The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-11

After the address the meeting adjourned,
and oil went home well pleased indeed
with the manner in which they had been
entertained.
If it be true that The republicans will
control the next house, il is aite; all 0 very
barren victory. Lake the presidency it is
due to the factions Of democrats Tue i've
Missouri districts did it, When democrats
are so utterly incapable of political man
agement os to allow republican to be
elected in district 5000 democratic, US
they did il the Kansas City district, the
wonder is that the house is Us close as the
returns show. The next congress elected
will be entitled 20 an increase OF members
from the south under the census, and i. in
addition the democrats vii hardly commit
the same blundgrs they have in the present
elections. The democrats have large
majority Of the votes by congressional dis
tricts, and the legislation Of the country for
the next twenty years at least will be con-
trolled by the democratic party D spite Of
the gerrymandering districts by republican
| legislatures.
Last evening about eight O'Clock our
wharf was the scene of > tragedy that came
near terminating fatally to the principle
figure therein. A. woman named Mrs
Reniru, a widow, arrived hero on tse steam
er Helena early in the evening from Cape
Grardeau, where she stood high in the est
nation of the people and was in easy fran.
cial circumstances. But il appears thst
she got into trouble Of some kind and was,
whether Justly or not we DO not know,
suspected of theft and vas fleeing
from the authoritice of the county In
this she was not successful, however,
for the next boat that came down the river,
which was the W. F. Halliday, brought the
deputy sheriff Of the county IN which Cape
Girardeau is situated, Mr.. Henry Hopper,
by name, who arrived here before the
Helena had taken her departure Nj.
Hopper found the object Of his search,
! although she had embarked under an as
sumed name, arrested her and when about
to march her of the boat, having his atten-
ton called away from her, she gathered
her skirts together and plungered from the
stage plank into the river. She vas caught
by one OF the lines with
which the boat was tied to
the wharf and which had slackened
aud was hidden under the water and was
rescued as soon as possible. But not too
soon, for she had already swallowed large
quantity OF water, and had to be taken to
the hospital for treatment. She will be
taken back to the Cape when she has re-
covered and given trial. 'The mortifca-
ton and shame at the prospect Of being
compelled to face those who respected her,
rs a criminal no doubt lead her to seek u
watery grave.
- There has not been for many years
past so many substantial improvements in
progress in this city as there are at tins
time. Individual citizens and corporations
seem TO have suddenly awakened from pro.
longed, stupor that for years blinded their
eyes to their own and city's needs. The
city has always been full of idlers, good
mechanics too, who stood around corners
with hands in their pockets, waiting like
so many Mcaubers rents were low aud
residences going to ruin for the want of
tencnts and the corporations treated Cairo
as a SOFT Of second rate way station,
unworthy the expenditure Of few hun.
bred dollars in the erection Of decent
buildings, even for their own use. Nothing
was undertaken by anybody tina, gave any
sign of enterprise, and one might justly
have dubbed this little neck Of earth,
forgery land" But things have taken
new turn. Within the last
year VI ak months Cairo has az.
sumed decidedly favorable aspect.
Every available residence, even u the
miserable shan,y, is occupied, Rents have
gone up; the id,ers have disappeared; me.
chanics are all ~ work u, gooi wages, and
more are demanded; business uen arc
cheerful and expect good foil trade,