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

know what is going on in the world. We
need not be surprised any day to learn that
company of terrible infants in some part
of the United States have re-enacted the
bombardment of Alexandria.
AT present there is no danger whatever
of the outbreak Of yellow fever even as far
up the river as Memphis. Although sew
eral cases have made their appearance in
Florida, and one or two in New Orleans,
no fear is entertained there that the disease
will break out in anything like an epidemic
form Every precaution has been taken by
local authorities to remove all conditions
that may prove favorable to the spread Of
any disease and New Orleans and Mem
phis cities which in former years suffered
most severely from epidemics and filth, are
two of the ceanest cities in the country.
In 1873, when the disease reached far up
the Ohio river, it broke out IN an epidemic
form at New Orleans as early as the month
of May. Now it is July, and there have
been but one or two cases in that city and
none above it in the valley of the great
rivers. 1t may be entirely safe to assume
that there will be no yellow fever epidemic
in this country this year
An extended survey of the corn out
look in Southern Illinois reveals the fact
that this portion Of the State has Jared
much better IN the matter of corn weather
than have the central and northern portions.
AS q rule the corn prospects in Southern
Illinois is very good, and all that is needed
is little rain between now and the middle
Of next month to insure an average yield.
In counties further north corn is rapidly
improving, and the situation is far from be-
ing as gloomy az it was two weeks ago. In
Southern Indiana corn is doing extremely
we'll and excepting on some bottom lands
where it was drowned out by floods, it
promises fine yield Both in Southern
Illinois and Southern Indiana the crop of
wheat and oats is turning out very large.
Throughout Minnesota the wheat prospects
remain very favorable, and have rather i'm.
proved than otherwise in the southern part
of the state. The cool weather, which has
benefited wheat by preventing rust and
keeping off the chinch bugs, has made corn
somewhat backward, but not 10 discour-
aging extent.
1t seems that TIE BULLETINS hopes
politically are for once shattered. 1t had
hoped that Col. Dowdal would consent to
becomes candidate for state treasurer of
Illinois on the Democratic ticket next
November, but this reply of the Peoria
Democrat, Col. Dowdall's paper, to an item
in the Springfield Register, in which the
last named piper expresses the opinion that
the Col. would not accept a nomination,
causes The BULLETIN to hang its head in
sorrow and weep tears Of bitter disappoint
ment. The Democrat says "The Regis
ter guesses Mr.. Dowdalls feelings exactly
on that subject; he is not an aspirant Tor
any office, has never been an aspirant for
any office, never came before the people
but once in his life for Office and was nom
mated at that time against his wishes; and
at the risk of being condsldered cheeky in
declining a thing before it is offered him,
will say he never expects to be candidate
for office. The Office he holds-the Ma
tional Democrat -keeps him busy, and if
he succeeds in making his paper what he
most desires, it sh 7uld be lever of strength
to help send the Democratic party to the
'front.' and fill all the Offices, both state and
national, with good Democrats. Then Mr..
Dowdall's ambition will be gratified"
"a special dispatch to the Argus" last
evening" OF which, strange to say, the
telegraph operators here know nothing
at all, announced that Sullivan had been
knocked down twenty-seven times by
Wilson in prize fight at New York on
the 18th. These Especial dispatches to
the Argus" have for some time past been
suspected to be frauds practiced upon in
nocent readers, but the old lady seemed to
enjoy the apparent success at petty decep'
ton so hugely that we thought it cruel to
disturb he But her supposed success made
her bold, and the fraudulent character of the
"dispatches" of yesterday evening was so
fragrant that it made her Che
laughing stock of all intel
hgent readers. The truth is that
the prize fghtdid not take place ycster-
day, and Sullivan was not whipped. Snl-
livan received only one blow in the face
and knocked Wilson down nine times in
the first round, eight times in the second
and five times each in the third and fourth.