The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-03

or in trim for work again. New CRATE bars
we're procured and have o,cn lut in place
| under the boiler, So that the work OF filling
cisterns may be resumed ass oD as the els
terms are ready to bn ti'le', The Sixth
street cistern filled some time ago holds
water all right. The water pumped into II
fell only about tour inches and stands sew
eral feet below the crown, just ABOUT where
the rack 10 known to De. Below this point
it is believed to be entirely sound.
The Womans Club and Library Asso-
citation held Its regular monthly meeting at
the library rooms yesterday al, rnoon. The
meeting was larger one than former ones
had been, there being quite number OF
gentlemen present and several lady visitors
from neighboring cities. The programme
comprised, among other things, a selection
entitled "The Habit of Painst .king," Mrs.
P. E. Powell, aud an original paper upon
"Character aud Intelligence" by Mrs. DR..
H. Wardner, of Anna. A discussion fol-
lowed which was generally participated in
and which proved deeply interesting as well
as instructive to listeners. None who have
attended these meetings coufail to be in
structed and entertained. Next month
Mrs. Wood Rittenhouse will read an orig
inal paper, the subject of which is not yet
known.
- Mr.. Harry Walker returned yesterday
from Memphis where he put large force of
carpenters aud painters to work on his new
theatre. The theatre building is fifty by
one hundred feet IN dimensions; has q
horseshoe gallery, and stage that will
accommodate any troupe Of ordinary size
in the country. 1t will be known as "The
Peoples Theatre" Mr.. JEFF Clark has
eight men at work under him, painting in
side and outside, and, when finished, the
building will be marvel of beauty com
pared to what it was. 1t will be several
weeks before everything will be ready for
the opening, aud Mr. Clark will remsin
there until al! is done. Mr. Walker expects
to permit only combinations TO occupy the
stage of this new theatre.
One of the resolutions passed ty the
state teachers association at Springfield the
other day reads as follows; Resolved
that as members Of this association We here.
BY express our sympathy with those who
suffer by the loss Of the Southern Normal
that We heartily commend the
prompt action OF the faculty and students,
BY which no, day vas lost from the regu
81 school exercises, snd Of the Carbonate
friends in providing temporary qusrlers
'or school work We believe that the edu
,ationsl interests of the whole state demand
he rebuilding Of this structure at the
earliest possible date, and respectfully
'sconmeni such seton TO the state legisla-
ure." The association elected Mr.. NJ. An
irews, Of Galssburg. president, and one
rice president from each congressional dis
rict this, the Twentieth, being represented
" Miss Mamie Anderson. Mr.. p. x. Walk
IT, of Ogle, was elected treasurer, and
Messrs. s. NJ. Inglis, o. s. Cook and WIN.
Brady, executive committee.
If timber has been Gu. away in other
sections of the country as rapidly as it is
being taken out in this and adjoining
counties, there is no wonder that tear is en-
tertained In sections less fortunate than this
that the country will ere long feel a scarcity
of timber. Ssw-mils stud the woods all
through this section, and our great fscto-
rles here have gangs of men employed all
the year around, cutting the finest trees for
various purposes, yet there is no reason to
fear that the present generation or the next
one will experience even the first symptoms
of scarcity. The cry of "Woodman, spare
that tree, Is heard now only 10 the thickly
settled east and is a warning to manufac-
lures there, that they must, one by ono, fol-
low Horace Greeley's advice to the young
man. This movement west has already
begun, and as it gains in yolumn Alexander
county and Southern Illinois, but Cairo
particularly as the point 10 and from which
shipments of raw material or manufactured
articles is easy, aud cheaper than to and
from any other point within many miles,
must attract the attention of many in search
Of new locations.
Unless somebody does something
worthy Of note aud interesting to read about
very soon, those who preside over the news
departments OF Cairo papers will be COM
PEELED, in order to make things interesting
to the readers, to follow the example of the
city editor Of Denver paper, who, being
asked, "whats the show for spicy paper
to morrow replied, 81 don't know yet, but
it looks as though We will be able to pull
through, | have started four men out gun.
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