The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-18
The Daily Bulletin.
Local News.

AT recent meeting the county board
appointed Mr.. Angus Leek as states attor-
ney to NIL the unexpired term of Mr.. ]. NJ.
Damron. The boards action will be COM
mended by the public generally. Mr.. Leek
is one Of the ablest and most energetic
young attorneys in the city, one upon
whom those who desire an honest administra
ton Of the duties of the Office can fully
rely. There will be no more nolas for
money considerations, no more comprom.
isss between thieves and the man who is
paid by the people to prosecute Thorn, no
more prosecutions Of men guilty Of insig-
niicant offenses because they cannot or will
not acceed to the demands Of q dishonest,
rapacious public prosecutor--as was the
case for the several years of the Damron
regime.
The latest innovation 10 the art of
painting is known as "Kensiugton paint
ing" the term being taken from licensing
ton stitching" which is known to ladies'
generally. The painting resembles the
stitching very much, and the chief charsc-
tsristic is, that velvet or velvsteen is used
instead of wood, paper, glass, etc. Mrs. N.
B. Thistlewood was probably the first to
Introduce this new feature in painting in
this city. She has executed several very
fine specimens upon black velvetesn. one
OF which is large picture, perhaps twenty
by thirty.slx inches in dimensions, repre-.
senting Q cluster Of wild roses, among
which . pair Of canary birds seem to be
flirting; and it certainly gives evidence of
much good judgment, taste and skill. Mrs.
Thistlswood has made an effort to form q
class in hsud painting, to be instructed by
herself, and she has succeeded beyond her
expectations. 1t is, perhaps, not q rash
prediction, that the most admired orna-
ments of the future homes-in this city, at
least-will be beautiful specimens of paint.
ing, etc, executed by the wife, mother or
daughter in the hours Of leisure.
The site for the proposed marine hos.
pital is not to be raised, as reported. The
building will be put up eight feet above
the present legal grade of the city, so that,
if in future the city shall be filled up, the
hospital may be at tho proper grade. Tn.
hospital site is some Of the highest natural
ground in the city, excepting the ridges, Of
course, and much of it is up to the grade Of
the avenues where filled. The fact that the
srrgeon-gensral desires tho building pu,
up to "high grade" indicates that he be.
lievss high grade" in Cairo to be desira.
Bile, practicable and . probable reality Of
the not distant future. The surgeon-gen
eral expects the sum appropriated to sui
ace for the completion of the building
though in case the city grade should b.
raised an additional appropriation would
be asked for and obtained for filling the
hospital grounds up to the new grade
The cost of raising the grounds as pro
posed, deducting the space occupied by
the buildings under each of which base.
ments would, of course, be left, would be
probably five or six thousand dollars. The
plans OF the buildings have not yet been
forwarded here; but the buildings will
probably DO four or five in number-two Of
brick, for the officials, kitchen, ETC., and
two or three wards of frame-so .ething sf-
ter the general plans OF the marine hospit-
ais in all parts of the country. At Mem
phis there are three buildings, one of
brick and two frame wards, which arc so
placed that two more may be added when
necessary. Cairo's marine hospital bust
ness has always been much greater than
that of Memphis, larger even than that of
St, Louis or New Orleans; hence it is safe
to expect that the hospital here will COM
prise Ave buildings, which would be no
more than they have at New Orleans. The
wards are to be built of frame, in order that
they may be easily taken down and re-
placed afterten or fifteen years of use, when
they may have become infected with dis
ease. The work is to be done by contract,
and bids will probably be advertised for
soon. 1t is the intention to complete the
buildings by next fall.