The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-28


} on the Mississippi bank, from Col Taylor
before long. The work on "The Claim" i
' also still in progress under the Captains dl
rection, The lower dyke, it Is expected
will be finished during the prevalence o
the present low water, but the upper dyke
will require months work yet and thu
water will not remain low long enough t.
finish it this year.
Washing windows with a welI-sweeT
is one Of the quiet comforts that are often
present during promenade through the
streets in the business portions of the
town, If there is anything that is pleasant
to pedestrian it is to dodge pole about
eighteen feet long in the hands of win
dow-cleaner If you miss the pole you are
quite likely to get into the pail of dirty
water or the gutter. But in either event
you afford the engineer of the pole and
others standing near a world of amuse-
ment. Keep 1t up, Cleanliness in all
things is virtue,
-Paymaster Gsiger, Of the Texas and
81. Louis railroad, has concluded hereafter
to pay of only in checks on 81. Louis. He
considers it unsafe TO take large sums OF
money through the country along the line
OF the road every month. While there
have been no demonstrations OF any kind
as YET, he prefers 70 "close tue stable door
before the horse Is stolen" The checks
viii be as good as money all along the
line IS they will be made payable on de-
msnd st the blnk in 81. Louis, 1t is just
possible, however, that the many good PEG,
pie along the line will consider this step an
insult to them aud will refuse to take the
checks.
Trouble is brewing among the Odd Eel
lows Of the country. The Sovereign Grand
Lodge OF the Odd Fellows was 10 cession at
Providence, Rhode Island, last week The
subject that esgaged particular attention
was what is known as the Patriarch Circle
detection. The Circle is q new order which
requires membership IN one Of the branches
OF Odd Fellowship as a qualification Of
membership in any lodge or temple" OF
the Circle. The Sovereign Grand Lodge
unanimously adopted resolution that an
Odd Fellow who shall hereafter retain
membership in or become member of any
secret organization like the Circle, shall
be guilty of conduct unbecoming an Odd
Fellow, and upon conviction Of the oifense
shall be expelled. This action will make
a commoion among the brethren OF the
three links, and may be the occasion of the
withdrawal Of the Patrialchal Circle advo-
Gates from the order.
Mr. A. p. Daniels, our former fellow
citizen, has immortalized himself in this |
community by the very superior stage tai
ent he permitted the Cairo public to attend
at the Opera House last night under the
title OF The Mystics." The performance
was 50 inferior IN every respect that it
would derive undeserAed dignity even from
well-deserved, severe denunciation.
When not positively course, it was 50 cor
foundedly "thlnn that 1t was really laugh
abe, and the audience laughed much aud
heartily, partly on this account amp partly
at the completeness and msgnifcence of
the sell to which they were being made
victims. We understand that the
company will not remain to conclude
It's engagement, and whether it does or not
is probably a matter Of perfect indf-
erence to those who attended the perform
ance last night, which would be about
the best teing Mr. Danleles could hope for
Officer McTigue arrested switchman
on the Wabash road Wednesday night for
obstructlng the street and crossings with
cars, The case came up before Justice
Robinson yesterday afternoon but was con
tnued until this afternoon in order to bring
defendants accompIices before the court at
the same time 1t is understood that the
men have orders from headquarters not to
obstruct the street and to d. their switch
ing all in the yards up town or on the
Mississippi side; but the men claim that
their orders are 70 "do the work." and that
is all. But there is now no longer any
doubt but that the switching of freight
cars on lower Commercial avenue will
cease after the lst Of October, when the
freight department consolidation spoken OF
before in these columns, will take effect aud
all the freight for the Wabash, Mobile u
Ohio, and Iron Mountain roads will be
handled in the yards Of the Mobile q
Ohio.
Yesterday the remnant Of the immense
stock of groceries, dry goods, clothing, etc,
Of the New York store, reduced as low as