The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-17
OUR QUARANTINE.
A PROMINENT CITIZEN VISITS IT IL WRATH,
AND TELLS WHY


AND TELLS WHY.
Editor Bulletin
DEAR SR;-Will you allow me space
enough in your paper to ask either the city,
state or national board OF health, why,
they are so persistent in their efforts to kill |
Cairo as q business point, by not allowing |
steamboats, to land and transact what bust |
ness they may have with our wharf-boats
and merchants, who they are compelled to
do business with, in the way Of ice, stores,
etc. TO keep themselves from starving on
their up trip, when they allow them to
land just out side the city limits, put off
their passengers, who come as straight
back into the city as their walks will lead
them
Why do they COMPEL RAILROADS to trans
fer passengers and baggage above the city
when they allow doctors, conductors, bag
gage masters and all other hands
who have been on the same train
with those passengers for days
and nights, to come straight into the city
without moestation, which they are doing
each day in every week. Why should not
boats land and cars run into the city and
make business for ALI Quarantine" an
swers, mo yellow jack need apply"
d., ii al lnn Il, nf hno1tI,
can board tugs at our wharf, go down to
Quarantine at No. /, and drink and smoke
our health and have good time in general,
at our expense, with A, d. Langstatf, direct
from Memphis not ,twenty-four hours, and
then come among the citizens and say the
boats cannot land, as we don't want any yell
low fever here! No, the boats must not
land that come from Vicksburg, Natchcz
or New Orleans, when there is no yellow
jack at either place; but the boards ofhealth
must associate with parties direct from yell
low fever districts. Why is this The an
swer is Kill Cairo all you can; let business
60, so we, the boards ofhealth, keep up the
excitement and dra~ our pay. Remember
uncle Jack played his little game, and it
looks like that little game has never been
finished yet, as should we chance to have
yellow jack with us We will see who are the
first to the front to leave, and am sorry to
say the list of last year, am afraid will
be complete.
This quarantine, must say, is as COM
pletc fraud rs was ever perpctrated upon
any city, five quarantine against one, do
so to all, steamboats,, railroads, people and
all, from even entering our city.
The arrangements at No are wholly
unsuitcd for the uses to which they are to
be applied, The council of health officers
met in the hospital boat on Friday during
tbs rain, and to keep from getting drenched
to the skin, in the cabin of the boat they
were compelled to hoist their umbrellas;
and for this rookcry understand the ma
tional board has agreed to pay SIS day
Dr. Francis is reported as having remarked
that he was glad he attended the meeting
rs upon his return to st, Louis he would be
as strict as ever, since he now knew that the
Cairo quarantine amounted to little or not
hing. The same gentleman asked Dr.
Reilly how it happened that such made
quatc provisions were made. The Dr. re-
piled that he didn't know. He had been
placed in charge to draw ten dollars day,
which was the most important consideo-
ton to him. On his return to Caro- DR.,
Francis made the remark to one Of our ci,i-
2ens that it would be more humane to throw
the sick into the river than ii would be to
place them on the thing"
at No. 1, Now, after all
the talking and blowing and telegraph.
ing and travelling to this shameful end
have we come, that 1t will disgrace our city
TO have our arrangements made known
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