The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-14

ber court in this county will be limited to
three weeks, unless it shall occur that one
of the other Judges can be substituted,
which is not at all likely.
To keep the machinery of the city
government in motion during the month of
4 August, it became necessary to make the
following expenditures: salaries, $731.lO;
sidewalks ,s340.S7 strrets $49S so ;boardo
health, 81 ,945.59; clerks Office, $t3.15; Jail,
$S4s5, printing, $545 contingencies,
S971.35; Cache river bridge, $22s.95; IN.
terest coupons, $30--total, $3,453.99.
Spectator" may be IAN archer bold"
but the chances are that he is not numbered
among the 40 or so readers of the Sun. and
that he was, therefore, utterly innocent, as
we are sure the community was, of any
knowledge whatever ofthe stupid questions
and stupidcr Jokes" That constitute the
Suns so-called alarm" Davis "alarms"
beng confined to the very narrow compass
of his own brain. don't amount to much.
We caught the rumor OF purpose ON
the part Of the leading colorcd men Of the
city, to effect the establishment Of weekly
newspaper in Cairo, to be devoted to the in
terests and advancement of the colored peo-
| pie. The rumor doesn't reach us from any
authoritative source or in definite shape.
We give it simply as We received it, only
adding, on our own account, that such a
paper, with John J. Bird in the editorial
harness, would be effective for good.
1t is with sincere sorrow that we
learn Of the death of Jimmy Stockton.
He died at Hot Springs, the Argus tells
MS. on the 9th instant. A bctter.hearted,
more jovial-mined, or wholc-souled young
man We never knew He learned the
printing business in the Office Of the
Mound City Emporium, during our con,
nection with that paper, and we learned
10 love the boy almost as a son. He saw
much OF sorrow. poor fellow, and had sore
personal affections; but bore them all
| herolcallv. ana AWAY. with cheerful
good nature. His death will cause a
feeling OF profound 'oFro" among
a" VINO knew nm.
The merchants and bushes, men
owning the property on the west side Of
Commercial avenue, from Sixth TO Eighth
street, have, with. one single exception.
agreed to remove the present variegated
sidewalk, and substitute rock slabs. II is
to be regretted that the Directing party
cRnot be brought into the arrangements
The improvement would add five times is
cost TO the value of the property, and
render that locality the bu:iness center of
hccity' The property holders from Eighth
to Ninth will speedily follow the example,
we dare say, and give US a continuous
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