The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-14

resprect due from man to man. To this
day the councils last proposition has not
been formally replied to by those bombas-
tic coxcombs.
i AT the invitation of Captain W.P.
Halliday party of about sixty prominent
citizens took tripto the gap in the Mis-
sissippi levee on the steamer Three States
yesterday evening. The general purptse
of the party was to see the result OF re-
markable natural CONFUSION, or something
else, by which the law of gravilation was
ncutralized least so far as water is con-
cerned. Tho party arrived safely on the
spot about half past o'clock and all
went ashore to examine the
strange phenomenon more closely.
Upon their arrival at the gap the company
was startled 10 find with what terrific
force the water was rushing out of the low
place 10 the city, through the gap in the
Mississippi levee and up a steep incline to-
ward the river, into which it poured with
all the wild music of young cataract A
| number of men were still at work in the
gap, deepening it in order to allow the
more water to pass through it, and by
soundings made within view by Chief
Myers, it was shown that about five feet of
water could still be let out by deepening
the gap little more.
On Wednesday the fellow who drew
drafts on st. Louis for two and three dollars
respectively, in the Alexander county bank
some time ago and then attempted to draw
two and three hundred dollars onthem ut
a ST. Louis bank, was indicted
by grand jury at st. Louis.
Mr. Fl. Wells, of the Alexander county bank,
was present to identify the fellow who
proved to be the same who had drawn the
original drafts here. The prisoner was
held to bail in the sum of one thousand
dollars and in default thereof was sent to
Jail to await trial.
Old Granny Argus: ut will be ex-
ccedingly fortunate for the city if it Sc
cures a council that cannot be 'bamboozed
nor bulldozcd' by those interested in pre-
venting the st. Louis 6 Cairo railway from
entering town." So long as the city cour-
Gil is "bamboozled and bulldozed' into de-
ing what is for the city's greatest good, the
citizens have reason to congratulate them
selves; but no greater calamity could be-
fall them than to have council which
could be "bamboozlcd and bulldozed" into
sacrificing the citys interests to an unrea-
sonable, dictatorial, rapacious, uuscrupu-
lous, foreign railroad corporation.
"Wednesday night some person or per-
sons entered the sleeping apartments Of sew
eral of the employees of Mr.. VIM. Alba, and
stole therefrom all the clothing belonging
to the sleepers in the room. A number OF
coats, pants, vests, shirts, ETC., were taken
and also several pillow slips which were
probably used for bags in which to conceal
the clothing. The rooms are in the second
story Of the brick buildingi occupied by
Mr.. Sanders as grocery, and just b lck of
the law Office of Hon. j. NJ. Lansden. The
burglars first stole a step ladder from Mr..
A. HALEY, by means of which they climbed
over the transom into this law Office, and
from thence entered the sleeping rooms
through sliding window. No certain
clue To the thieves had been obtained yes
terday evening.
In the senate at Washington Wednes.
day the bill to allow Ute Indians agricul-
tural lands near the Utah reservation,
instead of those heretofore provided for
them on the LePata river. was passed. A
bill for the relief of George E. Payne, Of
Louisiana, was passed. In the house, the
proposition to permit states to tax legal
tender United States notes was reported
upon adversely. The committee on ap.
preparations was instructed to report that
further measures of relief should be ex-
tended to the sufferers by the Mississippi
floods. An important amendment to the
national banking law was, reported from
the committee on banking aud currency
Committee on commerce has agreed with
the committee on Mississippi river on an
appropriation Of S4,122000 for river i'm
provement. Committee agreed upon the
electoral count bill, and ordered it reported.
Yesterday was the first day of grand
opening given by Mrs. s. Williamson in
her elegant milinary establishment on
Seventh street, and it was grand mass
meeting of ladies of all ages, all bent upon
examining the many beautiful things al
ranged in gorgeous manner in all parts of
the spacious room. Many we're the excla.
nations of pleasant surprise at the hand
some articles ma thpy attracted Tho ovao nf