The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-07

therefore, they should be willing to pay
well for it, Every owner Of window or
an old fence or s!ab.sided shanty should,
whenever it becomes known that q theatre
troupe is to be advertised, place a guard
over such window or old fence or slab
sided shanty, carefully count his family,
rush around among his ne!ghbors and
relatives aud count their families, and then
fix the value Of the privilege Of hanging
fancy bills on his window or old fence or
slab sided shanty at as many tickets as
there ore members in his own family, in his
neighbors' families and in his relatives
families. THE BULLETIN gives this hint
contidentially and hopes that it will be
needed, because if it is needed by all
owners of show windows and old fences
and slab sided shanties in the city, the
opera house will always be well patronzed
by'paying auidenccs-no dead heads; the
opera house management will feel greatly
encouraged and will use every endeavor to
bring good troupes to the city, which Will
draw immense crowds from all the cities
around us, and the troupes themselves
will feel that Cairo is one of the best and
most profitable theatre towns on the route.
From the documents placed on record
in the circuit clerks Office of this county,
giving the terms of transfer OF the mar
row guage railroad to its present owners, 1t
appears that the railroad and all its append
ages were sold under decree of the
United States supreme court for the south
ern district Of Illinois. 1t was sold 10
satisfy the first mortgage bonds and twenty
per cent interest thereon; it was bought
in On by Mcssrs. Josiah A. HOrsey and
CharlesJ. Canda for the sum OF four mil
lion dollars; the Improvements made upon
the road by Mr. Smithers as receiver were
also included in the sale O. Mcs'ri.
IIorsey and Canda then sold o. the whole
concernd to the present owners, the Ans
terdam gentlemen, for the sum of $500
600; and these gentlemen mortgaged it
back to Messrs w. II. Smithers and Josiah
A. Horsey for the sum Of S2,60O,000. This
documents on record; it is the transaction
as seen by an uniformed public at ais.
lance; it is the transaction as turned out
Of the legal tinker.shop with its naked
ugliness hidden, its rough points smouthcd
over; it is the hull OF the
egg upon which brood OF
INSCRIPTIONS railroad sharks sat until It's
internal rottcnness smcllcd to the skies
but with its shell polished and its odor
neutralized. The four million dollars
for which the road was sold O. were never
paid over; the twenty per cent inter
est on the first mortgage bonds,
to pay which the road WAS
expressly sold under decree Of the court
has never been paid; the six million five
hundred thousand dollars for which the
road was sold by Messrs, Horsey aud
Canda was never paid over; but the Amster-
dam sharks, together with Messrs. Horsey
and Canda, took possession of the road and
al its belongings byan UNANIMOUSLY ingen
ious scheme swindled the small stock holders
TOT which Cairo and Alexander county were
two) out of their share, and formed the pres
ent poor but honest concern, which, accord
ing to Col, Hamilton's admission, has made
over half million dollars out of the ere,
organization" Perhaps the only undis-
gused truth that these recorded documents
convey is first, that the road increased in val.
ue, under Mr. W. II. Smither's recevership
about two million six hundred thousand
dollars, which enabled Messrs. lIorsey and
Canda, after having bought CIT under
decree of court for four million dollars, tc
sell (O tito the present Amsterdam com
pany, together with "the property ETC., &C
CURED by Mr.. Smithers as receiver" TO-
six million five hundred thousand dollars
G The second undisguised truth is, that tn
5 road has been mortgaged for TWO million
five hundred thousand dollars to Messrs
& w. II. Smithers and JOSIAH A. Horsey
/, This two million five hun 1red thouSanC
= dollars is to be used in extending the roac
from Columbia, Monroe county, little vii
. lage eighteen miles this side of East st
5 Louis 60 reach which from MuTphysborc
4 il costs ten cents more than it does to &c
G through to East st. Louis to Georgetown
/. in St. Clair county. At least this is under
n stood to be the purpose of the present man
}. agement and it is probably correctly un
4: dcrstood
PERSONALS.