The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-18

hearted Paducah Afforded The Enterprise
innoccntly does Cairo an injustice in this
remark Had THE BULLETIN published
the name of the youth who so kindly as
sisted Mrs. Harris away, and of the place
he claims as "home, the Enterprise would
probably have omitted that remark
--Teegraphic lines do pay, Two years
ago strictly commercial line of telegraph
was established between the cities of Chi
cago and Milwaukee. Messages were
transmitted over this line, eighty miles in
length, at from five to ten cents each; and
even at this low rate the profits were so
great that, after allowing for operating
expenses and cost of repairs, the line
paid for itself in year and a
half, and is now earning dividends for the
fortunate stockholders at the rate of 200
per cent
Reform hall was again the attraction
for many of ourtemperancepeople last even
ing. Rv. p c. Bush, the man who mixes
temperance and religion so admirably, had
left for his home in Columbus, Ky to at
tend to his flock there, but Rev b. Y
George supplied his place in very salts
factory manner, Rev, George spoke for
quite while in his usually elegant style,
furnishing the best of entertainment and
much matter for serious thought to those
present There will be another meeting to-
night.
An interesting event takes place to-day
which should be witnessed by all who can
spare the time to attend It. Mr.. +. s.
Kent challenged any man in the county
few days ago TO meet him in
a shooting match and DR..
G.. G.. Parker has accepted the challange.
Both of these gentlemen are noted as good
shots and hence hot contest and some
fine shooting will certainly take place,
which will be interesting to witness. The
event is to come off at four o'clock this df-
ternoon, at Grave Yard Ridge the stakes
are the price Of the balls etc. Fifty balls
are to be shot at, at a twenty-five foot rise.
Mr.. Kent has new gun that he wishes to
try and thought this very good way of
testing it.
The BULLETIN was guilty of a slight
indiscretion yesterday morning, In its &C.
count of the fire which occurred the night
before it used the following sentence:
"Mess 5, T. c. Watkins, George Lattner
and Geo. o. Farris were with the
Hibernian company and threw the
first water in the fire itself"
This was an indlscretiOn and We have suf-
fered the consequences. We shall be
guilty of such indiscretlons no more. The
next time there is fire and any one ap-
proaches US with request to state that
this or that company threw first water on
the fire itself wcl-well we have several
soda water bottles filed to the neck with
nitro-glyccrine and we have teegraphed
for nihillist or two.
The exposure of an alleged big scheme
OF land stealing from the government in
southeast Missouri may be good thing if |
it result in calling attention to the agricul- |
tural merits OF some Of the land in the
region named. The popular idea of south
east Missouri seems to be that it is a district
converted into gigantic swamp by the
earthquake Of 1911, and since inhabited |
chiefly by cotton-mouths and a few FAM
lilies whose men cannot read and whose
women chew snuff AS a matter OF fact
southeast Missouri offers a rich soil and
many other advantages to the enterprsing
settler, and, though no great university has
yet been established down there and the
best opera companies rarely 90 there,
many excellent people inhabt the country
and are prepared 10 welcome new neigh
bors Hospitality.
The points which make dwellings
healthy are pure air, sufficient light, suita.
BILE temperature or warmth, and dryness Of |
ground. The ground and the air under it |
have great deal to do with the dwelling |
above it, and if the moisture underneath |
creates damp, unhealthy miasma, 50 will |
the air above be saturated with its eilluyia,
enter the tender human lungs, and there
yitiate the whole breathing process. In
most cases the choice Of dwelling is made
in a very off.hand manner and no attention
whatever IL paid TO these things. The
storage Of dccaying animal or vegetable
matter is terrible cause of bad air in
dwellings, and in winter, when the slight.
est darnpness may cause disease, il is as
necessary quickly TO remove decayng mat
ter as in summer Keep your dwelling
dry, when you have chosen it carefully