The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-12

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will not abandon the work as long as there
is any hope of success.
Now that Iowa must close tho front
doors of her saloons, there will be great
boom in the drug business. Barrels of
medicine are already on their way thither
from the Bourbon wilds of old Kainuc k.
The people must have something to coun
teract the bite Of the snake, which is said
to be very prevalent in times when whisky
is foreign to the province, as well as when
it turks in the bay window of ones consti
tuition.
The sipe water committee met yestcr-
day for the purpose of linking some pre-
liminary steps toward investigating the &C.
cumuated water problem. 1t was decided
as first step to take an observation ofthe
water now in the low places of the city, TO
learn its extent and form. The committee
will visit the Mississippi levee this after
noon at A O'clock, from whence better than
from any other point in the city, can be
seen the several ponds and their pecu-
liarities.
-Tramps have manifested already some
of the summer bOldness which comes to
them when assembled in large numbers. A
gang of over a hundred captured freight
train near Monmouth, Ills, Saturday night
and endeavured to force the train men on
| board to run it to the Mississippi river.
Evidently some serious step must be taken
to suppress this growing class of ruilians.
The shotgun is crying need in the coun-
try.
| Now that there is some excitement
here over horse racing it will be of interest
to know that on the Sth instant, at Roches-
ter, New York, Miss Myrtle Peck, of Mich
igap, aged IA, rode on the Driving Park
twenty miles in forty three minutes twenty
four and halt seconds, beating the best
recorded time by two minutes. She rode
seven horses, none of them considered fast,
and two or three considered slow. The
time was taken 10y reliable parties.
On December 9th and 9th the great
play of "Esmeralda" will be presented by
the Madison Square Theatre company. This
play is now running in New York and has
reached its two hundred and fiftieth repre-
sentation at the Madison Square theatre,
and rivals in public interest the famous
"Hazel Kirke" from the same theatre. The
company to present "Esmeralda' has been
specially selected and is engaged during the
summer in rehearsng this successful drama.
Entirely new scenery for every act is being
made to be used in tho representation.
Although Chief Myers and Officers
Martin and Mahanny were busily engaged
all day in terrctting out the real person or
persons who stole the $3.50 from Mrs.
Card, they had, up to last evening, been
unable to learn more than was given to the
public in yesterdays BULLETIN. The negro
who is under arrest has admitted things
aud denied others until suspicion points
very strongly at him; but it seems that the
evidence is as yet too moagre to convict 1t
very likely only question Of little time
that the real thief will be captured and
punished.
Union county's Democratic mass con-
vention instructed its eleven delegates to
the Democratic senatorial convention, to be
held at Jonesjoro tomorrow, to vote for
Mr.. Sidney Greer, of Jouesboro, AZ member
of the lower house of the Illinois general
assembly. Mr.. Greer is a young man, u
lawyer, wide-awakc, sober, industrious
three qualifications of which some other
men who havo been likewise honored can
not boast. lie is also intelligent, and this
quality coupled with the Others named, will
render him an efficient worker in the lcgs-
lature and credit to himself and his CON
stituents.
The Ohio river fell five inches at this
point during the twenty-iour hours ending
at one o'clock yesterday afternoon From
points above reports were as follows:
Chattanooga, fall Of five inches; Cincinnati,
rise Of four inches; Louisville, fall of six
inches; Nashville, fall Of one foot one inch
; St. Louis, fall of one foot The barometer
stood between 30 rs at Dodge City; 3O.05
at Nashville. The thermometer between
60 at Omaha, and % at Shreveport. Rain
WAS reported from Memphis, Nashville,
Omaha, Shreveport and VIcksburg.
AS the day of the Republican con-
: glcssional convention approaches, the ex-
, element among the sports of the city, of
whom there are many, grows more intense
and betting becomes more lively. 1t is in
tended to day to get upa pool of eighty
} five or hundred dollars on Thomas, Young