The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-18


anything into its columns that would IN
any manner, mar the paclily Of the pub
&c temper.
1t may be worth remembering that
persons living abroad who may desire to
a.,,tend the testimonial benefit TO be given
to Miss Evelyn Spycr, on the 23d instant
can reach Cairo, via the Narrow guagc Mt
one and onc-half rates for the round trip.
If the general rains Of yesterday and
the melting snow of the past week do not
cause booming rivers, the usual cause of
floods has "lost its grip" We entertain no
apprchensous for Cairo; but Shawnectown
and Columbus excite our warmcst solicit
tudc.
And is that all, friend Walter that you
are cOntcnding tor!--nothng more than
that you be accorded the honor OF strutting
awhile in the "oflicial organ garment The
BULLETIN threw off when it suspended If
50, take the honor, boy, and much good
may it do you.
Although aborcrs can command
twenty or thirty cents an hour ON our Ievee
and at our dcpotS scarcely a single tramp
of the multitude now in the city, will
accept employment. Isn't there place,
in the conduct of these creatures, 10 which
the var act" can be adjusted:
Cairo noses do not drop of when look.
ed at, as is alleged by the editor Of the Pa
ducay News; but Caimte> who are throwa
in close contact with orr Paducah neigh
bors, have occasion 10 wish that the wear
ing of such facial ornaments could be- in
such emergencies, dispensed with.
The Cairo and Vinccnncs railroad is
full.handcd with business. II completed
the movement of fourteen hundred bales OF
cotton, yesterday evening, brought TO
Caro- by the stNrmcr Paris c. Brown. The
other roads arr equally crowded. employing
all their carrying facilities, yard and ware
house room.
One John Wilson had loafcd long and
persistently about saloons and disrepulable
places, doing nothing the while to earn a
living. These facts being sworn to before
before Judge Bird, John Wilson was sent
to tia calaboosc for period Of tii'ly-scven
days, in default of the payment Of Il fine of
fifty dollars.
Large sums Of money have been made
in Wall Street by persons shrcwd enough to
invest at the right time The old house of
Alex rockingham & Co. brokers, ~ Wall
Street New York, is entitled 10 absolute con
iidence. Their customers arc frequently
rewarded by large returns, Send for their
Financial Report free.
Two decided drunk were passed upon
by Judge Bird yesterday. Both Of them
being unmistakable plains, fine Of five
dollars and cost was imposed upon each
Of the laddies; and as men fined for drunk
enness scarcely ever have any money, there
was an addition Of two sobercd and pcntcnt
individuals to the calaboose force
Houses in the city that never leaked
before, leaked like sand screens. or fish
baskets or the United States treasury or any
other very leaky thing, during the entire
melting-,now interval. The classic water.
Of Lodore don't stream down faster, or in
much greater volume, than did the melted
snow through the roof fudge Birds court
room.
The New Sensation" boat left Cairo for
the coast below, yesterday evening Mr..
French, the proprietor, seemed to be very
clever, courteous gentleman, and left Cairo
highly pleased with the treatment he had
received at the hands Of our authorities. 4
city council that sets aside a revised ordi.
nance by the swift and easy process Of ar,s-
olution, is entitled TO the thanks Of the party
it accommodates. 1t is morally certain not
to receive thanks from any other quarter.
The east-side Washington avenue side
walk below Eighteenth gave way, night be.
fore last, under the weight of one of our
heavy citizens; who, butfor hiscxtremc physi-
cal agility wouldp probably fractured both his
"tibia and tibia, to say nothing about his
mctatarpal and sundry smaller bones. In.
deed, We arc not sure bnt this scientific
explanation of the danger To which he was
subjected, may induce the gentleman even
yet, to institute legal proceedings against
the CITY.
The member from Alexander, Hon. r.
W. Halliday, has been assigned to four I'm.
portant committees, for place on three
of which he is peculiarly we'll qualified.
He has hccn named as member of the
Committee on Penitcntiary, on Municipal
Affairs on Revenue and IN tountv md