The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-11

an idle threat. Marsh has an ugly
habit of laying his hands on things that
don't belong to him and Of perpetrating all
manner of wickednesses upon unsuspecting
strangers. The country through which he
will travel during his absence has our sin
Gre sympathy.
In special locals this morning appears
an item that will make the hearts of Cairo
people glad. 1t iss notice to contractors
and builders, from Mrs. A. f.. Stafford, that
proposals will be received until the 3lst
instant, for erecting the Stafford Memorial
Library Building, according to the elaborate
plans and specifications, outlined in these
columns some time ago In month or
six weeks from now the work will proba-
bly, be under full Roadway. The basement
of the magnificent structure will be con-
structed first, on the natural basis, and the
| filing be made around it as the building
rises. In connection with this it may be
stated that Mr., Peter Netf has also finally
decided to rc-crect the buildings on ONO
Ievee below Sixth street, in the form OF a
! large hotel, or so as to make it convenient
either for a hotel or for two seperate busl'
ness houses He has the plans already
prepared. lie will make both buildings
two stories above the evee and one hun
dred and ten feet deep. He expects also
to have work begin 10y fall Add to these
enterprises the several Others that are 10
embryo, the marine hospital among them,
and the great amount of internal improve
ment ordered 10y the city council and we
have very fair prospect of having li'te
boom of our own before many weeks more
AT meeting of the board OF directors
of the Widows and Orphans Mutual Aid
Society, held at the Office of Mr.. Thomas
Lewis Thursday night Mr.. j. NJ. McGahey
was reelected president; Mr., Moses Phillips,
first vice president; Judge j. II. Robinson,
second vice president; DR.. Petre, medical
adviser, and Mr.. J. A. Godstine, treasurer.
Pending the election of secretary, the
board adjourned over until next Thursday
night, Mr.. Thomas Lewis is the secretary
Of the organization and has held that posi-
ton since the first meeting OF the board
Mr. Lewis CLAIMS that article vi OF the
constitution makes the seCretary's term one
during good behavior, while other mem
bers of the board hold otherwise, and an at
tempt by these other members, lead by Mr..
F. Vincent, to elect another secretary Thurs
day night and make Mr.. Lewis president,
was the cause of quite scene. The por.
ton of article VI, under which Mr.. Lewis
claims permanent secretaryshlp and by
authority of which others deny him this,
reads as follows: ut shall be the duty of
the board of managers ANNUALLY to elect
from their number one president, first vice
president and second vice-preside MT and
one treasurer. They shall elect one or
more medical advisers. If they should not
be elected members of the board, they
shall be ex.oiliclo such. They shall also
appoint a secretary, WHO SHALL HOLD HIS
OFFICE SUBJECT TO BE REMOVED FOR JUST
CAUSE AT ANY TIME" Mr.. Lewis bases
his claim to the permanent secretaryship
upon the last clause, which he lnterprets to
mean that his term is unlimited and that
he can be removed only for good cause.
He denies that the word annually" as ap-
Piled to the election OF the other officers,
also applies to him in the remotest degree.
1t Is claimed 10y those who differ with Mr.
Lewis that the word annually" applies to
the secretary equally with the other officers,
and that the concluding clause is simply to
leave no doubt as to the power OF the
board to declare the Office vacant whenever
they shall be satisfied that there is lust
cause It seems that this latter is the
view takOn Of tins question by all the
former board of managers. The first board
elected Mr., L wis secretary and the second,
third and fourth, each understanding that
the sccrctarys Office had become vacant
with the rest, deemed it necessary to refill 1t
with the rest by election, and each IN turn
reelected Mr., Lewis. The board this time,
before adjourning, appointed committee
of one to consult legal talent with reference
to this puzzlng question and to report at
the next meeting Of the board.