The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-01

pensing with the use Of gas in street lamps
on moonlight nights, but in all large ones
it has been abandoned Light is protec
ton, and increased values need and de-
mand it.
| -Fifty-fve counties IN the state Of Iii.
nois paid thirty.eight thousand three hun
dred dollars and eightY-fve cents to
their grand jurors last year. Alex
ander county's last grand jury cost it one
hundred and seventy six dollars and seven
ty cents. The average cost of the grand
jury system to the counties from which re-
ports were received, in obedience to reso.
luton of the state legislature, was six hun.
dred ninety-six dollars and thirty eight
cents. These figures will give the people
some idea of what it costs them to take the
first step in bringing persons who are
suspected Of crime to Justice.
-Paducah, KY, seems to be very much
troubled with bad Jail. Two successful
attempts on the part OF the prisoners con.
fined in it have been made within the last
week and about halt dozen birds flew to
where no one knoweth. On Tuesday night
an attempt on the part Of three negroes
who are confined in the county jail, two of
whom were awaiting transportion to the
penitentiary and the other is
serving out sentence for
carrying concealed weapons, to break
Jail by saving out the iron bars of the win.
dow. But Captain Edwards, keeper OF the
Jail, in some way got wind of their design
and waited until they began Operations
when he made them fork over their imple-
ments.
Perhaps it will be surprise to some
of our citizens, but the fact Is none the less a
very glazing one, that the delinquent tax
lists in this state this year will be larger
than they have been for some
years. Ia fact they have been growing
from year to year until they have assumed
immense proportions, with the exception,
perhaps, Of Alexander county. It would
appear from this showing that the tax
payers were becoming more and more in the
habit of allowing their names with the
amount OF their Indebtedness to the city,
county and state, to appear in the papers as
a mere matter of course. They consider it
more convenient to wait and be informed
by the newspapers what the amount of
their taxes is and then to send the sheriff a
check by mail, than to run TO the court
house, which may be mile or more away,
and then find the sheriff out, or their pile
too small. The amount charged them for
having their taxes advertised is so small
that they would much rather pay the few
cents more than to be put to any trouble
Among the new incorporation papers
issued recently III Springfield are those
to "the Cairo Opera House company, of
Cairo capital stock, $4,000; ncorporators,
Thomas W. Shields, Daniel Hartman, S.
Stats Taylor, J. NJ. Phillips, Jacob A.
Goldstne, Miles Gilbert and w. P. Hall |
lay" The incorporation papers have
already arrived and are in the hands Of |
Captain Thomas W. Shields, and pre- para
lions are now being made to form the stock
company. Everything Is in readiness to
begin the sale of stock which will no
ioubt be taken rapidly as the enterprise is
ound to be profitable
onc and is in hands that
will permit no unnecessary delay The
plans OF the incorporators are not yet ma
aired, OF course; these are to be decided
lpon after the stock company has been
formed but yet the prime movers in the en-
erprise have not gone a 5 far as they have
without deciding upon some plan of the
building. According to this plan the
building is to be grand brick structure,
aking in about half block and three or
our stories high. The theatre, proper is
% be on the first floor and what is
lot taken up by it there will
DC prepared for store rooms The
upper stories will be used for various pur.
'oses, such as halls for societies. offices.
tic, The incorporators and Others concern.
ID will have a meeting in day or two to
iecide upon the next step and to further
voIyc their plans. The character and pc.
uniary standing Of the gentlemen who are
It the head Of this movement IS a sufficient
that the opera house will be one
II which Cairo can justly be proud; pre-
nanent institution which will
lot only challange the adj
nlraton of our neighbors but ,
erve as magnet to all the large theatrical
roupcs in the country. Then our people
who are decidedly theatre going pcople)
will not have to 90 to st. Louis or Chicapo