The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-08

April, Oregan IN June, Alabama in August,
Arkansas, Maine and Vermont in Septem.
Der. The others, twenty-seven in nun
Der, and all the territories, vote in Novem.
Der.
The rain fall yesterday was very gen.
eral over the south and for some distance
north of us, 1t rained all day in st. Louis
and up to late in the evening two inches
of water had fallen, which is considered a
heavy fall The effect will, oil course, be a
swelling of all the small streams and an
ultimate rise in the larger ones.
The editor of German paper in Pc
ora was assaulted day or two ago by a
citizen, named Gualman, for publishing an
item in his paper charging HIM (Gualman)
with having applied to General Logan for
his influence in obtaining the conSulship to
Hamburg. The editor, whose name is
Wolfe, though considerably beaten up,
made no defense,
What the country is looking forward
to is the duel which is expected to occur
between Senators Malone and Voorhees,,
hut after due consideration the gentlemen
will doubtless conclude that lead is heavier
and hurts worse than words, and postpone
the matter indefinitely. 1t can do no pos
sible good to either to tighta duel and
might hurt one or both Of them.
Among all the wants and needs Of the
cotton plantations of the south there is
none equaling that of Il cotton-picker, facil-
itating the gathering of the immense crop
and permitting its preparation for market
before the rains Of winter have detracted
from its value. Where is the man who is
to revolutionize the cotton culture of the
country by successful cotton.picker?
The bill introduced by Hon. II. II.
Black in the Illinois Legislature, providing
for an extra term of the Alexander circuit
court, passed, and has been signed by the
governor. The commencement of the term
has been fixed at May I'd, next, when
either Judge Harker or Baker will be here
to open court There are number Of very
important cases to be tried, which were
not reached in the last term
because the Whitcamp case took so much
time. Among the cases on the docket are
the Glenn and Reynolds murder cases and
several others Of importance, so that the
extra term is very much needed. There
are, altogether, sever prisoners in the coun
ty Jail awaiting trial.
Another lot of lanterns for street lamp.
posts has arrived for the Cairo City Gas |
company and they will be put up as fast as
ademand is made for them. Sixty-fOur |
lamps are now being lighted every night
excepting those nights which, according to
the almanac, are moonlight nights, but,
ONihS W tlC ldCt tudt luC pOSlo arc uOl
distributed so as to give each side OF the |
street along which they stand an equal |
share, the light is not of equal benefit to
all. The ordinance permitting any one to
put a lamp post in front of his residence,
provided it is two hundred or
more feet away from any other
post, seems not TO act fairly for all parts of |
the city. For instance, in all places where
one side of the street is not so thickly in.
habted, or where the inhabitants |
have delayed action little too
long, or didn't care to exert themselves In
the matter, the lamp-posts are all on one
side of the street, leaving the other side in
total darkness. This is wrong. If the
streets are to be lit at the expense of the
general public the posts ought to be so dis
as to benefit the general public. The
blocks that are now unoccupied will be oc.
cupied in few years and there will be a
demand for a change in the positions of
many Of the posts if everybody who has
one put up now is permitted to use his
own judgment as to the proper place for 1t.
There are some places in the city where
there is sidewalk on only one side of the
street, and none likely to be built on tho
other side for many years to come, that no
objection could well be raised if
the posts are placed along one
side at the required distances apart;
but such places should be designated by
the city council. The existing ordinance
in this matter should be so amended as to
give the street committee or the council
full control over the location of all lamp
posts.
Last evening the fourth IN success.
sion we were again made the victim of
the telephone. Our number is sixty.two-
at least we always thought so-but we are
slowly being brought to the belief that our