The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-05-14

proved very interesting and ended by the
election Of Miss Matte Petrie, who received
over three hundred votes.
Last evening the Arab fire company
and the Rough and Ready fire company
and the Mystic Krew met at their respec-
tive halls for the purpose of considering
and acting upon the reports of the "Fourth
of July committees" The Rough and Ready
fire company, after having installed their
officers, took up the report of the commit
tee and decided to join in the celebration,
appointing Messrs. Fred Hofheinzc and
John Koehler as commi ttee to meet the
other committees at the Rough and Ready
hall tomorrow afternoon. The
Arab Fire Company and Mys-
tic Krew also acted favorably
upon the reports of their committees and
the former, appointed Messrs.
Claud Winter and JEFF Clark /;
and the latter, Messrs, w. B. Pettis
and T. NJ. Lovett, to meet the other com.
mittees tomorrow, giving them full power
to act as they deemed best.
About half dozen families are still
and have been for some time, looking for
houses somewhere within the city limits.
All the old barracks that would admit of
being repaired have been made
habitable and are occupied; all
the two and three story rooms
and in many cases the atics are inhabited
by families; all our private boarding houses
are full and our hotels also, and yet the
cry for more houses is heard continually.
People are compelled to beg landlords,
who have concluded to occupy their own
houses, to give them few days more
time until they can secure another
house. The days invariably lengthon into
weeks and still the landlord (who is in
some cases newly married man and wishes
to keep house, must wait. While all this
is so hundreds of our lots are unimprovcd
bare; our lumber yards are
full Of material and our
monied men are tightening their grasp
upon their bags of wealth. 1t is true that
all the old houses have been repaired and
several new ones have been built and are
being built; but the supply Of comfortable
little homes will fall much
short of the demand for all time
to come unless great boom in building is
started, which will result in the construc-
ton of at least fifty cottage residences. II
should be borne in mind that, influenced
by the building of the two or three new
railroads having their terminus here, there
will be great influx of people into Cairo
within the next year, and correspon ding
increase of every kind of business. This
must be provided for in various ways,
chiefly by the erection of suitable houses
in which the strangers may find shelter and
comfort while being employed in the
various industrial establishments in the
city. The loan association is distributing
all the money it receives, among its mem.
bers, enabling them to purchase homes Of
their own; it WILL therefore, not be able
for some time yet, at least, to
build cottages in its own name. Yet il
has already contributed something toward
relieving this pressure for homes by furn-
ishing to several Of its members the money
with which homes will be built But it is
absolutely necessary that some Of our mon.
led men should step forward and invest
their means in the, at present most profta-
bic enterprise OF building and thus assist
in supplying an imperitive demand that is
constantly increasing
From private letter written from
Bloomington, by an attache of the Bloom
ington Bulletin, we make the following ex-
tract, which will doubtless be of some in.
terest to the readers of the CAIRO BULLE-
TIN: " Upon my arrival here
found everything in the greatest disorder -
not even the cases having been laid. The
establishment of democratic newspaper
was as good as circus to the people of
the town. They constantly strealncd in
and out by the hundreds and prevented any
perceptblc Roadway from being made.
When I suggested that the doors be locked,
| learned that they were stockholders and
therefore privileged characters. The
'chief loor.walkcr" was jealous of Mr..
Oberly. He wanted to be editor in chef,
and swore he would break up the concern
and did everything to Ietard progress.
wondered why he was not discharged
until learned that he was stakeholder.
The business manager was good man,
who wanted TO do what was right, but in
variably missed the mark. He was busy