The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-03-28


Christ is commemoratcd third day
after good Friday, being the first Sunday
after the full moon, which happens upon.
or next after, the slst day of March, cor
responding in season to tie Passover of the
Jews. The most obvious derivation, after
the ancient style, is "yet storm'-the
time of easter being subjected to the con.
tinual recurrence of tempestuous weather.
Bodie says the designation comes from the
goddess, Eostra, an imaginary deity wor-
shipped by the Aglo.Saxons, and especially
honored by festivities in April But we
confess, that, although regarded, in our ed.
itoria character, as a religious teacher, the
subject is, in view of the different alleged
origins, entirely "too many for us"
While the steamer Guiding Star was
moored behind the yellow warehouse, yes
,erday morning, the stern line, as result
ofthc high wind prevailing, became en-
tangled in the wheel Two colored men.
named George Mundy and and Bill Stone,
and white man named Cook, clambered
into the wheel to dlsengagc the line. This
work was in progress, when the pilot, see
ing the line slack, and understanding that
orders had been given to "go ahead, rang
on the steam. The wheel commencing to
rcyolye prcclpitated the coorcd men into
the river, and both of them were drowned.
Mr.. Cook managed to keep out of the
water, but was badly crushed
aud wounded. He was removed 10 81.
Mary's infrmary, and received all necdful
attention. The bodies of the colored men
were not recovered, and the extreme rough
ness Of the river prevented anything like
thorough search for them, The affair is
certainly a most lamentablc one: but il
seems to us that proper precautions on the
part Of the men entering the wheel. or the
officer who cs,ayed the control Of the work.
might have prevented its occurrence.
Our whole office was on short allow.
ancc, Yesterday. because Of the omission
for which the editor shrinkingIy assumes
the responsibility to publish the following
note, received about half-paSt o'clock,
Friday night. from Mr. Walton w. Wright.
With apologies TO Miss Marion Craig
Wright, for not announcing her arrival %
hours sooner, and with congratulations to
Mr. and Mrs Walton Wright on the score
of an event over which they have occasion
to feel happy, We append the note, which
should have been land would have been
but for an inadycrtcncy for winch we feel
no inclination to excuse ourselves pub
lishcd Yesterday:
Editor BlIletiu
DEAR SIR Mis-, Maroa Craig Wright,
Of very tender age, arrived in this city.
alone, at $40 o'clock Friday p. m, and
will intcrpose no objections to receiving
calls, at the residence of Capt G. D. vii,
Hanson, at an early date
Very Respectfully,
WALTON ". WRIGHT,
p. s-Thc tickets out for the cigars will
he duly honored'
The ordinance changing the pryy
system Of the city, and regulating the use
Of the same contcmplatc- the gradual in
PRODUCTION ~ air tight tub. or buckets
such as can be ready removed at short in.
teryalS instead Of the present system Of
vaults, that is so obnoxious to the pubic
health. 1t is not the aim OF the ordinance
to compel general and sudden adoption
Of the new system The object is to make
a beginning. 1t is therefore provided that
no more privy vaults shall be sunk any
where in the city All prvies, from
this time forth, must be constructed
in accordance with the new plan, which i
not only cheaper than the old, but will
surely provide against those foul cmana-
tons that are known to be SO detrimcu.
tai to the public health. When any
of the vaults now in use, become
50 IiIlcd with cXcreta as to be adjUdgcd by
the board Of health as dangerous to the
health OF the ncighborhood in which they
are located, they shall be condemned as a
nuisance, and as such abatcd The owner
shall not be permitted, in such an event, to
sink another vault, but shall adopt the new
system. In dealing with the vaults now in
use, the ordinance further requires what
has always been required, that they be dis
infected at proper intervals, under the or.
ders Of the board of health. Indeed
throughout, the ordinance seems to be the
only measure eyer conceived by our council
that properly grappIcs with our privy NUS
anCc. II should be chcerlully accepted