The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-03

matches fell, and the handkerchief nearl,
all burned up, but the oil failed to catch
1t seems almost a miracle. With the higf
wind that prevailed the fire, if it had start
ed, would undoubtedly have swept the
| block,
Rev. B. Y. George left yesterday
morning for Mt. Vernon, to attend the
Presbyterian conference. He will return
about Friday, will hold preparatory ser
vices on Saturday night, for the holy sacre'
ment which is to be administered Sunday
and will on the latter day also preach his
farewell sermon to the congregation here
leaving after that for his new charge.
The stock holders meeting Of
the Cairo Street Railway company
was held at the office of Mr.
Thomas Lewis Monday night, and the fol.
lowing gentlemen were elected a board OF
directors for the next ensuing year: Mr.. j
A. Goldstne, Mr.. c. V. Neff, Mr.. Albert
Lewis, Mr.. Thomas Lewis, Mr.. Harris
schultze and Mr., II. Blooms. The board
will meet in few days to select its officers
for next year.
Civil Engineer Charles Thrupp has
been for several days at work making sur.
yeys on the several streets that are to be
raised to the grade of Washington avenue
below Eighteenth street. The streets to be
raised are Sixth, Seventh, Fourteenth,
Nineteenth, Washington avenue above
Eighteenth, Poplar street above Twentieth
and Commercial above Twentieth. He
was surveying Fourteenth street yesterday.
Superintendent w. G.. Davis of the
Cairo Oil Works company, is in the city
again, having summered in Nashville He
returned yesterday from ST. Louis,
and will now devote himself
to preparing the oil works for an
early start. Mr.. Davis hopes to have the
works running in full blast within twenty
days from now and says that the present
outlook indicates a more prosperous season
than the mills have had since their estab-
lishment.
1t Is confidently asserted by those who
claim have seen them, that just preceding
and during the shower that came upon US
Sunday night and Monday, great swarm
of grsss-hoppers alighted in the vicinity OF
st. Patrick's church, covering the front and
one side of that building until its color OF
virgin white was changed to dusky gray.
good entimologist and meteorologists
says this phenomenon was the result of the
cold wave in the northwest, which induced
the hoppers to seek warmer climate.
The "high grade" has apparently lost
its grip, at least for the present, but never
mind, "Schust wait iii Gristmas." Well
all be high grade together and business
will be climbing upstairs about the 1st
Of March If people are satisfied with a
village and don't want city all right. The
publisher of The BULLETIN has one hun
dredfeet fronting on Railroad street, twenty
feet deep that, with prospect Of 100
feet Of area wall and same in street filling,
was not for sale if the city was to be raised
These lots are now in the market with the
old maids motto tackled on,-"No reasona.
bic offer refused"
The cOlored men are again coming to
the front. They claim that the colored line
is still drawn, aud the coored people do
not have an equal show in the race for life,
liberty and the pursuit ofhsppiness. Fred.
Dou, lass, in the Louisville colored conven.
ton, entered strong protest against hspeo.
pie being shut out Of trades unions and their
share of government Offices. Now we are to
have an Illinois colored convention, which
threatens to cast its votes where they will
do the most good for the colored race
Republican papers all over the state are
becoming alarmed for the safety of the
great Republican party, and are persisantly
reminding the colored voter of the great
deb, his race owes to that party, etc, etc.
But why waste time. A colored man does
not dare vote anything but the straight
Republican ticket.
Yesterday in the Jewish calendar was
Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the month
Tishri, New Year Of the year 5644. This
year which will end September 10, 1884, is
the first Of the 29Sth lunar cycle, the 10th
Of the coed solar cycle, the second year of
the Sabbatical era, and the lSl5th since
the destruction of the second temple The
year 5G44 is regular and contains 354 days.
1t is the 2l25th Of the era Of the Seleucidg
the l8S4th Of the Christian area, and the
l3O4th OF the Mohammedan. The four
"Tekonphot,' or seasons, begins as follows
Autumn at 8 o'clock p. N. October, 6;
winter at 1870 a. IN. January G.; spring at
midday April 7, and summer at 7 80 D. m.
July 6. Tuesday or wednesday, nnxt. or