The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-01

der. Ii comes from persons VINO are not
thoroughly informed concerning the matter
of which they complain. For several weeks
back the mails have been regularly taken
from the Illinois Central railroad trains as
they passed by Fourteenth street and con-
veyed direct to the Office.
"A system of street repairs has been
begun under the immediate direction of
Commissioner Baird, by which all the little
cavities and big cavities, all along all the
streets, are being filled up-the uneven
places made even. The work was much
needed and will be highly appreciated by
lovers of evening drives and by teamsters.
-Messrs. AFTER and Burton are exerting
themselves as painters to make the front of
the Arab engine-house a tasty one, and they
are succeeding we'll. Mr.. Davidson, of Mr..
A. Hally's TIN shop, is making set of
large tin letters spelling the word "Arab," "
which are to adorn the front panel of the
cupoa. The letters are about two feet
high and stand forth about four inches.
They will be gilded.
On account of the quietude in railroad
business, the shop of the Cairo division OF
the w., st. L. and p. r. r. has shut down
at Carmi. Forty men were temporarily
thrown out OF work. Other divisions of
hte w., st. L. and P. have been shutting
down from one to three days out of the
week for the past three weeks, the object
being to cut the expenses down proportion
ately with the receipts.
The mayor and overseer of the county
poor last evening furnished poor family
means to continue on their way to Cape
Girardeau, near which place they claim
their home. Another family in destitute
circumstances, that came here from Swift
zerland day or two ago and expected to
be met here by relative, are stopping at
Cairo House, at the expense of the authori-
ties, their relative having failed to turn
up"
The order making the consolidation of
divisions in the Wabash system of roads has
gone forth, and under it the Cairo division
becomes part of the eastern Division"
1,OO7.9 miles, with George w.
Stevens as division superintendent, at Pc
rue, Ind; D. G. Moore, superintendent of
the former Cairo divisionJ as assistant su-
perintendent of the consolidated division at
Cairo; and B. F. Matthias as assistant at
Rautoul, Ills. The fact that Nj. Moore is
to remain with us will be source of pleas.
ure to the Cairo public.
The frequent, almost daily, rains
which have fallen during the season so far,
have not only hindered agricultural opera
tons but have been great inconvenience
to the market gardner in this city and else
where. While the weeds and grass have
grown with unusual rapidity it has been
almost impossible to keep the ground I'M
der proper cultivation. The excess OF
moisture is also operating unfavorably upon
the fruits, promoting fungoid formations
and consequent rotting and blight. 1t will
not be surprising if there is large loss of
pear and apple trees In this manner.
The Republicans of Iowa met in state
Thursday. The convention was
for prohibition by large majority, at least
700 out of the S44 delegates having been
chosen with that end in view. The platform
was strongly in favor of protective tariff
and prohibtory amendment to the con-
The Republicans of Iowa, in the
terse language Judge Hoadley applied to
the Republican party generally, are the
champions of taxation as the source of
wealth and of force as the parent of tenn
perance." Modern Republicauism in Iowa
is doomed, and Elder Gross prayer will re-
ceive another answer in its ignomnious
death.
The grand scheme of an excursion over
the Texas and St. Louis road from Jones
boro, Ark, has fallen through. Mr.. Samuel
Burger, who intended to get up the excur.
sion, did all he could to bring the negotia-
tons to a successful issue, but it could not
be done,' because the managers of the road
were suspicious that it was money-mak-
ing scheme on his part, and they said in
their last letter to Mr. Burger, "if there is
any money to be made we want to make it
ourselves" Mr., Burger did expect to make
money out of the affair, of course, but only
by selling goods to the excursionists. He
was willing to pay any reasonable price
asked for the train, but the officials refused
to make or consider any offer at all, and
are now, as may be seen from bills in var
ious parts Of the city, making an effort to
induce boom in passenger traffic on their
road on the Fourth, by reducing the fare
all along the line of their road.