The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-22

mer good health.
-"Monte Cristo' tonight at the Opera
House will prove one Of the most interest
ing performances of the season and should
be attended by all our amusement loving
people.
Division Superintendent G. W. Ste
vens, Assistant Division Superintendent ~
G. Moore, and Master Mechanic j. ID.
Barnes, all of the Wabash road, were guests
a, The Halliday yesterday.
"A Washington special says that Chair
man Oberly, of the democratic state COM
mittee, has telegraphed Secretary Mize to
call meeting of the democratic state CEN
trail committee at Peotia on March 9th, for
the purpose of deciding the time and
place of holding the state convention.
"A company of Michigan state militia,
Of Detroit, came down the Illinois Central
by special train yesterday afternoon. They
were bound for New Orleans to attend the
Mardi Gras. They had three coaches and
two sleepers, and were accompanied by a
number of ladies.
Owing to the interruption of freight
traffic on the Iron Mountain and Wabash
railroads at tins point, Agent Birchet has
dismissed seventeen men from the offices
and yards of those roads here and at East
Cairo. The dismissal is but temporary,
however, only during the stoppage of bust
ness by the high water.
Mr.. Stevens, of the Globe Democrat,
is still in the city. His accounts OF the
situation here have been generally very
fair. He came here from Paducah in the
expectation that this would furnish more
sensational material for his ready pencil,
but he was disappointed, and regrets hav-
ing left Paducah so soon.
Mr.. II. G. DePew returned from south
ern California Tuesday. His trip has done
him very much good his voice being much
stronger, and his lungs better. He will
remain at homo but few weeks, after
which he will make another tour of several
months, in which he confidently expects to
be entirely and permanently restored to his
former good health. His many friends
here will join him in this hope.
There is every reason to believe now,
that, this year, the river will not reach last
years highest stage at this point. 1t was
very nearly on stand last night vt 5l.9,
lacking five inches Of last years mark.
The rise during the twenty four hours end.
ing at Q o'clock was only two inches and
declines were reported from st. Louis on
on the Mississippi and from points below
Evansville.
Thirteen barges of the government
ment fleet had been towed around to the
Mississippi side of the city last night and
strung out SO as to cover all that portion of
the levee where waves had left any impress
sion. BY permission of the
Mississippi river commission, the
entire fleet consisting OF about fifteen
more barges, is at tho disposal of the city
authorities, and also the government steam
ers in the hsrbor.
Capt. McGowen, of the government
ration steamer Carrie Caldwell, stated last
night that he would leave forty thousand
rations at Paducah on his way up to-day.
The people of Paducah, themselves nearly
out OF the necessaries of life, are beseiged
by the poor food stricken country people
around them, and they will doubtless need
all they can get. Forty thousand rations
will feed ten thousand people for over
month.
The Short Line train, the excursion
train, southern Illinois Central train, and
the north-bound Illinois Central train, all
came together at the head of the incline
yesterday afternoon, and made confusion
of cars and engines thai was bewldering
to passengers and others not used to the
din and noise of railroading under difficult
ties such as beset the lines along the rivers
now. Things were cleared up in com.
paratively little while, however.
News from Metropolis about Capt.
Willis yesterday, Was to the effect that be
was very seriously hurt. He was standing
on the stage of the wharfboat at the time
of the storm. 'The wind was very cold, and
rain which fell at the same time froze
almost as soon as it struck the ground.
The stage was covered with seet and was
very unsteady, as the boat rocked fearfully.
He lost his footing and fell, striking the
edge of the stage with his right hip and
breaking his leg just below the hip joint
In the circuit court yesterday VIM
shannon was found guilty of robbery and