The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-28

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standpoint of the a, m, might be REGARDED
as being remotely related to haTsl
things maybe true, but We die
, not say these things IN anger, NOR,
in pity for the swamp-angels deep'rooteC
prejudice agains, his own interests anc
those of the people We were driven tC
saying these things by his stubborn wrong
Readiness; and if what we said wounded
him, it was because we spoke the truth fol
the truth, however gently told, always la
cerates the wicked soul that has con,
sciously ignored or violated it, But we are
one Of the "criminally guilty and are not
afraid to declare again to the Argus man
that he Is our swamp-angel, the only angel
we have ever dared to claim; aud that, if
he will but forsake the swamps and flee to
the hills with us, he shall be our light, our
life, our all the tree upon which, etc
--"The State Register of the 22d inst
says The members of the board of equal
ization are taking an excursion this week
as guests of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
ST. Pau railway company. They have had
three or four sessions only, and have done
nothing. They will come back here next
week, and no doubt take an adjournment
again. The one or two clerks of the more
important committees are plodding along
at the rate OF eight hours per day The
railroads lobbyists have all gone home, and
It's quiet around the capitol building.
The people at home may be foolish enough
to think that this state board is doing just
hight drawing their pay while running
around over the country as the guests Of
railroad corporations, but we doubt it. 1t
will be well to f1d a board in the future |
that will try to perform rs duties promptly |
and then 90 home.
"A letter from Maj E. W Green, ia
Florida, TO M, G. NJ. Alden in this city,
written last week, states that Maj Green,
AMI his son also, have been very sick with
malarial fever for a number OF weeks and
are just recovering. Maj, Green does not,
however, lay the blame for the sickness
upon the climate. He is as well pleased
with his new place of residence as before.
He is having new residence put up for
himself and family, which is nearly finished
and will be large, comfortable, and ele
CANT two-story tructure, with spacious
grounds AMI ades.trees, and flowers and
ppling brooks and singing birds round
.bout it all the year. Mr. Thomas, the
,ther member of the old firm of Thomas,
ireen d Alden, is in northern Missouri,
'lso raising trU,l; and he says in a recent
etter to Mr.. Alden, that he realized on an
average of five hundred dollars per acre
from his strawberry patch this year.
The A. NJ, tries to scare citizens by all
manner of wild speculation as to the
expense of building area walls
and the difficulty Of getting them strong
and lasting enough; but he gives no figures
1t all. If he will read the ordinances now
n force with reference to these walls and
n accordance with which those along Ohio
evee were built, and then get some COM
1etent person to make estimates as to their
lost, he will not have togtope in the dark 50
much and will not lay himself liable to the
,harge Of wilfully trying to misIeaa bis
readers Some walls on Ohio levee were
built twenty or twenty-five years ago, Of
brick, only thirteen inches thick, and are
as good as ever to-day, We could give the
exact figures Of the cost Of such a wall but
reliable figures were given at the Opera
House with reference to all these things,
and it is not necessary to repeat them We
should like to see few figures from the
Argus.
Hon, Thomas F. Mitchell, Of Bloom
ington, was at The Halliday over Sunday,
He is an influential member of the state
from his district, and though
Republican, found congenial companion
ship all day Sunday in Hon D. T. Linegar
and Mayor T. W, Halliday Southern Hi
nos representative Democrats. Ia company
with these latter gentlemen Mr. Mitchell
.ook a ride over this city, and over the
county road to Mound City He was agree
IDLY surprised in Cairo; he did not expect
0 find so large a city here nor so substan,
ial q one nor such fresh air and such gener-
u cleanliness, IS he witnessed all along his
iriye. He was especially impressed with
the enormity of our earth works, but like
all other strangers, he thought it very un,
to live behind them when the
rivers on both sides reached the top; aud
when told that a movement was on foot 10
raise all the streets in the city above high