The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-29

Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian, is
about to begin southern tour with How
ellis play, "Yorick's Love- and he says,
through the Boston Times, that he has
done remarkably well this year; that he has
IN excellent company, and TIE play is one
that grows upon the people. Our people
will be glad to learn this, for Lawrence is
ravorite among them and they will have
an opportunity to see him soon.
The Chicago Times, in lengthy com
mcnt upon the fight waged against the
railway and warehouse board in the Hi.
uois Legislature, makes this reference to the
Hon. John II. Obcrly; 81 John
Oberly, the democratic commissioner for
the reception of whose head the basket was
logged so glcefuly out, smilingly rolls that
useful portion Of his anatomy IN calm in.
difference to the guillotine, and expresses
his readiness to pocket his $500 a month
for as many years as the dominant dump
heads arc willing to stand with their horns
| locked"
The following from the New Orleans
Times of the Goth instant will be of inter
est to the people Of this section, Col. RIce's
friends here will congratulate him upon his
brilliant prospects Sol. Dan Rice, the
veteran Snowman, is now in town, organic,
ing large menagcrie, circus and museum.
Having sold his latest enterprise in the
floating opera house for $20,000 he makes
New Orleans his headquarters. uncle
| Dan having come back to his first love, the
'saw-dust,' he will be the clown. From
what we can learn, his new scheme will be
ono of amazing brlliancy, and furnish
lively amusement for old and young,
Forsaking his late new departure, he has
rejoined the world, the flesh and the devil,
We shall watch the old man closely, for the
benefit Of the Young Mems Christian asso
ciahon."
Yesterday evenings high school enter
talnment, consisted of the following eXer
ercises: A composition entitled, "a story
by st. Nicholas" by Miss Nellie Fisher; a
composition on "Music," by Miss Mamie
Lentz; composition entitled, "Mak-
ing beginning by Miss Phil
lis Howard; historical question
Mozart, the musiclan"-by Miss Mary
Johnson; a historical question "Longfel
Lowry Miss Addic Christman; a compost.
ton on "A snow Storm" by Miss Amanda
Fields; a dialogue from Shakespeare,
between Samuel H. Meyers and Charles Z.
Feuchter, Jr.; composition by Miss Min
ME Breibach; a select reading by Miss Alice
Henderson; composition on Snow by
Miss Grace Hawkins; piano solo by Miss
Mary Baker; select reading by Miss Mary
Kennedy; a composition on "The growth Of
musical taste" by Miss Nettie Corlis. Re
marks by Miss Patterson concluded the eX-
erciscs. A number Of witnesses were
present, who expressed themselves well
satisfied with the entertainment,
In the west, as elsewhere women have
controlling voice in establishing the
price to be paid for servant girls
drudgcry, and, strange rs it may
seem, her decree is, with but few
exceptions, that her sex shall receive almost
the poorest recompensc known for toll. In
other words, the most ptiess hand, resting
with clammy touch upon the work girls
| giving Il stone wnen bread is asked for is
| that of woman, who grudgingly grants the
| girl who cares for her household and for
| her wardrobe, almost a beggar's pittance.
In this respect there is no difference be-
tween the two sections of country. But it
maybe said that in the East aristroCraCy has
succeeded in establishing the heartless rule
that 1t is not proper for 'respectable'
girl to earn her own living, even though 1t
be in the Office Of a mercantile or other
establishment, which doctrine, it is pleasing
to note, is being very generally ignored by
the young ladies here, many of whom find
easy employment with good salaries, out
side of the kitchen and the laundry.
| No matter to what extent other por-
tons of the country may need approptia-
tons for river improvement, the old Fox
and Wisconsin river job always gets its
half million or so every year, For quar-
ter of a century that work has been drain
ing money out of the treasury, now eight
or nine millions Of dollars in the aggrc-
gate, and still the great waterway con.
Meeting the Mississippi and the lakes" is
as far from completion as ever. The con.
tractors, however, pocket their profits and
continue to blow up rocks and dig year
after year, and there is as much work to be
done rs ever. Last year thirty dams were