The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-10

| h'uV'uipR ponus, WHICH may hoWp'ei, w
accomplished to-day.
| The finest stock Of liquors and cigars
in the city is at "The Opera Exchange" OF
Sixth street,
lswr-Perhaps the most important recon
mendation made by tho committee o.
twenty five" to the Taxpayers meeting mex
Mond,y night, is that embodied in u mo-
ton by Mr.. G. o, PAtier, that the levee'
around the city he raised and strengthened
toadegreea adequate to any testto which they
may De INFECTED, and it is probable that
this will be done, as resolution covering
the same ground, requiring the
street committee ITO proceed IS soon
MS possible to raise, widen aud strengthen
new levee," and to take steps 10 effect an
increased height and strength of the other
levees, was introduced in the city council
at its last meeting by Alderman I. w,
Halliday.
The great westerly wind Of yesterday
and the night before was thou Sht to have
been very injurious in its effects upon the
crys Mississippi lever, rs it huIled per
| feet avllan h, of water with great force
upon the levee almost continually, but
| examination proved such surnlises erroneous.
Mr.. VIM. MeHale and Chief l.. II. Myers
were among the first to visit the levre yes.
terday, and they examined il closely from
beginning to end, but found no abrAsons
anywhere caus d by The storm in question.
The evee is being still watched by num-
Der of men hired by the city, and by anoth-
err squad under pay of the Property com
pany. hence it is not likely that anything
serious will occur without exciting the city
I'd The company to tim y vigorous, action.
The communication Of Hon. j. NJ
Linsdrn, published elsewhere in this ssu
Of THE BULLETIN, is a concise statement
Of a nhmber of facts concerning the rela
tons existing between the people of Cairo
and the present Cara Trust Property Com
pany, which evcyIcitiz should know, and
we have no doubt tut that the article will
be peru4cd attentively by every reader of
T.Yp Dt,t, T ,,l II.
speaks With entire disregard OF everything
Du the interests of the people of the city |
in e, neral; he speaks also with precision
W til thorough knowledge of the fact, 4,
tanned 10y dlligent search through the court |
records of the county and state, aud his
utte:ances may he depended upon as being
in strict accoriance with the truth. He is
lead to enter titus deeply into presrnta
ton of the facts by desire to supply what
the people of the city most need ut the
present time, nime!y, knowledge of their
rights and obligations as against the Cairo
Property Company and the Illinois Cen.
trail railroad company, as those rights aud
obligations are defined and may be enforced
in law.
"A fall of two inches il recorded by the
report of yesterday for the river at this
point, during the twenty.four hours ending
At one O'Clock yesterday afternoon, ut which
hour it stood forty seven feet ten inches on
the guage. This fall took place during The
night of day before yesterday,
rs the river was on stand
all dry yesterday at the figures
named. Daring the time first mentioned
The rivers rose two feet five inches at CHIT
t,nocga, three feet five inches at Cincin
natl, one foot four inches at Louisville, SIX
feet fcur inches At Nashville, and four
inches at 81. Lonis. The weather in the
northwest was cloudy and threatening, TX
C pling nj aiew points, where heavy snow
fell. The temperature was low
at some points, high at 9th.
erS, rising at some points and
falling ut others, 1t does mt appear thar
the rain OF yesterday and the night before.
which amounted to an inch and three
quarters here, was very general at all and
it rs likely that, ms General Htz n said YES
t.rday, the liver will not rise at this, point,
GRANDMOTHER Argus of last evening, cop.
les The BULLETINS denial of her statemer,'.
that Hon j, NJ Lan,den minated th,t
the City of Cairo had not the right to con.
demn and purchase the lev,cs surround
ny the city, and, instead OF arknowledp.
ng her error and apologizng, the old lady
runs off in the following silly strain:-
"Whrn city corporations find it n.cessar,
o lay out anew street. they do not usually
p use to see whether there is money il the
treasury to pay for the ground to be con.
demned or not, but they 20 ahead with the