The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-16

Ohio levee and several feet
higher, and then nothing short
Of flood such as has never been known to
date, and which could, by sheer force of
circumstances and nviolable natural
laws. never occur, could, in any way or to
any extent, endanger the city from that
quarter. If some effort will now be made
by the city council and by the Tax payers
Association to induce the Illinois Central
railroad company and the Cairo Trust
Property company to raise and strengthen
the other portions Of the lcvees around the
city, great deal would be gained. That
these companies are willing to do any rea-
sonable thing in this direction is very evil
dent. The former company has done its
share on the city's new levee and is still
doing its share and the latter has signilod
its willingness to raise its tracks and the
Ohio lcyee whenever the city council may
direct that it be done. But it must be re-
mcmbered that this very desirable object
can not be accomplished by angry force.
Louisville Courcr,J Journal: "The
eastern newspapers are unconsciously very
drol in their discussions Of remedies for
the overflows of the Mississippi. One of
our exchanges advocates the construction
of "a great reservoir, at some point nesr
Cairo, iuto which the surplus waters could
be diverted in time of flood and retained
until the subsistence of the river made 1t
safe to set them free again" That is fair
saple of the knowledge eastern editors have
of the Mississippi river. 1t would require
a hole about as big as the state Of Illinois
or Kentucky and some miles deep TO drain
off the ''surpIus waters" Another paper,
the Press, of Philadelphia, says: "The
Mississippi foods should be allowed to
spread out at intervals where they will do
least harm until the channel proper can
carry the surplus Of the Gulf LeTees are
well enough az a protection 10 towns and
thickly populated districts, but to try to
protect every bottom is q vain endeavor,
inviting peril to life and property ut
every high water, and resulting at such
times as the present in dire disaster Cen
uine Mississippi Improvement means the
creation of outlets where possible in the
southern part Of the rivers course, and OF
safety vents for the dispersion and storage
of food waters between Cairo and Vicis-
| burg" 4 trip of observation down the
river would show that writer that he knows
very little Of the character Of the river.
| The creation OF outlets is process which
means the destruction Of the river as q
nayigabe stream. Diffusion means shoa!
river, the diversion Of the main stream md
its location at a distance from existing
towns. When the rivers properly concen-
trated, with width of3,0O0 ieet by means
of levees and jetties, there will be no more
deAtive oyerllows.
The BULLETIN always knew that old
Grandmother Argus was the sweetest tenn
pered of all old creatures ever created, or
issued, or compiled, and in yesterdays issue
She confirms this opinion in the following
style: "The Three-St Bulletin simply
utters downright lie, made out of
whole cloth. when it says the Argus
gave rise to the rumor that the Singer
| Works would remove from this city. The
boy that pcrpetrates the bulls for the prop
orly named Bulletin has not been whip
ped enough for lying by his mother
When The BULLETIN stated that the Old
lady had given rise to the rumor that the
Singer company contemplated removing
from Cairo, it did so without any malicious
intent and in the firm belief that its stated the
truth, and even now, in the face OF the above
positive denial, THE BULLETIN feels safe
in saying that careful glance through the
issues of the Argus, for not over ten days
back, viii reveal the fact that the old lady
did what The BULLETIN said she did
THE BULLETINS belief in this respect is
confirmed by several readers Of the Argus
But in the second sentence Of the above,
the old lady's Unborn cgotism asserts itself.
She manifests considerable confidence in her
own knowledge of the ar, Of "teaching the
young idea" and questions the correctness
and effectiveness of the method
employed by the mother of "the
boy that perpetrates the bulls for
THE BULLETIN" While "the boy
aforesaid has great reverence forold Grand
mother Argus opinion upon all questions
relating to the management Of young
Amcrica"at homc--upon maternal thing
in general, in fact-yet he, "the boy" atore
said, has much greater confidence in h,
method employed by his lown parent; i