The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-04

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responding secretary Of the union and,
after some other minor matters, were dis
posed Of, the meeting adjourned
AT the last meeting of the city council
a resolution was offered to the effect that if
persons, residing outside of the range of the
gas mains, and who desire to have their
portion of the city lighted, will place lamp
posts of the kind and in the manner pres
cnbed by an ordinance recently passed,
they will be lighted with oil and tended at
the expense of the city. Posts are easily
made and complete outfits can be obtained
from the city, or Mr. Gerould's, at reasona-
BILE cost. We hope that the opportunity
thus offered to have our entire city lighted,
will not be disregarded, but will be very
generally improved by our citizens.
For some weeks past men have been
passing over the Mississippi river, on the
ice; even as late as yesterday four men,
heavily laden with bundles of merchandise,
crossed over on the ice. One of them,
speaking to Mr.. McIIale, said that he had
tested the ice in different places with an
axe and found it from two to three feet
thick. Steamboat men, who have been
contemplating trip to st. Louis by water
between now and the fifteenth instant, will
certainly be doomed to disappointment if
we have cold weather between now and
that time; thing which Prof. Vennor does
not apprchend, however.
The Chicago Tribune, in a very lengthy
article, crihcises the Kinds bill, which pro-
vides that women shall be allowed to vote
when the question of permitting the sale
of intoxicating liquors in any city or coun-
ty, is submitted to the vote Of the people
thereof. 1t takes the ground
that the bill is contrary to the
constitution of the state, which excludes
women from the polls and concludes by
saying, in substance, that the only way in
which any act of the Legislature, looking to
the enfranchlsement of woman in this state
could be made valid, is to submit to the
present legal voters of the state
an amendment striking out the
word male in article seven, section first
of the Illinois constitution. The Tribune
is probably right, judged from strictly
constitutional standpoint; but 1t should
remember that, in all the history of the
world, liberty has never yet taken single
forward step without breaking asunder and
trampling under foot the bonds that held it
prisoner. The women OF the
state have condescended to ask
for what no man has a
right to withhold from them, and it seems
that, with characteristic disregard of all
opposition, they will have their way, if not
by fair, why then by foul means.
"A disastrous fire occurred at about
80 o'clock, on the morning Of :he second
instant, in Paducah, Ky, The large grocery
house of Messrs. Fisher e. Baxter was
completely destroyed, and other property
damaged. The total loss being estimated
at thirty thousand dollars and only partial
ly covered by insurance. The origin Of
the fire is not known. At $50 o'clock the
clerks locked up, previously taking parti-
cular notice that the fire in the stove was
out and left no lamps burning. The fire
was first discovered by an colored man, who
Immediately gave the alarm, but it had
already advanced beyond control and
nothing could be saved. The house was
frame, situated in the business part OF the
city, and was full of goods, which caused
an intense heat and set six or eight other
business houses afre, none of which were
much damaged, however. The stock Of
Messrs Fisher & Paxton, was valued at
twenty-five thousand dollars and insured in
different companies, for eighteen thousand,
five hundred dollars The building was the
property of Mr.. E. Rehkoif, was valued at
two thousand, five hundred dollars, and
insured for one thousand and five hundred.
The other losses were all fully covered by
insurance. The explosion of keg Of
powder in the fire, while it was raging
the fercest, caused some CONSERVATION
among the hundreds of lookerson, but
beyond jaring the pastering of in seme
of the adjoining buildings, no damage re-
suited from that source.
We are surprised beyond measure!
We are astonished amazed dumfounded;
we arc--if you will permit us, gentle read
ers, to Gull a figure of speech from the
vocabulary Of our coarser national sports
FIooRED by the awful revelations that
have been made to us Barrels of brim-
stone are boiling Overt The "oncryest
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