The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-19

gressional declaration that small pox is a
petty local disease with which the federal
government is not called on to deal, but
one of those domestic institutions with
which each state must deal as it pleases.
The members of congress from the south
west who voted against the appropriation
for the National Board of Health should
reflect on the dangers to which their acton
would have exposed their constituents but
for the praiseworthy course of the Illinois
authorities, and be little less rigid in their
Interpretation of the constitution"
Since the destruction of the convent
three years ago, by fire, the result of a
lightning bolt, the Sisters of Loretta have
been laboring under the most disheartenipg
disadvantages in the prosecution of their
vocation as Christian instructors. Lacking
a suiciency of funds to complete, entirely,
their new building, their accommodations
for boarding students from the contiguous
states have not been such as to justify them
in soliciting that patronage which was their
principal revenue in years past. Their high
efficiency as instructors is practically at
tested in the many cultured young ladies
who have been graduated from their insti,
tuition, and who now must deplore the retro
grade career of their Alma Mater, brought
on by severe adverse circumstances. The
overflow, epidemic, and threatened cpl
denies, together with that fell Lightning
stroke that destroyed their building during
that memorable June night, have worked
untold injury TO their interests. Again
placed upon solid footing they can regain
| the prestige lost, 1t therefore behooyes
their friends in Cairo, and all others who
| desire that Cairo should not lose one jot of
her educational reputation, to exert them
| selves in these ladies' behalf. They are
really in distressed circumstances. The
wolf is not at the door, but bis howlings
can be heard in the distance. Assistance
rendered now will enable them 20 obtain
facilities to support themselves by legiti-
mate patronage.
Yesterday morning the case of Sol.
Farnbaker who was arrested on charge of
knowingly receiving stolen goods and
larceny came up before Justice J. H. Rob
inson. Defendant took change of venue to
the court of Magistrate Comngs, who after
an examination of four or five witnesses on
both sides, acquitted the defendant. 1t
was brought out in the evidence that the
chain was sold to Farnbaker by George
Robinson, negro, who keeps restaurant
down town, for eight and halt dollars,
and that Robinson got 1t from the thief di-
rect and sold it for the thief at the thief's
request; but whether or not Robinson did
so with full knowledge of how the chain
| had been obtained was not brought out.
Robinson denied in his testimony that he
told Farnbaker that the chain was
crooked, and the testimony of the Off
GERS on this point was not positive.
Farnbaker had only intimated to the Off
GERS that he knew of gold chain and
pistol which were crooked" and asked of
the officers if they knew Of any one who
had lost such articles. Farnbaker himself
swore that he did not know when he bought
the chain that it was stolen property, but
learned of it afterwards and then
told the officers OF it. SO far
everything seems satisfactory enough, but
there is one point upon which some infor-
nation is still wanting, and that is the
whereabouts of the thief 1t seems that
the officers went boldly to work to discover
the thief, regardless Of whom it might i'm
picate, and they succeeded in discovering,
not him, but only who he was. But they
learned also at the same time that the thief
had in some way been warned and nude
his escape carly yesterday morning.
The reason why Stratton was nomi-
mated by the Republican state convention, in
preference to the half dozen better men
who offered themselves for that position, is
briefly stated in the following words of
Long Jones, chairman Of the Republican
state central committee, in conversation
with the representative Of an Independent
paper of northern Illinois, on the day of the
convention: 81 met Long Jones at Spring
field the other day and heard him expound
| some of his peculiar creed notions regard
ing politics and education, especially in
connection with the state superintendency.
Personally he said he should sustain Mr..
Sladc, but, he went on to say the fact is,
Slade isn't enough of politician for the
place. We want politician in that office.
| The schools IN Illinois owe all they IRE to