The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-06

will be much in excess OF what we now
imagine to be possible"
"A damaging haiI-storm passed over
St. Louis yesterday afternoon between -four
and five o'clock. People here were some
what alarmed because they expected it tc
also include Cairo in its route, The heavy
clouds and lightning gave some ground foT
this expectation, but beyond a strong wind
| and some rain about ten o'clock at night nc
aerial commotion occurred,
Since Wednesday the authorities have
again thrown open the city hospital for the
reception of smallpox and varioloid pail
ents, of whom there were six undertreatment
there Yesterday, all negroes. To avoid be
ing imposed upon by persons who purposely
took refuge in houses where the disease
existed, and Others who pretended to be
afflicted with the disease after they had
been pronounced cured, in order TO obtain
ratlons from the city, the authorities have
ceased issuing rations to any of the vic
tins outside of the city hospital.
"A team of horses attached to heavy
wagon became frightened at something on
Commercial avenue below 4th st. yesterday
and ran up the avenue to Sixth, up sixth
to Washington and up Washington to the
pump in front of Messrs. Smiths Bros.
store where they ran against wogon and
nearly turned it over, In turning the cor
ner of Sixth street and Washington avenue
the wagon came 10 contact with sign and
tore ii away. The wagon was lost, badly
damaged, and the horses continued on
their way alone until stopped as stated.
MIR. Charles Newland's new sprinkler
is beauty, 1t is being finished by Mr..
Frazier. 1t has capacity of five hundred
gallons, the tank being about twelve feet
long and lying horizontally on stout run
ning-gier One either side it bears in at
tractive letters, 81. Bernath, 9th street Jew
eler." Its sprinkllng apparatus is of novel
construction, being g triangular instead OF
round tube; the outer side, which is the
broadcast, is perforated with six rows OF
holes, and it is connected with The water
tank by three supply pipes. The Chief
object in new seems to have been to CON
struct machine which would throw enough
water and scatter it over enough space to
wet any street down thoroughly by passing
over il once on either side. The object
seems to have been attained
Speaking of the congressional appor,
tionment bill recently passed by the Hi
nois assembly the Chester Tribune says
1.-THE bill which has just been passed is
perhaps as fair as any which could have
been made, and the hypocritical pretense
of the democratic members that they de-
sired only justice and fairness was too
transparent to deceive even themselves. ~
The bill gives the republicans, who cast
fifty two per cent. of the vote OF tie state
at the last election EIGHTY percent. of the
representation, and it gives the democrats,
who cast forty-eight per cent. of the vote,
only twenty per cent. of the represen'
tation. And this is what
the Tribunes prononnces "as
fair bill as any which could have been
passed" Whet mockery.
Some people are in the habit Of depos
iting the rubbish gathered from their prem
ises in the middle of the street, for the
city scavenger to take away They seem
to be determined that the scavenger shall
not fail to see the rubbish, which he
might do if itwero modestly thrown in a
heap near the side walk The work of
cleaning up is so general and the heaps OF
TuDUlbll hIc sO uuluCIUuS anu sCtltclcIi tiAl
tho scsvengey can not keep up with them,
and in some parts of the city they dia-
figure tho middle Of the street for days be-
fore they are removed. People should
make it rule to deposit the rubbish in bar
rels, boxes or heaps near the outer edge Of
the sidewalk in front Of their premises, and
not in the middle of the street where il IS
more unsightly and an obstruction 10
travel.
The following resolution was offered
in the federal house recently by represen
tative Townshend: "Resolved, That the
postmaster general be, and he is hereby re-
quested to inform this house of the total
weight and cost Of carrying and the postage
collected ON second class matter during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1881, together
with his opinion of the proptiety of abol
ishing postage on such mail matter" The
resolution was agreed to. Mr., Townshend |
then moved to reconsider the vote by which
the resolution was adopted; and also NOV.