The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-10

that Of last year, the total yield being val
ued at about twenty-one and half mil
lions.
The Louisville lecturer, Mr. O'Nei
Russell, who was expected to be in thi
city and lecture in the Atheneum on Sun
day next, will not be here then. The lee
ture has been postponed and the public vii
| bc duly notified through these columns a.
To- the date, etc, when the lecture will b,
| delivered.
1t took just such weather as we have
had until within the last two days to thor
oughly show up the condition of our roads
and we are pleased to see that the authori
ties-while they do nothing to remedy the
matter--arc at least convinced that some
thing should be done to improve the coudi
ton Of our roads.
The Argus says that Will L. Perez was
elected Chaplain of the Delta fire com.
pany. The office of Chaplain has no ex.
istence in that company. But perhaps we
are to blame for the appearance of this
error in the Argus since by an oversight a
typographical error of that kind appeared
in THE BULLETIN the morning before.
Mt. Carmel Register; Henry Wilson,
of Cairo, brother-ln-law of Frank Hight,
who was murdered near Caledonia Pulaski
county, last week, has been arrested for the
murder. The evidence elected at the in
quest is wholly Of a circumstantial nature.
but points strongly toward Wilson" We
know of no such man as Henry Wilson.
The Register is one ahead of us.
Some time ago Mr. Dan Hartman re-
ceived the large panes of glass intended for
the front windows of his new building, but
upon unpacking them found them broken.
lie returned them to the packers aud those
gentlemen Immediately forwarded a new
lot securely packed, which arrived yester.
day. The glass this time is 0. X. and
costs not less than three hundred dol
lars,
The doctors Of Rev. Whitaker yester-
day believed that that gentleman could not
live. This news will be received with sor.
row by all who know him. He was an
earnest worker in the cause of Christ and
temperance, being always manly, frank and
sincere in all he said or did. His death
would be great loss to the Methodist
church, all the members of which have
leami to love him. That his condition
may not be as bad as reported is our wish
The representations of Prof lice, are
for January, to 18th, cloud and threat
ening weather with heavy rain or snow
storms in places; 12th to 14th, fair and
cold; 10Th to 18th, clouding, with snow or
rain storms 18th to Goth, clear or fair or
very cold; 2lst to 23d, clouding, threaten
cning weather, with severe storms in
places; cath to 25th fair and cold: 26th to
Goth, clouding weather with snow or ram
Both to 3lst, clear or fair.
The Supreme Court OF the United
States has decided that mortgages are tax
able at the place of residence of the credi-
tor, and not where the money may be loan
ed. This decision was rendered in the case
of resident Of Connecticut who loaned
upon real estate in Chicago. The court
rules that mortgage held IN Connecticut
upon property situated in Chicago i, tax
able in Connecticut. This settles cues
ton which has yeXed the state courts tor
years,
The steamers which lined our levee
during the cold weather have silently stol,
en- away and are now engaged in their re-
spectivc trades. While the steamers were
laid mp here and could not reach st. Louis
onaccount # the ice in the Missis,ippl, the
railroads took for their motto, "Soc-et-to-
en-" and charged such heavy rates for
freight that betrayed in them a strayed
conscience. Their "lust for lucre has been
checked, however, since the boat, have
showed out
One Of the local papers says There
are 100000 houses in Philadelphia. OF
these 10000 are under mortgage" Thu,
is certainly surprise. Chicago is gencr-
ally quoted as the most mortgagcd city of
the union; but, while the exact statistics
are not at hand, il is quite certain that its
houses are not cncumbered in anything ike
this proportion. Philadelphia il Old and
established in character. The presumption
would have been that its residents were
largely free from debt, but this showing
upscts calculation. New rs Chicago is, its
exhibit in this regard may be considered
better.
The temperance meeting lag, nigh, in
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