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

position for another until he is turned com
pletely around and, in effect, calls hi mself
a-"no such thing" II, as the low grade
editor says in his paper OF last evening, the
present council "is opposed to the grand ex'
pertinent possible under the Linegar bills"
and will probably "never be persuaded to
undertake the wild scheme" will the low
grade editor please tell us why in the name
of good sense he has been making such
ludicrous exhibition Of HIMSELF
The object of the trip south recently
of Illinois Central dignltaries is now ex-
planned. With the last week or ten DAYS
the Illinois Central company has made an
acquisition in the south that will prove
valuable and important. 1t has bought
the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad,
which runs from Memphis to Grenada,
Miss. The road Is exactly 100 miles in
length, and connects at Grenada with the
Illinois Central. 1t annually brings to
Memphis about 900 bales of cotton, and
therefore Memphis is somewhat concerned
over the rumor, not knowing if, under its
new owner, a discrimination would not be
made against it. On the other hand there
were about 10000 bales of cotton shipped
annually from Memphis over the road for
export via New Orleans 1t has been known
for some time that Gen. L. G. Wathsll, of
! Grenada, who is the executor of the late II.
l.. McComb as such executor has $4500OO
of the 100000 stock of the road, which
Col McComb owned at his death. This is
the controlling amount, and is doubtless
the block which the Illinois Central has
| either purchased or is negotiating for. The
road runs through highly productive
country IN the very heart Of the cotton
growing region. It's first and second mort
gage bonds pay per cent interest, and are
at high premium. The stock has been
selling for about 60 cents, but there is no
reason why it should not be worth near
par, as the interest on the bonded debts has
always been promptly paid and surplus
fund left in the treasury in excess Of all
other expenses
The town was full Of farmers yester.
day, bringing in melons, wheat, vegetables,
etc. Many Of them came from up in the
county and even from Pulaski county A
gentleman who took drive to Mound City
In the morning reported that he met fifteen
or twenty farmers wagons coming to Cairo
The TACT that whenever the county road is
psssabe il is lined with wagons filled with
produce of every kind, bound for Cairo,
ought to suggest the necessity Of placing
aud keeping the road in fine condition. 1t
ought also to suggest the ACCESSIBILITY of
extending the road out TO the hills in Pu-
laski county. Nothing is more essential
to Cairo than to be more easily accessible
to the farmers in this county and In adjoin.
ing counties. The little thousand dollars
that is asked to extend the county road to
the hills would return ten-fold TO the mer-
chants within the first year or SO. The only
opposition to the extention Of the road,
ought to come from the railroad that now
has the only route 10 the cemeteries, and
realizes from twenty-five to one hundred
dollars from nearly every funeral that leaves
this city. If the road is finished and good
order, funerals will 90 by it and the roudy-
ism that so often prevails such occasions
when they 90 by train will be avoided,
Then only the friends who really mourn
for deceased will engage horse and buggy
and revcrentIy follow the remains to their
last resting place. The crowds Of hilarious
children and senseless people, who now
look upon and attend every funeral of any
note as though 1t were pic mic, gotten up
for their especial benefit, will be left behind
to enjoy themselves in some other way, not
at the expense Of the bcreaved ones and
not in gross descration of the occasion.
Many good reasons can be offered why the
county road should be extended as proposed
by Mr.. Dougherty, no good can be offered
against it. The thousand dollars should be
forthcoming without delay.