The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-22

stove, a wheel-barrow, two kitchen safes
and three-legged chai--all rusty, delapi-
dated and dirty. They manage to Keep a
fire in the stove during the night and sleep
on the planks.
--Messrs K. B. Petit, Juo. A. Poorc and
jeff M. Clark, of the sub committee in
charge of the Cross levee district, were hard
at work nearly all Tuesday night building
five hundred feet of bulkheading along the
Cross levee. This work WAS not absolutely
necessary, and it was done merely Us
precaution against possible increase Of
water and wind storm.
"A dog belonging TO Mr.. James Rennie
created considerable excitement on Seventh
street yesterday afternoon, by rushing
around like mad and exhibiting other signs
of momentary mental alteration of mind,
He burst into the hallway Of Mrs. p6ffer.
lings residence and dropped there in vo-
lent fit, Officer Mahanuy finally ended the
animals life with shot from bis pistol.
1t is rumored that Captain Riley will
enter suit against DR., Dunning as soon as
the river goes down, for cutting the rope
10y which his (Riley's) house was anchored
to his Dunuing's) post The defense will
be, probably, that the captains rope was
not tied to post and the DR.. did not cut
it--tbat there was in fact no rope and 10
post.
A dispatch dated at St. Louis yester-
day at :02 p. m, sent by Captain O'Neal
to Captain Thomas W. Shields, read as
follows: "Orleans left tonight six o'clock.
Alton gorge still holds. River falling Hal.
liday for Saturday" The three or four
'croskers' in the city, who have been cry
Ing bogus dispatches indus,riously for
several days back, will please take notice
that the above is an official dispatch.
Mr.. Ray, Of the Chicago Tribune, lie
still among u.s. Yesterday he made a trip
ON the ferryboat Three States, saw the de.
plorable state Of things at
Birds Point and returned to
Cairo impressed very strongly with
Cairo's happy security in the midst of the
| fearful elements. The longer he remains
among us the more satisfied he becomes
that if there is a dry spot within fifty miles,
1t is inside the Cairo leyees.
The Mississippi river at St. Louis is
slowly falling. Very little ice was in the
stream, and that on the Illinois side. River
men are apprehensive only of the gorge at
Alton. The Missouri riveris falling rapid.
ly, which occasions the fall at st. Louis.
Steamboats, are loading on the levee to get
down the river before the ice gorge at Alton
breaks. 1t is believed the river will rise TO
about the same height as last week. when
the Missouri broke. After that the oavi.
CATION will be fully opened.
The weather rs indicated by yesterday
afternoons bulletin was very favorable TO
the hood-stricken towns. There was gen.
eral fall of temperatures; high barometer
throughout, aud no rain or indications
thereof, any where in this weather district.
At Bismarck the thermometer was twenty
seven above zero, having risen ten degrees
during the previous twenty four hours; at
Dodge City it was forty.eight, having fall
en- five; at North Platte it was thirty-four,
also fall Of FIVE.
The charmen Of the several sub.com.
mittees of citizens in charge Of the several
divisions Of the city's levees, reported every
thing all right on their respective divisions
last night. The bulkheading was more
than ample in extent and every foot of it
efTectually excluded the water. On the
Mississippi side the river was reported to
have fallen over half an inch, the cacula.
ton being made from marks aud pegs all
along, The work on the Twenty. third
street sewer was continued yesterday The
buIkheading was all ready last evening and
it remained only to be filed. The leak
was comparatively slight and the lcvee was
as solid as ever before,
Captain W. II. Murphy has dled his
bond as postmaster Of Cairo, and it has
been approved. He will take charge of the
postofhce on the let proximo. His chief
assistant will be Mr.. W. D, Lippitt, as pop.
ular and capable ayoung man as we have in
the community. Captain Murphy will be
succeeded in the internal revenue Office By
Hon. w. II. Eubapks, OF Williamson coun.
tv, who has been in the city since Monday
posting hmscly in the affairs and workings
of the office. The changes will probably
suit everybody very we'll all uouud-i
view Of the fact that Democrats stood no
show whatever.