The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-17

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county Jail t, await the session of the cir
cult court. This "Jay Gould" is the dainty
gentleman of color who has induced so
many poor people to give him money, on
condition that he would invest it for them
in the Louisiana lottery and return to them
the winnings, if any. His victims have
dubbed him "Jsy Gould" because Of the
tall stories he told about his bank account,
etc. Ia the penitentiary he will be re-
corded as Jones-plain George Jones.
The November report of the United
States Department of agriculture gives
the local yield per acre in October. The
anal report of the condition OF corn, which
averaged 70, has interpreted to mean the
product was close to l,60O,0OO,0O0 bush
els. The average yield per acre appears to
be go lilo bushels or Il bushels lower
than the yield of 1889. This gives a result
practically identical with that of October.
Ga the average reported in July, 6s3 10
millions, the exact figures would be 1911
million bushels. In the revision OF the
seasons return this result will not be ma
teriaIly changed. The product will there.
fore be about 100000 bushels short OF
the previous crop, Notwithstanding the In
creased area. The potato crop is large,
amounting to IT'S million bushels.
The Tenth street sewer is now very
nearly completed. The gate is in its place
End ready for action and men are now pre-
pairing to run up the man hole" from the
gate to the top Of the levee From the gate
the BRICK sewer extends out toward the
river about twenty feet, and from thence
wide rock-lined gutter leads to the waters
edge.-The Thirty second street sewer pro.
crosses finely. Although the work is more
difficult than was that Of the Tenth street
sewer, it proceeds with greater dis
patch. The masonry is done simultaneously
with the excavaling, and as the sewer is
but thirty inches in diameter, the work is
necessarily difficult. The loose earth is
being transported out through the sewer by
means of small cart, and the brick and
mortar are carted in by the same means
The sewer Is now about half way through
the levee
AT the request of Mr.. George Fisher,
Civil Engineer Charles Thrupp will to-day
begin to make maps of the site procured by
the government for the new hospital, to be
sent on to Washington for the surgeon.
general. The map is to show the grade Of
the sidewalks and streets sbutting on the
site, of low places and their location in tue
vicinity, of extent and direction Of sewers
and gas mains, Of the grade OF
levees and of high water. 1t
seems from this that the condem-
nation proceedings have been finally settled
and that the government is now bona fde
owner of the ground and is ready to go TO
work on the building, Mr.. George Fisher
has been very active 10 pushing the matter,
and did much, by writing letters urging
those who had the matter in hand, to
hasten a settlement. But for this it is
likelo that the question of the ownership Of
the hospital size would still be enveloDed
in doubt
The Illinois Central railroad company
is preparing to publish book that will be
probably the finest and most valuable spec
linen OF its klni ever issued by railroad
1t will be large book, entitled
From the Lakes to the Gulf" comprising
three hundred pages, and containing Illus
trations and descriptions of the cities, towns
an / scenery and treating OF other matters OF
general interest along the line of the Hi
noIs Central road aud all it's connections.
The company has entrusted the gathering
of data, etc, to Col. Paul Fl. Dennis, who is
weIl-known in this city, and has been con-
nected with the road in various important
capacities for upwards Of ten years. COL
Dennis represents the company in all
matters appertaining to the project. He is
accompanied by Mr. George Barbour, who
will prepare the descriptions and illus,ra-
tons for the publication. Mr.. Barbour
has h al long experience in this line of work,
Is good writer aud an artist of much merit.
He has been connected with newspapers
and periodicals for twenty years or longer;
has travelled extensively and written eight
books descriptive OF the countries he travers.
ed. He accompanied General Grant in his
trip to Mexico, acting as correspondent for
several of the leading journals in the coun.
try. These gentlemen arrived in this city
last evening and pu, up At The Halliday.
They will remain until Monday, preparing
description and making sketches of this
city, to be used in the book; and from here
thpy 90 sOuth over the snutherp deviation of