The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-27

maICn otn, u copy vi WhiCh 10 UcIOro We,
is an able effort and exposes the many de
fects of the bill tersely yet fully Those
who heard Mr., Springers speech at the
Opera House during the late campaign will
not be inclined to doubt Mr.. Springers
ability to handle tho tariff question intelli-
gently.
Work on the Ohio levee stone wall
was resumed yesterday and is now being
pushed in accordance with directions given
by the council special committee which has
the matter 10 hand. Its foundation is being
laid low enough to render it reasonably
secure against the action OF the water. Il
will be four feet wide at the bottom and
about eighteen inches wide on top.
In this issue Mr.. Fred. Whitcamp an
nounces himself as candidate for city
clerk. The announcement is worthy Of the
favorable consideration of voters. Mr.,
Whitcamp is born Cairote if we mistake
not and has for years been before the pub.
lie as an active, honorable, young business
man. Ifelectcd to the Office he seeks, he
would doubtless acqmt himself creditably
and come fully up the expectations OF the
public, and to the requirements of the i'm
portsnt position,
According to the report of County
Clerk Humm, sent to secretary of the Sen
ate Watson, Alexander county expended
$27,652,99 for roads and bridges during
the year 1882. OF the one hundred and
two counties in the state only sixteen ex-
pended as much or more. Pulaski county
spent $3,53429 Williamson, $2,S42.39
johnson, $2,0S907; Massac, sl,45S.73;
Union, Sl,S0000 Randolph, $6,O5O51;
Pope, s2,557.54; Perry, $4,000 %; Jackson,
s1l,425.sO.
Last week Mr.. Jno. A. Miller, the
Commercial avenue jeweler, was in Padu-
cab and while there gave the News of that
| city some interesting facts about new 10
| vention upon whichs he has but recently
received patent. The invention consists
of a revolving lantern, which can be attach
ed to tie rear end Of train of cars. If the
train is moving forward certain colored
I,.,bt Il, ,f a. ct;ll IN tha
track, it exhibits light of another color;
if moving backwards, it displays light Of
a color different from either of the others
The advantage of such light to railroad
men is obvious
The steamer Ohio had some trouble to
make a landing at the Illinois Central
wharf Sunday night. Her guards caught
under the whsfboat's guards and stuck
there in spite of some strong efforts to re-
lease them. While attempting to release
herself, piece of timber on her side broke
and one end Of it struck acolored cabin
boy in the face with terrific force, knocking
his teeth out and otherwise badly mutillat
ing his mouth and nose aud chin. Abou
the same time one Of the ropes by which
the boat was tied took spring, knocked
| basket of coal.ire into the air, and the fire
rained down in thick shower on the frs
clerk, who was standing on deck where h,
had no business, and received several Sigh
burns.
The colored driver of one of Halliday
Bros. teams came near being yaaked into
kingdom-come yesterday forenoon. Ht
was sitting on top of a load of hay in bales,
which he was about to haul into the ware
house down town; he stopped aud mentally
measured the height Of the door to see i
he could keep his seat and drive In withou
being decaptated, and while thus engaged
the muleS-of course they were mules-g,v,
a sudden start and through the door theI
went, while the top beam caught the driv
er in stomach, laid him out flat and rolled
him over several times, When the beast
were stopped the poor fellow was picked "
by the men who had come to the rescue il
response to ms cries, and was given som,
necessary attention which brought him to
after little while, and at last accounts HI
was nearly all right again.
The two men named Kilgore, who wer,
put under arrest some time ago for placing
distractions on the track Of the Wabasf
road near Harrisburg, were tried last weel
and were acquitted, Constable Sheehar
was the officer in the case and felt sur,
that the evidence would be strong enough
to convict, AS one of the men was nearly
caught in the very act Of laying a log OF
the track Mr.. s. p Wheeler the attorney
for the road, was there to prosecute tn,
men. But the jury found as stated, ant
then the grand jury took the matter il
hand and would have found Indictment
sgainst Mr.. Wheeler aud Constable Shee
han, for maliciousy prosecuting inotfeusiv,