The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-05

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Friday, January lst, letters, GA; postal
cards, 900; papers, 25. Saturday, January
I'd, letters, Sl3; postal cards, 20; papers,
81. Sunday, Jsuuary-Sd, letters, 1850
postal cards, $40; papers, 49, Totals IN
three days, letters, 8,7O7 postal cards, 1885
papers, 81. Averages per day, letters, 1888
postal cards, 400; papers, o.. Averages per
day in each box, letters, All postal cards,
40; papers, 2. The total uumtcr of letters
and postal cards for TIE three days was
4,943, or 1,o44 per day n all the boxes, or
493 per box in the three days, or 1888 in
each box each day.
Saturday three or four fat cars loaded
with cotton turned over on the Illinois Gen.
trail incline, and Sunday force of men
with derrick on fist car were engaged
in clearing up the wreck: hosting the cars
onto other cars on the track, to be trans.
ported 10 the shops for repairs. A number
of boys we're on the fat car with the der
rick, watching tn, work, While one of the
cars was being hoisted the fiat car upon
which the derrick STOOD, not having been
tied to the track, tipped up and dumped
all the boys off down to the rock paved
ground between the incline and the shore,
where about two feet of water stood. One
of the boys named Thomas Marion, step
son Of Phillip Brown, struck the water, or
rather the ground, with his head, and re-
ceved injuries chat have since proved fatal.
After he fell he lay quietly in the water,
and would have drowned but for prompt
action on the part of those standing by. He
was carried to the engine house at the coal
hoist Dr.. Parker VS. called to attend
him, and he found tha' The boys spine had
been injured to such al extent as to cause
paralysis of his entire body. The unfortu-
nate boy was taken to his home at the cor
ner Of Sycamore and Twenty.third streets,
where, under the attention of the doctor,
he gradually regainei he use of his arms.
But the injury was beyond medical or
surgical skill to cure, and the boy died
about 5 o'clock Sunday evening. He was
about fifteen years of age.
According to the report of Mr.. s. T.
Brush, chairman of the committee appoint
ed by the citizens of Carbonate to direct
The Construction of the temporary building
Tor the normal school, the building cost as
follows: For material, $3,4ls.6s; for labor,
$i,al353; Ior insurance, $75--total, $780,
96. Iuo total amount subscribed by the
citz.us Ct Carbonate and vicinity was
81 AGA 40, leaving deficiency of 81 PAP 49,,
which. II att MS to US, should be made up
promptly by -ther communities IN southern
Illinois. The citizens of Carbonate have
done considerably more than their share
already. THE new building, as finished, v
says the Democrat of Saturday,
"gives over 1000 square feet Of horing.
There are IL rooms besides the general
assembly room, which seats between $50
and 800. The structure is built in the
form of grand cross, every attention be-
ing given to ventilat, n and safety. The
doors all open on the tside of the build
ing, very convenient 10 case of panic.
The roofs of iron, 1874 squares being used.
In short the building is just such public
school building as We would like to see the
city of Carbonate own. Mr., Isaac Rapp
has bsen in charge Of the work from the
commencement and has turned off q job
which he may well os proua of, and We
hope that ere long he may be called upon
to erect structure for the uss of the pub
lie school children OF Car, ondale. Tho
students assembled at the ne ~ quarters on
Friday morning to selec, 5.als and seat
mates. The work will coz hence in earn
est on Monday morniLg. In spite of the
sad reverses with which tie institute has
met, the graduating class will be the lsrg-
est in number ever had it certainly looks
encouraging. We wish them god-speed."