The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-23

THE BULLETIN was not aware that Tue
Amsterdam gentlemen who "re'organized
the city out Of, and themselves into, little
hundred and twenty thousand dollars, were
at any time citizens Of Cairo.
"A dog belonging to Mr.. L. B. Church
on Tenth street, showed signs of madness
yesterday. He foamed at the mouth and
snapped blindly at chairs and other things
about the house. Mr.. Churcl had the ami
NAL killed.
The Cairo Box and Basket factory ran
all last night, saving out stakes and boards
for use in bulkheading Ohio levee. The
work was prosecuted at various points
on the levee, where it seems
most necessary, nearly all night.
The injuries recently received by SEN
ator Lamar are so serious that he has gone
to Mississippi to recuperate. 1t is reported
that Hon. Thomas Allen, Of st. Louis, has
resigned his seat in the house, through i'll
health.
--"The individual who presides over the
editorial department Of The BULLETIN" is
"hunting" after no people; he is merely
justifying the actions of the joint committee
from the stand points of right and of pub
lie interest
-.The"storm center" which has been dal-
lying around to some purpose for day or
two, has hurried away on important bust
ness to the northeast, and the cold wave
taking its place has made the streets tenn
porarily passable again
Senator Malone still has friends. A
resolution offered in the Virginia senate re-
buking Malone for his continued absence
from sessions of the United States senate,
and requesting him to return to his post of
duty, was indefinitely postponed by vote
of 20 to IA.
Sim Graves has 1000 acre farm just
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west of Waxahatchie, central Texas. Ten
years ago he planted 16 acre lot with
black walnut trees--2,000 in all. They
grow an inch each year, and he figures that
in 10 years more time they will be worth
$4,000.
Sergeant W. H. Ray, having made a
careful study of the matter, taking into
consideration the total rise at Cincinnati
and the country over which it would spread,
expressed the opinion last night that rise
of twelve or fifteen inches could be ex-
pec5ed at this point from the time at which
| he poke.
- ASntleman who came up from Mem
p.,is yesterday reports that the Mississippi
riveris about thirty miles wide at that
J place, having overfowed many rich farms
and homesteads. The citizens of Memphis
claim to have about forty thousand strang-
ers in the city, who have been driven to
seek safety there from high water.
According to Sergeant Rays report
the rivers fell, during the twenty-four hours
ending at Ill yesterday afternoon, one
foot two inches at Chattanooga; one foot
three inches at Cincinnati; rose one foot
two inches at Louisville; fell seven inches
at Nashville and one foot three inches at
St. Louis.
Since yesterday passengers on the
Wabash road are being taken to Mound
City from here by the ferry boat Three
States and are sent on from there to their
destinations. High water between Cairo
and Mound City has made travel on this
portion Of the road dangerous. A wash
out not far from Mound City is the princi-
pal cause of the interruption.
The rainfall at st. Louis in thirty-six
hours was over six inches. There were ten
landslides on the Missouri Pacific road, and
| an iron hlDuHlulD lIClSut tuih was N"ut1 NV "e
Cliff cave. Alton, indianapolis, and Bur
lington tracks are submerged near Mitchell.
The ferry docks at st. Charles were swept
away, as also the temporary trusses OF the
bridge. The whole country about Alton is
flooded, cutting off railway communications
News received here by Captain John
Hodges yesterday stated that at Beech
Ridge about forty miles above here, the
Mississippi rose three feet during the pre-
vious twenty-tour hours. This will not
make over six inches here and our levee in
calm weather, such as we had last night
and as we are likely to have for several
days to come, could have stood nearly three
feet
The price Of laborers on the levee was
Yesterday raised to two dollars per day
| from one and half dollars paid the day
before. Col. Taylor and Mayor Thistle
wood got all the men they needed, although