The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-11-28

felt but what majority report will bt
made favoring the levee system, The com
mittee at dinner said they were pledged tc
no theory; they wanted only facts. Sound
ings at the outer edge of the jettes
showed at the least depth twenty eight
feet; greatest depth, sixty-four feet five
inches. Cross.section sounding at the outer
end of the jetties showed at the greatest
depth thirty.fect five inches; opposite red
light, greatest depth thirty'seven feet.
A special census bulletin just issued
shows that in the UHited States there are
4,923, 45l persons Of ten years upward who
are unable to read, and 6,239,05S who are
unable to write. Of the number of persons
returned as unable to write, 3,010,0s are
white; native whites unable to write,
2,225 ,4eO; colored persons 10 years of age
and upward unable to write, 3,22O,s7s or
70 per cent of the population. llliteracy is
confined principally to the southern states.
The street railway company is having
neat little pamphlet printed, containing
time table which is hereafter to govern the
running of the cars On the street railway
These tables are handy to carry in the
pocket and will be distributed among the
people. When these tables go into effect, a
car will pass any given point on the line,
going either up or down, every ten min
utes, and only twenty minutes will elapSe
between the arrival and departure of
two cars going the same way The
pamphlets will be ready for circulation in
about week.
About half-past five o'clock yesterday
evening lamp suspended in the hall Of
the boarding house of Mrs. Sites, on Sew
enth street, became disordered; the flame
reached the oil in some way and there was
imminent danger Of On explosion. Mrs.
Sites discovered the disc rider before this
occurred, however and attempted
to quench the fire by throwing a cloth over
it, but did not succeed. Attempts to re-
move it eau ed the lamp to fall to the floor
and burst, the burning oil spreading over
the floor of the hall Mr.. Flowers who
happened came in about this time qnlckly
got some blankets and succeeded in
smothering the flames. The heroic be-
havior of the ladies of the house, in that
they proceeded with much delberation to
assist in putting out the flames instead of
throwing open the doors and windows and
yelling everything but fire deserves men
ton,
AT a meeting Of the school board of
tins city several days ago, it was decided
to ease the great pressure for room which
has existed for some time in some of the
~o"",e &c tho public schools of the city by
engaging an additional room somewhere
near the public schools, IN which to place
some of the smaller children of the over
crowded rooms. The additional room has
~" onagedina building opposite the high
To" ,". Jo''N'ck Of St. Josephs church.
I. - '1 ~ 'h in convenient, well
lighted and VEN. tod ann,o 80
the little scholars 'cn' ~
rooms of Misses Sheppard and Men, we
be placed in charge Of anew teacher, aud
thus the scholars in charge of these
ladies will he reduced to number that
can be more easily handled by them,
Three new teachers are to be engaged
one for this new room, one to take the
place of Miss Mary McEwens successor
who came to stay only temporarily, aad
one assistant in another room.
About thirty of our popular young peo.
met at the office of Dr. w. G. Jocelyn, on
Eighth street, last night, for the purpose of
organizing singing club. An interesting
discussion of subjects connected with the or
ganization was participated in by many
present. and among the first things done
was the adoption Of name. Several were
suggested aS appropriate and 1.-THE Bells of
Carnival" was finally adopted as the favor
lite and most appropriate one An execu
tive, or general utility committee, it may
be called, was appointed, consisting Of
Misses Emma James, Mollie Rlly and Mol
lie Webb, whose duties will be
TO assume control Of all
matters pertaining to the present aud FL.
ture of the organization. Among the i'm.
portant resolutions adopted was one to send
to st. Louis for books to be used by the
club. The aim is improvement in vocal
and Instrumental music, but it is likely that
at some time not in the far distant future
the public will be treated to some splendid
entertainment. Those composing the club