The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-26

marck does" This seems to DO In line
with Citizen George Francis Trains pro.
phscy that Gould will DO . bankrupt In
sixty days.
An agricultural paper called "Ths
Pillow Boy" published in Albany, N. Y, 10
1919, contains the following paragraph;
The town for tho seat Of government Of
the state Of Illinois, is laid out on the Kas.
ksskia river, consisting Of 81 squares,
with large square In the center, aud $50
building lots, we're lately sold at an aver.
age Of 2S4 dollars for each, highest price
for one $3.50 dollars. The town 10 called
Vandalia; situation is said to be very fine"
Yesterday Sergeant Ray received the
long expected assistant in his Office here, in
the person Of Mr.. Leonard N. TAR, Of
Washington. Tho cause Of the delay in
the appointment, was that the department
was compelled to retire some Of the force
in various parts Of the country, In order to
make the money at ito disposal hold out.
Sergeant Ray will hencsforth find his du-
ties less oppressive; and il may be that he
will now not push his resignation, at which
the general public here would be much
pleased.
Shawnee News: "Mr. Walter Hyslop,
in company with his friend Robert Reid,
of Saline Mines, left Friday morning for
Burnside, Ill. Aftsr spending few days
visiting there and other places In this
state, it is the formers purpose to return to
Canada aud shortly .itsr to Scotland. Mr..
Hyslop is a model type Of an Amsricanised
Scotchman. His heart is so divided be-
tween the lochs aud hsaths and the praires
and mighty rivers that it is quite sure to
keep him voysging between the land OF
Wallace and the land of Washington. We
hope he may have many happy returns"
In spite of the fact that our city 10 toll
erably we'll supplied with tramps, their
presence here 10 not indicated BY the usual
sign, burglsriss and petty lsrcenies. Per
hape the tramps now here are not -
wicked lot as the average run Of EN-, or
perhaps the fact that they are provided
with warm quarters at night, prevents them
from showing themselves Is they really are.
1t 10 different in many Of our neighboring
cities, where complaints are made Of vari'
Gus depredStions committed by rough
characters within their limits. This 10 the
usual cry. The trsmps congregate in the
cities during the winter and raid the rural
districts when the warm weather comes.
"A circular sent out by the chairman
and secretary Of the colored voters state
executive committee, states the object Of
the proposed meeting Of the committee at
Chicago on the 80th instant, to be to con.
slider the proposition Of joining with the or
ganizsd colored voters Of Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Now York and Massschu-
sets, In an effort to bring about the hold.
ing Of convention of representative colored
men from the states named, to be held at
Pittsburg on May lot and I'd. The object
of this convention shall b to take meas.
urss to break up the ''solid SOUTH" which,
the circular proclaims, was produced and 10
maintained by the government OF the bull
lot instead Of the ballot. The circular may
bs regarded as cry for the revival OF
bayonst rule % it was In the halcyon days
Of carpet-bsgism.
The alarm Of FIRE shortly after twelve
o'clock this morning was the signal for the
burning of one OF the frame barracks
known q "Cst-ash Row." on Ohio levss.
The nrs spread rapidly to the adjoining
structures on both sides, and before II could
be checked 1t cleaned out the entire lot,
six in number and oil miserable shanties
that have long been an eye-sore to the pso-
pie Of the city and disgusting to strangers.
Every ono Of the shantiss was crowded
With people, from basement to garrett
people, white, black and oil intermediate
shades, Of sll ages and both sexes. Prob.
ably not less than twenty. five families Of
men, women and children stood about
little heaps Of dirty, pstched-up personal
property strewn along the street, them
selves half dressed, shivenng with cold
and lsmsnting their losses. Each man.
aged to save little. The efforts of the Dire
department and the transfer steamer Nc
Comb availed little, for the barracks were
dry and burned like shavings. John Nc
Carthy ("Cat-nsh Johnnie'D was tho prin-
cipal loser. He owned three of tho shan
ties and lost all his personal effects besides.
He could not tell how the fire started, nor
could any one else. When he swoke, he
had only time to put on some Of his clothes
and 60 out, bars.hesded and almost bare
footed. He had no insurance. Two other
buildings we're owned BY q. A. Harmon,