The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-08

qualities, gained by many years experience
| He will have charge of the books OF the
| new concern. The firm has now one OF the
largest and most varied stocks OF wall
paper mouldngs, curtains, pictures and
picture-trames, and of all things thereun'o
appertaining, in the city 1t is also pre-
pared TO do painting of every description,
from dray to the finest family vehicle,
aud from board fence or house to the
most delicate letterings and shadings OF a
fancy sign People who have any work in
this line to do should not fail to take ad-
vantage of this firms peculiar fitness for
the work,
A curious coincidence is SAID to have
occurred in the circuit couat at Kingston,
Gaorecenty. The judge in his hurry to
empanne grand jury, selected thirteen
men from the number in the court room,
The law requires small child to draw the
names from box, and when the manner
in which the jury had been selected was
discovered, the entire business of the jury
was set aside and new jury was ordered
When heusmes were drawn from a lot OF
200 the names were the same that had been
chosen by the Judge
The Argus man is almost alone in his
glory. He is the cranky old black ram of
the white fock-a low grade monstrosity
in the high. grade camp. He must feel
lonely and awkward doing business on
Commercial avenue he is certainly in the
wrong pasture, We pity him, but can not
help him, Time may change his color
many give him correct views OF what con
Germs his immediate surroundings, and thus
enable him to find congenial companion
ship on the avenue Certain it IS, that the
high-graders are too many for himwhere he
now is and he must either come up with
them or move down into the bottoms.
Argus: "THE BULLETIN this morning
quotes many people as in favor of the fill
ing up scheme who are surprised to see
themselves so put down. We ask the Ar
gus, in all seriousness, to mention the names
of those whom THE BULLETIN was msre-
presented, The Argus makes an unqualified
statement We assume that it knows what
it is talking about, it owes it to itself, to
truth and to The BULLETIN, to lay aside
this vague, general way of assertion. If
the Argus will mention the name of single
man whom we have misrepresented,
we shall cheerfully give such man the ben
eft Of correction if he desires it. This
matter is too important one to be tritled
with, and We want no misrepresentation on
either side. We challenge the Argus to
give the names.
1t appears that we misunderstood Al
herman McHale, as 10 his position on the
proposition TO fll Commercial avenue, and
We cbeerfully make the correction, regret
ting the error more than he possibly can.
He would vote in the council for filing the
avenue, provided the great majority Of the
there will signpapers show
lug the whole amount each is to
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by careful surveys and estimates made by
men. This il his position as
alderman Asa property holder alone he
is in tavor Of the Commercial avenue grade
for the entire city, including the low lots;
but is not prepared to say that he would
vote to have the work done, He would be
in favor OF the high grade if he thought the
city and the people could bear the expense
of establishing it,
The fact that our leyees were the
finest in the country last year and are
50 to day and that they kept out the great
eat flood ever known last year and can do
so again, OUGHT TO Oil our people and
ou- ncighbors with the utmost confidence
incur safety, But the fact that they DO
NOT intuso such confidence, as was amply
proven last year and since, is positive proof
that however successful they may be in
keeping out booming river, as infusers Of
confidence they are and must ever be, fail.
urc, Years OF experience has proven that
no matter how strong our leyees may be-
whenever the river reaches within few feet
Of the top, and six or eighth above the bot
tom OF the basin inside, business within that
basin is parsIized, merchants and people
are IN fever of excitement continually
rush dozen times day to the evec "to
see what the river IS doing and rush back
again to stand with their hands
in their pockets aud Chins
on their breasts, thinking what would be.
come Of their worldly possessions "if the
leyee should break" Strangers are nvari
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