The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-04-06


down at the rate OF one hundred aud TWEEN
ty-fve per twenty-four hours, how many
months would It take to reduce the Argus
circulation according to its own cacula-
tion-to a number equal to that of THE
BuLLETISl
AT the meeting OF the Presbyterian
congregation at the lecture room Wednes-
day night it was decided to repair the old
church instead of building new one. The
repairs will be extensive aud will doubt.
less make the old building as attractive a
one of its kind as there is In the city,
"A low barometer all around; rains
quite general, in some places heavy; sky
mostly cloudy; and rivers generally falling,
were the reports given out by las, evenings
bulletin. AT this point the Ohio rose one
foot eight inches during the previous TWEEN.
tyfour hours.
Capt I. n. smith has been at home
for about week but been confined with
sore eyes. He has sold out his interest in
the business down in Arkansas and will
now remain at home. The work on "his"
railroad is about finished Col. Rearden is
still down there and at last reports WAS do.
ing well.
To-day, at O'Clock, negro named
Howard will be hanged at Charleston, Mo-,
for the murder of Belle Lucas in Mississippi
county, about two years ago. He will be
executed upon the same scaffold that Alf
Sanders paid the death penalty on last
December. Everything is in readiness.
None but those with proper credentials will
be admitted in the Jail yard.
The council of Charleston, Mo, is
wrestling with the question of providing a
rock pile for petty law breakers. Cairo
has also taken turns at the problem several
times within the year gone by, but hasn't
gotten the thing down to system yet. The
difficulty seems to be mainly In keeping
enough prisoners in Jail to make their labor
pay more than the expense of hlringa man
to watch them while ct work.
From the reports of Collector W. H.
Eubanks for March, il appears that the
amounts received from the various sources
in this internal revenue district during that
month we're as follows: distilled spirits,
$l,53S.39; tobacco, ETC., $50 ,8S7,70; fer.
mented liquors, 80, 8Os0 banks and bank.
ers, $l3l, 80; penalties, 81; total a 1885,
A. This is $l9,453 4S more than the total
collections Of the previous month, the in.
crease bong about equal on each item, in
proportion to the whole amount for each,
which is healthy indication Of rapid
approach to the normal state of things.
Mr.. J. 8. Hawkins has been at work
for several days on the sewers which caved
in lately on Eleventh and Fourteenth
streets. The cause Of the caving was the
ro,ting away and breaking down Of
planks that had been laid over msnhoes in
the sewers, and then covered over when the
streets were filled up to grade The cavity
made on Eleventh street was right in front
If the entrance to Mr.. g. W. Wheeler's
wood yard, and Mr.. Wheeler had between
fifteen and twenty loads of earth dumped
into it, but the earth seemed to gradually
sink away continually, which fact puzzled
msny. But investigation explained il all
and now Mr.. Hawkins is brcking the
manhoes up to level with the street,
which will prevent future caving
A white man came into the machine
shops of Mr. J. B. Reed yesterday about
noon and offered to sell piece Of brass
machinery. Mr.. Reed suspected from the
appearance and manner OF the man that
the article he offered to sell was stolen, and
also thought he recognized It as part Of the
engine he lately bought from Mr.. Burnett
10 the old BULLETIN office. Investig CATION
proved this opinion to be true
The man had been at WORK
at the old BULLETIN building yester
day morning, cleaning out cistctn, and
he claims that colored boy sold him the
piece ofbrass for thirty.6ve cents. Office,
Mahanny took the man 10 chsrR'
and with his assistance made som'
search for the "colored boy" bu
not finding the boy, Mr. VIM
Barry (Which Is the name given by TIL
tramp was lodged In Jail to await develop