The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-05
LOCAL BREVITIES

"A trio of negroes held forth with
banjos and guitars at the Tenth street
stand last night, entertaining consider.
able crowd.
Persons desiring to become members
Of the Charity Society can do SO by signing
the constitution and bylaws, and paying
81 annually.
The work Of raising the Illinois Cen.
ira tracks proceedsrapidly. The gravel used
is well mixed with clay, and will resist the
action of waves better than the pure peb.
bles.
The old fashioned circus the circus Of
our youthful days; the best of all circus
ring performances, will be found under
canvas to-day near the Gas house. The
mensgery is good, but the ring is what the
people want and here they find it.
Anna Farmer: "We understand that
a telephone company is arranging to stretch
a line that will connect Carbondale, Ma
kanda, Golden, Anna, Jonesboro, Murphys-
boro and Cairo. The right of way through
Union County was granted the company
last Monday by the Board of Commission
ers. This will be handy arrangement,
and, we believe, will pay. While at Belle
vile, last Friday we conversed with a
friend at Collinsville, twenty-five miles dis
tlnt."
Major Jesse ninkle is announced this
morning as candidate for alderman in the
Second ward, lie has filled the Office for
four years now to the entire satisfaction of
his constituents, SO far as We know. He has
watched for the needs of his ward and made
them known to the Council generally with
desired results On the committees he did
good work, nearly always in attendance al
all the meetings. His votes upon matters
hat concerned the city at large have been
generally wise-he has shown himself to
be safe and valuable man in the public
councils. HIS constituents will, OF course,
consider all these things IN deciding be-
tween his and his opponents.
Some half dozen amendments to the
national constitution are being called for,
each one championed by particular interests
| al partaip plana nF rnlininniats
have long wanted God recognized in the
constitution" and desire an amendment
that will distinctly state the dependence of
the notion on Him. The prohibitonists
want constitutional amendment that will
forever prohibit the manufacture sale or
importation of all intoxicating liquors in
the United States. The woman sutfragists
wish the word male to be eliminated from
all laws bearing on the franchise. Less
numerous than the several factions making
these demands, but not less important in
proportion to their numbers, are the classes
who severely wish the constitution amended
making the presidential election to be de-
termned by the whole people instead of
an electoral college; giving Congress the
power to make national marriage and
divorce laws; making gold the only legal
tender, and funding the national debt at
perpetual interest Of three per cent.
A short time since The BULLETIN
mentioned the fact that Smith, of the John
son County Journal, was being prosecuted
by Marion Jones, of Vienna, because the
former had charged the latter with wrong.
fully Withholding some of the county's
money. After quoting this apparently In
nocent little item from THE BULLETIN the
Vienna Times cautions US as follows: 1--WE
beg leave to caution The BULLETIN to
beware how it quotes from the johnson
County Journal, lest it may have a libel
suit on its hands" And then the Times
states that while Jones was made to pay
over $3.50 because of "cerlcal mistakes and
omissions" the County Board paid him
back $3.50 after everything was cleared up.
So that, according to the Times statement,
Jones was guilty only of few "clerical
mistakes and omissions" which the Times
seems to justify on the ground that, in the
end, Jones alone was the loser. Ills well.
The Times NAV be the champion of limo.
cence wronged; Jones an angel of light, aud
Smith vilainous defamer; but the Times
gentle hint about libel suits and things
against The BULLETIN doesn't inspire one
with so very much awe in face of the fact
that the Journal has 80 far escaped the
wrath OF the entirely innocent victim of ito
accusations.