The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-09

which he had so satisfactorily filed one
term. One hundred and forty-eight votes
were cast, all but one of which were cast
for Mr.. Barclay. The one was cast for Mr..
John Wood who was not candidate.
old Grandmother Argus seems to
think that because the Amsterdam railroad
company pays its taxes which are not near
in proportion to what the other railroads in
the city and county pay, therefore the city
council should grant that company an i'm.
portant franchise without any regard to the
interests of the city. The old lady seems
to be blissfuly Unconscious of the fact that
the people of Cairo also pay their taxes and
do not, like the company aforesaid, every
year evade large portion of them upon a
mere legal technicality. Does this fact en-
title the interests of the people of Cairo to
no consideration when matters of vital i'm.
portance to them are to be passed uponI
"A Cincinnati preserving company, no.
torious AS the manufacturers of ozone, hav-
ing tried to purchase the body of Guitesu
and failed, being too modest in their bid,
telegraphed Thursday night TO Mrs Sam.
uels, the mother of Jesse James, offering
her $4,000 for her sons body, together
with certain percentage of the receipts
which shall accrue to the company through
the possession of the corpse. The purpose,
of course, is to preserve the body in q box
and subecting it to the fumes Of burning
sulphur and ozone and then ex-
hibt it throughout the United States Mrs.
James has been told that 100000 could
be made in less that two years, and i. is
believed the fine offer will insure success.
The ozone preparation has been tried, and
is said to keep bodies wonderfully lite'ike.
The water has all left the tracks of the
narrow gauge railroad above the city and
few car loads of EARTH and day or two
of work by dozen men, would enable it
run into the city over its present location.
But it has purpose in not doing this. It
would have the people believe that the city
councils injunction is keeping it from run
ming into the city, and it would have them
believe this while casting their ballots at
the coming election, and it would have
them cast their ballots accordingly. 1t has
done every thing foul to influence public
opinion in this city, and few whom it has
been able to win over have helped it in var
ious ways to gain its points. These few
have attempted, in an underhanded way, to
bring out candidates for alderman at the
next election, who shall pledge themselves
to fill the broad gauge nav of the narrow
gauge glutton with all it may
demand, with total disregard
of the interests of the people and the city Of
Cairo. But, so far as now known, these
flew" have been defeated in their unholy
designs and will remain so.
A Cincinnatian who had insured his
life went in swimming last summer, was
taken with cramps and was drowned. The
insurance companies refused to pay, plead
ing that death was not caused by bodily
| intirmities or disease, but was the result Of
voluntary exposure to obvious and unneces
sary danger and that the nature and cause
of death was incapable of positive proof,
The Judge said that it could not have been
the intention of these companies, whose
principal offices were located on the sea-
board, to exclude its policy-holders from
enjoying swimming and bathing, and that
the evidence showed that death was oc
casioned by cramps Newark Daily Ad-
| vertser.
1t would be we'll for Cairo business men
who contemplate life Insurance to read the
application and policy before assuring in any
company and see if they are drawn in such
one.sided manner as to endanger their
legal rights. Find out Ii the company Is
in the habit of contesting its death claims.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of
the United States issues incontestable poll.
cies, and HAS NOT A SINGLE DEATH CLAIM
ON ITS BOOKS.
No idea can be gained Of rthc
amount and quality of the work
done within the last two weeks on
the new Mississippi levee without actual
sight. Any one who saw the levee i'm.
mediately before the late flood and sees it
now cannot fail to be sgreeably surprised
at the great improvement it has undergone.
The work done at the instance of the city
withinthe last two weeks has been all on tho
inner slope, and now that it is done gives
the levee a very formidable appearance.
The outer slope of the leyee is still as it
was left after the danger from the late
food had passed away, and now that the
water has gone down, the work done in
those few days Of threatened inundation is
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