The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-02-15

The legislative committee out on
tour of inspections, arrived at Carbonate
yesterday. Their eating and drinking will
be done under the guise of inspecting the
Southern Illinois Normal School. If these
visitations were not made, with all the pre-
fences of business there would be nothing
to redeem them from the designation OF
'junketing expeditions" More effective
means for not finding out the abuses of our
public institutions could not be employed.
There is considerable business in furs
and skins carried on in Cairo, a dozen or
more business men makingit feature of
their business. Thousands of coon skins
are brought in every month from Ms
souri, and Kentucky, and scarcely day
passes that hunter or two may not be
seen entering the city, bending under a
shoulder load of pelts. John Petrie received
remittance of $500, yesterday, for lot
he consigned to St. Louis.
BY the fire at Jonesboro Wednesday
morning, property of the value twenty thou
sand dollars, was destroyed. 1t originated
in little restaurant adjoining the postotfce.
Tee postotfice building in which there we're
drug store and millinery establish
ment, was burned as was the
building in which the fire originated. The
loss of Mr. D. W. Miller, who owned the
postofice building, is put down at $4,000;
insurance $1,000 He was the PRINCIPAL
sufferer.
There is quite an interesting revival in
progress in the African Methodist church,
in this city, no less than thirty.fye persons
having united with the church during the
two weeks past. The minister IN charge
informed us yesterday that there are forty
one persons on THE anxious seat who tell
him that they cant recollect when they
were more powerfully moved by the spiri,
than under his ministrations." Wherefore
he may safely argue that, as reyiyalis,, he
is decided success.
Marshal AFTER informs Us thst he Is
charged with disagreeable duty; but be
intends to perform it, come what may. He
has been directed by special resolution of
the council TO collect all money due for
licenses Immediately. In obedience to
his orders he will commence arresting de-
lnquents to-day. and will vigorously pros
secute all, without distinction, who have
not paid up by Monday next He declares
that he doesn't like to do it; bu, he has no
choice in the matter.
AS Katy Putnam is regarded Cairo
girl, number Of our citizens will be
pleased to learn of her dramatic triumphs,
She is now playing Lena, in Mad Cap, in
the town Of Nice, near Philadelphia. When
in the city she plays in the Broad street
theatre, and theatrical critics of the Quaker
| City declare that she is successful rival Of
| Lolita. She draws crowded houses and is
an immense favoritc with the Philadelph.
ians. Katie is destined to win great name
in the dramatic world. It's pity she did
not remain single.
Mr.. Elijah Dickcrson, Of Commercial
Point, was in the city yesterday. He pro-
poses to engage in the mercantile bust.
ness at the point, and as everybody knows
him and has unbounded Of confidence in
his honesty and integrity, he is very likely
to win a fair share of the business Of that
locality. Commercial Point, by the way,
is looking up. 1t has an excellent landing
for steamboats,, and is shipping point for 0
large scope Of the surrounding country. II
is entitled to post Office, and it is though
that through the efforts now pending, it
will secure one.
There is Il very perccptlble spice o
Communism among the unemployed labor
ers, now in Cairo, that may, under certain
circumstances, produce crop Of trouble
A very talkative individual, addressing
three ar four listeners, declared that tn
time was near at hand when the man VIII
owned five hundred barrels of -four woult
be compelled to roll it out to five hundre,
families. The talkative individual may b
right; but the five hundred barrels of flou
would be rolled over at least five hundrc
dead bodies before reaching the five hun
drcd families,
1t was thought, for time, that judy
Snyders friends would insist upon his can
didacy for the seat on the Supreme bcnc
made vacant by the death of Judge Brcesc
but it appears that the Judge will not pei
nit his name to be used in that connection
The Joncsboro Gazette, of to-day, con
tains the following item in that behalf
"Wc are pleased to learn that our csteeme
friend Judge VIM. Snyder, of Belevlle,
NOT , data far Judon nf thn Su,,o,.,