The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27

w ~, shoulu puy lucit taxes without IN.
other days delay, Those who cannot pay
must make up their minds to suffer the
heavy penalty aud costs.
We have received the initial number
Of THE Charleston Sentinel 1t is edited
and published by ]. W. Dunifer, and is
very readable paper. Dunifer is good
writer, devotes much space to local matter,
and undoubtedly furnishes the best weekly
ever published in Charleston. He deserves
to be literally patronized, as we'll by Cairo
merchants who may wish to extend their
trade in Mississippi county, as by his own
people THE BULLETIN certainly wishes
him well,
Mr. Robert P, Potter, of Chicago, has
placed at our disposal column review of
his twenty-five page article in the Prince
ton Review, that deals with the indebted
ness of our towns and cities. AS the arti
Gle seems to deal exclusively with dry facts
and figures involved in showing of the
Indebtedness, and makes no suggestions
by the adoption of which the burdens may
be lessened, it is no difficult matter TO
find our space entirely too limited TO al
low the publication Of the review, or any
portion of it, Its about the lryest read
ing matter We ever tackled.
Tonight is the regular meeting night
of the Temperance Reform club. Although
| no prominent names have been made pub
| lie in connection with addresses, il is safe
to assume that all who attend will be
handsomely entertained II has generally
occurred that the trust to luck" meetings
of the club have been the most interesting
ever held They bring out home talent
and although the quantity of verbal prov
ender thus secured is not large, it generally
proves to be well spiced with variety, and
pitted all through with wit and humor.
Quite a number of Caro- families will
spend the hot season abroad Where, on
the continent of America, any one will
find a more delightful temperature than
that which has ruled in Cairo thus far,
would be difficult, indeed, to say. With
an average below so degrees Fahrenheit, II
is utterly impossible that anybody can have
suffered from the heat II is not likely,
however, that such low temperature will
continue much longer; but sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof, which being in
terpreted, means that it will be time enough
to hunt summer quarters when something
can be gained by the change.
The average collection of revenue of
all descriptions, in Alexander county, has,
for several years, been about $4,000. The
county tax has averaged about $4,000.
This year Sheriff Hodges will make a very
close collection, and will report probably
$4,000 or $4,000. He is getting in a
large amount Of forfeited taxes, and is
selling more delinquent property than has
been sold at any tax sale during the ten
years past, The result will be payment
into the county treasury in redeemed or
| ders and cash, the sum Of from $4,000 to
$4,000 which will be the largest amount
reported since 1873.
A burglar was frustrated and q bnr-
glary prevented about 3 o'clock yesterday
morning, by the wakefuness Of the resi-
dents in the vicinity Of Mr.. Stuarts store,
which is supposed to be the crib" the ras-
cal intended to crack. A portion of the
glass was removed from the rear door to
Mr. Settlers jcwelry store, and it is sup
posed that the burglar had entered the rear
room with view Of continuing operations,
when he was scared away. DR.. Leach be-
| ing awakened hurried to the point from
which he had received ntimatons Of the
burglars presence, but was minute or
two too late. The house breaker had made
his escape.
The locomotive IN the Hat, mOored at
the head Of wharf-boat No. 2 yesterday,
was Of the naTrow-gauge pattern, and is en-
route south for service on the Natchez,
Jackson and Columbus road in the State of
Mississippi, And speaking Of narrow.
gauge railroads, experience seems TO prove
that they answer all the ends that can be
achieved by the broader gauge roads, cost
less and are maintained and operated at an
expense fully thirty-three per cent less.
This is tile testimony Of the operators of the
narrow.gaugcs in the territories, especially,
and as it is not gainsad by our authorities
on railroad economy, il is somewhat sur
prising that popular prejudice against such
roads is so unrelcntng.
Our lcvee readers will remember the
excursion from New Madrid, week or ten
days ago, given by the steamer Nashville.