The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-01

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Ter will be his successor. Just why the
powers in control of the signal service en-
force biennial changes, we do not know.
If the purpose lie to render the officers un-
desirable catches" for the girls, the thing
is as big failure as Hayes civil service.
Chris, Hanny was abroad again ycster-
day, not fully restored to his usual vigor
but presenting evidence of steady improve
mcnt. About the greatest difficulty with
which he has to contend is his unconouer-
able Impotence for = full and quick restor-
alton to his usual health, AS natures pro-
cesseS are rather slow, Chrissy will find
patience" the very medicine his case calls
for. We are not in the habit of taking it
ourselves, but that fact detractS nothing
from the value ofthe prescription.
Mr. F. Weber Benton present lessee
OF the Murphysboro and Anna opera
houses, will bring a select troupe to Cairo.
next week, with view of presenting the
thrilling and pathetic drama of "Uncle
| Toms Cabin The revival of this drama
has aroused a most wonderful interest
everywhere; and with the appropriate
scenery and wardrodes he controls. Mr..
Benton promises that its reproduction in
Cairo shall deserve all the praise that has
been so lavishly bestowed upon it else
wnere.
MIR. Furgeson, one Of the carpenters
engaged in the construction aud repair of
sidewalks, receive an injury, the other day,
that may confne him to his house for sever
weeks to come. He was in the act of saw
ing a streamer, and the piece he was sepera-
ting from the main timber not being firmly
held by his assistant, fell directly on his
left instcp Mr.. F. gave the matter little
thought at first, but two hours later the
foot gave him such intense pain that he
tainted away from the intensity of it, BY
the time he was removed to his home the
foot had assumed a purple hue and was
much swollen. 1t is still the cause OF great
pain, is badly inhamed and may yet neces-
state a resort to extreme measures.
A large party Of cmigrants, direct from
Lucerne and Basel, Switzerland, arrived
over the Cairo & Vincennes railroad, from
Chicago yesterday morning, and went to
their destination, at Okean, a station on the
Iron Mountain road, in the afternoon. They
say the past winter was one OF, almost
unparalleled severity, in Switzerland,
and that in consequence of the partial fail
ure of the crops last season, many people
are reduced to extreme poverty. The de-
sire to emmgrate TO America, therefore, i, |
widespread, and many will soon follow
this advance party, They were of the bet
ter class OF people, all of |
them being educated and some
OF them speaking two or three
languages. They knew all about Cairo,
but were surprised at the width and rapid |
ity of the Ohio. Upon being asked what '
had made the strongest impression upon I
them in America so far, one of them an
swercd the elevated railroad in New York
and the elevated sidewalks in Cairo.
We have frequently inveighed against
the permission that seems to be accorded |
to the boys Of Cairo to use at will, about
the city, those internal and dangerous con
triyancqs known as "Sling-shots.' That the
hurled from these sings are ca
pable of great mischief, we have repeated
~ shown, and proof in point is the follow
lng, which we clip from the Gazette, pub
lishcd in the neighboring town OF Dycrs-
burg, Tennessee; Little Wren Watkins
has lost an eye by the use Of a sling, shot"
There are numerous boys, both white and
black, about town who have provided
with dangerous rubbery"slAg.
shots" and they are in the hablt,of ing
around all parts of town and 3 p thsN
themselves by Singing buckshqg taahan,
etc, at birds hogs, chickens d r. SS Of .uaGidg
Else that offers tempting mark k sSs Not
The other day one Of them event oh~ in the
hands Of u playmate and landed in Wrens
eye, and the loss of sight is the penalty.
ihcy are an internal machine and their use
should be prohibited by the corporate an.
horities. In the meantime, every teacher
md parent should make it u penal ofense
or boys under their control to be caught
with one, or more eyes will be lost, Let
he dangerous nuisance be abatcd at once"
Tie floats and boats mprovscd for use
IN the sipe. water are Of curious, quaint and
shape, and some of them so in
ernalIy contrary that they persist in float