The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-17

ton and hence the aspirants for the place
are not so numerous as those for gubernato
rial honors. Mr.. Brown is known to many
Of our people and is regarded as competent
to fill the position to which he aspircs.
The E. NJ. Norton brought to this city
several barge loads of steel rails for the Ill
nols Central railroad company which were
yesterday'forenoon being transferred from
the barges to fiat cars Of the company
They were manufactured in England; are
of a superior quality of steel and are intend,
ed for the upper portion Of the road.
Considerable trouble was yesterday
morning experienced by number of ne
groes near the Illinois Central stock-yards,
in attempting to place mule on his feet
who had been trampled upon in stock
car on that road, The animal was perfectly
exhausted and had received some severe
bruises, but no bones were broken. This is
the result of crowding too many animals
into one car.
We are reliably informed that, owing
to the bad condition of the country roads
along the line Of the Illinois Central rail
road preventing farmers and country mer-
chants from bringing their produce, grain,
etc, to the depots, the business of the road
has dropped off somewhat. For sometime
past the officers and clerks of the road here
had much more than they could attend to,
but they are now able to dispose of the
freight as it comes in
There are in this state twcnty-tour
counties in which at the last election the
Democrats had majority over both the
Republicans and Greenbackers. There are
thirty-two counties in which the Republ-
cans had majority over both the Demo.
Gratis and Greenbackers. In twenty-five
counties the Republicans had a plurality.
There vas not single county in which the
Greenbackers had either majority or a
plurality.
A jury Of six citizens was yesterday
afternoon obtained to try the negro women
arrested in Bill SCOTS saloon, last week.
The office of Squire Osborn being made
quate to accommodate the jurors, witnesses,
etc, the hall Of the Delta City fire company
was obtained, in which the trial will be
held, 1t was not until dark yesterday ev-
cning that the jury was obtained, and 8
o'clock this morning was set for the COM
mencement Of the trial.
The Twenty fourth street sewer is not
yet in as good repair as it ought to be in
order to keep out the water of the Ohio
river. 1t still allows slow current to pass
into the city, although not sufficient to give
any alarm. This sewer has been giving the
city authorities trouble for years and it was
known to be out of order long ago, by the
parties whose duty it is to attend to and
keep the sewers in good order. 1t ought to
have been repaired before high water came,
even though there was no reason to expect
any harm therefrom.
A st. Louis dispatch states that there
are symptoms of disquietude among the
printers OF St. Louis. The compositors OF
the Republican have sent committee to
the Knapps asking an advance from thirty
five TO forty cents per thousand, but the en-
ployers want to compromise on thirty-eight.
| The Globe-Democrat composltors now re-
ceive forty cents, and are exertlng all posi-.
bic encouragement to bring the price up to
that figure in all the offices. They have
notified the Times printers that they will
he supported heartily if they will make
move for higher prices. The rate on the
Times at present is thirty-three cents.
Mr.. p. O'Ncal Russell, of Louisville,
delivered his lecture on "The Irish Land
Question in the Atheneum last night to a
tair house lie spoke little over an hour
and in that time pictured with much vivid
ness the suiferings the Irish people endure.
Having lived in Ireland, and while there,
having made the land question his study,
he is enabled to speak upon it intelligentIy
and to present it in all its phases. He spoke
fluently and eloQucntly and was frequently
very heartily applauded We regret that
more OF our Irish citizens were not present
to hear him since the information conveyed
was both interesting and profitable.
The sewer above Galigher's mill leaks
AS badly as ever--but not enough to
cause uneasincss to our people. 1t has
been planked and braced in a manner that
is thought, by those who did the job, will
leave no room for danger, Capt, Hiram
Hill was sent down into the Ohio the other
day and plugged the mouth OF the sewer,
but the plug being too small, it was replaced
by larger one yesterday morning, and the
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