The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-17

| represented at the meeting, and to try to
fix this up without their say-so would be
like playing Hamlet without 4 Hamlet, II
can't be done"
1T was officially announced on Tuesday
that George W. Lilley had been appointed
general freight agent Of the Texas and st.
Louis railroad, with headquarters az TYLER
Texas Mr.. Lilley began his career with
W. Pitt Robinson, in the general freight
Office Of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
He rose to the position of general freight
agent on that road, which position he held
until the consolidation. Since then he has
held two or three responsible positions, and
was, until Tuesday, general agent of the
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio.
The people of Philadelphia elected a
democratic mayor short time since, and
in recognizing the police he appointed
four colored policemen An old officer by
| the name of Jordan, who has been on that
force nine years, and lisa product of stall
| wart radicalism, got disgusted at the fair
ness with which the mayor distributed his
favors, and one day this man handed in his
resignation. Jordan like many other rad
icles, has hankering after "nigger" vote!
but don't believe in giving them offices
The police force in Philadelphia is better
off without Jordan.
The maximum temperature for six.
teen hours preceding three o'clock p. m,
yesterday, Washington time) were as fol.
lows: Chattanooga, Tenn, 80; Cincinnati
Ohio, SO; Davenport, Iowa, So; Dubuque
Iowa, SO; Keokuk, Iowa, "a; Lacrosse
Wis, "a; Leaveuworth, Kas., 81; Louis.
vile, Ky, 81; Memphis, Tenn, 81; Nash
vile, Tenn, 90; Omaha, Neb., 94 Pitts
burg, Pa, 80; Shreveport, La, l01; St.
Louis, Mo-, 90; st. Paul, MINI, rs; Vicks-
burg, Miss, o.; North Platte, Neb., o.;
Yankton, OAK, 90; Dodge City, Kan, 96;
Bismarck, Oak, 80; Chicago, Ills, -;
Denver, COL, =.
The house belonging to Mrs. $. Will
hanson, which is being moved by Mr..
Robert Beard, has been blockading Com
mercal avenue for two days and nights,
thus compelling all trains on the Cairo and
Vincennes railroad to stop at the corner of
Eighth street But it will be removed
down Seventh street to-day. Work on the
Cairo Opera House site, from whence
the building was removed, will
be begun Immediately with =
view to preparing it for the foundation of
this grand structure, which is to be COM
pleted in the course of three months
The Cairo Military company meets at
Washington hall this evening for business
of importance. Several committees are to
report among them the committee on uni
forms, which has been in correspondence
with manufacturers of articles of the kind
wanted in some of the larger cities. The
question of procuring hall to meet and
exercise in, and for storing the company's
arms, vii! also be passed upon. Washington
hall, like nearly every other hall in the
CITY, is too small to permit the company to
perform some of the military mereuvers
and tactics and besides the state does
not permit the company to keep its arms in
any public hall.
Once again comes the news OF an at
tempted rape by a negro upon young
white woman, this time from Graves coun-
ty, Kentucky. This part Of the country
has certainly had surfeit of such devilish
crimes, nearly all committed by scoundrels
of African descent, and as the punishment
of several of them by the courts oflaw does
not seem to check the crime, one is forced
to believe that the punishments inflicted
are not sufficiently severe to intimidate
the internal wretches. Doubtless more
rope and less law would have salutory ef-
feet, but that would be Furnishing ore vio-
lation of law by another The better plan
would be to so amend the law as to make
rape punishable with death.
Surveyor Chas Thrupp has laid of the
ground back Of the store Of Messrs. Stratton
81 Bird for two horse and mule stables
which that firm intends to erect there. The
stables will face railroad street, just as the
many other stables and outho,ses on either
side of the street do. A name for the street
that would be suggestive Of its present and
prospective appearance, would be some
thing entirely different from that given
itby our evening contemporary. Until
radical change were made, by which the
! back yards, with their smoke houses,
kitchens, dog pounds, horse and mule sta
bles, slop barrels aud privies, were placed