The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-13

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but there were several who have hitherto
been playing 'possum" 80 to speak, who
have also come with large delegation Of
friends to work up a boom at the first OPP
portunity Prominent among the latter is
the Hon. Ike Clements, of Carbondale, who
Is confidently said to be one Of the clark
horses Tho Hon. Ike came into town
yesterday with whole car load Of miuor
politicians at his heels, all ready to do
him good turn if chance shall be Of
fcred. This state of the case will make it
only the more interesting.
Chief Myers and Officers Martin aud
Mahanny are engaged IN very com
mendable effort to compel the cyprians aud
the keepers Of the domccs in which they
are enscouscd to conform to a reasonable
compliance with the ordinances of the city.
Yesterday they arrested Nancy Woods who
keeps adsorderly house down town some
where, and Magistrate Comings tined her
ten dollars and costs. This is the lowest
fine, but it was also tho prisoners
first oifense is, though the woman
may have been carrying on her nefarous
business in n quiet way for many months,
it was the first time that she was brought
before the court to answer the charge The
officers were we'll fortified with proof and
| showed that Nanoy's house was a very ob-
icctionable one The court, in rendering
Judgment, expressed his desire TO Net a
chance Mt some Of the male supporters Of
| these institutions of vice, and promised o
assess double fine upon any of these, be
| cause ne believed them 10 be the more re
sponsibe for the existence Of said institu-
tons. The officers also arrested young
white woman OF very odorous reputc, who
| had been wandering about the streets for
| some time, trcquentlng saloons and dens 81
iniQuty for some time back. Jesse Woods
is her name and she was fined fifty dollars
aud costs and given stay of thirty six
hours in which to leave the city The oll-
GERS will see that the woman leaves or is
imprisoned for fifty five days.
The petition of the fire companies and
the Mystic Krew, asking the council 10 al
low them n portion of the cost Of filing |
the race track in st. Mays park out of the
city treasury, came up for the second time in
the city council Tuesday night, and Wac set
meeting, which occurs on the second Tues
day in August The boys feel very keenly |
the opposition manifested to their request
by the council They must have expected, |
Of course, a searching inquiry into the cost |
and character Of the work done, and they |
must have also expected that the council |
would not consent to bear all the cost Of |
the work but they had certainly some
reason to believe that they would be let |
down more gently than they were. Instead
of being about n hundred or two dollar |
the cost of the work done was over five
hundred dollars, a very large sum to pay by |
the organic ,tjuns which had the celebration |
in charge, for an improvement to be used |
by them only for one day. But the i'm
proyement Is public one, as much 50 rs
the determination Of that nasty pond of
water on Commercial avenue, near Ninth |
street, would be- The public and the city
is To derive a permanent future benefit |
therctrom and it seems but equitable that
the public should at least pay very rea.
sonable price for the benefit, In view Of |
the tact that the boys will fall very much |
short Of Coming out even on the cclebra- |
ton, unless they receive some allowance |
from the city fund, the disposition Of the
council TO withhold such allowance be-
comes serious matter to them, But it
may be that time will soften the ALBANIAN
tine hearts Of the city fathers and induce
them TO DO the fair thing by the boys.
Without Alexander cOuntys vote,
which is contested, the first ballot in the
convention to day will stand, Thomas,
sixty-nne; Young, thirty one; Smith
twenty-two; Fountain, eighteen; Dam.
ron, fifteen. Damron, it will |
be observed stands whore he belongs, at
the bottom of the ladder. If the chairman
who calls the convention to order
rules again as he did at the county
convention, that "al contested counties
have right 70 vote both delegations aud |
all protested delegations shall not vote
upon preliminary organization, and IL then
when Alexander county is called, the
Thomas delegates from this county manage
toget in u protest on the Damrom del
egation, then the Thomas deleg ates will
have elghty-fOur votes upon preliminary
organization and can easily get enough
more to elect chairman who is in sympa.