The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-21


strewn with tiny bright-colorcd, but
withcred blossoms. As yet there have been
mo- complaints in this part Of the state be,
cause of the killing of fruit, although q
frost of some severely passed over us q
short time ago. Ifthc fruit did escape un
injured, II was only because of the dry con.
dtion of the buds, for the freeze was GER
tainly severe enough to have done great
damage to peaches, cherries, pears and
spricots, had the buds been wet.
Under direction Of the county CON.
msioners upon their orders, Const able Guy
Morse issued rations to a number of people
at the business place of Chief Myers, on
Tenth street, yesterday. About
two thousand rations were issued
Tho officers sought out the few families
most needy and brought them good share
There is comparatively little actual want in
the city, but the rations went rapidly and
the crowd was great and eager while they
lasted. The officers of the city kept look
out for any cases of real suffering and will
report them to County Commissioners 7.
W.Halliday and Peter Saup, or to DIR. VIM.
Wood, who will furnish relief.
Charleston Courier: sour friend M.
V. Rodney was in town on Saturday and
gave us the following facts about the high
water: The river has fallen #. 2 in. in
GLIDING ia inches during the previous "a
hours Mr. Rodney came out TO mile post
No. o, on the Cairo branch of the I. NJ.
road and reports the iron broken in three
places. Between mile posts Z and 0, nine
hundred yards of track are washed away.
Capt. Kenney, the indefatigable, and Tobin,
the wild, embarked in Rodney's d'Igout
"Argosia" and capszed about 800 yards
east of mile post No. 0. East of Hutfs
station the water has played the very mis-
chief. 1t was #. 0 in. in Rodneys yard,
washed away over $4,000 rails and drowned
all his hogs. The water was lG inches
deep in Mr.. Rodney's house"
County Judge R. g. Yocum convened
court yesterday morning for the pupose of
hearing complaints of citizens against the
sidewalk assessments recently made in
accordance with an order from the
city council, and for which judgement had
been rendered in favor of the city. The
number of complaints was very great, and
it all complaints are sustained by the
court, it is certain that the amount
to be obtained from sidewalk assessments
will be much less than is now expected by
the city authorities. But IS upon former
occasion, the complaints we're not heard.
The court found upon inves-
iigation that public ne,ice of
judgment had not been given in time by
the city and therefore continued the hear
ing of objections until the lst Of April
next.
AT one o'clock yesterday afternoon the
Ohio river stood st foriy-fve feet eleven
inches on the government gauge at this
point. having fallen seven inches during
the previous twenty-four hours. AT SIX
O'clock last evening i. stood at just forty
five feet seven and half tenths. During
the period Of time above mentioned the
rivers fell as follows at points above Cairo:
one foot three snches; Nash.
Vile, two inches; Louisville, one inch. AT
Cincinnati it was on a stand, and at st.
Louis a rise Of three inches took place. At
Paducah steady fall of one foot Der
twenty-four hours was reported yesterday.
The sudden check in the rate of decline
was of course due to the rains which pre-.
vailed in the valley within the last few
days.
Yesterdays weather bulletin gave cv.
dencc of great change in the atmosphere
of the northwest. While at some points
heavy fall, characterized the thermome-
ter, at others there were strong
rises. The most notable changes, and
which are likely to affect Cairo some, were
a fall of twelve degrees at Bismarck, where
the thermometer stood at six above zero,
and fall of forty-two degrees at North
Platte, leaving it at eleven above zero. At
Yankton it stood at twcnty.three degrees
above zero. Light snow was reported from
Bismarck, Yankton, st. Louis, Pittsburgh,
and heavy snow from Dubuque. Heavy
rain was reported from Cincinnati and
Keokuk, and light rain from Davenport,
Dubuque, Omaha, Pttsburg, st. Louis,
Yankton and Bismarck.
For reasons satisfactory to himself, Mr..
Julius Serbian, who had charge of the
work on the Mississippi levee, resigned the
DOsition last SATURDAY. nipht. The chief