The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-29

VIII consume nail the week-all the
processes being slow and tedious.
Tomorrow is the time fixed for the
grand public meeting, barbecue and dance
at Commercial Point, directly on the bank
of the Mississippi river, about ten miles
from Cairo. Ample arrangements have
been made to feed all who may come.
There will be dancing, night and day; and
as the affair is under the management of Mr..
J. II. Mulcahcy, we feel no hesitation in
saying that the it will be an enjoyable
one, and that Cairo people who attend and
participate will thank THE BULLETIN for
calling their attention thereto.
1t is probably within the bounds Of
reason to say that it is an utter impossibili-
ty for one slop cart to answer the present
demands of the city. 1t is expected that
the cart will traverse all the streets of the
city every day. 1t couldn'tmake the round
if it kept constantly on the move. Yesterday
it was between 3 and o'clock in the af-
ternoon when it entered upon duty in the
Third ward, leaving only about two and
q half hours to devote to the three upper
wards. With half days service from a
second team, the work might be performed
satisfactorily. With only one team, the
service will prove irregular and uSatis.
factory. There is too wide spread Of ter
ritory for one team to traverse
-A.colorcd individual names James has
an irrepressible fondness for sour beer.
Every morning he is abroad, even in the
early dawn, reversing the empted kegs he
finds piled outside the saloon doors, and
not unfrequently the aggregated leayings
fill his two gallon Jug But on Saturday
last disguised with the scantincss of his
collections, he went for" keg that was
contraband, and the landlord who had the
superior claims, caught Mr. James in the
act. How he seized hoe and bella.
bored Inn with the handle, formed the bur.
den Of the affecting story that James told
yesterday to Squire Comings. The landlord
was fined S.; but we'll venture the predc
ton that James made his last raid on the
beer kegs, empty or contraband, of that es
tablishment.
The pauper crowd from Memphis thai
came upon the steamer Coahoma, las
week, didn't like it" because they were no
allowed to land at Cairo, and wtake in the
city To have permitted the 400 refugee,
that constituted the crowd to fill our stores
saloons and eating houses, reeking as they
were with the germs Of the fever, would
have been sorry "take in" for Caro- One
Of the passengers, writing to the Republican
speaks of the boats detention at Cairo, as
| follows: GAS we entered the Ohio river
one ofthe tributaries Of the majestic Misss.
sippi, our gallant captain giving orders to
his pilot, we were surprised to see a tug
bearing the yellow flag OF
what the passengers called a
flag of distress circling around from the
harbor and footing shrill whistle, making
signs for US to stop, at which the captain
gave orders to round to and see what was
wanted, when this pigmy Of tug came
alongside and had one of the most detected
locking specimen Of an officer on board.
His first inquiry was: "Captain, are you
from Memphis?' "You bet we are
Have you any sickness on board?" "Not
if we know ourselves" AT which the said
officer hung down his head and spoke in
nasal tongue "Wel!, captain, you can't
stop at kiro.' The captain of the tug, a
little more polite, said "Our noble mud
city has quarantined against your taxing
district of Memphis. You had better 90 to
the Kentucky side Of the river, and we will
try to supply your wants, but make no
landing" After remaining in
the middle of the stream
for two hours, taking coal, the tug returned
from Cairo with the morning papers and
provisions. This time there was a decided
improvement in the officer who accompanied
her. He proved to be very gentlemanly
physician, whose name we are sorry we
have forgotten. lie treated us kindly and re,
GREETED that their city was quarantined
against u.s." It must have been a VERY
clever physician indeed who, in view of
such a crowd, could have expressed regrets
that they were fenced out of the city.
OUR QUARANTINE.