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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
THE STRENGTHENING CAUSE OF
THE MISSISSIPPI.
Missouri Republican,


From the discussion ami investigation OF
the work aud the methods Of the river com.
mission in improving the Mississippi river,
the leading and important facts are deducad
with constantly growing distinctness that
the concentration OF the water ana the fix,
ing OF the channel are feasible, and that tue
greatest depth of water required by com.
merce can be thus obtained. This was the
view OF common sense at the outset, and il
was therefore NOT doubted by common
sense people that experience would sustain
it. 1t has been shown at hundred Of places
that divided channel and difrused waters
caused shoaing, and that concentration re.
lieved the trouble at once. 1t has also been
shown that stable banks invariably give u
deep chlnne. 1t has been demonstrated
at dozens OF places that banks may be made
secure by the simplest devices OF engineer
ing. The improvement of the navigation Ct
the Mississippi river and its tributaries has
therefore been and is a simple question Of
the expenditure Of a sufficient sum of money
known to be far within the ability of the
govcrnment-according to suggestions Of
common sense. The prevention Of over
flows is question much more complicated
and difficult to be understood. The best
lights on that subject and the most rational
conclusions leave no doubt in the minds Of
Investigators that with fxei banks the
floods may be cured and the river held ia
required bounds by lWees, Vast sums
expended on levces, aggregating many
times more than it will cost to fix pcrma-
nent banks, have been expended in making
levees on ground which was soon to be
swept away by the changing and impinging
current of the river. If the money and eff
fort which have been thus lost had been en-
pended on permanent ground, there would
be no danger now Of overflow, 1t is pro-
posed to offer in the future this permanent
basis for resistance to floods, and it is not
feared that the accretions Of future years of
levce work will fail TO hold the waters in
the bounds prescribed, 1t will be a mis-
fortune to the country if congress, in obcdi
ence to clamor resulting from ignorance
aud Misrepresentation, inspired by selfish
ness, should refuse to go on with n system
which promises so much in its direct effects
on the cost Of transportation, and in col
lateral advantages to production, health
aud the general material and moral condi.
ton OF the people OF this valley.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

county Jail for ten days and twenty five
dollars fine.
Whit Clemens, the supposed "pal" Of thu
Fitzgerald safe robbers, Williams and
Washington, pleaded not guilty and the
sentences of the latter will DO withheld by
the court until Clemens shall have been
tried.
Ed. Higgins, burglary and larceny, plea
of guilty, sentenced one year In pcniten.
tiary.
Commodore Perry and VIM. II. Mosby,
burglary, jury trial not finished at this
writing.
Tuesday the case of Jacob Bradley for
perjury was continued, and that of Lizzie
Bland, for larceny, was nolled by the
states attorney.
The grand jury did quicker work than
most of lis predecessors and 1t did some
noble work, 1t found true bills In all
cases brought before it but one up to last
night, and will finish up this forenoon.
They would have gotten through last night,
but for the fact that the witnesses in one
case were not in the city. The reason why
their work was not evident in the court
proceedings, was, that the states attorney
did not draw up the indictments in the
cases in which true bills had been found,
allowing the latter to accumulate and the
court to wait on the indictments. Many
of the prisoners in the Jail, perhaps most Of
them, have pleaded or will plead guilty,
and it ia thought that those demanding
trial will also be quickly disposed Of
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
To The West.

There are number of routes leading to
the aforementioned section, but the direct
and reliable route is via Saint Louis and
over the Missouri Pacific Railway. Two
trains daily are run from the Grand Union
Depot, Saint Louis to Kansas City, Leaven.
worth, Atchison, st, Joseph and Omaha.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars of the very
firest make are attached to all trains.
At Kansas City Union Depot, passengers
for Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Cal.
ifornia connect with express trains of all
lines.
At AtchiSon, connection is made with
express trains for Kansas and Nebraska
points
AT Omaha, connection is made with the
Overland train for California.
This line offers to parties enroute to the
West and Northwest, not only fast time
and superior Accommodations, but beautiful
scenery, as It passes through the finest por-
ton of Missouri and Nebraska. Send for
illustrated maps, pamphlets, &C. of this
line, which will be mailed free.
G, B. KISNAN, f. CHANDLER,
Asst Genl Pass. Agent, Gent Pass Agent
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
CIRCUIT COURT.

Among the cases disposed of by the cir
cult court yesterday and the day before
werca number which ought to be Of inter
est to several of the railroad companies
represented in the city, Lee Beck and
Stephen PJrkcr, who were on Tuesday
given respectively three years aud one and
a half years, aud RUDE Burton, also cirh.
teen months, all for burglary and larceny,
were brace of fellows who had been be.
fore caught in the act of robbinr freight
cars in the Illinois Central yards and been
duly punished therefore.
Yesterday Bill Williams aud B,ll Nichols
were zach sentenced to one year in the pcn.
'tcn'ary for burglary. They pleaded guilty
to robbng the Wabash depot of quantity
OF goods in transit, consisting of oysters,
candy, tobacco, etc.
Payne Smith, burglary aud larceny, one
year 10 the pcnitcn,iary
Louis snagler, burglary and larceny,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

Information is obtained from O relia
BILE source to the effect that the Iron Noun
tain railroad is about to abandon its trans
fer business at Columbus and concentrate
it all at this point. 1t is now running two
transfer steamers, one at each point, to con
meet with the Mobile & Ohio railroad
while one transfer at this point could do al
the business just as we'll and with but one
half the expense. The change would be
ruinous to Belmont and Columbus, and be
beneficial 10 Birds Point, Mo, and Cairo
The change has been seriously contempla'
ted for long time, but it is now about to
be consumated.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
JoHNsoNvrLLE, TENNESSEE, !
FEB. Ia, 0 q. IN. (
UNCLE TOM.

The autographs Of the Ideal Uncle Tom
combination seen throughout the city are
very handsome and attract a great deal of
attention
The company will appear tomorrow, Fri
day evening, at the Opera House, and have
the facilities to entertain and instruct an
audience, not offered by any other company
OF the kind on the road. A groupc CT
genuine Siberian bloodhounds are among
the attractions,
Mrs. Rial, wife Of the proprietor aud
manager, has made the character of Eliza
one of the most prominent in the play, and
acts it with great energy and spirit.
The piece is well mounted, and will he
presented in manner near cquacd in this
city, II is to b. hoped good audience
will be in attendance.
Prices to suit the times, so, 35 and 81.
Reserved seats included. Buder has tick Z.
cts on sale,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

Just after noon yesterday, general Ha
zen sent the following special to Observer
Ray here "The Ohio reached its maximum
of sixty.five feet one inch at Cincinnati
yesterday, and fell about two inches dur
ing the night. The heavy rains which will
prevail in the Ohio valley to-day will delay
the fall at Cincinnati and the points above
and probably cause a second rise. The
river has reached the danger line at Cairo
and dangerous floods will occur in the Mis-.
sissippl below. Property should be
removed at once to places OF
safety above the danger line,"-'This
warning comes in ample time to enable all
persons below here to prepare for the flood
and they are doing 80 as rapidly as posi-
HE
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

due attention. The two months went by
and yesterday the CHEF arrested colored
boy named Newton Huffman, who had
sold the pin to another colored boy yestcr'
day forenoon, for 40 cents. Huffman was
taken to the county Jail Immediately after
arrest, and within less than half an hour
afterwards the grand jury had sat on his
case and found an indictment against him.
Mr.. Silver sports diamond pin again.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
TIE RIVERS AND WEATHER.

At this point the Ohio marked forty-twr
feet last night about o'clock The sixty
foot rise of Cincinnati came upon US aboul
Tuesday night and gave us about Al feet
| The sixty-fve foot rise will be here about
Saturday and will not give us, according to
reliable calculations, over forty-sx feet
This is, of course, assuming that the river
| will rise no more at Cincinnati and that
the Mississippi will stay down. But accord.
ing TO last evenings bulletin the second
| rise fOreshadowed hy General Hnzen in
his special published elsewhere, set in at
Cincinnati, the river marking there at .
O'Clock yesterday afternoon sxty-fve feet
three inches, having risen three inches
AT st. Louis too the river took a sudden
rise of two feet one inch during the twenty
tour hours ending at o'clock yesterday
afternoon, marking there at that hour seven
feet Ave inches.
These rises were caused by rains and
sudden warm changes in the temperature
Rains were reported in last evenings bulle.
tin, for the eight hours ending at O'Clock,
as follows; Cairo 0s; Chattanooga, .03
Cincinnati, II Louisville, .43; Memphis,
.03; Pittsburg, 80 There was also gen.
eral rse in the temperature, which, except.
ing Bismarck and North Platte ragged be
tween ifty'six and seventy.six degrees
above zero. At North Platte it was thirty.
nine and at Bismarck, only twelve, having
| fallen, at the latter point, seventeen degrees
during the previous twcnty.four hours. At
st. Louis the thermometer was sixty-four,
making difference of ffty.two degrees
between that point and Bismarck. This
difference will be, probably, gradually les
sened by the temperature at st. Louis fall
ing to point where thswing will be ma
teriaIIy checked, aud likewise the rising of
the river there.
The barometer was generally very low
yesterday, but it is subject to sudden
changes, and rise and C 'nscquent check of
rain was anticipated.
The wind was from the south ut most
points and blowing quite brisky; but at
Bismarck it was from the north and blow.
ing at the rate ofseven miles per hour.
The following dispatch gives some very
favorable information about the Tennessee
river:
JoHNsoNvtLLE, TENNESSEE,
FEB. Ia, o p. IN,
Editor Bulletin
River on stand. Has beecn so for last
twenty-four hours, w. II. JOHNSON.
Private news from the Wabash river last
evening was not discoursging. The river
was rising very slowly at the points heard
c.n,,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER

The following will be the services in the
Church OF the Redeemer for the week days
ill Palm Sunday
Wednesday, 7 80 y. m, Thursday, 10 A,
m, 430 p. M; Friday, l0a. m, 1880 p M;
Saturday, 10 a. m, 4i30 y. IN.
+. =. DAVENPORT, Rector.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
buck len y ATnICa Salye

The Best Salve IN the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers; Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chappcd Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles. II is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
20 cents per box For sale by GEO. 4
O'HARA.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

To all who are suffering from the errors
and ndiscretons Of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c, l
will send recipe that will cure you, FREE
OF CHARGE. This great remedy was
discovered bya minister in South America
Send a seli-addressed envelope to the Rev.
JOSEPH 7, INMAN, Station d., New York
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

PURE COP LIVER On made from selected
livers, on the sea-shore, by Caswell, Hazard
II Co, New York. 1t is absolutely pure
and sweet Patients who have once taken
1t prefer it to all Others. Physicians have
decided It superior to any of the other oils
in market.
CHAPPED HANDS, FACE, PIMPLEs, and
rough skin, cured by using Juniper Tar
Soap, made by CasweII Hazard g. Co.
New York. 10Y
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
Free OF Cost.

All persons wishing to test the merits of
great remedy--one that will positively
cure Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Asthma,
Bronchitis, or any affection of the Throat
and Lungs-are requested to call at Harry
W. Schuh's drug store and get trial bot
tie of DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption free Of cost, which will show you
what a regular dollar-size bottle will do. Cd
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
Fortunes for Farmers and Mechanics

Thousands Of dollars can be saved by us.
ing proper judgment in taking care Of the
health OF yourself and family. If you are
Bilious, have sallow complexion, poor appc-
ute, low and depressed spirits and generally
debil'ated do not delay moment, but
go at once and procure bottle of those
wonderful Electric Bitters, which never fail
to cure, and that for the ,rining sum of ff.
ty cents,-Tribune. Sold 10y Harry W.
Schulz ny
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

How 70 GEr SICK. Expose yourself day
and night, eat too much without exercise,
work too hard without rest, doctor all the
time, take all the vile nostrums advertised,
and then you will want to know
How TO GER WELL -- Which is answered
In three words-Take Hop Bittcrs
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
Bakery,

Having purchased the bakery OF j..
Anthony, on Washington avenue between
9th and 10th streets, prepared to offer to
the public at all times fresh bread, cakes,
&c. Of the best quality at the lowest prices
10 be found in the city Call and see me
t2-12tf JACOB LATSER.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS,

Editor Bulletin;
Being quite interested IN the discussion
of organized charities wish to say word
or two. "Fiat" thinks the ladies compe-
tent to manage the organization were money
put ia their hands to do it. &c" thinks
as trough men" are the principle applicants
for charity, that only man is suitable to
assist them, and that he should have "fair
salary for services. That with a commit.
tee Of three or five benevolent ladies to visit
each ward the question Of the work is
solved.
Ladies have to talk to those trough men
daily, at their own doors. Would it be
any more severe on them to do so, were
they authorized Does &c" intend this
committee Of ladies' to receive salary
also, or are they simply TO DO THE WORK,
and the man IN the Office to receive the
money!
| make this meek inquiry FOR informa.
ton. SARAH.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

An old woman named Agnes Smith has
been in the city for years aud been con
slant candidate for the city jail by reason
of her persistent violations Of all the city
ordinances against drunkenness, disorder!
conduct offensive language, etc, etc. But
she is no longer citizen of Cairo. Some
time ago the Sisters of the Holy Cross here
interected themselves in her case and sole.
tied from those in charge OF
the Good Shepard hospital at
st. Louis the privilege of send
ing Mrs. Smith to that good charitable in
sttution for necessary care, aud the sisters
succeeded Tuesday Chief Myers conducted
Mrs. Smith to st. Louis and lodged her
safely in her new home where she will have
to be good to herself in spite of her nalur-
al disposition to be otherwise.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

SEE woman in another column near
Speer's Vineyards, picking grapes from
which Speer's Port Grape wine IS made,
that is so highly esteemed by the medical
profession, for the use of inyalids, weakly
persons and the aged. Sold by druggists.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

Notices IN tnis column, eight cents per line for
hrst and Ave cents per line each subsequent inser-
zion, For one week, 80 cents per line. For one
month, 80 cents per line.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
A Good Restaurant.

II you want a good meal call at Schoen-
meyers Restaurant cor. 10th at. and Wash
ing ave. Only % cts, for regular meal,
and day boarding will find the best accom-
mediation on reasonable terms.
1927, 2m.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
New Blacksmith ShOn.

A new horse shoeing shop has been open
ed by Mr. p Powers on Tenth street. All
manner of blacksmitbing and wagon work
done to order. Repairing work speciality.
Work done promptly. II
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
Cottage For Sale.

I offer my cottage next to the
corner OF 2lst and Poplar streets,
East side, at bargain. APP.
ply on premises or Of me at New York
Store. NJ. $. LErTcovrTcn.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
GOOD LOTS FOR SALE.

On Railroad street below 9th, three lots
s, 0 and 10 block 10, 20 by 20 each, max.
ing IS feet on Railroad street and 30 feet
deep. For particulars apply at BULLETIN
Office.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

The second edition of the "B, 4 o. Red
Book" has Just come to hand. Presidential,
congressional and state tables are given OF
the results in the eleven states which sig
nailed what has been not lnaptly termed The
political revolution Of 1882 The accom-
panying remarks over a large scope OF de-
tail directly pertaining to past elections in
the states named, aud are collatcd without
the slightest partisan bias, Indeed this
has been made the governing principle OF
the publication. Facts are given as offici'
ally demonstrated, and the reader may
draw such conclusions as please him best.
The Comparative tables OF the Guberna-
toria elections in 1878 and 1882 In Pen.
sylvania, and in 1870 and 1882 in New
York, are of special interest, as are also
the pages devoted to the members of the
forty seven aud forty-eighth congress, ar
ranged 30 as to show at glance the de.
tails of succession in the districts Of any
state in the Union.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

ARE you made miserable by Indigestion
Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite
Yellow Skim Shiloh's Vitalizer is posi-
I've cure Q0O
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

THE Rev. Geo H. Thayer, of Bourbon,
Ind, says "Both myself and wife owe our
lives to Shiloh's Consumption Cure. co.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

Thus exclaimed an old gentleman recov-
ering from severe attack of the bronchial
tubes, "'Sellers Cough Syrup cured me-"
Price 25c
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.

Notices In those columns, ten cents per line,
zach Insertion and whether marked or not, II calcu
lated to toward any mans business interest arc
always paid for.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

The u s. government are using large
numbers of the Improved Howe Scales.
Borden, Selleck T. Co., agents. st. Louis,
Mo m
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

Mary Greenfield, Gallatia, says: browns
Iron Bitters completely cured me of nerv-
BUSINESS, constipation and general debility
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

We understand that seal.skin coats arc
going out Of style, and in consequence,
colds are increasing among the fair sex.
How fortunate there is such a remedy 40
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15

ScrofuIa of thirty years standing has
been cured by "Dr, Lindseys Blood Search
er." Sold by all druggists.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-12
Bad Teeth and Disease.

Had we the means we should endow
a charity the great aim Of which should
be to prevent disease by establishing
an institution for the treatment Of
decayed and imperfect teeth. There
are more cases Of disease Of various
kinds and various degrees Of severity
emanating from bad teeth than from
almost any other cause. The trouble
is easily remedied if taken in time;
but those who suffer most are they
who have not the means to employ
competent dentists. 1t is pitiful to
see the children Of the poor as they
grow up. gradually losing their teeth
by decay and neglect and becoming
dyspeptic at twenty and old and
haggard at thirty. If there is nobler
charity than that which would supply
free dentistry to the poor, and dentist
ry at cost to those who are able to pay
no more, we know not what it's. But
there are persons of ample means who
pay no attention to their own teeth or
those of their children. They should
be taught the Importance of attending
to this matter, and, if they then refused,
they should be punished for the neglect
of an important duty toward their
families. There is no excuse for any
person having bad teeth. y child can
be taught the Importance of attending
to the teeth, and every child that has
his second front teeth should be pro-
vided with a toothbrush and be re-
quired to use it at least once every day,
using CASTLE soap. Once in six months
at furthest, a dentist should be employ
ed to examine the teeth and properly
fill any that may be decayed. Were
this plan generally adopted we should
see no more toothless men and women
Halls Journal Of Health.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-12
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Medical query-Was the eye-lash
designed for brow-beating?
Flattery is called "taffy" because it
makes a man feel awfully ''stuck up"
There is a marked difference between
getting up with the lark and staying
up to have one.
When the hen with chickens at
tackled the small boy in his mothers
yard, the hen informed him she had
been laying for him for some time.
a note made on Sunday is void;
which may account for men sleeping
all through church service, and max
ing no note of what the preacher says.
A young child in Oregon died from
the effects Of swallowing the leaves of
an almanac. We always held that
dates should be eaten in small quanti-
ties.
When a certain bachelor was mar
ried in Philadelphia, members of the
Bachelor club broke him up by sending
him as wedding present a copy of
paradise Lost"
1t is glorious thing to have been
born a. man. One doesn't have to
bother himself for a month over the
plans and specifications of a new
spring bonnet. He simply has to foot
the bill when the thing is bought.
A little bright-eyed boy, upon hear
ing his father read the story of Joan
Of Arc, was greatly moved by her sad
trials; but when the part was reached
where she was about to be burned to
death at the stake, the poor little fel-
low could not contain himself any
longer, but sobbingly clutched his pa
rents arm, and, with big gtears running
down his plump little cheeks. cried.
"But.-papa, wh-e-re were the pc
lice