The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-23


ten dollars and seyenty-fve cents, It's to
be boped that Mr.. B. will not construe the
payment ofthis fine as comforting the
RIGHT to maintain his nuisance. A new
offense is committed every twenty-four
hours
-Four members Of the State Board of
Health arrived in the city at 2 p. m, yes
terday, and after dining at the st. Charles,
repaired to the Arlington House and organ
lied for business AS the organization was
effected before the appointed hour the local
Board did not arrive until the Board had
nearly concluded its labors. Mayor This
tlewood and Alderman Linegar were pres
ent, part of the time, and participated in
the proceedings. See minutes OF proceed
ings elsewhere.
Yesterday, as upon the day before,
stories were current, well calculated to in
tensify the prevailing excitement. No
body had information for which he could
vouch. 1t was always second or third
handed, and following it up to its source it
resolved itself into a suspicion, conjec.
ture. or downright talschood. The man
capable Of connecting and circulating
alarming falsehoods, in times like these,
deserves to be kicked out of town. If we
were Bogardus Kicker we'd at once see to
it that no meritorous cases escaped atten-
| ton.
The story of case of yellow fever on
Thirteenth street was revived again yester-
day, and in the evening became the subject
of eager inquiry in all parts Of the city.
We carefully investigated the matter The
Ensminger house, occupied by Lou McGra-
tan being the alleged Inflated establish
ment, It was there and in the neighborhood
the inquiries were extended. The whole
story grew out Of the fact that Lou McGra-
tian's infant is sick. The child has been
sick three months Of summer complaint,
and there is no other case of sickness of
any kind in that vicinity
"A fact that ought to add not little to
the encouragement of Cairo people, is this,
| that nowhere, north or south has yellow
fever made its appearance, save in Mem
| phis alone. Nashville, Brownsville and
other points, through which there has been
a continuous STRAIN of Memphis refugees
and that are now filed with that class of
people, have not had single case. Hick
man, Vicksburg, Grenada, New Orleans,
Holly Springs and other points that suffered
so terribly last year, have escaped entirely.
The scourge comparatively light handed,
confines itself exclusively to Memphis.
Why can't we, ther, exercise little common
sense, and gather backbone" from state
of facts that is so rndenably encouraging2
Preliminary proceedings were had in
the county court, yesterday, in the election
contests between Mott and Foley, and Rit
tenhouse and Linesar. Mr.. Linegar APP
pearing for himself and Mr. Foley, demur
red to the petition on the ground that the
court had no jurisdiction in the case. The
demurrer was argued at much length and
quite ably by MessE. Linegar and Leek,
the latter representing the petitioners. The
demurrer was over-rued by the court, and |
defendants ruled to answer by 8 O'Clock |
this morning. There is prospect, there
fore, that the merits Of the cases will be |
probed some time during the day; but II is
not likely that o decision will be reached |
for day or two.
The news from Memphis, yesterday,
tended to con frm the belief that that un-
fortunate city isdoomed to suffer ravages of
the epidemic as long as any material is left
to feed upon. Just before night-fa!l
Dr. Rauch Informed our reporter that his
latest news was to the effect that there had
been twen, y,-siy new cases end six deaths
during the preceding twonty-fovr hours.
DR.. Rauch was also in possession Of dis
patches from Dr. Reilly, Of Chicago, now
in Memphis, yhich stated that the disease
yielded to treatment much more readily
than last year; that while 80 per cent were
lost then, less than 20 per cent die now.
DR.. Mitchell telegraphs that the town is
already so nearly depopulated that it is
scarcely probable that the epidemic will be
severe one.