The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-01

Is for the association, you know" and mus
throw in puff gratis, also, if he happens
to be publishing paper.
The committee having IN charge tn
selection of new council chamber ha
been around in pursuit of its duty, and yes
terday ii was understood that the commit
ice had decided upon recommending to thu
council that the old BULLETIN building b,
rented. The committee had also in site anC
under consideration the building Of Mr.
Louis Herbert, at the corner of Tenth stree
and Washington avenue. Either would bt
algood building for the purposes intended
excepting, perhaps for police headquarters
which ought to be further down town.
The striking telegraphers certainly de.
serve great credit for the manner in which
they are conducting the strike, and this
credit they receive from the public every
where and nsures them the public sympa-
thy and support. So far as heard from
there has not been single act of violence
any where; quiet dignity is maintained by
the strikers in every part Of the country,
and this more than anything else satisfies
! lOOkers-on that intense earncstneSs, firm
conviction Of right and a determination to
win undcrles the strike. May they sue
coed.
The beer men, of St. Louis, having
brought to hight an ancient statute of 1857,
| authorizing the sale Of beer and native
wines on Sunday, the brewers will fight it
out under this law if it takes seven years.
1t is barely possible that the question may
be Struggled into the supreme court OF the
United States, as WAS done in the Kring
case. II this programme is carried out we
may get an interesting vote of the cight-by-
seven tribunal on the Sunday question
The great railroad corporations violate the
Sabbath in the most shocking manner
N'uhNl b'ull VIII NplNtut az llu lllS
morning. During Mondays session it dis
posed Of the Eighth street assessments,
rendering judgment for $3.50 per lot, which
is about $l4 less per lot than the original
assessment and is two-thrds Of the cost per
lot, after deducting what the gravel would
cost if bought. THIS will be entirely salts
factory to all the property holders. The
court also appointed commissioners as per
request of the city comptroller, to assess the
benefits of the improvements ordered by
ordinances No. 70 and 1874. The court
will probably have little to do to-day.
"A comparison of the assessment Of
real estate and personal property in this
county, for the years 1882 and 1888, shows
the following: The assessment OF Cairo
city lots Is 1871 All more this year than last;
that IF Cairo city personal property is $24,-
60 more; that of county lands is $l6,073
more; that of county lots is 1893 more;
that of county personal property is $2,s52
less. Cairo city lands, valued at $l02,0l2
in 1882, were non est IN 1SS3-probably
all laid out in lots and railroad rights Of
way. The total valuation of all property
in the county in 1882 was $2,l39 1877, or
Slj5, 1874 less than it is this year, including
$4,000 as the Illinois Central railroad as
sessment, for this year. which was omitted
In previous statement.
Intelligence is received that James
Carey, the informer in the Phoenix park
murder cases, was shot dead Monday on
the steamership MelroSe while she was be-
tween Cape Town and Port Elizabeth The
deed was committed by fellow passenger
named O'Donnel. O'Donnel took pas.
sage at London by the steamship KinfauDs
Castle, which left Dartmouth on the 9th |
for Cape Town, where she transferred her |
passengers who were destined to Port Eliza |
beth, Natal, and other coast ports to the |
steamship Merose. Later advices about |
the killing of Carey show that he was shot
while landing from the Merose at Port
Elizabeth. O'Donnell his slayer, is in
custody. The government had taken spec
al and expensive measures to protect Carey,
'ut it appears ODonnell logged Carey
rom London, Both sailed on the steamer
&infauns Castle
Strikes are no new thing, nor are new
hIngs necessarily striking. Gains strike
vas bad on both Abel and Cain. MarcoBOz-
.aris got up strike among the Greeks one
hight and it was bad for the Turks, A
blacksmith once struck while the iron was
lot, and the people have been talking about
t ever since. When Mr. Sullivan goes on
. strike there is great enthusiasm in Boston.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
went on strike and won IN seven years. If
he ice-cream parlors were to strike, it
would be bad for the girls. No man ever
succeeded in strike against his mother-in-
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