The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-20

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prietor.
| r The moving of houses and filling Of
streets by teams are telling severely upon
the street crossings in different parts Of the
city.
The BULLETIN is indebted to Hon
Fred. II. Wines, secretary of the Board Of
State Commissioners of Public Charities Of
Illinois, for the sixth biennial report Of the
board,
The two story frame building of MI
| C. Schultz, standing on the east side Of
Commercial avenue, opposite Seventh street
| Is having much needed new stills placed un,
der it and is being otherwise repaired.
| The Ohio river was stationary at seven
and three quarter feet above low water
mark, from Thursday morning until yester'
day morning. AT six o'clock yesterday even.
ing it had risen half foot and stood at
eight and quarters.
Air brakes are now used on the pas
senger trains of the Cairo and st. Louis rail.
road. Yesterday evenings train was the
first supplied with them. All trains will
have them within the next few days.
Both the Illinois Central down trair
and the Chicago, st. Louis and New Or
leans up train were late yesterday after
noon. The former did not arrive anti
nearly five o'clock, and the latter was much
later. The outgoing train was, therefore
several hours behind time.
We last Sunday gave view of "The
Halliday and the proposed depot of the
/. G. r. r.. tomorrow we will give another
view showing the Union Depot of the G. &
v. r. R., corner Second and Commercial.
If extra copies OF the paper are desired
they must be ordered to-day.
"A number of the citizens along either
side of Washington avenue, between Eigh-
teenth and Cross streets, have contributed
to a general fund which is to be applied In
| paying for sprinkling the avenue between
| the streets named. Theswork was begun
yesterday evening, but as it is only an ex-
pertinent, it is not certain that it will con-
tinue through the summer.
1T is qualification to observe that the
crusade against concealed weapons is be-.
coming general throughout the state; many
OF the country papers are doing excellent
work in arousing the public against the
magnitude of the evil, and the courts gen.
orally are enforcing the law with admirable
vigor. Let the agitation 60 on until this
crying i'll is in this state at last effectually
suppressed.
The maximum temperature for six
teen hours preceding three o'clock p. m,
yesterday, washington time) were as fol-
lows: Chattanooga, Tenn, 81; Cincinnati,
Ohio, 81 Davenport, Iowa, 76; Dubuque,
Iowa, "a; Keokuk, Iowa, 80; Lacrosse
Wis, 70; Leavenworth, Kas, "a; Louis
vile. KY, So; Memphis, Tenn, 90; Nash
vile, Tenn, 90; Omaha, Neb., n; Pitts
burg, Pa, So; Shreveport, La, 100; st.
Louis, Mo-, Sc; st. Paul, Mimi, rs; Vicks-
burg, Miss, 93; North Platte, Neb., 70;
Yankton, OAK, n; Dodge City, Kan, 80;
Bismarck, Oak, "a; Chicago, Ills,; -
Denver, Col, =.
DIR. Baxter, who has been the Presidents
physician tor ten years previous to the
shooting, said Thursday that although of
stalwart physique, Gen. Garfield suffered
much during the time he attended him,
from chronic dyspepsia and delicate
stomach, brought about by his sedentary
habits and mental strain. He said the Pres
ident was in the habit of eating too rapid
ly, without proper mastication, and also
made practice of sitting up too late at
night over his books or in considering pub
lie business. These habits had the effect Of
increasing his dyspectic condition. DIR. Bax.
ter thinks that the attending surgeons have
not given these facts as much attention as
the facts called for.
Since the colorsd people have finished
their hall on the north side of Eleventh
street, opposite the Jail, the people living in
that neighborhood for several squres around
complain loudly that they are not allowed
to rest before two O'Clock in the morning
Meetings are held in the hall every evening,
and the exercises are so boisterous and so
long continued that they may be prop
er!y classed among the things prohibited
by chapter five section nine of the revised
ordinances of the city, which says: ''no
person shall suffer hallooing, shouting,
bowling, Dreaming, profane or obscene
language, fighting, dancing, singing,
whooping or quarrcling, or any other unus.