The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-19


no answer has as yet been received from
the auditor. The anti-Lewis faction is con
hdent that some startling revelations will
be made if the investigation is instituted
and fully made; while the secretary is en-.
trely willing to submit to o most rigid ex-
animation and is equally confident that all
will be found correct.
An excavation at the Twenty third
street sewer has revealed the fact TO the
public gaze that the cause of the persistent
leakage there was parting of the joints of
the sewer-pipe, just as was stated to have
been the case by Street Commissioner Baird
some weeks ago. Mr. Baird made An ex-
animation of the sewer and found the joints
wide open, they having never been calked
with lead as they should have been. He
closed them up as well as he could from the
inside, using over a hundred
pounds of lead But now the outer surface
being exposed the work can and will be
more etfoctually done and future leakage
certainly prevented.
"A negro in passing the store of Mr..
Samuel Meyers, at the corner of Ninth street
and Commercial avenue Wednesday night,
snatched a cont from rack and got away
with it, Officers Mahanny and Boughner
were notified and made search. After a
few hours they found the coat on negro
who claimed to have bought it for $3.50.
He gave the officers a description of the
man who had sold him the garment, and
they continued the search, finding the fellow
down in "Pinch." But the thief saw the
officers and ran into SCOTS saloon, which
was crowded with negroes among whom
he contrved to elude the officers. The
coat was taken from suit worth about
$1,000
Wednesday night Mr.. BENZ. RoseD-
water left this city for good to seek his for.
tune in St. Louis, where he will engage
with others in the manufacture of kind
Of medicated soap from Eureka
Springs water. In connection with the soap
business is also an apparatus for condens-
ing the water, concentrating its strength
by reducing its bulk into about one.fourth
its natural quantity. This concentrated
water is bottled and shipped to all parts of
the world for use by those who may need
Its curative quality. Mr.. Rosenwater has
made careful examination into the pro.
cess; the gentlemen with whom he is CON
nected are reliable and experienced, and
he is confident of complete success. That
his highest antcipations may be realized
will be the wish of his many friends here.
Globe. Democrat: "The latest informa-
ton about the depth of water at the mouth
of the Mississippi should be painted in let
tiers 26 feet high on the walls of the office
Of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
That journal insists with postiveness in.
versely proportional to It's knowege that
the jettles are "humbug,' failure and
other awful things. Nevertheless, the
largest ship that ever reached New Orleans
is now at that port. This is British iron
steamer OF almost 5000 tons, with capaci-
ty for $1,000 bales Of cotton. Any vessel
that can enter the harLor of New York can
pass through the jetties and come up TO
New Orleans. Before the works at the
mouth of the river were constructed 10
feet was the extreme limit of draft at that
point. If the Jetties are failure" what
would the Commercial Gazette call sue
Cess2N
Rev Allen Allensworth colorcd
Baptist minister, Bowling Green, KY, has
issued an address to all colored ministers of
the gospel, Of all denominations in the
United States and Territories Of America,
In which he suggests National Convention
to give moral force to the work begun by
the late convention of colored men in Louis
vile. present to the world documentary
evidence and statistical data Of the moral,
religious, financial progress since cmaEci-
patton advise the coored people what they
should do to repair the moral disaster
which came through the existence ofslavery;
amend family life, paternal authority and
marriage integrity broken down by that in
stitutlon; to improve their social standing
and secure legal equality with all men,
AL ministers iavoring the call are request
ed to address Allensworth, at Bowling
Green. The convention will be held at
Louisville or Indianapolis.
The case Of the switchman on the Wa
bash road, for switching cars on the tracks
OF the company on lower Commercial ave.
nue., came up for trial in Magistrate Com.
ings' court yesterday afternoon. Mr. s. p
Wheeler appeared for the defendant, and
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