The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-02


ordinates either ignorance or dishonesty
must have prevailed; and some people will
naturally conclude that they have no use
tor governor and an auditor who, from
either of the causes named, not only fail to
discover and defeat an erroneous or fraudu-
lent draft upon the public treasury, calling
for $780, 900 instead of $4,000, but even go
so far as to honor the draft with their sig
natures, and then give way to fierce anger
when their great error or dishonesty is ex.
posed.
Between St. Louis and Cairo the fol-
lowing changes in beacon lights have been
recently made: Arsenal Island, new Light.
Twin Holows No. /, moved down 200
yards, Widow Boards moved down to Iii
nois shore. Merrimsc down to Island,
Cornce Island, new light. Forrest Home,
ILL.,, discontinued. Perry's Towhead dis
continued. Head Rush Tower Bend moved
down 300 yards, Salt Lake moved down
400 yards, Cambria Hollow, moved down
400 yards, Kaskaskia cut off down 200
yards, Fairy Island No. down 300 yards,
Pratt's Bend discontinued for want of a
keeper. Mausker's new light. Liberty
Island down 200 yards. Wilkinson's up
300 yards on account of caving bank
Tower Island up 200 yards. BENEFITS,
Ill.,, down 500 yards. Powers Island dis
continued. Anterior No. up 500 yards.
Above Commercial Point down 200 yards,
old Prices Landing down 400 yards,
Brooks Point down 300 yards, Saadin
Towhead up to main shore. Greenlcaf's
down q mile, foot of Missouri Sisters down
500 yards, Greenfield's Towhead re-estab-
lished.
1T seems that we were in error rs
to the state of the negotiations between
Mrs. Stafford and Mr.. Cook with reference
to a lot owned by the latter, within the
square saught by the former for the Stafford
Memorial building. Mr.. Cook did ask
500 for the lot and persisted long in the
demand, failing to notice entirely three or
four letters enclosing stamp and addressed
envelope, sent him by Mr.. Candee. Final
ly Mrs. Stafford submitted the matter to
Gov Stafford, who was soj0urnlng in New
York, who succeeded IN bringing the mat
ter to a conclusion by agreeing to give $500
for the lot, which is still about double its
real value. This conclusion was reached
entirely without the knowledge Of Mrs.
Stafford or Messrs Candee and
Bailey here, hence our error yes.
tcrday morning At the figure named
Mrs. Stafford has concluded to purchase and
the deed was made out by Mr.. Howley,
real estate agent, and on Monday sent to
Brooklyn, to be signed by Mr. Cook. This
little matter settled, the work of building
the basement aud filling the lots will prob.
ably begin very soon.
The Texas and st. Louis railroad,
familiarly known as the cotton belt road,
will be open for business on the completion
of the bridge over the Arkansas river at
Rob Roy next Saturday. AT that time the
last spike will be driven on the structure
in question and a continuous line of 1870
miles from Cairo to Texas will be compct-
ed. This will open vast amount of terri.
tory to farmers and cattle men contiguous
to the line. 1t is the intention Of the com
pany in few weeks to put on trains that
will run from Chicago and st. Louis to all
points in Central Texas, which will make
close connections with the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe and the Houston and Texas
Central railroads, as well as several other
important trunk lines Of the south and
west. This line, which has been built prin-
cipally by St. Louis capitalists, will benefit
Texas vastly, and, although narrow gauge,
it will be as thoroughly and completely
equipped as any other line in the country,
The coaches are to have the same capacity
as those of the broad. gauge roads, and they
will be constructed in manner that will
enable the company to run them over either
broad or narrow gauge tracks from St.
Louis and Chicago. From st. Louis they
will be drawn to this city over the Cairo
Short Line, and from Chicago over the
Illinois Central; their trucks to be changed
at the company's hoist here. The rassen-
ger equipment Of the road has all been
constructed by the Pullman Car company.
On the 12th of August a time card will be
issued.
The melon crop of Mississippi and
Scott counties, Missouri, is very slender
this year. Mr.. Ed. Scantland, who repre-
sents the large commission house of Nellis,
Smith g. Co., Chicago, made thorough can
vas of the counties, and reports that not over
one-fourth Of crop will be gathered and
that this fraction will be of very inferior