people in the
highest esteem, and are exceedingly anxious
to cultivate closer business and social rcla-
tons with them. II will cost several lives
to do this, but what stronger proof could
We furnish nfour sincerity than the delivery
of such message at the end OF so fearful q
gauntlet.
The per cent Of levy upon the property
Of Cairo and Alexander county, TO provide
money Tor the payment OF this years inter
est or our railroad bonds is heavier than it
has been for several years, and somewhat
heavier than stated by us the other day.
Upon the property Of the whole
county the levy is one per cen
tum, or ten dollars on the thousand.
Upon the property Of the city, it is for both
the city and county bonds, two and three.
tenths of one per ccntum, or twenty-three
dollars on the thousand, AS no time is left
wherein TO secure writ Of injunction to re-.
strain the county clerk from extending the
tax on. the tax book, the Taxpayers associa-
ton will be called upon TO renew the fight
of last year and the year before, i. G, to en-
join the sheriff, and resist judgment before
the county court
Will our Washington correspondents
NEVER let up on the trade with South
American If they feel that they can't
dismiss the subject for q day or two, will
they not, as favor to their readers, give US
something new, and not repeat, day after
day, the same facts and tic same arguments.
We have within the past two weeks, pub.
lished but very few letters from our cor
respondents there, in which allusion was
not made to the South American trade and
the trick Of the English, in putting on ad
ditional vessels during the sessions Of cor.
grcss and taking them off again after con.
grcss had adjourned. Always the same
facts and very nearly the same language.
The dose is becoming nauseating to US, and
we happen to know that the distastc of our
readers for it is quite as strong as our own.
Give US rest then, on "our trade with
South America"
The lIibcrnian engine house last night,
was the scene of much gaiety and solid en-
joyment. The attendance was fair, not
withstanding the nclemency of the night.
The lower floor Of the building was espe.
ciaiy attractive because Of the large and
tempting array Of edible slbStantals and
luyures. The table was beautifully sup
piled with cakes of most artistic finish and
various kinds, with meats and fowl and
reishcs, all spread in such a manner as to
tsntaIizc the appetite and invite over eating.
The second floor was devoted to the sale
tables Of which there were three, and all of
them supplied with articles Of utility or
adornment. These tables we're in charge
OF good'looking young ladies or equally
presentablc married ladies, and it was u
fellow Of stout resolve that could pass the
tables without making an Investment.
Everybody present had du, share OF the
enjoyment, and will, no doubt, form part of
the crowd that assemblies there again this
evening,
We regret to learn that quite a number
Of children are down with the dipthcria
We have heard OF one family in which
there are three cases, and of two other fam
lies with two cases No deaths have oc-
Cured so far; but the disease is not only a
most painful and distressing one, but ex-
ccedingiy dangerous. Unless parents exer-
else the utmost care during the extremely
cold weather, the disease may spread all
over the city.
P.S,-Aitcr placing the above in type we
extended inquiries among our physicians,
two of whom concur in the opinion tina:
there is not case Of dipthcria in the city;
but quite a number OF cases of tonsoitus
which IN several particulars resembles dip.
iberia, and by unSkilcd persons might be
mistaken for tina. disease. Upon this as.
surance We suppose the soctous and anx.
ious parents may rely; but it should cause
no relaxation Of care on their part in guard
ing their children against the effects 81
cold
Some imaginative writer has striver
quite persistently TO connect a vast amount
Of romance with the life Of the railroad
brakeman. One trip from Centralia tC
Chicago, about this time Of year, would
knock the romantic notions Of thai writer
higher than any kite ever sailed in the
'ccrrulcan blue" With the Thermometer
sinking away down to the EOS and Boa be-
low zero, with the cars glazed with ice
and the prairie wind scudding along at the
rate of forty miles an hour, and striking
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