The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-14

Notices in these columns, ten cents per line,
each insertion. Marked'

cigar, at Schuhs.
The Ohio river is on the rise slowly
Yesterday at III p. m it stood at five feet
ten inches on the government guage.
The "Parlor Shoe Store" on Com
mercial avenue, is open for business, as will
be seen by their card among business
locals.
Street Tax Collector Traber AFTER swore
out twenty warrants against persons who
had SO Tar failed to comply with the notice
he served upon them to pay up.
Some man with machine for the pur'
pose of testing the mems striking power, is
making the corner of Sixth street and Com
mercial avenue his headquarters for several
days.
The temperance people will meet at
Reform hall, at three p. m. to-day, for the
purpose of invoking devine assistance in
general revival Of the temperance cause.
See advertisement of P. o. Vlckery for
agents in another column. Mr.. Vickery is
mayor of the city of Augusta, Maine, which
is sure guarantee that all Will be fairly
dealt with.
The old pavement around the custom
house has been nearly all removed and is
being deposited between the rails of the
street railroad and will form a good bottom
for the horses.
Work on the new pavement around the
custom house was commenced at the north
east corner of the square yesterday. The
pavement, when finished, will be superior
to the old both in appearance and dura-
bility.
No rain fell during eight hours end
ing at eli p. M, yesterday, in the signal
service district Of which Sergeant w. II
Ray has charge. The temperatures have
been slowly On the rise. At this point it
was 81; St. Paul, rs; st. Louis, 50, and
Lacrosse, 70.
The necessary arms for the Halliday
guards are awaiting the companys orders
and will be brought here as soon as the
company can procure hall in which to
store them. 1t is thought that the Hiber-
nian fire company's hall will be placed at
their disposal.
The combined total receipts of wheat,
corn, oats and rye for the month ending
August 1, at st. Louis, were 4,Sl6,074
bushels. The Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific
railway transported over its eastern and
western divisions 1,479,573 bushels, or
nearly 81 per cent of the entire amount.
The new tagging on the north side of
Eighth street is not being properly laid.
The outer edge should rest on top instead
of inside of the curb-stone, and the curb
should be lowered, so as to permit this
without raising the walk above the level of
that along the Alexander County bank
building AS it is, the tagging is liable to
sag unevenly below the level of the curb
stone, and thus prevent the water from run
ming into the gutter as it ought.
The Cairo marine hospital in its man
agement is credit to the city and to DR..
Carter and the Sisters of Loretto. Whether
it is benefit or "rehef" to the city or not
is another question, in the determination of
which this other question must be answer
ed: Is it benefit or "relief to the city"
that from five to ten sick paupers are at
tracted to it every month, under the mis-
taken impression that they are entitled to
treatment in this well managed hospitals
--"The files of THE BULLETIN will fur
nish abundant evidence" that The BULLE-
TIN does not hesitate to denounce wrong or
neglect on the part Of public officials when
there is any reason for it; but the files of
THE BULLETIN furnishes no instance where
THE BULLETIN helped to drag the good rep
utation of the city into the mire by heap
ing upon her shoulders, or the
shoulders of her officials,
the sins of omission or commission of
which others are guilty.
-"When it is conceded, however, thai
there is no legal claim against railroad
company In any case, that comedies every
thing so far as the railroad is concerned
but does not justify the city in closing it
eyes to the horrible spectacles of distress
that may occasionally be seen on its streets
the same as elsewhere" Suppose we pu
it this way: When it is conceded, how
ever, that there is no legal claim egains
THE CITY in any case, that comedies every
thing so far as the city is concerned, bu
does not justify THE RAILROAD COMPANY il
closing its eyes to the horrible spectacles Of
| distress that NAV occasionally be seen ON