The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-03-22

ELAINE OIL"


alive. But on Wednesday last, after thirA
or forty days accutc suffering, he died. IIN
was a colored Mason and was well cared
for the while, and his body was put away
after the manner of that order, f.
General Bill Anderson, of Mt. Vernon,
in his anxiety to get rich suddenly, has in
vested portion of his means in village
newspaper office. lie has we understand,
purchased the material and goodwill of
the Mt Vernon Free Press, and will devote
the paper to the hopeless task of lni'lsing
little life into the squclched skeleton OF the
Grccnback party The General is man OF
ability--is an effective stumpcr, and Is IN
dustrious and generally popular. But all
these qualities do not guarantee him sue
cess in the field of journalism, lie VIII
find himself lacking in the one great essen
tial to success practical knowledge OF
the business. TO the manager OF news
paper this knowledge is like tobacco to the
invcteratc chewer When absent 1t admits
Of no substitute.
An old negro man who resides in the
upper part of the city, took a girl to raise
some years ago and, as is usually the case
time had the effect of developing the girl
into ayoung woman, and as is usually the
case again, the young woman was not un-
conscious of the fact. Being young wo-
man it followed as a very natural consc-
qucnce that she commenced ogling the
young men other color. One young man be-
came regular visitor Months passed, not
neglecting in their passage to tell an ugly
story on the young folks. Yesterday morn
ing the young man dropped in, and the old
man being at home, was not at all pleas
ed to see him. On the contrary
he whipped out a rather ugly looking knife.
and making rush for the visitor, he
, cleared that kitchen in very short order,
The young man being fleet of foot, soon GOT
out of harms way; and the old man return
: ing to the house, found his ward, not il
y tears but grinning broad mouthed grir
: at the old mans futile rage. II jess
Il kotchcd that chile observed the old fell
u low "and guy that GRIMM mouf SIGH (
. smackn as no mouf hez had since GRIMM
II moufs was invented And thus was til,
" unchasteness of that colored female pun
i lshed Had she preserved her purity she
= would not, now, be nursing "A "smackeC
/ moufn
We have, since the first of the year
" received several letters from different part,
of the country, making inquiries respecting
the ability and inclination Of our city anc
- county to meet their obligations TO thu
holders of their bonds. An old gentleman
writing us from Brooklyn, New York, un
der date Of 18th inst, says that, lin the
, year 1869, bought some Of the Cairo i'm.
o., provcment bonds. issued to Fox, Howard 4
Co., for street filling, etc. ! was
assured they were safe invest
i ment and | put about all my life
, long savings in them. The interest wa.
I paid TO August 1876, but none since thai
, time. If you will inform me what the city
proposes to do respecting these bonds, |
will esteem it a very great favor and remain
your debtor" To this writer and others in
{ interest, We have to say, that the city OF
y Cairo has made TO the Loldcrs Of her bond,
= the best offer that she can make, with any
y likelihood Of carrying it out. She ha.
u agreed to substitute new, SIX per cent
/. twcntyyear bonds, for the old ones, at the
| rate of 81 cents on the dollar, the new
f bonds to cover all arrearagcs of interest a,
t well as principal-the city to commence
S paying off the new bonds at once, and tc
z make such payments annually as will pay
o the whole amount in nineteen years and six
o months. This arrangement is being CONSUME
o mated through the American Funding com
}. pany, of New York, The city being salts
| fed that it can do no more than is embraced
in this offer, will resist the payment o.
T. either the principal Or interest Of bonds il
/. the hands Of those who refuse to accept it
!. Parties who, like the Brooklyn gentleman
G have received seven years interest, will, by
a accepting the proposition, receive back
O more than the amount of their original in
). vcstmcnt,
- Hundreds Of oar citizens doubles.
l. saw the country wagon with the barrel
n frame bed filled with-hickory baskets. Tn,
!. baskets were the handiwork of the father
and son who accompanied the wagon. Be
ing unable to dispose of the load in time
= to leave the city, before night
. fail the two drove to Swobo
l. da's wagon yard and put up for the night
Early Thursday morning the baskets were
sold Welding the handsome sim of fttv