The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-02

me McComb.f She Will assume her dutie
at once transferring ears only for the Hi
nois Central, between Cairo and East Cairo
The9 AcComb now under cornmsni of Capt
HIV. Thompson, will transfer for the Hi
nois Central and Texas and ST. Louis, be
tween Cairo and Birds Point. The Duncan
will do the Mobile and Ohio business and
the Morgan the St. Louis Iron Mountain
and Southern.
-Four huodrel yards Of rock arrived
from Goconda yesterday for the Trust
Property company. 1t WAS towed around
to the Mississippi leyee and ualoaded by a
Force of men under the supervision of Mr..
NcHale in two hours and halt, which was
quick work. Five hundred yards more
Csre expected to arrive from Chester to-
morrow. The rock will be used to rip
rap stretch of the. old Mississippi levee,
commencing at the new levee and extend
lag down three thousand feet, which is the
only. portion IN any way Threatened, and
then at certain stages of the river. The re-
nfainder of the levee, like that of the city's
levee, will be covered with Bsnnuiab grass
in spring. "a 80 -.'
10 Throughout the season Of food just
passed, when Industries in sll other cities
along the Ohio were stopped ii not wrecked,
Cairos Industries, with one or two excep-
tipns, never stopped wheel or ourtai!ed
expenses. The Singer works turned out
its several thousand tables daily; Wood d
Benefits mills produced two hundred and
fifty barrels of meal every day; W. R.
Halliday mill did likewise; the Egyptian
mills produced three hundred and fifty
barrels every day oftwelve hours the Cairo
City mills nearly the same; the Cairo OIL
mills consumed twenty two tons of seed
every day Of twelve hours, producing ten
tons OF meal daily aha one hundred barrels
of oil every Week. The faundfies, mschiIr-
shops, wagon, shops, boiler shPpss hotels
stores, etc., etc, were in <tuttbast eesry
day but Sundays; lobedyleH the city on
account Of the Hood and there was little
evident anxiety. Cairo WAS moi touched bST
the food, either directly or indaeciiy
thrDu Oh Its local industrial interests. No
ether city,oue the ; Ohio can say as much
for tEelf rieh ssSA legap f4rluqtbh. =. Il
Report was cstesaP last might that 4
small army OF negfoes had been, gathered
about theofiise Of: Or. Wood ali evsaiqgg,Is
raceiving certificates poverty which
would entitle them TO receive ratiors ram
saneEhere. The report reached US SC late
that We could fad no one who could gige
full Information upon the subject; but il is
,reasopable to presume that, ifratlons were
Issued at all, they were left here by the
Str. Qaldgell, which, according to the state.
nent of tiiel gentleman who bad them
| 10 charge, Nwere not for, Cairo at ALL Yet
tie nfgfo,s Who received these certificates
Of -lRsinvss and improyldence, to be &C.
curae were all Cairo negroes and received
their little BilIets Unfortunately, if We
were correctly informed by professed eye
Agitnssses. We we're also informed by
pembe Of the Ladies Charity Society, that
t9hnaiass had been made to her by white
peppIe' !" IN Strengthened circum-
Hincfs, flhat they had applied
fot certificates of want with the rest of the
crowd, but we're refused certificates, aud
I'll at they left under the impression that "no
white trash need apply" These reports
ore serious and, we are satisfied, are moi
entirely without foundation. That rations
should have been issued at all 10 this ma1-
ner, when we have an organization that
can and does give relief wherever it may be
needed, sllhe height Of folly, 10 put it very
mildly; but that, in issuing them, there
should be discrimination against whites
and misrepresentation Of government
property are phases that can not be too
severely denounced. We shall investigate
the matter Thoroughly and give the whole
snap away"
There promises 10 be trouble in the
Republican camp in this state at least; and
the nature Of the trouble, as indicated go
far, will be clash between the machine
and the few obstreperous ones in the party
In various parts of the state, but especially
the extreme southern part. The cause Of
/ il ali will be, that those of the anti.machinc
who have the power so to do, will take
advantage Of a certain ruling II the nation
al committee, by which congressional con-
ventions are permitted to select delegates
direct to the national convention, instead of
imposing that duty upon the state conven.
ton as er.tofore. Chairman G. \. Hughes,
of the central committee of this. the