The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-06
ELC0 ITEMS.
ELOO. July 3Oth, 1881

h'VVi i"u5 ntoiuulshlOn tHkt IL tIldt u
few words from Elco will not come miss.
Weather, dry, roads dusty, crops especi-
ally, corn cut short II is believed that corn
with all the rain that could come would
not make a half crop.
The grlst mill of Miller Bros, is turning
out plenty of the best -four and corn
meal.
The saw mill of st. Leger g. Durham is
running on tull time. We hope the time will
soon come when saw log cannot be found
in the county. While it is very profitable to
the operators of the saw mills and to those
that own the timber, it is detrimental to
travel to have log teams tearing up the
roads. Our experience has taught US that
it is but little use to spend the peoples
money to put roads in order where log
teams have access to them (the roads,.
Putnam & Standard have moved into
their new house and are ready to wait on
old and new customers.
Durham s. st. Leger are selling goods at
their old stand, Augustine 81 Whitaker are
selling goods at the brick, Briefly is selling
stoves and tiuware and furniture at his old
stand. All are doinga good business.
DR.. Milan has sold out his residence aud
is making ready to build. We hope he will
make improvements that will do credit to
the town. We hope soon to see good i'm
provement begin.
Mr.. Hsrtline says he is going to make an
addition to the town and open up the way
for fresh improvements and we don't think
that more convenient or suitable locality
for Cairo people to find country residence
can be found. 1t is the first high land north
of Cairo on the narrow guage railroad and
as healthy as any locality and the best wa
ter in the land and with good gravel road
to Cairo, (what we expect to have in two
years more) we can have as desirable loca-
ton as Southern Illinois cand afford.
One more thing we will call your atten-
ton to for the consideration of your numer-
Gus readers and that is to the
great necessity of erecting county work
house for the benefit of parties, who are
taken up and tried for petty stealing and
other petty otlenses, and found guilty and
fined and the county has to pay the fine
and board these offenders; and when we
come to look in at the prison doors and
courthouse, we find that large majority
are parties not even claiming residence in
this county, while many tramps too lazy to
work, steal some little things in order
that they may get their board free and
rest their lazy limbs until after the next
term of the circuit court all at the expense of
Alexander county; but il it was known
that we had 4 county work-house aud it
become known to tramps, such parties
would 60 somwhcre else to commit such
depredatlons and save the county the ex-
pense of feeding and trying such parties.
We believe that the board Of county com
mlssioners should be instructed at their
meeting in September to make arrange.
ments as are necessary to erect such place
for the benefit of the aforesaid parties.
We believe that il can be made a source Of
revenue to the county, or at least be made
rcmunerative so far as to cover the Jail ex-
pense and trying such cases, as referred to-
and we believe that such work.housc
should be placed at the foot Of some of the
bluffs along the railroad, and let the con
victs amuse themselves in breaking stone
for the benefit Of roads and the the streets
of Cairo. We would like to hear the opin-
ions OF other citizens on the subject.
More at another time. TRURO.