The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-27

their former home on Seventh street and
other neighborhoods that were familiar and
called up recollections of their long resi-
dence here in years gone by. They met
many friends who greeted them heartily.
The Ice Factory began yesterday 10
prepare for starting upon its summer run
to-day. 1t is expected to harvest the first
crop OF twenty tons of ice next Sunday or
Monday and to take the same quantity
from the'cans every day thereafter through
ont the spring, summer and fall. In spite
OF the severe winter, very profitable iun
is expected by the managers. May they
more than realize their expectations.
AS yet only two of Cairo's seven rail-
roads have been compelled by the present
high water to stop running their trains as
usual. These two are the st. Louis and
Cairo and the Texas and st. Louis, both
narrow-guage. The latter runs trains from
Belmont and New Madrid, and the former
| from Jonesboro. The Iron Mountain tracks
are little submerged in spots, in the
Missouri bottoms, but trains are running
regularly from the Union and freight depots
in this city, and they go and come through
alright and on time. The other roads are
not troubled and are not likely to be to
amount to anything, the rivers are about
on stand here.
When the excitement occasioned by
the alarm of fire occurred on and around
the steamer Belle of Shreveport Tuesday
afternoon, the passengers were at dinner.
The walters were first to take the alarm.
All Of them left the dining room and rushed
for their personal effects. But it was not
| till after the mistake had been discovered
and entire quiet prevailed among the crowd
on shore, that the passengers took fright,
and it was with the greatest difficulty that
the captain and officers of the boat prevent
ed some Of the ladies from jumping over
board into the river. The officers efforts
were successful, however, after little, and
beyond bad fright, no damage was
done.
Bill Scott has found it advisable to
bolster himself up, politically, with clam
to the friendship of John A. Logan. For a
reason that we shall state, the Gazette has
been as silent as the tomb with regard tc
Republican Presidential candidates, which
fact, taken in connection with some Others
much more important, forced the conclusion
that Scott and his hangers-on were anti.
Logan, as well as anti-Thomas. SCOTS
communication IN the Argus last evening,
In which he announces himself to be
Logans friend and favorite, is virtually an
acknowledgement of his own great need of
some strong arm to lean upon, proof of
| his own weakness with the better class of
his own race who are ardent admirers of
Logan. But, what is more important by
| far, it is avery thin daub intended to oblit.
crate the effect of some very thoughtless
babbling of which that dude, Houser, has
been repeatedly guilty. Houser is Scott's
right-hand man. While Scott furnishes
the thoughts, Houser houses them 10 Ian
guage that never fails to bring forth a
laundering chorus of groans from all the
long list of photographers of all the ages
and of every cline. Houser's pratt ing re
Gently brought him face to face with a
dilemma which had more than two horns
and into which ho has also drawn Scott
who is seeking now, IN vain, to extricate
himself. Besides being an unskilled jug.
gler of words Houser is also dude; and a
dude-a real dude, you KNOWS always
effeminate, hair-brained, egotistcal anC
laxative. Houser's egotsm frequently ego
the bulge on" what little sense he had
since he has been here, and then his lost
tongue always told of what a great pslitl
cal 81 am" he was; that he was TIT
emissary of Charles V. Farwell, of Chicago
Logan's bitterest foe; how he had beef
sent here by Farwell, for the express pur
pose Of antagonizing Logan among thu
negroes here; how faithful he was to hi
important trust and how well he was SIC
ceeding in his great mission, partially
Trough the mediumship of the Gazette. Ii
this strain the dude has "shot off hi
mouth" with reckless disregard Of time
place, occasion and "present company" 81
that the cause and purpose of his presence
here have long since ceased to be even al
open secret. Only short time ago he in
nocently told the whole "secret" to mem
Der of the Congressional Central Committee
who is known to be more than friend o
Logan. But that this prattler is not merel
seeking to satisfy his egotism in telling thi
story is proven by conversation anothe
member of the Central Committee, also