The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25

day afternoon ana evening bliss W. lSuhhin'
will give an account of her expert
ence and work in Mexico, to which coun-
: try she was the first Protestant Mission
ary. She began her labors about thirty
wears ago. Last week she told the story
of these labors before the Presbyterian
SYNOD of Southern Illinois at Pana
The Rev. Mr. George, who was present,
thinks that her address was the most in
tenselv interesting feature of the late
session of the Synod. The regular ser.
vices will be held in the morning at the
PRESBYTERIAN Church, in connection with
which some account will be given of the
Synods meeting. Miss Rankin's afternoon
address will be at the close of the Sab
bath School, at or little before A
o'clock.
We ask the attention of the voter to
the facts published elsewhere, over the sig
nature of the county clerk, Mr.. SAM j.
Humm. They present, in plain and con-
else terms, the object of the proposed addi
tional county tax, approximately, at least,
the amount that would be paid each year,
by city and county, lin the event the prop
osition is affirmatively decided for the
years 1S19-S0 and 81. With our State tax
lessened about 30 per cent. from former
years, and with a material reduction in the
assessment or valuation of the taxable prop.
erty of the county, the amount OF taX.to be
paid by each tax payer with the road tax
added, would not perhaps, exceed that OF last
year, and would not be as great as the aver
age of former years. In other words, II
the taXbe authorized and levied, no tax
payer in the county, save a few Of the hcar-
lest ones, will he conscious of any increase
IN the amount of his taxes.
The government tow-boat J. r. Meigs,
Capt. Strasser, having in tow the survey
boat Thctis, Capt Talbot, arrived here
from Carondatct, Thursday evening. On
the-way down Capt Talbot handed Capt
Strasser $50. with request that he deposit
it in his safe. After the arrival Of the boats
here Capt T. having occasion to use some
money, called upon Capt 5. to relieve
him of the deposit. The captain
declared that he left the money on the table
at which he was sitting when it was given
to him, and that some one about the boat
, had taken it. He refused, therefore, to
replace it. Capt.Talbott instituted suit be-
fore Squire Robinson, and his testimony
being corrobOrated in some particulars by
that of the clerk, he Squire held Capt. Stras.
Sscr over in bonds of $500, to answer the
circuit court The money was subsequent
" paid over, we understand. ana the mat
ter rs between the captain and captain
thus adjusted.
If those gentlemen who indulge the
luxury Of fast horses and make WaohIns
ton avenue a course for the display Of the
speed of their respective animals, could
hear the rcd-hot anathemas that are
showered upon them by the mothers of the
children that play by the street side, the
words Of praise and glances OF admiration
they win from horse-fancies would be con-
sidered dearly earned, and as poor COM
pcnsation indeed for the abuse and savage
criticisms. The boys seeing the men regu-
late the gait of their animals TO suit them
selves, are doing the same thing, and II
suits not fow sf them to run races.
Whenever and wherever as many as two or
three youngsters. on good horses or bad,
skeletons OF shacks, get together, then and
there is a horse race This is big fun to the
boys, of course but as it may result IN the
death or serious injury Of some OF the chill
dren along the street. we feel called upon
to protest against ii.
We find that it takes majority Of all
the councilmcn elected, to pass an ordi.
nance. \ tie vote may, As q usual TING,
be decided by the vote Of the Mayor but
a bill tor an ordinance upon which there is
q tie vote. must be declared defeated, As
; the Sunday liquor ordinance can only be
repealed by an ordinance, tIicadyocptcS oIrc
: peal must muster six votes. This number