The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-09

Inc CITY council met In ADJOURNED reg
uar meeting last night. In the absence
of Clerk Foley, Alderman T. W. Halliday
performed the duties of that officer. The
business was principally routine, chief
among which was the concurrence of the
council in the recommendation of the street
committee, that the mayor appoint COM
mittee OF five ctizens and five councilmen
whose duty it shall be to inquire into the
merits of the several plans offered for cur
ing the water evil within our levees. The
mayor will appoint such committee upon
his return from Chicago. Several ordi.
nances, among them one to establish and
MAINTAIN public library, were, upon mo.
ton of Alderman Blake, read the first time.
The bid of Major f. w. Halliday, for fur
nishing sewer pipe, was accepted. Among
the resolutions offered was one by Alder
man Patier, requiring the corporation coun.
sci to "get out the necessary papers, and
institute proceedings with view to con-
demning Ohio levee, between Eighth and
Fourteenth streets, and to report his action
to the city council at its next regular meet
ing.
-Vennor says of the summer and au-
tumn: Just as stormy and backward
weather characterized the spring of 1882,
AMI the whole Northern Hemisphere, so in
like manner will the stormy and severe
autumn of the year 1882 oc as extensively
experienced. Why? Is it always the case
that cold and backward spring is sue.
ceeded by cold and stormy autumn No
not always; but YOU see this spring had a
"weather relationship in my system of
working. The general law of compensation
is acting pretty much in the same manner
as il did in another instance have before
me, and it has yet got to finish its pro.
gramme. People Iau ghed at the Slate frost
and snowfalls in southern sections" pre-
dicted by the same theory, but the laugh
has ceased. Now, again they smile mot
laugh this time) at the idea of June frosts
Let US wait and see. Possibly we may
have 'broil up" towards midsummer for
brief period, and just before the relapse
to cool and cold weather. but this will
hardly constitute warm summer. Bear
it in mind we do not dogmatically assert
the foregoing, but merely offer it as our
oplnion-which most people have now had
a chance of testing to some extent
"A Bloomington special under date Of
Monday last, gives the following interest
ing piece Of journalistic news: "The
Bloomington Bulletin, newspaper, was
sold to-day under various mortgages for
$4,000, being bought in by Thomas j.
Bum, one of the creditors. A new firm
will be organized, composed of John |
O'Bcrdy, NJ. r. Scott and o. Beebe, who
will carry on the publication. The Bule-
tin Company was organized little over a
year ago, with capital of 100000 as
Democratic organ. Nearly all the capital
stock has been paid in and used up, besides
the amount represented by the mortgages
and several floating debts. 1t will continue
Democratic in principle. John ODER
iy" means our John II. Oberly, of course,
The Bloomington Bulletin will live, and in |
as a Democratic paper, too. |
Well, it would certainly have been strange |
had the Democrats of Mclean county al |
lowed the paper to succumb, after it re
deemed the city from the corrupt Republi |
can rule to which it had been subjected |
for years. The Democrats of Bloomington
can not spare Mr.. Oberly and his paper
and they know it. 1t is probable now that
Mr. Oberly will again take charge Of the
newspaper and make things hot for the
Republicans during the coming fall cam
paign.
One of the points to be considered in
the determination of what would be the best |
means of preventing the accumulation of
water within our levees in the future is
whether or not such plan can be carried out
in time to meet fhe next rise in the rivers, |
SO as to give the desired relief then. 1t is
important that the relief saught should be
prompt, for repetition of the evils result
ing from the late flood, or even anything
approaching thereto, would be indirectly |
more injurious than was the case the last
time Even partial relief would be very
desirable In order to determine
whether any plan can be promptly executed
or not, its probable cost must be ascertain
ed, and if it requires the cooperation of
individual citizens, it becomes matter of |
Importance whether or not such cooperation |
can be obtained. Filling, for instance, to
any extent whatever, would require the will. |