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


need any better streets than Ohio Levee
from Fourteenth to Fourth street, and Com
mercial avenue from Eighth to Sixth
streets now are. In view Of these facts it
would be advisable to ponder we'll before
any more Eighth street pavements are be-
gun in the city.
The prospectus of st. Josephs Loretto
Academy is in the hands Of the printer and
will be issued in few days. The new
academy buildings which have been so
long in course Of erection, are now nearly
completed and will be entirely SO by the
first Monday in September when the first
session will begin. The buildings are large,
conveniently arranged and constructed
with view to good ventilation and general
healthfulness. The plan Of education pur-
sued combines variety of important stud
les and will fit the graduate for almost any
honorable occupation in life that she may
desire to fill. The management of the in
stitution will be as it has always been, in
the hands of the Sisters OF Lorretto, who
have given evidence of their ability to con-
duct it in a manner most satisfactory in Its
results both to pupils and parents or guar
dams. The institution is credit to the
Sisters and an honor to the city, and de-
serves the hearty support of the general
public.
The star Capela seems to be earning
d! the title OF the Comet Pointer. 1t was
used few weeks ago to Indicate where the
comet that suddenly blazed out in the
northeast was to be seen, and now il serves
as sky mark to show tine place of the new
comet that is just coming into sight. Ca
pella has been the usher for big comets be-
fore, The star is very interesting on other
accounts. II is one of the suns that re-
semble our own sun in constitution, but
Capella, placed at the distance our sun is
from the earth, would appear almost unen-
durably brilliant, while the sun, with its
| fiery girth of more than $500, 900 miles,
would look like pigmy in comparison.
Capella seems to be come slowly brighter.
1t is generally ranked as second star in the
northern hemisphere, Arcturus alone ex-
ceeding it in splendor. It seems to have
changed color. like Sirius Some of the
ancient sky-gazers, and one as late as the
tenth century, describe 1t as red. Now its
light is brilliant, creamy white. In my
thology Capella represents the sacred goat
of Jove
Seven hundred and thirty seven shares
Of the Cairo Water Works Compauy's stock
had been taken up TO yesterday
evening, and there ha. been
as yet no effort made to sell stock by the
incorporators. A committee composed of
two or three of the incorporators could sell
all the stock remaining unsold in half "a day
if they made an effort to do so. The latest
plan which has been suggested and which
is favored by some of the incorporates, is
to construct two settling basins with a ca
pacity of halt million gallons each, which
are to be placed near the Mississippi
river in the vicinity Of Twenty-eighth
street. These are to be filled with water
which will be allowed to settle and become
quite clear before being run into the pipes.
The object in having two basins is to allow
the water in one to be used while that in
the other goes through the process of set
Ting. The patrons of the water works
would have the purest and cIesnest of wa
ter always.
The Chicago Legal Adviser, which a
few weeks ago championed Attorney Cen
eral Mccartney as against Governor Culum
in the county election question, now admits
that the Governors opinion may be correct,
and that no election can legally be held;
but it says; "his opinion given at this time
is not entitled to weight. After an election
has been held and application is made to
him to issue commissions, the question of
the legality of the election will be properly
before him for determination, and his de-
cison would then be entitled to be respect
ed. But his opinion given in advance, be-
fore the subject is regularly before him, is
a mere voluntary suggestion and not bind
ing to any purpose" The Adviser is not
good adviser. In the face Of the fact that
the Governor has given his opinion that an
election would be illegal which is equal to
a refusal to sign the commissions of offic-
ers that might be elected in next Novem-
Der, the Adviser would have the people of
the several counties bear the expense of
formal election, which must necessarily
result in total disappointment to both the
voters and the elected. The Adviser ia