The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-18

| ana editorial rOoWS IL on hhilIOhu sHecp'
The front entrance to job office is closed
after seven p. m, Visitors will always find
the Railroad street entrance open. u
Step by step the newspapers are hay
ing their liberties taken from them. Here
toforo spring poetry could be used as news
paper wrappers, but now the department
charges letter postage on all papersenclosed
in wrappers upon which there is any writ
ing.
so far there are three Republican can
didates announced for the state Legislature
on the Republican ticket b L. Wiley W.
r. Woodward aud ] NJ. Scurlock They
are all subject to the decision of the Re
publican senatorial convention to be held
at Anna on the 18th OF August
- The Illinois Central railroad company
has begun to lay the third rail on its tracks
in this city, preparatory TO beginning The
transfer and change of the running gear of
cars on the Cairo & Texas narrow gauge
road, which will run into this city very
soon now
The Argus chucklcs over what it
seems to think is good point it has made
90 The BULLETIN, because we favored
the nominatshn of Congressman Thomas,
and now favor his defeat. 1t may be a
good point; but most persons will fail TO
see IT. And after all II is only point.
The business man, the mechanic, the
artizan, the professional man, and even the
newspaper fraternity, prosper in proportion
to the prosperity of the farmer; consequent
| ly, we should all rejoice this year over the
bountirul crops that are now being harvest
ed in oar part of the state.
The Cairo g. Texas railroad will run
trains to Birds Point next week The
tracks of the road were run to the Missis .
siop river bank Saturday. The presidents
Office will be in st. Louis, but the general
offices of the road, just as the general Of
fees of the Illinois Central company, will
be established in this city. All OF which
ia good news for Cairo.
In aiury trial before Judge j. j. Bird
on Friday, DR.. G. IL. Leach, accused under
the state law Of carrying concealed weapons,
was acquitted The reason Of the acQuittal
WAS that, the Dr. having been duly found
guilty of and fined for the same otfense
uader the city ordinances, the prosecution
| under the state law smacked very strongly
Of malice and of persecution. The DR.. was
very properly acquitted.
Lady customer -"What are the straw.
berries to-day}' Tradesmah, who thinks
he has a grand order-"Two shillingsa
basket, madam" Lady customer-"And
what are the bGans!' Tradosman Three
| and six the bundle, madam" Lady GUS
toner We'll, ahem like parsley when
it's fresh, SO you can send bit every day
and when it comes to a pennyworth Just
| put it down to me-" Tableau
The National Board Of Health has re
coiyed information that yellow fever is cpl
demic in Havana aud urges Southern ports
to be very rigid in their quarantine regula
tons Another severe case has appeared at
Pensacola Fla, Now would seem to be the
propert time to take all possible precautions
| to guard against the introduction Of the
disease. Memphis has already taken steps
in this direction The authorities Of other
cities liable toa visitation from the disease
should do likewise Immediately.
In referring, IN Sunday mornings issue,
to the announcement of Mr. Walter Wardcr
as candidate for county Judge a misstate-
ment was made which it is but proper to
| correct 1t was stated that Mr.. Warder had
been tor four years in active practice at the
bar 1t should have been eight years, he
having been admitted to the bar at Ottawa
| Illinois, at the September term 1874 OF the
| Supreme Court, after several years Of pre-
liminary study. Since his admission to the
bar he has been continuously and excu.
siycy engaged in the study and practice Of
| the law.
| An interesting game Of baseball was
| played IN this city last Sunday between a
| Paducah crack nine aud the "Comiques,'
Of Cairo, The former were all wel.buil
athletes, handsomoy-uniorme1, and haC
evidently been many weeks preparing
fora bout with the champions Of Southert
| Illinois The game was interesting through
out and was very close up to the sixth o
seventh inning, when tho Paducahani
! began to clay it onto tn
Cairo boys in merclless manner
The result Of the game wa
that the Cairo boys were beaten by twenty
seven tallies the scorce standing thirty-nin
I | for paducAh: twelve for Cairo