The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-12

by it and the candidates nominated by
such convention would not receive
the vote of the opposing fac
ton. Some of the gentlemen whose names
were prominent as prospective nominees of
the Republican party in the county, COM
pretending this condition Of affairs and
foreseeng defeat, have wisely concluded
not 10 become party candidates under any
circumstances. The result will probably
be that the independent county ticket ut
the November election will have a clear
field and an easy victory.
The Illinois State Department OF
| Agricultural has reports from every county
in the state up to July on the state OF the
wheat crop. The summary now ready for
circulation says: "Tbe winter wheat crop
of the state has seldom, if ever, promised a
more abundant YIELD and the quality ID ex-
celent. The crop has been harvested in
the southern and most of the central coun-
| ties of the state, and new wheat is being
marketed as fast as it can be threshed.
Continued rain has interferred with harvest
ing in Central Illinois, making it impossible
in many instances to use reapers, binders,
or headers, on account of the soft condition
OF the soil. AS result farmers have
resorted to cradles, and more wheat has
been gathered this season by this method
| than in the entire preceding ten years.
There is danger of the grade of the crop
being damaged by sprouting before it can
be successfully stacked. The average con
dition in the northern division Of this state
| is AZ per cent better than on July |, 1881 u
in the central division, GO per cent better;
and in the southern division, 60 per cent
better. Tho general condition in the state
is per cent above an average.
Those young men in Cairo who, in an
| ticipation Of not far distant matrimonial
alliance, and being deferred thereirom 10y a
lack of ''rocks," entered into an agreement
with one of the many marriage insurance
concerns in tins and other states, by which
the said concern,as the party of the first part,
was to pay the party Of the second part
certain specified sum Of money whenever
| he should enter into a state of holy we'd
lock and furnish conclusive proof thereof,
will regret TO learn that, in this state at
least, the said party of the first part is not
recognized 10y the law and must "iOld up
its tent, like an Arab" etc In short, the
days of marriage insurance concerns in Hi
nois appear to be numbered. Auditor Swi
CERT has succeeded in closing out all these
concerns organized under the general in
corporation laws except the Illinois Mar
rage Association at Maroa, which was dis
posed to make fight for existence The
auditor has, however, drawn first blood in
this case, having secured Judgment OF
| custer dssolving the concern from the Ma
con circuit court. The concern will now
probably suspend operations, though the
case may possibly be carried to higher
courts
Every year when the time for the payment
of dog taxes comes around there are found
some gners of dogs-gcncrally very mean,
NANCY worthless dogs-who complain that
the tax is burdcnsome, unjust and uncon-
stituional They question the city's right
| to demand tax and the marshaCs right to
collect it, and they always threaten resist
ance, but never carry out their threat. That
the tax is burdensome to many is true, but
that it is legal, appears from a decision re
Gently rendered by the Illinois supreme
court, in the case Of Cole ct al. vs.. Hill, in
vovng the consttutionality Of the act Of
the legislature requiring license to be
paid by the owners aud keepers Of dogs, in
which it is held that such burden is not a
tax, but is in the nature Of n license, and is,
therefore, constitutional. The only qucs-
ton submitted in the case was as to the
consttutionality of the act IN question
treating the burden imposed us a tax The
act requires that the license fee assessed
shall be collected by the collector in like
manner as taxes are collected The court
were not called upon, it seems, in the case
decided, to pass on the question of the
power Of the collector in collecting this IL
censc fee. 1t remains an open question as
to whether the collector has the same power
to enforce the collection Of this license fee
that he possesses in enforcing the collection
Of taxes.
"A matter Of more than ordinary inn
portance to Cairo in particular, and to the
southern and western states in general, is
the indifference and ignorance shown by
congress- regarding the necessities of the
National Board of Health in the matter of
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