The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-19

himself, Jumped into his cab and gained
control ofthe machine before it had gained
much backward motion. II 10 not easy to
guess what the result would have been, had
the engineer lost his presence of mind and
not been able to board the engine and gain
control OF her before she could dart down
the avenue at the rate of perhaps sixty
miles per hour.
Prof. Rasb, state superintendent of
public instruction, speaking of the control
over pupils on their way to or from school
said "the school board and the teacher
acting under its direction, may take cogni-
lance OF such acts of the pupils on the way
to and from school as are manifestly HARM
full to the school, their evil effects being
felt within the school room during school
hours and may make and enforce rules TO
repress such conduct. The justification of
such rules Is to be found in the fact that
they promote the interests of the school,
and the purpose for which it 10 maintained
and not IN the fact that the conduct OF the
pupils, to restrain which the rules are made,
may have been harmful to other pupils, or
destructure Of the property or the peace of
persons living in the neighborhood These
latter interests must be protected by other
laws, and by other officers. Much good
sense must be used in making and inforc-
ing such rules; for at such times the pupils
are out of sight of the teacher, and he can
exercise no direct supervision over them,
and can learn of what has been done only
from hearssy. Too much should not be at
tempted, only so much as is plainly nee
essary."
As matter of course, 1t rained last
night, for the ladies of the Presbyterian
church were to give an entertainment at
their church. The Presbyterian ladies have
been singularly unfortunate in this respect
for number of years past, until PROPOSE.
ton by them to give an entertainment has
come to be regarded as. almost equal to the
most reliable prediction of most abomina-
BILE weather on the day the entertainment
is to occur But, nevertheless, the ladies
have been singularly fortunate in that their
entertainments were always we'll patronized
in spite of the ill.tempered elements, and
this fact is doubly complimentary to them
from the fact that the people who bravsd
the weather and attended, did so with the
self-assurance that they would be amply re-
paid for the sacrifice OF comfort they were
making. Last night large number Of Ia
dies and gentlemen wadsd through rain,
snow and slush from all parts Of the city,
and greeted the ladies and the singers at
the church, to attend the Ballad Concert to
which all had looked forward with 50
much interest. The music was fine through
out the popular ballads, rendered to per-
lection by some of our sweetest singers,
we're q novelty in the way of a church con-
cert, and captivated the audience, as they
do all audiences, when we'll produced
The more complicated solos and duets,
vocal and instrumental, were no less cleo
trifying, and all received liberal applause.
The entertainment was a success in every |
way, in spite of hateful "Old Probs."
A party of Wabash railroad officials,
consisting Of Superintendent Stevens, Cen
eral Roadmaster Adams, Division Road
master Ward, Superintendent of Bridges
Hoskins and TraInmaster Gill, who ar
rived in the city by special train Thursday,
left yesterday forenoon for st. Louis via the
| Cairo Short Llue. In conference among them
selves and with Division Superintendent
Moore while here, they decided to raise the
Commercial avenue track above Twentieth
street up to the newly established grade to
which portion of the street has already
been raised by the city. The track was up
to the legal grade there until few months
| ago, when the council changed the grade
10 the same as the avenue was below TWEEN
tieth street, and proceeded to have the
westerly side of the street filled up. Now
the track is from three to five feet below the
legal grade, aud the company will have to
do nearly as much filling as the city has
had done along there. A force of men will
be put to work soon getting out rock to DO
used in ballasting the track, and the rails
ing will begin as soon as the weather will
permit. The party also decided to do some
work on that portion of the Mound City
levee occupied by the road. This will in
volve I'll Of from fifteen to eighteen
inches, for stretch of the levee about If
teen hundred feet long which the road &C.
cupies, and the restoration of the former
slopes. This will bring that portion Of the
levee up above the high water of last year.
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