The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-28

II the authorities would now send to the
ouarries for several barge loads of rock
il could be landed on top Of the levec, thus
making il more convenient to get to and
perhaps, prevent delaying the work on
Eighth street because of the lack of rock
The last of an issue of sixty-six thous
: and dollars in six per cent Paducah bonds
issued by that city last summer in lieu OF
that amount of ten per cent bonds that will
fall due on the 1st of May next, has been
sold, and the money is now in the hands OF
the city to meet the said bonds on that
day. In other words the Paducah city
debt has been refunded at a lower rate OF
interest, tor which the citizens of that city
are grateful.
Reform hall was well filled last even
ing with the members OF st. Joseph's
church and large number OF other citi-
zens of Cairo who participated IN the
pleasant pastime provided by the ladies OF
of st. Joseph's Catholic church. Several
additional prizes were received by the man
ayers last evening, among them being one
gold headed cane, one saddle and bride
and silver pickle dish. 1t was the second
night of the fair and very pleasurable
one to all who attended. From,a financial
standpoint it has been decided success so
far
During the month of March the con-
verting mill of the Joliet Steel Worka pro
duced 10,5O0 tons of ingots,and these were
manufactured into 5000 tons, or 10000
steel rails in the rail MILL The old iron
rail mill has been remodeled, and will be
used as a steel rail mill after May lst. The
Joliet mill stands fourth in the list of iron
and steel mills in the country, and the num-
Der of tons credited to it for the last year is
S4,004. 1t is placed in the census list
among mills producing between 10000 and
| 100000 tons of pig iron, rolled bar, steel
and blooms.
The State Register establishment, OF
Springfield, was sold at auction day before
yesterday. The newspaper department was
sold for two thousand one hundred dollars,
and job department, including one lot,
brought three thousand two hundred dol
lars. BY the terms of the sale the assignccs
reserved themselves the right to offer the
entire establishment for sale in one lot, to
John G. Lanphear, Esq, for the State
Register company, which sold the property
to its late proprietors. In the meantime
the publication Of the paper will be con-
tlnued for the benefit OF its advertising
patrons and subscribers, and if the sale is
approved, arrangements will be made to
extend its circulation and place its business
on a solid basis.
Much alarm is expressed in the st.
Louis papers at the aspect presented by the
mighty Mississippi river and its tributaries.
The river at st. Louis is rising and on the
East St. Louis side has already begun to
do damage to property, yet the principal
rise is not there. The flood in the Missouri
and in the Mississippi rivers, it is thought,
will Join before reaching st. Louis and then
the greatest danger to that city is antici-
pated. The river yesterday morning was
nearly up the danger like at the lower
places along the city front and had already
encroached upon many acres of ground
above and below the center of the city. AT
o'clock it was rising very rapidly. The
height OF the water above low water as
marked by the government gauge at tho
foot of Market street was 20 feet nine
inches, only one foot nine inches below the
top of the gauge and only three inches be-
low the danger line, when vast reaches of
rich bottom lands along the mississippi |
above and below st. LOUIS will be mum
dated. The situation at the levee was not
yet perious, but Was becoming so every
hour as the water was encroaching upon the |
little space left between the rivers brink |
and the railroad track very rapidly. AT
the foot of Morgan street the waves made
by the winds dashed the water up to the
street roadway and wet the railroad tracks.
The steamboats, along the levee are lying
close to the front row Of buildings with
their stages nearly touching the door steps.
The lumber yards north Of the city have
been invaded by the river and large
quantities Of lighter material
was floating away. Below the city the wa
ter has approached and covered some of
the railroad tracks, the Iron Mountain
tracks in particular, are endangered. In
East st. Louis the danger is even greater
A number of houses have already been