The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
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president of whom the whole country will
be proud.
WE have millions of fertile acres, lying
idle for the lack of men to work them. We
have forests untouched, mines undeyeloped
and water-powers running wanton for the
lack OF capital, We have climate that
would lie an everyday blessing for those
who now brave the terrible winters of the
northwest, and legitimate opportunities for
investment that would give q competency
to those who are now eking out an income
on the low interest and nsrrow margins al
lowed for money in the east.-rAtlants
Constitution.
TRAVELLING man, says the Springfield
Monitor, remarked Thursday that Peoria
Is the town of all towns for pleasant hotels,
some of which are very roomy, well day
lighted, and plenty of fresh air. A cool,
sweeping breeze pervades the rooms from
every direction, and the beds are made of
such substantial material as never to wear
out without regard to the comfort of the
guest. On the register can lie seen almost
every day such names as Ty Phoid, B. Cold,
Lung Fever, Con Sumption, Pleuro Pneumo-
MIA and Miss Scarlet Fever.
AN important event in diurnal chro-
nology will take place in England on New
Years day. The directors of the Royal OBJ
servatory at Greenwich announce that on
January they will change the plan of
reckoning hours, making the days to begin
at midnight and the hours to run up to
twenty-four, instead of placing twelve
hours on each side of the meridian, as at
present. One o'clock p. m. will be thirteen
o'clock, six O'Clock p. m. will be eighteen
o'clock, eleven o'clock at night will be
twenty-three o'clock, and so on. The
English government will adopt the system
In all departments, including the telegraph
and postoffice, and the railroads will of
course follow suit The general pnblic un-
der these conditions will be compelled to
conform. There is evidently boom abroad
for watch and clockmakers. It seems to
have been finally concluded that there is
no logic or utility In dividing the twenty
four hours of the day into two equal divis.
ions and that it is about time to dispense
with the unnecessary formula of "a. M
and Up. m" in connection with horal sta
tistcs. [Courler-Journal.
IT HAS been stated that in the case of q
tie vote on joint ballot in the Legislature of
this state on the election of the United
States senator, at the coming session,
whereby there is failure to elect senator,
Gov. Oglesby will, about March 4th next,
adjourn or prorogue the legislature in the
manner as was done by Gov. Yates in 1853,
upon which he will proceed and make a
temporary appointment of senator to fill
the place made vacant by the expiration
OF the term of office of Senator Logan. I'm
der the constitution of 1S48 there was
nothing to prevent Gov. Yates from id.
journing the Legislature in manner as he
did, without reference to the desires of that
body itself, but our present constitution
makes provision on that subject, whereby
Gov Oglesby would scarcely get an op-
portunity to act in the matter of an ad-
journment to accomplish the end suggested.
The constitution on this subject, Article V.
Sec. 8, provides that: "In case of q dis
agreement between the two houses with re-
spect to the time of adjournment, the gov
ernor may, on the same being certified to
him, ty the house first moving an adjourn
ment, adjourn the general assembly to such
time as he thinks proper, not beyond the
first day of the next regular session."
THR Metropolis Democrat has the fol-
lowing to say regarding the alleged insur-
ance swindle, mention of which has already
been made in The BULLErIN 1--WE are
growing extremely tired of these continued
scandals pertaining to pension frauds, in
surance frauds, bribed juries and purchased
officers of the law. An end has got to be
made Of these matters. If the accused par
ties are guiltless In this Bloomington Mutu-
al and Northwestern insurance matter, they
owe it to themselves and to the good name
Of the towh to demand and to obtain com.
plete vndication. If Mr.. Maxwell and the
Bloomington Mutual Insurance company
have just cause to accuse any one of our
people, let him or it, specify who the
wrongdoers are. Our people are not lot
of highwaymen. We are not community
Of swindlers. Let the line DO drawn and let
the axe fall on the guilty, if there be guilty
parties, and let the innocent stand viudi-
Gated If the Bloomington Mutual Insur-
ance company is fraud, we stand ready to
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