The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-06

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in the Springfield press.
From Sergeant w. H. Rays report for
the month of August, it appears that the
rainfall during the month was three and
forty six one .hundrethr inches, and that,
excepting 1879 and 1876 this was the
heaviest rainfall during this month for
twelve cars back Rain fell on fourteen
DAYS in the month. The highest temper.
AZURE was SO degrees, on the 14th, and the
lowest CT, on the 10th. The prevailing d.
rection of the wind was northwest and its
greatest velocity was thirty-two miles per
hour
The Carthage, QIls,) Repu blican, a
Democratic paper, urges the nomination by
the State Democratic convention which
meets at Springfield tomorrow Of Prot l.,
f. NJ. yesterday, brother of Mr.. NJ, Easter
day, of this city, for the officelof State Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction. Prof
yesterday is connected with Carthage col
lege, in the capacity ofprofessor of mathe-
mates and astronomy; he is good Demo
crat and highly respected by all who know
bin. The Republican, we fear, was too
late in making its preference known, to in
sure Mr.. yesterday proper recognition be
fore the convention.
Five coaches, filled with friends of the
late Mrs s. S. Taylor, left the Illinois Cen
trail passenger depot yesterday morning at
| 10 80 o'clock for Beech Grove to attend
the last rites over that ladys remains, The
ceremony conducted over the grave was very
beautiful and very impressive Rector Dav-
export delivered an address which brought
tears to the eyes of many in the great throug
around him. The ceremony was opened
with the hymn NEARER my God to Thee
sung by the choral society and the cboirs of
the several churches, conducted by Mrs. j..
NJ Lansden. Altogether it was the most
imposing funeral Cairo has had for many
years, which proved the general deep regard
in which deceased was held by the people
of Cairo.
Canon Wilberforce has begun cru
SADIE against the rental of church property
in England for beer saloons, "gin places,
and public houses in general, He says
that the Arch bishops aud Bishops in their
cooperative capacity are perhaps the largest
owners Of public house property in the
country; that "the Bishop of London,
when he leaves his house in St. James
square and rides to his house at Fulham
passes over 100 public houses built on land
belonging to the church !" aud that in one
part of the city people are in the habit of
pointing out, as typical of the establish
ment, church having gin-shop on each
side Of it, built up side by side in row,
the place of worship and the gin.shops be-
ing all church property The Canon in
oures how the church can consistently
make it practice to draw revenue from
kind of wo.lly possessions"
The city council held a bob.tail
meeting last night, barely quorum being
present.. In the absence Of Mayor This,
tlewood Alderman Wood was called to the
chair. The only business of especial i'm
portance was the reception of the report of
the loint council aud citizens committee on
water works, which was to the effect that
the proposition of Mr.. Lockwood be not
accepted because works constructed
according to the specifications therein
offered would prove inadequate to the pur'
poses intended; and that the committee
was in communication with other per.
sons who desired to build water works for
Cairo, who might make more favorable
propositions. The committee was allowed
to stand aud pursue the subject intrusted tc
it further. The other business was all
routine.
Valley Clarion: "The Democrats down
Mt CarboLdae short time since induced II
colored Republican to take the track for
constable, merely to ascertain whether OF
not the Republicans would support him at
the polls. The object Of the race leaked
out, the stllwNrls rallied around the darkey
and he was elected There was one dar
key who thoroughly convinced that the
Republicans were doing everything in
their power to further the interests Of the
colored man and brother. With radien
countonanco he carried his official bono
around among them for signatures. There
was a banelul glow in his eyes rs no re-
turned from his quest with never a sigma.
ture attached to the document, Not to be
ioIled in their purpose of showing up the
indncerity of the Republicans toward the nc.
grocs the Democrats Of the city filed the
bond and the scales have fallen from one