The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-01

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recourse to his private bottle, and before
reaching st. Louis fell headlong down thu
hatchway, and killed himself. The body
was taken to st. Louis and there disposedof
The little boy was put onthe cars and sent
back to Cairo
The fire alarm sounded about O;3O
o'clock last night was caused by the APP.
pearance of fire upon the roof of one of the
novels on FOURTH street, between Washing.
ton and Commercial avenues. The imme-
diate cause of the fire was an unprotected
stove.pipe through the roof. The Arabs
sounded the first alarm and were first upon
the ground and ready for business; but
the flames were extinguished before the
engines could get to work or much damage
was done.
Reform ball was completely filed, last
night, and everybody was amply repaid
for the time and trouble involved in his or
her attendance, John I.inegar made a
"ratting good speech" and was followed
by Mr.. Wallace, of Du Quoin, and Mr.
Brown, of Metropolis, both of whom ad.
dressed themselves to the subject in hand
in plain, practical, sensible manner
Upon the whole, the meeting is considered
one of the best and most interesting that
has been held for several months.
John NJ. Meyer, Of Jonesboro, died on
Wednesday last, and was buried
by the Odd Fellows, of which order he
had long been an honorcd member. Meyer
had been otflicted about ten years with
canoes that finally eat away the side Of his
face and far into his throat, rendering him
an object that was horrible to look upon
He was a son of John D. Meyer Of Texas,
who was a brother of Mrs. DR.. After. Of
Cairo. With John NJ, persisted the last Of
seven members of that branch o. the
Meyer family. He was about fifty years
of age, and leaves six children.
The indications all point to the ciec-
ton of Dr. Gibbs to the Office Of county
commissioner It ietracts nothing from
the Drs. fitness for the Office, that he is a
Republican. Politics are put aside IN this
contest, and men will be, As they should
be, measured by their deserts, The DR., is
an intelligent mamie knows the people
and the COUNTY and the needs Of both. lie
furthermore knows how those need. can be
mos! economically supplied and-tbat's the
kind of a man the people want in the office
Of county commissioner.
The members of the Taxpayers as,o.
citation will be waited upon for Their bi.
monthly dues onsMonday next. 1t may en-
courage cheerful payments for u TO remark
that these dues will form the only expense
the members will incur. The ten per cent.
will not have to be paid, next year, as an
Injunction has been laid right "at the roots
Of the railroad interest tax and no such
tax will be extended on the tax book Ia
| other words, the fight against next years
railroad tax has already been made, and
was successful.
With the expectation of damaging him
among the colored voters of the city, some
of whom find it impossible to rise above
party preiudiccs, somebody has started the
report that Squire Sammons is not a Repub-
lican, To this report the Squire enters q
most positive and emphatic denial He is
one OF the oldest and most steadfast Repnb.
'lcans of Alexander county. He doesn t
base his claims to the Office of county treas
urer on that fact but he wants to deal fair.
~ and squarely with the public, and have
no man vote against him on the suppose
ton that he is Democrat. lie has not
voted Democratic ticket, to his know.
edge, during the past fifteen years.
The impression prevails among the
colored voters OF Beech Ridge precinct, and
the lower portion of Goose Island, that the
road tax amounts to fifty cents on the dollar,
and that therefore, the coored man who
owns team, worth fifty dollars, will be
compelled TO pay tax Of twenty. five dollars
The better informed opponents of the tax
are careful not 10 undeceive the mistaken
blacks, andthe consequence is violent op.
position, The opponents of the tax have as
general thing, been quite INSCRIPTIONS as
to the means they have employed to bring
the tax proposition into distavor among
the country people.
In all parts of the city and county
there is q growing disposition to make
Miles Parker the next County Assessor anG
Treasurer. The reasons for this have beer
e assigned repeatedly, and very properly have
: great weight with the people. An old citi