The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-28

to the local relief committee there. So far
Paducah has received forty thousand
rations.
The five three-story brick houses to be
put up on Ohio levee during this spring,
by Messrs. Dan Fitzgerald, Peter Nef, A
T. DeBaua and N. B. Thistlewood, four OF
which have their foundations already laid,
will be put up so as to conform TO the new
ly established grade'of the levee, If that
shall cause the street to be higher than the
sidewalk now is and necessitate the raising
of the walk.
"A man named James Manning, whose
wife keeps boarding house down town, is
under arrest for brutally beating the latter.
In fact so serious were the injuries inflicted
by the manly beast, that yesterdays physi-
clan had to be summoned for the poor vic
tim, and she was believed to be in critical
condition. The trial was not had because
the offencher was not ready for trial, and it
was countined until to-day by Magistrate
Comings.
Capt. Jno. G D. Knight has given the
following statement of what is understood
to constitute one hundred government
rations: Seventy-tive pounds of bacon,
twelve and one-half pounds of -four, ten
pounds of coffee, fifteen pounds of sugar,
fifteen pounds of beans, four pounds of salt,
four onces of pepper, four quarts of vinegar,
one and one-fourth pounds of candles four
pounds of soap. Ten pounds Of rice may
be issued in place of beans, and two pounds
of tea in place OF coffee.
Within the thirty-six hours ending
yesterday morning the people of Cairo and
vicinity took jump, as it we're, from mid
summer into mid-wnter, Tuesday morn
ing, bright sunshine, birds warblng on the
house tops, tempeature Of Florida-Para-
disc; yesterday morning, gloom, air filled
with "thc beautiful" forty mile blizzard
from the north-Siberia. From busters to
overcoats; from perspirstion to chilblsins--
such are the transient beauties and comforts
of this dlabolical season.
Now that the place for holding the
political conventions has been decided
upon, and the time designated, we may
look for more activity in political circles.
The state conventions will come next, and
the various county committees will call
conventions to appoint delegates to the
same, This will be the first preliminary
work. After the nominations are made a
close organization will be effected by the
| formation Of clubs in the different wards
and townships. Then the hot work of the
campaign will commence, and it is going
to be hot campaign from the word go"
Old politicians think it will be as vigorous
as the campaign of 1910. Both parties are
preparing for hard pull.
The practice of placing bundles of
newspapers intended for the mail
on top of the mail boxes at the street corners
is rapidly growing in this city. 1t is done
also larger cities, where frequent
| ly piles Of newspapers are several
feet high on top of the
boxes and are never disturbed by those who
have no business to do so. There is moth
ing Objectionable in the practice, but it has
given critical observer occasion to remark
that when woman wraps up newspaper
for mailing, it looks precisely like we'll
stuffed pillow with narrow bandage Of
lint wrapped around the centre. 1t is at
snce something that is fearlully and Won
derfUlly made; but nine to one, no woman
would be able TO tell how she made it.
For some reason-a good one, no
doubt, but which was unknown to any one
at the time and has to this day escaped the
notice even of the lynx eyed ward hummer
who is always on the alert, especially about
election time, to pander to the rational
''man and broiher,n-for some such OBJ
scure reason, the steamer Carrie Caldwell,
when here some days ago, left five thousand
rstiols at the store Of Mr.. Robert Miller on
q. Ohio IeVee, for distribution among food
sufferers here. This was Monday, aud last
, night nearly every pound Of the five theus.
and rations were there yet, excepting q
small quantity that had been cent to the
marine hospital. There wHs no need Of the
rstions here; there were 10 food sufferers
or any other kind of sufferers that the con
trioutions already made and 10 be made by
:, our people could rot have amply relieved
ard that we're not amply relieved without
II, touching the rations. There may be suf
fersrs 10 the bottoms Of Missouri and Ken
r lucky, but they ar. TOO far away to com,
here for aid and probably could not if the,
would The ratiOns were kindly thrus
upon d. against our will, when they nigh