The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-11

idea of putting down sewer IN the centre
of the avenue be carried out, the railroad
company would be compelled to move its
track. But while this is so We will not
say that the sewer should not be put down.
Mr.. Chas. Thrupp at present has twelve
teams at work, below the Halliday house,
hauling earth for the embankment of the
| Illinois Central railroad, which is to extend
along what is termed "Levee street" and
stretches from the Ohio to the Mississippi
| levee The embankment will at present
only be raised TO about half the heighth Of
the levee, but eventually will be raised to
an equal heighth Herewith
"A great deal of money is vast ed by
people who think the best way to advertise
is by dodgers scattered around the streets,
and who never advertise in newspapers. II
they would consider, a moment, they would
perceive that the newspaper advertisement
is never-tiring worker in the interests Of
its employer. When the bill distributor
has disappeared from the streets, and the
bills are trampled into pulp, the advertise
ment is performing its silent mission in the
family circle. 1t appeals to a constituency
five times larger than the actual sale of the
paper, for there are few newspapers that do
not pass from hand to hand among half
dozen with every issue Some of our sub
scribers tell US that their copy of THE Bull
LETrN Is loaned from house to house in
their neighborhood, until it is worn out.
We hope the neighbors will be ind uced to
subscribe for the paper.
There is something new at DeS
Moines, Iowa. They have what they term
'necktie balls" in that town. All the
young ladies carry calico neckties matching
the aprons they wear. Then all the ties
are put into huge bag and the ugliest old
maid in the party holds the bag and all the
gentlemen cluster around and each draws
a tie from the bag anG the lady whose
apron matches his tic becomes his partner
for the evening. How beautiful It's Just
too perfectly awful lovely for any use. A
wicked, sordid old batchelor however, sug-
gests that certain impecunious young men
would find such affairs vastly more inter
ensting If striped shirts were substituted for
the ties. Thus, he basely insnuates, would
conviviality be blended with solid gain and
all the Hawkeye girls would master the
useful art of sewing.
The killing Of two negro men in this
city within the last month or two will, of
course, give new ground to Cairos num-
erous caluminators for abusing our city as
one in which the pistol and the knife are
never at rest; where bloody murder holds
high carnival and where the peaceable clti-
zen is kept in state of continual fear for
his own life. The fact that all the parties
to the affairs referred to were river men,
who had no permanent residence anywhere
and who were here by chance only, will be
entirely ignored by these stubborn SANDER
ers; for, to consider it, would be to abandon
their prejudice and stop their vile tongues
would, in fact, leave them without any
stock in trade.
A few days ago we stated that a dis
patch had been received by the authorities
from the parties who agreed to furnish the
rock for Eighth street, asking whether they
should bring the rock down. The reply |
sent them was, "bring it at once" and it is
now expected to arrive here to-day or to-
morrow. This being 80, and the river now |
being nine feet over the chain, we suggest
very meekly suggest--that Chas Nelis be
reminded of his contract with the city. The
river is now sufficiently high to admit Of
the bringing down Of the gravel, but since
it is already falling above, the present stage
should at once be taken advantage of--un.
less it is desired to leave Eighth street in
its present condition until next summer.
II Mr. Nellis does not intend to furnish the
gravel, the authorities should know it by
this time, and should at once make other
arrangements to procure it.,