The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-10

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her from her old master, and all she now
asked was to be sent back to him in Union
City. Once there she would be taken care
Of" What disposition was finally made of
Mrs. Wright we did not learn. Her hus-
band, as stated by her, met frightful death
at the East Cairo incline, last April.
--Jailer Mahoney will surrender the
keys of the city calaboose to his successor
Andy Cam, to-day. After several years serv-
ice Mr.. Mahoncy leaves his position with
consciousness of having performed his duty
faithfully and we'll Not a breath Of sus-
pcion, to our knowledge, has been breathed
against Mahoney's honesty and integrity as
public officer; and not single individual
of the several hundred he has held IN con-
tinement, has ever complained of unkind
treatment, or of the quality and quantity OF
the food and drink he supplied to the pris-
oners. He was, to the full length and
bleadth of the meaning of the term,
model jailer.
With the thermometer ranging at 90
in the shade, and about 90 degrees higher
in the sun, we might ask the sympathy Of
of our more northern contemporaries, but
for one fact. There is constant breeze
that comes sweeping, sweeping through the
hall in which we write, that necessitates
the use of heavy paper weights, to keep
our papers from hurting away toward the
rising place of the morning sun. This
breeze is caused by the difference in the
temperature of the waters of the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers, and is not therefore, of
an evanescent nature; but constant, never
ending. 1t is the one great saving feature
CT the Cairo summers. The difference in
temperature of the waters Of the two
rivers is probably 10 or 10 degrees.
-Blackberries are coming into the mar
ket quite freely, and although twelve and
ahalf cents per quart is stiff price for
them, it affords but niggardly pay to those
who pick them from the bushes and bring
them to market. The nearest patches are
about eight miles from Cairo; but the best
thickets cannot be reached under nine or
ten miles The berries being small, it is a
good half days work TO pick three gallons
of them. A days time is consumed and
sixty cents in money expended in bringing
the berries to market. Hence the net pro-
duct of d day and half Of hot, exhausting
outdoor labor is ninety cents, But,as the coun-
try offers but few opportunities for money
making, and as the time of children can be
utilized in the picking, the bushes are
usually stripped Of their berries,as fast as
the berries rlpen.
Let us hope, now, that the bone Of
contention that has hitherto distracted the
city council, has been removed by the APP
pointment of Tyler and Wins as police
men and Andy Cain as jailer, that the fu-
ture of that body will be a harmonious one.
In the hope that such an end would soon
be brought about, THE BULLETIN has held
It's peace" retaining from criticisms, even
denuncations that would certainly have
found expression, had the issue given no
promise OF such conclusion. And now
that it is known that the council Is com.
posed Of element; that are easily antag
oni2ed, let the members at al times keep
that fact in view To rush OH breaker
when you know where it hes, is ineXcus-
able; and now that the ground plan Of a
good understanding has been agreed upon,
the people will have but little patience with
further wrangling
While walking in the western portion
of the Fourth ward, night before last one
Of our citizens espied respectfully dressed
white man, lying prone upon the sidewalk.
Ascertaining that the man was not ntoXi-
Gtcd, the citizen asked to be. informed
Why he had sought such place at such u
time, etc. The stranger, in tone Of voice
that vouchcd for the truth Of his state
ments, said that he was sick, had been on a
hunt for the hospital, but found himself
unable to proceed foot further. He had
come from some point on the upper river
and striking the woods above Cairo, had
wandered around therein, sick, bewidcred
and lost, four days and four nights, during
which time he had partaken of no food
The citizen supplied the stranger with q
cup Of coffee, which served to rally him
considerably. He was then directed to tho
hospital, and is now an inmate Of that in
stitution.
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NoTTcE-On and after July lst, the prices
at my shop will he reduced to the following
figures Shaving, 10 cents; hair cutting
at.A.s. /. l..