The daily Cairo bulletin., 1880-05-06

Might before last tailor in the cnl-
ploy of Mr.. Jno Antrim, whose name we
have forgotten, while walking down Sixth
street to Commercial avenue, stumbled over
some timber which had been thrown upon
the walk by the men who are repairing the
building formerly occupied by Dan Hart
man, and broke his arm. DR.. Parker
dressed the arm and the gentleman now
endures but little pain, We are informed
that he proposes to bring suit for dam
ages against the parties who are response
bic for the condition of the walk round
about the building.
Hon. Poindextcr Dunn, member Of con-
gress from Arkansas; Hon. W. r. Myers, of
Indiana, Hon. b, W. Harris, of Massachu-
setts, Hon. II. L. HUMPHREYS, of Wisconsin,
and Hon. c. D. Prescott, of New York, are
passengers TO New Orleans on the James
Howard, which arrives here tomorrow
The above gentlemen constitute
the committee appointed by congress to
make the trip to New Orleans from st. Louis
to enable them to present to congress more
fully the wishes of the people OF the Missis-
sippi valley upon the needed improvements
of the Mississippi river Would it not be
well for our city council to hold a meeting
and appoint number of gentlemen to call
upon this committee and call their at,en-
ton 10 the important work to be done
about Cairo!
-Messrs. Barclay Bros. have secured the
services Of Mr.. g. Howard Speck, late of
Hopklnsville, Ky, as prescriptionist and
salesman for their Washington avenue drug
store. We congratulate these gentlemen
and the community, upon the acquisition
OF genial and competent busines. man,
and feel assured that he will soon become
as popular with our people as he was in the
CITY ne has recently left. We clip the fol-
ing from the kentucky New Era, pub.
lished at Hopkinsville;
Mr.. G. Howard Speck resigned his posi-
ton IN Messrs. Gish & Gamers drug store
last week, and when the fact became
known, much fear was expressed by his
friends that he would leave the city. Mr..
Speck has been resident of Hopkinsville
for five years, and, by his high character
and excellent social qualities, has won
large place in the esteem and regard of our
people. He is cultivated pharmaceutlst
and druggist Of unusual skill and expe-
rience. As gentleman, no young man in
the city stands higher or is more widely
popular.
"A Washington letter to THE BULLETIN
says that the clerks in the various depart
ments in that city are decidedly on the
fence. It's good Lord, good devil with
them Their state is decided as follows
"lf you say the thing looks like Blaine,
they say it certainly does And if you say
1t is surely to be Grant, they say they have
thought so from the first. If you are in
good humor and say that Sherman's
chances will come up after the first ballot,
they say that Sherman would make as good
a president as any of them When YOU
say that some dark horse is likely to win
their faces drop and they ask who is the
most likely dark horse. If by any unhappy
chance you say that Democrat is pretty
sure to come in, with what eagerness they
question you for your reasons for thinking
so. The ten thousand people IN Washing
ton working for the government in one ca
paclty or another are a conservative lot, be-
lieve me- And they have to be. Their
bread and butter depends upon their discre-
tion when the presidential wars afoot.
Some Of our Republicans are a little
uneasy about the activity OF the coored
politician, Scott, and bis friends, in the in
terest of Blaine in this city, and are in
clined to believe that these gentlemen have
OF late been plentiiully supplied with the
necessary campaign oil" by the friends of
the Maine aspirant for the presidency. Not
being Mr.. SCOTS keeper or in his conf
dence, we cannot assert whether or not he
has received the ducats alleged, but if we
may be permitted to Judge from appear
ances we should unhesitatingly inform our
readers that money makes the mare 90"
in this instance as in most others. 1t is
not probable that Mr. Scott, Mr. Gladney.
ct cetera, have been induced to pull off
their coats for the Maine man by the read
ing of tlattering promises of pay in the fu-
ture, or by the receipt of tender love epis.
ties, filled with cndearing epithets and
sublime gush, No; we do not believe this.
We may, however, be mistaken, but how.
ever this may be, time,and the new suits of
Clothes these gentlemen will sport, in case
they have received the alleged lucre, will
tell the tale
AT the last meeting of tha citv councu