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

The Ohio evee from above Eighth
street was photographed yesterday.
Twelve prisoners were taken from
here to the Chester peniteutiery, by Sheriff
Hodges Monday night.
Mr. Linegar's bill on levees, published
elsewhere in this issue, will doubtless be
read with great interest by all. 1t has
been ordered to its secoud reading.
The hit of the sessonl The "Our
Bachelor Cigar!" at Barclay Brothers.
If
To day is Washingtons birthday. II
will not be observed 10 any SPECIAL way by
any body here.
Hon. D. T. Linegar came home by
way of the Short Line yesterday morning.
He was to have arrived the afternoon before
but the wsshout at the Okaw interfered,
The Mississippi levee- that is the old
portion thereof--is more than two feet over
the level of the water all along and the
new levee is nearly or fully three feet out.
"A fall OF one foot eight inches was re.
ported from Cincinnati by last evenings
bulletin; at Louisville, the fall was two
feet three inches; at ST, Louis, seven inch.
es.
A land slide from a hill and chester
Tuesday moved large stone house several
feet toward the river; SO says Jack Hodges
who returned from there yesterday morn
ing.
School children will find THE BULLE-
TIN scratch books Nos 2 and tor sale at
Phil Saup's candy store. If
The masquerade ball that was to have
been given at Sheel's hall in commemora.
ton of Westinghouse birth to-day, hiss been
postponed; but will DO given in the near
future
Alderman VIM. McIlae with his gang
Of men finished the work on the old Mis-
sissipp leyee yesterday and discharged a
portion of his force. But he still keeps a
dozen or more men on the ground to watch
and wait, and to act promptly whenever
necessary.
"A force of twenty-five men with shov-
els, sledges, etc, was sent up TO keep
watch along the bulkheading during last
t1inhf pnu,Iaa thaca tha al MIR har nj
pstrol-men were stationed at regular dis.
tances apart, around the entire Mississip-
pr side of the city
The Short line train, due here yester-
day morning, did not arrive until yesterday
afternoon. The cause was q bad washout
at the Okaw stream, which necessitated the
transfer OF passengers in skiffs. But the
damage was rep aired and trains will arrive
as usual.
1t iss notable fact that the "bogus
dispatch" cry is only raised with reference
to dispatches that bring good news. Those
which indicate change for the worse, no
matter how far away, are grasped at with
svidity and always quoted with the utmost
confidence by the three or four alarmists.
According to yesterday afternoons
river report the river hero stood AZ tfty-one
feet nine and seven-tentbs inches at Q
o'clock, having risen two and scven.tenths
inches during the preceding twenty.fcur
hours Thise, however, says Sergeant Ray,
took place before 2 o'clock q. M. yesterday
snce which hour the river was stationary
"A misunderstanding on 9th st, vester-
day morning between an italian and q
steamboatmsn, promised for few minutes
to furnish good item and the local liuger.
cd around TO catch il but all ended with
the drawn knives and promises for future
settlement
A colorod boy, sixteen or eighteen years
Of age, was wrestling with another boy in
Mayor Thistiewood's stable yesterday after
hSNhi ouN was tulONu W tuo RTUunu anu
seriously injured about the hip His cries
drew crowd aud DR., Parker was called
who gave him needed attention,
The steamer w. S Hays, yesterday
brought up large number Of people and
property rescued from the foods below
here. There is much suffering at many
points along the river Stock is pcrishiol
and the results of many years labor on
farms is being swept away by the rushing
and constantly rising torrent,
Considerable money will change hands
In this city on the question Of whether III,
high water mark Of 1882 would be exceed
ed or equaled this year. Those who be
that it would do either will have to forl
over, and they will probably uot begrudg,
their loss as much as they would have don,
had the bet been on az election.
--Ofa speech made in the Legislature
several DAYS ago by Mr.. Linegsr, on reso