The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-09
THE DAILY CAIRO BULLETIN: FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 1888

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now find it impossible to get supply of
good butter, would hail the event with
pleasure Cairo alone could use. more than
the creamery could turn out every day.
She now sends to Freeport and Chicago for
thousands upon thousands OF pounds week
ly, and pays as high as thirty-ive cents a
pound for it wholesale, and this besides
the large quantities of butter that we re-
ceive by or commission men. Good
creamery butter is often scarce here at fit y
cents per pound retail. A good creamery
in Southern Illinois is a necessity, and
would be bonanza for whomever would es.
tablish it.
"A New Orleans paper gives us some
facts about the great oveTllOws of the Miss
issippi river. SIN the early days of the
Mississippi Valley floods were almost an
nual, and large portion Of the country
was overlooked. The flood of IT'S was
particularly high and interfered greatly
with Bienvllles work of building New Or
leans. In 1885 New Orleans was again
overhowed and much damage done; and
again in 1885. Other damaging crevasses
occurred in 1888, 1896, 1862 1918, 1915,
1928, 1928, 1874, 1S49, when New Or
leans suffered severely from the Sauve Gre
vase; 1850, when Bonnet Care first broke
1868, when four great rises Occurred-in
December, March, April and June, 1862,
1867, 1864, when, in consequence of the
large amount of territory overlooked in
Louisiana, great restitution existed, and an
appeal had to be made to the charity OF
the world to lessen the suffering, and finally
the great food of 1882, which was far.
reaching, covering greater portion of the
delta, inficting more damage than any
previous food"
AT meeting of the board Of managers
OF the Widows and Orphans Mutual Aid
soc ETY., held at the office Of Secretary
Thomas Lewis Monday night, some impor
tant action was taken, which it will interest
the public to know. The most important
was upon proposition made by the secIe-
tary to reorganze the society uuder a new
name and upon plan materially different
| from that under which it has been working
until now There are now twelve classes in
the society neither of which is full. In case
of a death in any Of these classes only the
members OF that class are assessed, each his
share of the amount necessary to produce
| deceased's insurance IN case the class were
full. But none OF the classes are full ;
some of them have never been permitted to
| fill before new ones were started, and Others
have been thnned out by deaths and loss
of members in various ways; so that il has
now to pass that when member dies his
survivors do not receive the amount Of his
amount This state of affairs
| has become serious drcwback to the SO.
ciety, and to remedy this great evil and to
gain other important points, Mr.. Lewis pro-
poses the new plan. Under the new plan
the society is made only one large class,
Just as other mutual societies are, and every
member is liable to an assessment for every
death, the amount of each assessment be-
ing governed by the amount of insurance to
be raised and the number of mem bers in
good standing in the society. This will IL.
sure to the survivors of each member the
full amount of his insurance. Another I'M
portant and very attractive change in tb e
proposed new plan is, that if after three or
more years membership, any member be-
not support himself and family, and he re.
mains so for period Of one year, he shall
of his insurance. The new name of the 80.
ciety will be "The Illinois Mutual Aid So
ciety." Several votes were taken by the
board on the proposition and several
amendments made, and it was decided to
apply to the auditor of state for an amend
ment of the charter, so as to meet the
changed condition of things. The board
also voted to transfer one hundred dollars
that had accumulated in the fund for the
five thousand dollar class, to the contn-
gent fund for use by the secretary in de-
frsying the expenses of the society. Ano
their meeting will occur next month.
Joy in Chinatown.