The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-03-18

we can say, that experience has shown cop
pcras and coal tar to be the best the most dur
able and the cheapest disinfectants known,
and il would be foolish, not to say hazard
Gus, to experiment in the hope Of finding
something better. Let the cleansing process
90 on, then; let the city furnish lime to those
who will use it in withdrawing their
fences and out houses, and coppcras for dis
injecting purposes to those who are unable
to buy it. These suggestions acted upon,
promptly and generally, and by the first
day Of May we will have the cloanest and
hcalthcst city in the United States. We
will then yield to feeling of security, and
look forward to the hot days Of the sum
mcr hopafuliy-with conviction that we
have erected more effective harri"ragainst
the approach Of cpidcmics than would he
afforded by Il Gordon Of armed men. Isn't
such IN end worthy the tiiling expense
and labor required to bring it about! Let
the experience of last summer, answer.
1t is quite II fortunate thing for the
colOrcd people themselves that their pccu-
liar habits Of magniryng mere pcccadil-
loes into great crimes, and suspicious OF
wrong doing into startling horrors, is under
stood. Were it not generally understood,
they would be continually talking one an
other into trouble. On Saturday last col
orcd man named Gwinn called upon Mrs.
Ross, also colorcd, and gave her very an
mated, "abc-bodied' cursing, Mrs. Ross
sued, and Squire Osborn fined Gwinn five
dollars and cost Prior to the trial and dur
ing its progress the topic of dis
cusson among colored spectators was the
sudden death, few nights before, Of Mrs.
Ross little stcp.chid. twas alleged that
the woman declared she'd CHOKE the day
lights out of the brat before it was a week
older, for she 'cXpiScd' it anyhow A
woman who was in some manner related t.
to the child, declared that the very night
the child died, she dreamed that a two
horse team came dashing down that very
street and fairly brushing her dress as she
jumped out of the way, it ran directly over
two or three children, and scattered their
arms, heads and legs, toes, fingers and teeth,
all along the street to Commercial avenue
and chow could dreamed that way in
quired the supcrstitious creature, III that
child wasn't chokGd to death ~ 4 third
declared that he heard the woman say she
had put the little devil where it would quit
wearing the life out Of her; and still
another had heard threats and contrs-
sions that pointed rather directly
to case Of murder The Squire
having caught most OF this converse
ton felt quite confident that he was going
to ferret out case OF murder Happily he
had got together the witnesses that would
establish at least a strong probability Of
guilt; and he at once shaped his questions
TO that end, putting nearly all those who
had been talking the matter over, under
oath. And right then and there he learned,
if he hadn't learned it before, that negroes
are wonderful panic-makcrs, horror lovers
and scnsa,ionalists. While all of them
lied, wit. out any conjunction circumstance,
in talking the matter over tog ther, none OF
them would repeat their statements under
oath. And thus were the Squircs hopes
Of uncarthing a murder, suddenly d;ssipa.
, ted, dashed down and done for
A few days ago THE BULLETIN asked
| to be informed when the much-taIi;cd-o
union railroad dcpo; would be butt, and o
what material. Replying, verbally, to tn;
latter inquiry, " gentleman occupying ;
high position on one Of the roads con
cerncd, sad that it had been determined t
buiid the depot Of shcct.lcaA. and to furnish
every citizen OF Cairo u malct 50 that i
he didn't like the shape Of the building h
could hammer it TO his liking or smash it
The reply embodics very broad insinua
ton that Cairoitcs ars a set Of very un
reasonable carpcrs and grumDlers. Ac
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