The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-18

ho'eApoct TOO much from 1t, for II may b,
that the connecting sewers, many of which
} are not large, were, in very great measure
the cause OF the slow outflow before, and
Will serve as a check in the future Just as
in the past. Certain it is, however that
the new outlet will prove of ample capacity
to afford passage for all the water the con
Meeting sewers can pour into it.
--No'ccs are up in different
parts of the county, ordering An
election to be held on the 9th
dayot November next, tor the purpose of
electing one county commissioner and of
voting upon the proposition of prohibiting
COWS and hogs to run at large within the
county, The latter proposition is submit
ted to vote of the people of the county
upon petition by the voters of Clear Creek
precinct, where timber is so scarce that
fences can not be built around all the farms
without importing it or resorting to wire
fencing 1t will be voted upon by the PEG.
pie OF the whole county and the result
VIII, OF course, apply to Cairo as well as
other parts of the county. The question
will doubtless call forth considerable dis
cusson and induce the polling of much
larger vote than the election Off commits.
sloner only would have done. Commission
er 7. W, HalIiday's term expires.
"A special feature of the business stu
alton is the record of failures for the quar-.
ter ending with September. During that
period there were 1903 failures, against T..
800 for the corresponding quarter of 1882,
while the amount Of liabilities was $52,-
O72,SS4, against SIS, -O73,S 9S during the
same quarter the preceding year. But the
New York Tribune remarks that the quar-
terly report of failures, though decidedly
the reverse of cheering, caused no surprise,
because the recollection of numerous and
heavy failures in New York and in New
England was fresh, and has prep 4red ev-
erybody for an unfavoTable report. 1t is
still the prevalent feeling that business is
generally sound, and will be the safer and
more healthy for the wedding out to which
several branches have been subjected
With regard to the prospects for the next
six months the Financial Chronicle OBJ
serves that whatever the outcome, great
caution and conservatism are sure to char
acterize business operations for some time
to come. But reports show trade in general
to be good. The Chronicle remarks that in
the west and south the feeling among mer-
chants shows more satisfaction with their
business transactions than appears in the
east. AS to foreign trade, the figures for
August show improvement over those for
July; imports were heavier, but the exports
were $4,000, 900 larger, The result is that
instead of balance of trade Of $4,0OO,0O0, |
600 against US in merchandise, as in July, |
there nearly 100000 in our favor.
The state elections yet to occur this
year will be held on Tuesday, November G.
The complete list is as follows: Connect |
cut will elect one-half its senate and its
full house of representatives. Maryland |
will elect governor, comptroller attorney
general and legislature. Massachusetts will |
elect governor, lieutenant governor, secrc
tary Of state, treasurer, attorney general,
auditor and Legislature. Minnesota will
elect governor, lieutenant governor, secre-
tary Of state, treasurer, attorney general and
railroad commissioner, and vote upon three
proposed amendments TO the constitution
OF the state, which provide (l) that the gen
ersl elections shall be held hereafter in
November in each even years; s(2) that the
secretary OF state, treasurer and the at
torney general shall serve two years and
the state auditor four years, aud g. fix the
terms Of service of the judges and the Clerk
of the supreme court and Of the judges of
the district court Of the state Mississippi
will elect its Legislature. Nebraska will
elect a justice of its supreme court and
regents of the state university. New Jersey
will elect governor, part of its senate and
its full house of representatives. New
York will elect secretary of state, comp
troer, treasurer, encouragement, engineer
and surveyor and both branches of the leg
lslaurc, and vote upon proposition to
abolish contract labor from the state prisons.
Pennsylvania will elect auditor-general and
state treasurer. Virginia will elect part of
lis senate and its full assembly,
The paducah News seems to think
that the possible construction Of the Wetaug
road is, or ought to be, source of displeas-
urc to Cairo and ought to be cried down by
US with all the energy of despair. And see
ing that we have seen fit to regard the en-.
terprisc with much indifference, il has taken