The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-01


too late now TO do her any good; they have
all been consulted by the high grade party,
excepting the state board of health, and all
declare the proposed plans TO be feasible,
practical and legal. Now there is nothing
left for the old girl of the swamp to do, but
to wade out, appoint herself committee of
one and interview DR.. Rauch. We shall
all wait in breathless suspense to hear
what the eminent DR.. thinks of the SAM
tary effects of street filling in Cairo and
we shall pray as we never prayed before,
that the good Lord may not let him fall a
victim to the charms of Old Missis Gum
nudge, and the "poor lone, lorn crltur" of
the Argus, and while thus intoxicated eX-
press the awful opinion that green sipe-
water and frogs and high water scares and
boys, fens and fats, are absolutely neces-
sary to Cairos good health. We shall en-
deavor to induce the mayor and city coun.
Gil to engage our distinguished townsman,
Justus Robert Cunningham, to represent
the municipality and to paralyze the old
girl if she attempts any monkey business"
with the venerable DR..
Cairo merchants do not make the effort
to gain trade that they ought to make, and
the result is that the neighboring cities
rule Cairo out in every direction. There
was much talk for while about an extra
ordinary effort to get the trade of the mer-
chants doing business along the Texas 4
st. Louis narrow-gauge, but the talk re-
NAMED talk for little while, and then
ended in nothing. We have now, as stated
by Agent DePue, on an average of thirty
carloads Of freight every day bound from
points north of US, via this city, for points
along the little Texas narrow-gauge. OF
these thirty carloads only two on an aver
age start from Cairo shipped by Cairo
merchants, the remaining twenty-eight all
come from Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville,
Cincinnati, Paducah and Mound City, Gin
Cinnati alone sent six carloads through
here yesterday. Now, there is no reason
at all why Cairo merchants should not ship
twenty carloads out Of every thirty that 90
down this little road, and there is good
reason to believe that they might be doing
so if they had but tried. They had the
first chance; the little road, virtually term
mated here; Cairo was the biggest city on
the line, and the merchants all along the
road naturally first looked to Cairo as their
supply point. But the Cairo merchants
were too passive even to stretch forth their
hands to take what was offered them; only
a few travelling statesmen made occasional
trips along the road, who had to cope with
an army Of sharp drummers from the large
cities named, and who were "sat down
upon" very frequently and very hard. The
result is as might have been expected the
Cairo merchant takes back seat while
the bloody Ohio man hOurishes over him,
But it isn't too late yet Cairo merchants
may yet gain what ls of right their own;
it will take greater effort to do this now
than it would have done six months ago,
but the reward will be worth the effort, and
no time ought to be lost to gain it.
Col. Dan Rice is still suffering with
chronic case of impecuosity, supernduced
no doubt, as IN the case Of Micawber, by
an unforeseen combination of unpropitious
circumstances over which he had no con
troll, as is evident from the following &C
count of the trouble he got INTO while pass
ing through Harrisburg, Ills, last week,
which appears in the Harrisburg Chronicle.
Sentinel "Poor old Dan will no doubt re-
member next time when he gets to Harris.
burg, III. Just as he left the ring at thu
close of his remarks" at the night enter
tainment Sheriff Gregg touched Uncle Dan
lightly on the shoulder, and shaking hands
with him politely informed hi m he held
capas for his arrest, and on being invited
into the dressing room the sheriff read the
capias ad satstacendum, which satisfied
Dan that he was prisoner. 1t appears
that Dan while travelling several years ago
bought horse from one Thomas McLaugh-
lin at New Burnside, giving his note paya-
bile ut Cairo bank, stating that he had
funds in the bank Mt the time. On presen-
taton OF the note there was no balance in
the bank to Dams credit. Dan was held
by the sheriff TIL Saturday afternoon, and
upon failure to give bond, Che show peo-
pie having left without settling the natter,
the colonel was placed in the care of Jailer
Harris, where he renamed until about
O'Clock a, night when several citizens OF
town, thinking II would be charitable to
have the old fellow released, went out and
collected $40, (about half the debit which
the attorneys accepted aud gave him his
freedom. He left shortly arterward on a
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