The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-11

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Wilson, Mrs. Beatty, DR.. J. 8. Petriel, Mr.
Jno. Payne and Miss Fannie Barclay, vice
president, Jas. Cannon, secretary
Amy Wilson, assistant secretary; e. E
Conings, treasury; Miss Annie Morse, as
sistant treasurer; Geo, s. Fisher, CORES
ponding secretary; Miss Edith Martin, as
sistant; George Olmsted, librarian; Miss
Pearl yesterday, assistant librarian
The editor of the Argus, in his las
evenings issue, attempts to dispose of som'
of our arguments by speaking in jocos'
manner concerning them. He forgets that
his readers are wide-awake to the fact that
serious charges can not satisfactorily be dis
posed of in such manner, and
in attempting to do SO
shows that, in an incalculable short space
of time he has developed an unlimited
quantity OF cheek on limited quantity Of
man. But what's the real diffenrce. His
"say So amounts to but little at the best
and when he dies the following epitaph
will doubtless grace his tomb stone:
Here lies one who lately died. nobody sorrowed,
nobody cried;
Where he's gone or how he fares, nobody knows
and nobodycares.
President Hayes, in his speech at Yale
College, appears to have unburdened his
mind OF a few secrets. His famous concili-
alton policy, which seems to have given no
satisfaction to anybody, and in which the
president declares he was disappointed, or
iginated, it seems, with DR.. Woolsey, ex-
president Of Yale College. President Hayes
says that he wanted to do something very
fine, but that he couldn't determine what to
do. In his perplexity he turned away from
his political friends and sought the advice
OF DR.. Woolsey. That eminent scholar came
to the front with the Southern or concilia-
tory policy. Hayes adopted it, and he
HdSl DtCil IlgIll sulC SluCc W uctlSl tuat
act has been the source eff joy or sorrow to
him.
1T is related Of somewhat precocious
poungster, who disliked formal devotions,
that he used to nightly lift up his prayer
book, and exclaiming, "Them's my senti-
ments, 0 Lord !" considering his obligations
fully discharged. 1t is now rumored that
General Arthur will be invited to emulate
the aforesaid boy by declaring, when lie
reads Mr.. Garfeld's letter Of acceptance,
"Them's my sentiments" 1t is not fair to
crowd candidate in so rude fashion, he
ought to have chance to unload on his own
account, instead of feebly paraphrassing the
words of the leading nominee. We enter
tain no doubt that, with Senator Conkling's
friendly revision, General Arthur could turn
out quite as creditable document as the
Ohioan.
Alexander county has 30 Sunday
Schools.
A Sunday School convention was held
at Thebes on Sunday July 4th, which was
largely attended, and great interest mani
tested. Several schools from the country
were in attendance.
The youths temperance army meet this
evening at o'clock in the reading room OF
the Reform club The officers elected for
the quarter, beginning with July, take
charge to-day and bespeak encouragement
from friends Of temperance and will wei
come visitors at all times.
In the Sixth district Of Illinois ,compris-
ing seventeen southwestern counties, presi-
ded over by Prof. c. w. Jerome,of Carbon
dale. There are SGS Sunday Schools.
Officers, teachers and scholars, 5000. In
the entire state there are 6,519 Sunday
Schools. Officers, teachers and scholars in
the state are 56G9ll.
The Mississippi river has been unusu-
ally high this year, but not Unexpectedly
50. There is always a June rise looked for
each year by river men and Others, but not
always does it come, nor does it as much
damage as is always predicted by the wise
ones. This June, however, has verified the
prophecies Of the know-alls, and the melting
Of the heavy snow falls in the mountains,
coupled with much rain fall, has elevated
the Mississippi and the Missouri into wide
spread torrents and considerable damage
has been created along their respective
banks to crops, as well as other property,
both real and personal. The greatest
damage reported, asyet, has been occasoned
IN Illinois, in the rich bottom country, OPP
posite Hannibal and Louisiana, in Missouri,
and embracing thousands of acres Of fertile
land, supposed to be protected by the shy
levee-an earthwork built by private and
State capital. and which proved to be weak
in a part near Cincinnati landing, III. The
water flowing through the crevasse has