The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-06-12


new Congressional Central Committee. The
| convention will consist of 7G delegates,
majority of whom being necessary to Il
choice of candidates. There will very prob
ably not be any contest between rival can
didatcs for Congress and their friends in
the convention, as the majority of the del
ega,es are instructed, or are understood to
| be, for Mr.. Albright. For member Of the
State Board of Equalization, Alexander
County's choice, Capt. Thomas Wilson, will
probably be unanimously nominated.
AT q meeting of the Street Committee
several days ago a resolution was offered
by Alderman Orr increasing the official
salary of Alderman McIIale to double
what it had been before. 1t is needless to
say that the resolution was unanimously
adopted by the committee; and it is equal
ly needless to say that the action of the
committee will be unanimously ratified by
the public generally, for Alderman McHale
has been one of the most industrious men
in the Council and an especially valuable
member of the several committees to which
he belongs. There are several other Alder
men who deserve like recognition and we
hope that Alderman Orr will ands top short
at the first resolution.
Chicago whisky must be pretty bad, if
the Rev. Thomas Green tells the truth. He
had fifteen samples purchased at different
saloons analysed, and the results he gave in
recent sermon. "The first sample" he
said, twas bought on Harrison Street, near
Fifth Avenue. 1t was purchased as rye
| whisky. Here are it's Ingredients sixty
| five per cent, neutral spirits, essence of lime
or concentrated lye, the rest water mixed
up with gycerine, coored with Lulnt
sugar and cleared with arsenic enough to
kill in one pint. A bottle of gin from Il
Fourth Avenue saloon, near Polk Street,
contained besides neutral spirits some tur
pentne and blue vitriOl. A bottle of BOur-
bon contained sulphate tncture, chronic
acid, arsenic and fusil OIL That was 40
year-od Kentucky whisky. A bottle Of
1870 cognac, which cost $3.50, was com
posed of alcohol and water, burnt sugar,
favored with spirits of cognac, ether, sui
phur and arsenic to make it sparkle.
The nomination and confirmation of
COL James S. Rearden as Chief of Police is
received with general satisfaction by the
public, so far as we have been able to test
| its pulse upon the subject. No man in
the community is more generally and high
| ly esteemed as citizen than he, and none
in whom the people would rcpose greater
confidence, 10 any position of public trust
1t has been said that the position is be-
meath HIN. Ifit is, he will soon elevate it to
his own high standard, 50 that it will be
worthy of him. But the position is not
beneath any good man. There is no posi-
ton In the city government that is Of great
or importance to the people individually
| and collectively, none in which there is
more need of all the qualifications that go
to ymake one of natures noble men, aud
none in which lack of any of these quail
ties would be easier and more injuriously
| felt We feel sure that Col. Rearden will
soon show that he possesses the needful
| qualities in DO small degree.
1t will be probably week before the
new chief will take charge of the police
force of the city. A special meeting of the
Council will probably be held the first days
of next week, at which, among other things,
the chiefs bond will be approved. Chief
Myers will be on duty until his successor
is thus qualified and relieves him, when he
will 90 out to pursue the much more pleas
ant path of private life. Chief Myers. has
been one of the most energetic men ever in
that position He held it for three years
and no one who has watched him closely,
and judged him intelligently and fairly will
deny that he did more good, hard work fol
the dear people during that time than mos
any of his predecessors, His duties were
not confined to the chiefs office-not con-
fined to any particular class, in fact. The
chief executive Of city never had a more
willing, energetic and efficient assistant
If he had done. nothing else worthy of COM
mendation, his management of the several
attacks of infection to which this com.
munity was embigected during his terms Of
Office would alone entite him to the
gratitude of the community. He can leave
his Office with the satisfaction that he has
done his duties we'll, generally, and that
what i'll will has been manifested toward
him was so manifested mostly because he
did not share in the passions and preJudhces
of others, and was conservative IN his off