The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-22

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"A special meeting of the city council
was held at the chamber last night. There
were present his honor, the mayor
and Aldermen Blake, Halliday,
Hinkle, Hughes, Saup and Wood. The
principal object of tie meeting was to pass
resolutions of respect at the death Of Presi-
dent James A. Garfield. This was done
upon motion of Alderman John Wood after
the mayor had delivered a short and ap-
propriate address. After this the report of a
committee on the mstterofallowing the Cairo
and st. Louis railroad company the prayed
for right of way washeard and received. The
proceedings will appear in full in to-mor-
rows issue of The BULLETIN.
"A fire in one of the bed rooms of the
v -sburg house caused the alarm to be
given from all the engine houses yesterday
evening about five o'clock. A little
son of Mrs. Mccarthy had been
playing with matches and had thrown a
burning one upon bed in the room, where
the man Lindley had committed suicide
and then left the ROOM The fire was dis
covered soon after and the burning bedding
was thrown out. The mattress and the
carpet on the floor were partially burned.
The fire department was promptly on hand,
but there was no need of its services.
The ladies of the Reform Club have
/ displayed much taste in draping the hall of
the club, on Tenth street, in mourning. IN
respect to the memory of the martyred
president. Along the cornice over the
doors on the outside, long piece of plain
black drapery has been arranged in scallop
form. inside, the hall has q pail like ap-
pearance that lmpresses one deeply with
| the awfulness of the event
which 1t commentaries All
the pillars are encircled from top to bottom
with the insignia of death; from the chan
differs hang in graceful folds large loops of
mingled black and white, every wall and
every frame is draped in manner which
proves the hands that did il to have been
guided by taste and by an interest that
could only have been aroused by feelings of
the deepest regard and the sincerest grief
for the dead president. Two
pictures of President Garfield, one
to the left, near the door, the other to the
right, over the platform, both wrapped in
garlands of black, give q strangely painful
intelligence to the whole mournful scene.
None who enter the hall in its present state
can fail to be deeply impressed with its ap- |
pearance.
The following changes have been made
in United States beacon lights between
Memphis and Vicksburg: Norfolk, moved |
down 400 yards; Benefits, moved up 500
yards; Campbell's moved up 400 yards;
Mhoon's moved up 800 yards; o. K, moved
down 500 yards; Harbert's, moved up one
mile; Shoe Fly, moved up one mile Gen.
Pillows, moved down 800 yards; Horse
shoe, moved up e mile; Concordla, moved
up 400 yards; Moss Lake, moved up q
mile; Leland, moved up 400 yards; Van
clause, moved up 800 yards; Cottonwood.
moved down 500 yards. New lights;
Wreck Beauregard, red light on wreck;
Prcntiss bend, opposite Vanclause Chotard.
DISCONTINUED Napoleon, Bernard and
Raleigh. The following changes have been
United States beacon lights between Cairo
and St. Louis: Ryan's, moved down 500
yards; Jim Smiths, moved down $50 yards.
New lights; BENEFITS, Illinois, Perry's
tow. head, Caesar. Discontinued: Forrest |
Home, barrel buoy has been placed on
wreck of sunk barge, opposite Abel's tow
head.
Monday forenoon the president said
that he wished to see his daughter Mollie.
Col. Rockwell went Immediately to find
her. She came soon. On entering she
kissed her father and told him that she was
glad to see him looking 80 much better,
whereat her father asked: "You think | |
do look better, Mollie9" She answered
~ do, papa" She then took chair and sat
at the foot of the bed moment or two.
DR.. Boynton soon noticed that she was
swaying in the chair, and, before he could
render any assistance, she fell over in
faint. Her face struck against the bed
post. She was unconscious and bleeding
from the confusion when she was taken
from the room into the fresh air. The presi.
dent did not seem to notice what had &C.
CURED, but when Dr. Boynton returned to
the sck-room he was surprised to hear the
president remark; "POor little Moll;c, she !
fell over like a log. What was the matter9" |