The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-31

who may excite his displeasure, however
innocent and it will take some severe treat
ment to tame him.
Owing to bad weather the attendance
at the last meeting of the Ideal League was
rather small, but all present had good
time. Most important of the business
transacted was the perfection of arrange
ments for issuing the invitations to those
whose presence is desired at the dramatic
performance at the Opera. House, at some
day 10 the near future not yet decided upon.
The amusement of the evening consisted in
playing popular games
Mich Hacker is becoming a sun. brown
ed robust young farmer at his "ldlewild"
place. which is anything but an idle wild.
The farm comprises about 1 600 acres, 300
under cultivation, mostly by small renters.
Mich is very comfortably and pleasantly fix
ed, has 40 acres of corn, 10 acres Of Millet,
about twice as much in oats, potatoes, etc.
A party of two squirrel hunters from Cairo
visited him Monday night and were hospit-
ably received and royalty entertained.
Although there were many strangers
in the city yesterday nearly all day, every
thing was very quiet. Even police circles
were as dull as ever. Only one case OF drunk
enness, one of disorderly conduct and one
of vagrancy we're attended to by Justice
Robinson and Magistrate Comings. The
vagrant was a negro named Henry Ander-
son, VIGOROUSLY hard case and run out of
town by Officers Martin and Mahanny on
suspicion Of" shaving no visible means of
support"
According to the DuQuoin Press this is
what occurred in the good Republican town
of Benton, not in Georgia, louisiana or Mis-
sissippi, but in Southern Illinois: "a short
time ago colored man went to Benton to
pursue his calling as barber. So far as
known be conducted himself in a proper
manner and attended strictly to his own
business Notwithstanding this-a number
of ruffians, in which that place unhappily
abounds, took it upon themselves to post a
threatening notice upon his shop door,
warning him to leave in three days. Not
beng willing to risk himself among such
class of people he hastily decamped."
Mr.. spoford's annual report on the
library of congress has been issued from the
government printing Office. The latest
census of the volumes reckoned 4S0,O76,
and there were about one-third as many
pamphlets; and still congress does nothing
to provide proper receptacle for them,
and more than 10000 are piled upon the
floor or stored away behind other books-a
source Of endless confusion and delay. DR..
j. M. Toner'S private library Of $1,000 vol
umes, giftto the nation, had to be tenn
porarily stored in the crypt under the
rotunda. This is the first instance, remarks
Mr.. Spofford, of private giving to the Ma
tional Library on large scale.
The Decoration Day ceremonies at
Mound City yesterday were complete
failnry owing to the bad weather. Hon. J.
M. Mccartney, attorney general of the
state, had been engaged to deliver the ora
ton; the people OF Mound City had COM
pleted extensive preparations for the enter
tainment Of many guests and there would
have been a grander observance of the day
than before, but for the inclement weather
But in spite of rain and mud many
people came down and went up, but re-
NAMED in the town after having taken a
drive out to the cemetery and found the
ground wet and muddy everywhere. The
hacks and saloons made nearly all the
money and the ice cream dealers looked on.
Harry Walkers band was there and enter
tanned the people with music both at the
cemetery and at the depot. Many people
came down to Cairo and spcntmost of the day
here, looking around and patronizng our
candy and fruit stands very literally. The
people of Mound City are evidently little
drelect in their religious duties; they
ought to pray more-pray for pleasant
weather on Decoration Day.
The following statement of the amounts
assessed and appropriated for the expenses
of the city government since 1878 inclu-
sive, will not only prove interesting reading,
but will be severe slap over the mouths of
those whohave been croaking about constant
ly increasing taxation in the city: 1873, $60,-
6s476; 1874, $7l,2136O; 1875, $61 10000;
1875, 500, l02 40; 1877, $52800.0O; 1878,
S42,475OO; 1870, S49,0OO00; 1880, $685.
10000; 1881, $6O,O50oO; 1882, $40, 10000.
The reason why the figures for the years
1877 and rs are much less than for pre-
vious or subsequent years, IS that during
those three years no interest was paid on