The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-07

oeueVleVe WAS on ner way here and II was
believed that the negro was on her. She
arrived about II o'clock, and several of
the officers were at the wharf, but failed
to find him. A few minutes later the City
OF Alton prepared to back out on her down
trip, and supposing that their man would
leave on her if he came down on the Ste.
Genevieye, they watched for him
and the officers suppositon
proved correct. They had hardly,
stationed themselves in convenient places
when the negro answering the description
gigen in the dispatch came hurrying down
the levee. He was captured and taken to
headquarters where he admitted his guilt
and was then taken to Jail where he still is
awaiting the arrival of st. Louis officer.
Morris killed his man with stone, he
says, last Saturday, and did it 'just to get
even with him" He is yellow negro
about six feet three inches tall, and well
built.
The ST. Louis Railroad Register has
suddenly awakened to the fact that there
is in this country corporation known as
the city OF Cairo, and another corporation
known now as the st. Louis and Cairo
railroad company, and that between these
two corporations there is an issue.
But that this issue involves the right,
in equity and in law, of the said railroad
company after having wifully violated
important obligations under which it was
permitted to enter the city aforesaid, to
take possession, without question and
without price, Of new right of way, to
reach which it must cross the city's new
levee and a public thoroughfare, and the
result of which would be that the said rail-
road company would be perpetually pro-
tected from the Mississippi river at the
city's expense-this important fact the Il
r. K. has, accidentally or purposely, failed
to discover. That the h. r. r. dosent
know quite as much of this matter as it
should know before criticising, and at
tempting to instrcut, the people of Cairo,
is evident from its ntimation that the rail.
road company is opposed in this matter
only by The BULLETIN and a few prom
inent individuals. Before making any
more "breaks" OF this kind it should
obtain the returns of the late city
election in which this very important
matter was made direct issue,
and in which every one of the old council.
men who had energetically opposed the
said railroad corporation was reelected by
overwhelming majorities over his railroad.
sympathizing opponent. Probably the
people of Caro- are better acquainted with
all the facts and are better judges of what
is to their greatest interest than is the Il.
r. rand the best thing that journal can
do is to keep lis St, Louis finger out
Cairo's pie.
In an interview at st. Louis Col Para
more said this about the Cairo & Texas
railroad: The Texas & St Louis railway
company are receiving ten car loads Of
street rails per day at Cairo from the
Cleveland rolling mills This amounts to
nearly two miles of steel rails received q
day. They are accumulating engines and
freight cars at Birds Point, preparatory to
operating the road The Pullman car
company are building six seepers and
thirtytwo passengers, mail and express
cars for the equipment Of eight full trains.
This is all new equipment and in addition
to the equipment heretofore purchased and
now at use on the road, Maj. Stephens
engineer on the southern division, with
headquarters at Pine Bluff, Ark, reports
that his track is now finished from Pine
Bluff to Camden, and the grading is com.
plete to about thirty miles beyond Cam
den. The grading will all be finished
through to Texarkana during this month,
and he thinks he will have trains
running through from Texas to Pine Bluff
by the middle Of October Work north of
Pine Bluff is also rapidly progressing, and
will not be far behind the southern diyi
sion. The work on the large iron bridges
across White river and Arkansas and Red
river is progressing very favorably, but they
have been delayed some by sickness among
the men ;however, the contractor confident
ly hopes to have them all completed by No
vember first. The road goes through a
fine productive country and is well tim
bered with hard wood timber, which is now
very valuable, owing to the scarcity in the
country. 1t passes through the very best
cotton belt OF Arkansas and will furnish a
large amount Of shipping to st. Louis.
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A Vocal Gem.