The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-21

On Thursday of last week family
named Anderson, consisting OF husband,
wife and two children, was taken into St.
Mary's Infrmary through private charity
all but the husband beng sick. On Fri
day one of the children died, and on Sat
urday the mother died also, leaving only
one child and the husband, the former
being still in the hospital under medical
treatment. The family had been living in
the Clark block, on Ohio levee, in the ut
most poverty, though the husband has
been doing all manner of work since he
| has been here. But with his entire family
sick, it was naturally difficult matter to
earn enough money to bear the expense of
maintaining and caring for them. He ap-
piled, he says, to DR.. Wood for help from
the county, but was refused There are a
number Of other people in the same place
in a like state of restitution, who need help
from somewhere. There are also others in
other parts of the city, who also need as
sistance. 1t is desirable, therefore, that
something be done Immediately for the re-
lief of these poor people. The county
should be made to do what it can, and the
good people of the city should put their
heads together and devise some means for
creating private poor fund. Let US have
the charity concert as soon as possible.
With her usual uncertainty and dread
of positive assertion in matters of any
importance, Grandmother Argus Of Satur-
day says: IF we are not much mistaken"
Cairo men had control of the Cairo aud ST.
Louis road at the time it was changed from
a standard to a narrsw guage. THE Bull
LETIN fails to see that this circumstance
alters the state of the case in the least
The fact remains that the people expected
ami paid for standard guAge road and
got narrow gusge road, without any re-
turn Of funds; and the fact also remains,
that the railroad company, which was com-
posed in great part of, and controlled by,
the same bloated foreign bond.holders who
compose and cantrol i, to-day, gained in
the same proportion as the people Of Csiro
lost, by the transaction. Almost ever since
its incorporation, the Cairo and s.. Louis
road has been manipulated bY the Ams.er-
dam sharks, who have, At every turn in tie
affairs of the road, made thousands, ani
swindled the small stock aud boad-h0lie-s
out of their share in the road.-In spite of
all that can be said by the innocent old Or
gan of these Amsterdam paupers, the fact
remains that the people of Cairo have been
swindled enough By, and have donated
enough to, the Cairo aud ST. Louis road,
and this is just as good time Us any to
call halt. When it comes to choosing be-
tween the interests OF the ,ax-ridden peo-
pie Of Cairo and those of foreign band
of millionaire railroad manipulators. The
BULLETIN has neither the time nor the dis
position to hunt up tecRnicalitics Of which
to build a fort for the latter. In the mat
ter under discussion, TIE BULLETIN pre-
fers to side with the people of Cairo as
auoinet thu fnrai I'm ch.rkg
THE BULLETIN acknowledges the re-
ceipt of a pamphlet, entitled "Guide-Post
on Immortal Roads" by Mrs. Jacob Mar
tin, of this city. The pamphlet contains
seventy four pages printed in very readable
type. The matter treats principally Of
Spiritualism ASIA positive proof of future
life. The writer questions the authority of
the Christian Bible upon this point, giving
many quotations from that book, both con
tradicting and affirming the existence Of
spirit world, aud then relates numerous
experiences Of the authoress' own with
some Of the noted mediums of the day.
The book gives evidence of much research
and thought, is written in Mrs. Martins
usual, attractive style, and is interesting
reading throughout. In the concluding
chapter Mrs. Martin relates the particulars
of seance she had with Mrs o. a. Bishop,
VINO was controlled by a spirit known as
Redhand, an old Indian chief, who said
from the beginning Of President Garfeld's
Illness" says the authoress, shat
he conld not recover; but
we hoped against this sad prediction. We,
with the rest Of the world, watched and
waited and hoped The suffering, bleeding
victim fingered weary weeks, wearing his
precious life away because Of an assassin's
cruel deed. Suspense and sorrow dropped
the souls of his dear wife and children, and
the heart Of the republic ached in sympathy
with them. Business suspended, churches
opened to the worshipiul, and, in the self
same honr and with one tome the bella of