The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-27

against hot weather for the people ny
furnishing them with ice in large or small
quantities. HIS wagon will be in the field
tomorrow. Klee's ice box at his office is
fine thine-big as q room, cold as the
Arctic ocean and full of ice and temptingly
dressed fish
"A dispatch from Chester says "ltwas
Thought that the recent severe cold weather
had killed the fruit and seriously damaged
the wheat. A careful examination OF irult
buds shows that they are only slightly In
iured, and there is every reason to believe
that the crop will be good one Experts
say that the wheat was benefited; that 1t
was too far advanced for the season, and
that the check to its rapid growing will
tend to improve the crop. Other crops are
growing nicely
A circular has reached THE BuIL.E-
TIN Office, which throws light upon sub
iect which had been enveloped in an al
mostimpenetrable mist REORGANIZATION"
etc. 1t makes the following announce
ment over the signatures of W. f. White
head, president, and Charles Hamilton,
general superintendent: "Tbe st. Louis "
Cairo railroad company is now the owner OF
and operating the railroad heretofore
known as the Cairo & st. Louis railroad.
The name of this company will be used in
future. Agents and correspondents will
be governed accordingly"
In the federal house of representa-
tives Mr.. Ford Of Missouri, offered bill
on Monday for the improvement of the
Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers, and
their tributaries. Itauthorizes the appoint
ment of a Mississippi river commission"
to consist OF seven members, who shall de-
wise the means and manner of improve
ment, and directs the secretary Of the
treasury to issue $75,000,000 in treasury
notes, to be expended by the commission as
follows: $50000,000 for improvement Of
the Mississippi river between Cairo and
the mouth of the river, and $25,000,0O0
for the improvement Of the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers above Cairo and the
Ohio river between Cairo and Pittsburgh
"A special to the st. Paul (Mian) Pho
neer Press, from Eau Claire, gives the par
ticulars Of a terrible fire which destroyed
most Of the business part of the west side.
1t commenced Monday afternoon at three
o'clock in small barn in the rear Of
Minear's storein the Pioneer block. The
steamboat Minnie Hermann left few mo-
ments previous to the discovery Of the fire,
and it is supposed cinder from the
chimney caused the fire. which resulted in
the total destruction of no less than four
blocks, partly composing the business por-
ton of the west side of the river, being
located directly in the heart of the business
part Of the city. Excitement is so intense
that it is an impossbility to get at ac-
cunate estimates Of the losses, but it is safe
to say that the total loss will not be less
than $250,000 to $270,000.
Horace Greeley wasn't very cranky"
when he wrote "If you want 10 keep q
town from thriving, don't erect any more
dwellings than you can conveniently oc.
cupy yourself. Ii you should accidently
have al empty building, and any one
should want to rent it, ask three times the
value of it, Demand Shylock price for
every foot Of ground that God has given
you stewardship over. Turn cold shout
der to every mechanic and business man
who seeks to make q home with you
Look at every new conner with scowl
Run down the work Of new workmen. &c
abroad for wares rather than seek to dc
business in your midst. Fail to advertise
or in any way to support newspaper 81
that people abroad may not know whether
business is going on in your town or not
Wrap yourself within yourself with Goa
of impervious selfshness. There is NJ
more effcctual way to retard the growth O
a town than actions like those enumerated.
In accordance with decision arrived
at in conference held last Monday be
tween the street committee Of the city
council and Mr.. L. I. Jeflerys, general su
perintendent OF the Illinois Central rail
road, Surveyor Heley and Charlie
Thrupp, were yesterday employed in sur
veying the Ohio levee, with the view to as
certaining how much filling would be nee
essary to raise it to iifty-three feet as rec
commended by the Joint committees an,
the street committee at their meeting las
week. Mr. Heley acts for the railroad
company, and Mr.. Thrupp for the city. N,