The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-14

were among the passengers There can be
no doubt but that the affair will be one of
the grandest of its kind that the attend
ence will be very large and the participants
pass several hours Of unalloyed pleasure,
which will not be soon forgotten.
Some excitement was created along the
Ohio Levec yesterday by the report that a
sewer had bursted near Twenty fifth street,
allowing the water from the Ohio river to
pass into the city quite freely. The cause
of the rumor was that, in some unacc0unt-
able way, the outer cups over the mouth of
the sewer had become dislodged allowing
the water to run through the sewer and
into the city. The fact was soon colnmuni-
Gated to the mayor, who with several 9TH
ers, hurried to the place and throwing of
their coats proceeded to brace the sewer in
side of the evee with planks to prevent the
earth around it from giving way
An exchange has the following relative
to death rate in societies THE predictions
of experts in regard to Odd Fellowship
some twenty, five or thirty years ago, 1t
was held and shown by elaborate tables
lodges could not pay Us to $40 per week
sick benefits and $7j to 800 funeral ben
efts; that at the end Of forty years all then
living would be dead, and the institution
bankrupt Facts show that the death rate
in this order is less than one per cent. and
financially it is better off than it ever was,
and facts will show that If the order lives
Que hundred years more, the death rate will
each two per cent. SO schedules, tables
and statistics are sadly at fault"
This weather is more injurious to traf-
tic than many would suppose. Aside from
our retail merchants who depend mostly
upon the city trade, the commission men on
the levec are feeling it severely. During
the last few weeks they have received or
derS for hundreds Of car loads OF corn
which they were unable to fill Corn is
bringing good prce at some points south
and our merchants have written and tele-
graphed to every point north Of us in or
der to supply the demand from their south
ern customers, but in almost every case re-
ceived the reply that corn was plentiful in
the country in cribs, but none in the eleva-
tors and could not be brought there because
OF bad roads.
The sale Of the property Of Mr.. L. f.
Davis, under first mortgage held by the
Alexander County Bank to secure notes for
$4,000 and a second mortgage for nearly
$1,000 held by Schroeder Il Cuhl, took
place at the court house yesterday AT
o'clock r. NJ. The frame building and lot
on the corner of Eighth street and Washing
ton avenue, occupied by Messrs, Pettis y
Bird, sold for $500 to Messrs. Smith &
Brinkmeyer; and two frame houses, with
the ground occupied by them, on Sixth
street, were bought by Mcssrs. Schroeder Il
o"hi' who, NC understand, stopped the sale
OF the residence next to the corner
OF Eighth etroet, and will satisfy the hold
erS III rne nrSt un,.-=-s- . OIL, :
them winch is about $400.
In arguing the case of the prostitutes
before Squire OsbornS court the entire af.
ternoon was consumed yesterday. Perhaps
never before in the history of Cairo, has so
determined an effort been made to shield
that class of women. There are six women
in all, and the defense obtained the right
in Squire ComingS court to try them sep.
arately Apparently the defense care moth
ing for the time consumed so long as there
remains hope Of acquitting even one the
gang. Every possible point has been raised
by them, and three days have been con
sumed IN arguing technicalties Were it
case in which millions Of dollars or a mans
life were involved it is not probable that
greater effort would have been made. At
the rate these women have been tried they
will all have had their hearing in-proba-
bly, week from to-day.
Mr., T. O'Neil Russell, of Louisville,
Ky, will deliver lecture on "The Irish
Land Question" next Friday evening Jan
uary 10th, at the Atheneum, for the benefit
of the suffering poor in Ireland. The adj
mission will be only twenty-five cents. Our
people have no doubt heard much about
this enterprise, but they can not fail to be
both entertained and instructed by Mr..
Russell who is said to be gentleman of
more than ordinary ability But ASIDE
from this, they will help along worthy
cause; they will contribute to the relief
OF people who above all others, deserve
our sympathy and who are really sadly in
need of pecuniary assistance Turn out IN
full force and send relief fund that will
be worthy of our reputation for generosity.