The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-27

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opened in good style. About thirty chill
dren are said to have been in attendance
Yesterday. In this move the colored folks
are following the example Of the whites.
who have for years been maintaining sever
al private schools in the city, which have
hourished steadily; but they are certainly
little inconsistent in that they have en-
gagged one of the very teachers against
whom they complained when engaged in
the public school by the school board, and
they are themselves thus giving the "no.
such-thing" to their lou complaints.
The impression seems to prevail to
some extent that the work on Ohio levee
above Twelfth street, that is about to be
done by the city, will be an improvement
of the property of the Trust Property com
pauy which said company ought to do itself.
This is mistake. The stone wall is being
built just along the inner side of the outer
edge of Ohio levee street, and it will i'm
prove and protect the street alone, Of which
the city has entire and exclusive control.
BY making this improvement, the city
firstly, protects and improves only its own
property, and secondly causes very import
ant and extensive Improvements to be made
by the Illinois Central railroad company,
which it could not compel said company to
do by law, namely the raising and strength
ening of Ohio levee from Fourth street up.
The argument advanced by some, that the
city council might have compelled the com
pany to have raised it's tracks to any grade
desired without any cessation, is not good.
The city council may compel the conform,
ty Of railroad tracks to the grade Of public
street, and then only 80 far as the space oc-
cupied Ivy the tracks is concerned; but
! Ohio levee is a street only between Fourth
and Fourteenth streets, and hence the city
council would be powerless to dictate any
improvement on the levee above Fourteenth
street, which really stands mos, in need of
| it.
Services at the Episcopal church last
Sunday are said to have been very impress.
sve and attractive. 1t was Easter Sunday,
one Of the most important Of the church
year In honor of the occasion the church
had been profuseIy decorated flowers
in large quantities, of many varieties
and of the most beautiful, had been
procured from Chicago New Orleans
and Memphis, and, forming various divices,
decorated different parts of the church
with beautiful effect. Chief among these
decorations were two magnificent hand
baskets, the gift OF several of the ladies of
the church, one of which stood on the
Lectern in memory of w. H. Morris, de-
ceased, and the other, on the Font in
memory Of Rector DillonLee. Another at
tracuve feature of the decorations was a
curtain, back of the altar, also the haudi-
work of some of the ladies Of the church.
IL was heavily embroidered by hand,
and adorned with white, Easter lilies.
The weather was disagreeable all day,
hence the large audiences which filled the
church both morning and night, were a
surprise. The sermons of Rector Davenport
were exceptionally elaborate and interest
Ing, and the musical exercises were very
fine and longer than ordinarily. The choir
for the occasion was composed as follows
Miss Ella Robbins, organist; Miss Clara
Robbins and Miss Mamie Corliss, soprano
Miss Annie Pitcher and Miss Rila Coriss,
alto; Mr.. Frank Metcslf, tenor; Prof c.
S Clark, basso
1t seems that the colored people have
decided not to take any further aggressive
measures to enforce their ideas concerning
the public schools. They have not collect,
ed any money for the purpose Of prosecut-
ing the school board or Prof Clarke be-
cause Of their failure to promise to receive
and teach the coored children in the white
schools, and they have decided to wait a
little while longer before any such step is
taken. But Bishop Rix says that it seems
as though the school board were
bent upon forcing "his people" to
the worst, They would like to get what
they want without going to law, for they
haven't any mere money than they need fol
their daily wants; but if they can't get this
by waiting, they will have to take it by
law and the lucre will have to be forthcom-
log. They intend now to make no further
application to the school board for n cor
rection Of the evils of which they complain
but to wait a reasonable length OF time, and
If no satisfactory action is taken by the
board, to proceed at ence to law. Bishop
Rix just6es this action by saying that shit
people" have petitioned the board to cor
rect the wrongs and the board did not &C
, act upon the petition. In both these state