The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-05-29

Equitable Life to be found on another
page this morning. The Equitable is the
best managed institution in the United
States It's policies are incontestabie after
three years for any cause, thus making
them all that it claims, safe and certain
life insurance. Special attention is called
to the galaxy Of solid business men who
constitute the CAIRO local advisory board.
Give the whole advertisement q careful
reading.
1t may be Of interest to persons con-
cerned in sanitary affairs to know that the
Illinois doctors, in convention at Relleville,
adopted resolution in favor of memorial
izing the Legislature of the state to pass an
act to the effect that state board OF
Hygiene shall be created, having special re-
terence to school houses. The resolution
coutemplates that the county school super
intendent, county surveyor, and one practi-
toner of each county shall constitute the
| board.
AS will be seen by an advertisement
on our editorial page, on the last day of
this month the millcrs hold, at Cincinnati,
| their international exhibition which will be
continued through June. A large party of
| foreign exhibitors are on their way to this
country, and much European mill machin-
cry is expected. During the course Of the
exhibition grain congress, composed of
buyers, sellers and carriers Of grain will be
held. With this and the singing festival
and the presidential convention, Cincinnati
will agreeably pass the time until midsum-
mer.
A hotel runner for one of our hotels,
named Lewis Grammar, was yesterday ar
rested upon a warrant sworn out by gen.
tleman who glores in the same profession
The charge against Lewis was that he had
informed travellers that in case they put up
at certain hotel they would be robbed.
This worked like a charm and he invaria-
bly, carried off the prize-taking the pas
sengers to the hotel he represented. He
plead guilty before Justice Olmsted and
was fined five dollars and costs for viola
| ton of the ordinance relating to hotels,
The Hibernian Fire company will
doubtless celebrate the Fourth in ST.
Marys park, and will, we are told, petition
the council for the use of the park for
that day. The Hibcrnians will not tail
to exert themselves on this occasion and
will provide well for the entertainment of
everybody who may enter the enclosure.
Nothing would draw so large a crowd to
this city on that day as the advertising of
races and the offering of good premiums
to the owners Of the fastest animals. Mike
ODonnell should be induced to bring out
Harlem and everybody else who has an
animal of any consequence should be on
hand with it.,
Upon o warrant sworn out by Mayor
Thistlewood, Mr.. Louis G. Herbert was, day
before yesterday, arrested and brought be-
fore Squire Robinson for running a theatre
without license. He took change OF
venue to Comings and was discharged
The prosecution is unwilling to let the mat
ter rest there and, we understand, will
make another effort to gain their point, If
the ordinance intended to regulate the
licensing of theatres, etc, fails to serve the
purpose, as seems to be the case,
| it should be amended 50 as to leave no
doubt as to its intent. The necessity for
such action is apparent to all
The Egyptian Press, published at Ma.
rion, says; "The negroes Of Alexander
county are bad In the Republican con-
vention held In Cairo lately, the negroes
wanted to instruct the delegates to the rep
resentativc convention for one of their own
race-Mr. Bird. The whites couldn't see
it, aud out voted the dusky sons of Ham
Now, the darkies give the whites to under.
stand that they needn't expect any support
from them in the general election, There
is not only "uigger in the wood pile,
but there are niggers on the housestops
There is not only music in the air, hut a
bad smell is scented from afar, "bress
God"
A dispatch received by US last night
from Mr.. J. W. Grear, of the MprphysborC
independent, announces that the
Jackson county Democratic convention,
held yesterday, instructed the delegates to
the state convention to vote for Oberly for
governor. She hes. followed the lead OF
Franklin county, which sometime ago in
structed her delegates in the same manner
But few Democratic county conventions
have 50 far been held in this state, but