The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-24

his and found that no "power on eartl
could keep him from occupy
Ing, filling, performing the dute
enjoying the privileges and drawing the lib,
era salary Of the office Of city attorney OF
the city of Cairo" Mr., Cunningham has
made out his side Of the case in his owl
mind and when the proper time presents
itself he will overwhelm those who have
sought to rob him of the honor and prof
its Of the Office to which, according t
"voS populi" he is Justly entitled.
The governor on Friday sent to both
houses of the general assembly message
suggested by the recent fire at the Southern
Insane Asylum at Anna. After giving a
history thereof, the governor recommends
an appropriation of $4,000 for temporary
necessities and expenses involved IN conse-
Quence of the fire. The governor reports
that 1t will be necessary to rebuild the
burned portion Of the building without
delay, so that it can be occupied by the
time cold weather sets in, The governor
says; 81 am unable to state how much
the building will cost, but have ap-
pointed commission to ascertain the
amount Of damage done" The message is
concluded as follows: "The action Of the
officers, attendants and employees Of the
hospital, in the face of difficulties by
which they were surrounded, is worthy of
the highest praise. Great credit is also
due to the citizens of Anna and vicinity
for their interest and the assistance render
ed by them. The Fire Department of
Cairo came promptly to the ground at the
call Of the officers of the institution, upon
a special train furnished, without charge,
by the Illinois Central railroad company,
and did effective service The message
was referred to the committee on appropri.
atins and ordered printed.
1t has probably been noticed by all
who have had occasion to send or receive
messages by telephone that many of the
sounds used in ordinary language and sew
eral letters in the alphabet can not be dis
tnctly understood when uttered through
the telephone. For instance: when in Civ
ing the initials Of name suchas "B +.
Smith, they almost invariably come to the
listener as"T, g., 'or"p r, or 40 D. Smith
This difficulty assumes a serious character
when persons wish to send a dispatch of
importance to the telegraph Office for trans
mission to some one in anothc. city. An
instance of this kind occurred here only
recently. Some one wished to have a dis.
patch sent to a person, whose initials
were ~. S.' He stepped to the telephone
called for a connection with the telegraph
office and proceeded to read of his dis.
patch as he wished TO have it sent
All was well enough understood except the
initials, -. s." which the receiver Of the
message persisted in calling "a. f. until,
finally a happy thought struck the sender
who remarked that probably the full name
was "John Smith, which made AL as
clear as mud" to the receiver and the mes
sage went all right. Several other letters
If the alphabet are liable to cause equal
rouble whenever they are used. L, is LA
Die TO be taken for D, Il, p, r.
3, c, V, and each of these for
he other, etc. Some plan might
perhaps, be invented by some genius
md adopted by the subscribers, which |
would insure accuracy in the transmittion,
" telephone, Of matter that is to be copied, !
II any other message where accuracy is of |
appearance.
The near approach Of the fcvcrish,
Dlstcring weather Of June and August adj
us that we must have an eye to
he canine species. The work Of collect
ng taxes for the dogs has already been
commenced by the city marshall and will
perhaps be vigorously pushed. He pro-
)oscs to pursue a somewhat different policy
han his predecessors have pursuc1 bv !