The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-29

! anu tue Improvement OF the soil, Inc Ole
style OF relying on one crop is going on
OF favor. A diversity of crops, with neces
sary attention to fruits and live stock rails
| ing, will make our farmers Independent
and prosperous, When we add to the ad
vantages offered by this innovation our in
exhaustible coal fields we shall awaken
our business men and attract capital and
manufacturers until this portion of ouI
great state shall take It's proper rank
In comment upon the promise of the
Pulaski Patriot, that Mr. John A. Reeve, OF
this city, can have a solid delegation from
this district ifhe will run for state treasurer
on the Republican ticket at the next cleo
tior, the Chester Tribune Republican,
speaks thus sarcastically: ave always
knew Joe Robarts to be as generous as he
is big and clumsy, and he is exceedingly
kind to make such an extravagaut promise
to Mr. Reeve without stopping to ask per
mission of the ten counties IN this congress
sional district. AS Joe's generosity knows
no bounds he has also doubtless already
given the same solid delegation to Hon.
John NJ. Hamilton for governor and Hon.
Dan Hogan for auditor. This solid del
egation In the next state convention is a
big thing for Joe's favorites to startin with.
Then again Joe's influence certainly ex-
tends beyond this congressional district,
and he might be able to lug in few votes
from other parts of the state. However,
we wish to give the gentleman pointer.
He had better confine himself to his friend
Gov. Hamilton because without Hamilton
he never would have been known, and
might as well never have been born. We
had half an idea, at least, than Randolph
county would be for Old Dick, but if our
fat friend who carries the solid delegation
of this congressional district in his capa-
cious breeches pocket says Hamilton must
have it we could give chrome to learn
how we can help ourselves. We have al
ways liked Joe Robarts, becauie Of his
generosity and good nature, but we fear
his generosity is being imposed upon
Nevertheless, we love him still.n
The Arab fire company contemplates
making trip in body to the extreme up
per end of this county, next Sunday, for
the purpose of examining apiece of ground
containing three hundred aud twenty acres,
which that company bought in 1865 or '66,
and still owns, having paid taxes on it ever
since every year. The ground was bought
by the company originally for the purpose
of making it one of the principal prizes in
lottery the company conducted in what is
now the Alexander County Bank building,
which had then just been completed by
Messr. Rlttenhouse g. Hanny for their dry
goods business. Chief among the other
prizes was a lot on Sixteenth street. The
company realized upwards of ten thousand
dollars from the lottery and drew these two
principal prizes itself. The money 1t spent
for the steam engine and necessary hose,
which cost all of the ten thousand dollars,
the hose costing about three dollars per
foot. The engine is as good as ever and
the lot and the land the company still has
also The latter is said to be cut up into
patches, each a hundred feet square and
each standing on edge at an angle Of forty.
five degrees That is to say, it comprises a
series of rocky hills and deep,dark ravines.
Very few of the present members Of the
company have ever seen this piece of real
estate, and there are probably very few cid'
zens in Cairo who are any wiser in this re-
spect The company, that is, those of the
members vino are sturdy fellows and lovers
Of adventure. They will take the narrow
guage train to point opposite the land as
nearly as they can guess, and then take
drive Of five miles, more or less, in wagons
carrying provisions and refresh ments enough
for fortnight, and ladders and hooks and
ropes, and compass and surveyors tools,
etc, etc They will, Of course, bid their
friends and relatives fearful adieu before
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