The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-05

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would have been several leagues higher,
aud his opinion would have been law with
that paper, The Argus will not deny this,
and by its failure to do so will admit that it
does not desire to know the truth
An ordinance giving the officers Of :he
city right to make raids upon supposed
gamblng-houses would be an important
step toward suppressing gambling within
the city and keeping it suppressed. Arti-
Gle Y of the Act of Incorporation, section
Is, gives the city council the right "to sup
press gaming and gambing.houses,' The
ordnance chapter V, section 90, prohibit
gambling and gambling house, but do not
prescribe any method by which the busl-
ness may be broken up, 1t is, perhaps, or
dinariy not the province of the city coun-
ell to prescribe the manner of procedure
in bringing criminals to justice, but in cases
OF the kind under discussion, an ordinance
authorizing officers to take extraordinary
measures to capture and convict the guilty
parties would be great convenience, AT
present the keeper of a gambing-house has
the law nearly all on his own side; tor the
infamous busiress can be carried on be-
hind closed and locked doors, through
which none need be admitted without Civ
ing secret sign and solemn promise OF
secrecy, and when the patrons OF the insti-
tuition are arrested or held as witnesses,
each may refuse to testify against the other
on the ground that he would crminate him
self. Ii the officers were allowed to make
an unexpected, forcible entrance into the
midst of gambling dens, they could get all
the evidence necessary to convict without
depending upon the players themselves.
The night police force Of the city has
lost a very valuable aid in the death, by
poisoning, of dog owned by Officer John
P, Hogan. The dog suddenly died in a
fit on Commercial avenue near Seventh
street three or four nights ago. lie leaves a
remarkable. record as an aid to the officers.
II is only q week ago since Officers Hogan
and Boughner were chasing big, burly
negro, who had been guilty of some mis-
chief up Washington avenue. The negro
was nearly a square ahead, and was making
good his escape Officer Hogan simply
called to his dog who was always by his
side to "catch. Fin, and the dog made a
dash for the fugitive, caught him by the
pants near the bottom and turned him
somersaut. When making their
nightly rounds the dog would be constant
ly with him and on the lookout. He |
would recognize a police whistle al once
and at a great distance, and give the |
alarm 10y barking and running in the d.
recton from whence it came If shots
were fired or the fire. bells rang, he would
not rest until he was witness of the
trouble and if he saw his master in scut
fe with prisoner he would invariably |
take part and help him out, but he has
never been known to seriously bite any one,
Ii in his stFayings about he found drunk
en- man on the walk, he would give the |
signal TO his master; or if he saw any one |
sneaking along dark street with bundle
on the back, he would follow and give !
warning 10 mis- master where the suspicious
man stopped, Besides this, he was obedi-
ent to his masters lightest command, If |
told togo back, from any part of the city,
he would walk straight to police head
quarters, and then await the arrival Of his
master Within the last few days there
has been mysterious RAID upon valuable
dogs in the lower part Of the city The
perpetrators, if discovered should be severe.
lY dealt with
Those few good people who believe
with the Argus that to fill the entire city
up TO the present grade would cure all the
evils Of sipe,water, are deceivng themselves,
The grade Of Commercial avenue as com
pared with the Ohio levee and measured
on the government gauge, is forty-two feet
above low water mark. Whenever the
rivers rise to this figure on the gauge, the
ground inside the leyces would be filled
with sipe-water TO a point within few in
chcs Of the surface; every basement below
the surface would be- flooded, every eastern
would be surrounded by strong pressure
of water every priyy vault would be filed
and If the rivers rose higher would run
over. Butmore than this, nearly all the
rain that fell during the time the rivers
were over iottytwo feet would remain IN
the city and on top Of the ground. There
would be no room for it in the ground, be-
cause sipewater would be there, and there
would be no way out Of the city through