The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-25

large and as varied as ample means, end a
thorough Knowledge OF the demands of
their trade can make il they have built up
an extensive and profitable business, which
has compelled them to make repeated ad.
dtions in their store rooms. They are now
again about to enlarge their business house
by extending it across the entire square
from Poplar street to Washington avenue,
which will give them store room twenty
five feet wide and about one hundred and
fifty feet long.
-Areporter of the "Paducah F ,tel prise
visited the abode of Gen. Haskell's Saliva
ton Army the other day endhas the follow
ing to say at the conclusion of lis inter-
view with the General: "The conversation
finally drlfted on to the remarks made by
individuals and articles appearing in the
papers of the country concerning the army
and their doings and this finally led to
mention of the article that APP
peared in the Caro- BULLETIN, n which en-
ex.member of the army showed Gen. Has
kell up in very bad light. The General
had not seen the article, when told by the
reporter that the ex-member, Ferdinand
White, had given him some terrible sand
blasts to BULLETIN reporter, he simply
said; "We must expect to be aduced by
Our enemies. White was discharged from
the bend for conduct rnbecoming me
engaged in this work, End it is in reta''a-
ton for his discharge that he is now doubts
less endeavoring to injure me and my army"
He poke of " White kindly yet plainly, End
positively denied the ruth OF the
statements made by Wp'te N his converse
ton with The BULLEllN representatives.
The General also stated that the army was
not injured by such repor 'Our work
speaks for itself he said, 'fId our Chez
acters, one and all, are irreproe chable,' >"
For the information of the goad people of
Paducah we will say that the General did
NOT discharge White from his ermy. 1le
fact is the General begged White to accom-
pany him to Paducah, and ack nowledged
in the presence of three gentlemen, while
on the wharfboat and ready to board he
Fowler that he had not discharged White.
1t is our humble opinion that ou~ city
is run rather loosely at the present time.
There are many things that have been dohe
that should have been lett undone, end
many things that should be done that ere
apparently receiving no thought from our
city fathers. The city seems to have a
slip-shod way of doing business, of which
tax. paying citizens are not apt to approve,
and fer which we take it upon ourselves to
mildly chde our municipal monarchs. The
first instance we recall to mind is the bust
ness the city has had with Mr.. Cnas Nellis.
This gentleman, under contract, was bound
to deliver from between five and ten thou
sand cubic yards Of gravel on our s,.eets,
and was told that he would be required to
give bond for the fulfilment of the con-
tract. The bond was drawn up by City
Attorney Hendricks, but, beng
found illegal, was not signed.
When this discovery was made another
bond should have been Immediately pro-
cured, and Mr.. Nellis, and his bondsmen
should have been required > sis l it before
he was permitted to land gravel at our whaif /
But apparently, it was everybody's business
and nobodys business to see that this W =
done and, thence it was left undone and Mr..
Nellis was permitted to go to work With
his tug and barge without 81, ug security
that he would carry out the contract. He
delivered several loads Of gravel at our
wharf, but finding that there was but little
money in the job, discont' 1ued it and de-
voted himself to talking politics to
the farmers of the cor1ty.
AS consequence, the city council end street
committee have of late been compelled to
wrestle with the subject: "F.om whence
shall the gravel for Eighth street come, y
but as yet have reached no definate con-
clusion and in all probability will come to
none any too early TO please the merchants
on the street, who are anxious that it shall
be graveed at once. The city has EN-.
ployed City Engineer Thrupp to superin.
tend the work, but how many street i'm
proyements he has superintendent since the
last barge load Of gravel was brought here
we leave our readers to surmise. 1t has
also in its employ Street Superintendent
German, whom it pays sixty dollars pei
month, and who since he has superintend-
ed the lowering the Eighth street has done
little else than oversee two
old gentlemen who patch the sidewalks and
who utterly fail to keep them in safe con
dition. But there is another little matter
that comes TO our mind. It is this: Sew