The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-27


trine OF prohibition at Tur
ner hall. on Thursday even
ing. On Monday night Reform hal
was thronged to listen 70 his eloquen
argument in favor OF why the sale of in
toxicating liquors should not be licensed il
Cairo. Mayor Thistewood and several Of
our aldermen were present. The Col. spoke
well and argued well, which leaves nc
doubt but that all who heard him were
well pleased, though, perhaps, not con-
vnced that the Colonel's suggestions, il
acted upon by the city council, would meet
the appreciation of the majority of the
voters Of Cairo.
"A few days ago Mrs. Jenkins. a COL
ored lady, living on the corner of Fifteenth
and Walnut streets, left her pocket book
lying under the pillow OF her bed where
she had laid it the night before, and went
to her usual days employment. When she
returned home IN the evening she went
Immediately to get the pocket book, but it
was gone. The next day a little colcred
girl OF her neighbor's brought it to her
saying that she had found it, but the
money, to the amount of four dollars, had
been taken out. Further along in the day
the same little girl confessed to one of
Mrs jenkins children that she had stolen
the pocket book from under the
pillow and had spent the money
for a pair Of shoes, some candy, etc. The
parents of the young culprit have offered to
refund the money at their earliest conven-
fence.
Marshal Robinson and Mr.. Mahanny
had each some very hard experience
with ruffians on Sunday last. A number
OF laboring men got into quarrel uptown,
which ended in a rough fight. Mr.. Ma.
hanny sought to stop the row and to arrest
the guilty parties, but was himself attack.
ed by several of them and would have been
severely dealt with had not assistance ar
rived. The pugists were arrested. Marshal
Robinson's experience was very similar to
this. Three or four river men, who seemed
to have somewhat departed from the path
OF total abstenance INDUCED In free fight,
at the corner Of Eighth street and Ohio
levee Sunday forenoon. The marshal
came upon the scene and undertook to
arrest them when they turned upon him
with blood in their eyes and war
in their hearts. The marshal,
with some assistance, succeeded in arrest
ing them, however, and lodged them in
Jail.
The telephone is good thing a con.
venient thing,every one will admit that-if
it is kept IN good working order, otherwise,
when il is not, or when the transmitter gets
mulish, as does No. G2, and is left in that
condition for days and weeks, it gets to be
an internal nuisance. No. G2 has fits; the
bell will ring and you whoop through the
transmitter, no one answers you, but a
voice from some where says to somebody
"No one in The BULLETIN office" Then
you get on the lever and yell at the central
office. Back comes gentle voice saying,
"your transmitter don't work; can't hear a
word you say This is a good time to do
some mild swearing to yourself, and you in
dulge in it, but 10, the transmitter takes
new start and lady at the central office
requests you not to talk so. GO is a bad
number and has bad transmiuer. 1t will
carry nothing but cusswords and them only
to people you don't want to have hear them.
On last Sunday City Engineer
Charles Thrupp, became aware that the
Tenth street sewer was leaking little and
he made an investigation. He found the
leak Of more serions character than he
had at first supposed and accord.
ingly set Immediately to work to
remedy the evil. He employed
several men to assist him. lie was kept
at work nearly all day and it was only by
the greatest effort that he finally succeed
ed in stopping the leak During his ex.
animation of the sewer he found that
large quantity of rubbish of every descrip.
ton had settled in the pipe, which would
greatly obstruct the drainage
of the city. Even when
thoroughly clean, the twenty.inch pipes
running through the levee, are incapable of
carrying of the immense volume of water
that is carried to them through the siy-
foot culverts connecting with them. 1t
would be desirable therefore, that the said
pipes be enlarged enough to prevent them
from becoming too easily clogged.
Mr., j. r. Cunningham, the gentleman
who received the majority Of the votes cast