The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-05-07

VIC are inclined 10 give the
devil his due and are impelea
thereto by the spirit of "rcn-
dering unto Cesar those things which are
Ce'ar's' and being in this mood at present,
we may further say that there is also this to
be said to the credit of Cullom: In the
pending canvass he has remained quietly
at home, giving the duties of his Office his
personal attention and letting his friends,
who have discovered his worth,
secure the nomination for him.
The mayor very truly said in his late
message that nothing tends more to retard
the growth and prosperity of Cairo than
does the annual appearance of sipe. water 10
the lower portions Of the city and he also
said that he believed the coun-
Gil possesses the power under tue
iortleth section oil article five, act of incor.
poratlon to compel the owner Of every lot
in the city to fill it to the established
grade. If the city possesses
this power we believe it ought to exercise
it, and that the owners of lots ought not to
grumble 1t may be taken for granted
that more or less sickness
will prevail until the owner,
OF low lots shall fill them to at least
such heghth as will prevent the appear
ance OF the sipe-water. In saying this We
do not desire to be hard on persons own
ing low lots but must say that We believe
that the authorities of the CITY
are far too lenient toward prop
erty holders who will let the city including
themselves sink out of sight, rather thai
do anything which may prove beneficial to
others They are permitted 10
speculate in real estate at the
cost Of their more enterprising neighbor5
who long ago filled their lots handsomely
and paid for the same. In Cairo today
some of the finest portions of the city are
owned by people who never pay one dollar
towards improving their property and the
natural consequence i, that the
property of such owners become,
nuisance to those around it.
II j., as we have said before essential to
the public health that all low lots. which
are frequently no more than mud holes.
should be TILED and no longer toler
ated in their present condition.
Poverty may be an excuse for such danger
ous state, but 4 neglect on the part Of those
who can afford TO fill them, but will not, is
nexcusablc and may, at some
time, be paid for with the live,
Of the enterprisine and careful as well a,
with the lives ofthe persistcntly and gross.
~ negligent. If the wcll.to-do owner,
Of low lots WILL Nor improve their
property the public good would be
promoted By forcing them to sell to
the people who will 1t might as well
come to that--in fact il must in time
come to that, or some thing worse
There are more ways Of killing cat
than choking it with butter and more ways
Of making money than one. The case We
have in our minds eye fully illustrates this,
and is as follows: Mrs A. who is an el.
derby widow lady owned a small hut val
liable farm at Anna which her son had for
several years been cultyating. But the
old lady being Sicky and her son believing
sInt a cLony, or ,,a,, mould I.,.E. L..
persuaded her TO sell her property and
conc to- Caro- with him WHERE
he believed he could find employment and
support himself and mother with tolcrabe
ease. The old lady, being easily per
suaded, offered the property for sale aud
soon attcrward gentleman desiring to
buy farm put in an appearance, and was
apparently anxious to buy il. The price
asked, however, was too high for him and
after considerable talk the lady consented
to part with it for three hundred dollars
cash, which amount the purchaser (whom
we will call Mr., b. promised to send 20
Mrs. \ to this city Immediately upon the
receipt Of the deed acknowledging him IS
the rightful owner Of the farm. So far 50
good. The lady and son placed the
gentleman in charge of the farm
and without receiving any notes as ey-
dencc of Mr.. B.'s Indebtedness came to this
city and upon their arrival here at once had
the deed made out acknowledging Mr.. b,
rs the rghtful owner OF the property aud
sent it to him. They now waited for the
arrival of the three hundred dollars, but
after having waited in vain for some time
they wrote to Mr.. b, asking him for the
money, to which the gentleman replied that
he wouldn't pay cent until after the ey-
piration Of a year, At this juncture Mrs, A
and Mr.. son consulted one of our justices Of