The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06

They shot at the ANIMAL but the ball re-
fused to turn the corner Of the house at the
right time and failed to hit it's. intended
mark. The animal proved to be large
dog with collar around his neck, and was
taken In by the wstchmen. 1t is believed
to be the New Foundland dog strayed
from the hunting party the day before.
The mayor issued an order to the
night police force last night to seek shelter
for all trsmps found wandering about the
streets, in order that none might freeze to
death. Up to 1890 o'clock Officers Ma.
nanny, Boughner and Cain had "picked
up" about twenty and "houssd them"
by glowing stoves in the engine houses and
dspots for the night.
Tho lowest point reached by the mer-
curry at the signal Office was 16 degrees be-
low zero about o'clock a. m. Thermome.
tiers In other parts of the city stood as fol-
lows, ,when lowest, earlier in the morning
Jno Gates 10 below; Gus Botto's II below;
Capt. Halliday's residence, 10 below; St.
Louis and Cairo depot, % below. 1t stood
8 or more degrees below zero steadily all
day and mark this, the longest and severest
cold spell Cairo has had as far back as it's
old inhabitants can remember.
Mr.. W. F. Pitcher has concluded to
leave Cairo and seek his fortune in st.
Louis or elsewhere. He is one of the land
marks of Cairo, whom it would grisve
many to lose permanently as . fellow
citizen. He is a good penman, thorough
book-keeper and active in spite Of his
years. There is no question but that he
will do we'll wherever he may go, and that
he may do so will be the wish of his many
friends here. He intends to start for St.
Louis in week or ten days. Misses Fan
ME and Lydia Pitcher will remain here.
Two frame buildings on Fourth street.
near the oil works, were destroyed by fire
about II O'clock yesterday morning. Both
were occupied by colored people who man
aged to save all their personal effects. The
fire originated IN the upper story of the
one belonging to W. T. Scott and others,
and communicated quickly to the other
which was one-story shanty belonging to
Mr.. II. A. Harmon. The former was in.
sured for 5000 In the Wells & Kerth agency;
it was valued at $500. The latter was esti.
mated to have BEEN worth abou t$4.25 and
was not insured. The extreme cold inter.
fsred much with the work OF the engines.
The Farmer and Fruit Grower, Anna,
says: "From all accounts, there 10 every
reason to believe the coming berry crop
will be an enormously large one, Of which
tho strawberry will, as usual, make up fully
three-fourths Of the amount marketed. Ev.
cry section and every neighborhood reports
an increase Of land devoted to small fruits.
A this increase becomes known, there is
feeling of uneasiness experienced by some
Of the fruit growers who fear the business
will be overdone. This same alarm has
been felt before and oftime, but has proved
entirely unnecessary. The vast growing
west has been found capable OF disposing
Of all its fruit products, and to the advan
tage of the careful grower. Those who
raise good fruit need feel no anxiety"
Engines Of every description had to
battle against the cold during Yesterday,
aud while some of them we're compelled
to stop entirely, all of them were more or
less seriously interfered with. The engine
Of Messrs. Wood & Bennets's corn meal
mills could not run yesterday because all
the water pipes froze up tight and could not
be thawed out. The supply pipe to The
BULLETIN engine also froze up and water
had to be carried into the boiler by hand.
Trains on all the roads were late and those
that come in nearly all had hob-tail trains
because Ice on the track prevented them
from pulling their usual loads. The local
accommodation on the Wabash did not
come in at all, and the Short line was sever.
al hours late.
1T seems that, in spite of the frequent
efforts of the Cairo press to thoroughly post
Its contemporaries in neighboring cities as
to what the so-called "danger line" of the
Ohio river at Cairo is, there are some who
persist in believing that the river, when it
reaches that line here, is about to run over
our levees and submerge the city. Under
this impression the warning of Gen. Hszen,
that the river would reach ''the danger
line" here, has called forth expressions of
apprehension for Calro's safety from sew.
eral quarters. 1.-THE danger line" so-called,
we would impress firmly upon our neigh.
bors'an others, is where the river leaves
its banks and floods the bottom lands in