The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-25

ent she was Ia hard luck and had to
depend upon charity, to certain extent,
1t least. She said she needed both fuel
and provisions. By direction OF the mayor
the chief sent her half ton Of coal, and a
charitable citizen ovsrhesring her story,
gave her an order on his grocer for some
provisions. A one-lsgged negro man WAS
also sent coal, and several others were sup
piled with different nscessaries.
The 1919 comet WAS srst discovered BY
Jean Louis Pous, but we've made many an
unsuccessful effort to rediscovsr or. The
celestial visitor grows brighter day BY day,
and if your syssight is 'u6dcisnty keen,
you can locate it any clear night. The 70.
appearance Of this planet 10 positive proof
Of the accuracy with which Astronomers are
enabled to make calculations even in cases
wherein orbits are eccentric. When Pous
discovered the comet seventy .ons years ago,
he predicted it would again Be visible to
the earth's inhabitants IN 1888.
Some days ago an item appeared in
The BULLETIN, clipped from an exchange
and credited to it, detailing the adventures
Of tho passengers on Wabash train on tho
division of the road, during one Of the sx-
trsmely cold days. From . letter
from the Assistant Superintendent,
dated Mt. Carmel, January 22d, We clip
the following dsnsls Of statements made
in said item: "ist-The passengers did
not break up any seats and use them for
fuel. 2d-The doors were not locked to
prevent passengers getting coal from the
tender. Sd-The wires were not down.
4th-No passenger tram was frozen up near
Marshall or anywhere else on the Cairo
division"
Postmaster Murphy expressed surprise
yesterday at the large quantity Of mail col
lected from the boxes the night before,
showing that the public was by no means
10th to avail itself of the new convenience.
The box at the corner of Sixth street and
Commercial avenue was especially favored,
for it was very nearly full. The up town
boxes were all wellpatronized, each Of them
containing several pounds of matter Of diff
ferent descriptions. 1t is tut reasonable
to suppose that there will be an increase in
the business Of the Office here by reason of
this new institution. Many letters and
postal cards will be written now and drop
ped into box at the street corner in pass
ing, that would not be written if they had
to oe carried q half mile or further to the
postofics.
The House committee on postage, hav.
ing adopted the recommendation Of Post.
master General Gresham reducing the post
age on drop letters to one cent, and on
transient periodicals to one cent for every
three ounces, it il probable that tho reduc.
ton will be made. 1t is right and proper
that postage should be As low As Is COM
patibls with the postal departments re-
naming . self.sustsining institution. To
20 beyond that is simply paying Peter with
money taken from Paul. There 10 said to
b prospect that the deficiency for this
year will reach ssOOO,OO0. Only sufa.
cisnt increase in the amount Of mail matter
to make good this deficiency and put the
department. again on sslf-sustaining basis
can justify the policy Of reduction. In
time, the increase in mail will probably
make good tho falling away, but only time
can settle the question.
Yesterday afternoons weather report
indicated fall of one inch IN the baroms-
tor at Bismarck, during the twenty-four
hours ending at 2 o'clock, Sergeant Ray
says this ID the greatest fall Of the bsrome-
tor he has met with since his connection
with the signal Office here, and he believes
that the result Of the fall will be . gener.l
breaking up Of the existing state of things
In the air-s storm of some kind. The
temperature at Bismarck, North Platte and
Dodge City went up 81, "a and 7 degrees
respectively, and the wind was southwest,
west and north respectively. At each of
the other points named in the report the
temperature fell heavily. Sergeant Ray
expressed the opinion last night, that last
night would DO colder here even than the
night before had been, but that to-day
would be not so cold a. yesterday was.
That there would be a general thaw
throughout the circuit, accompanied by
rain and some wind
Judge Bird has been making the
round of the city several times now, gath
ering up the mail from the boxes 10 differ.
ent parts Of the city; and be has timed him
self accurately, so that Capt. Murphy 10
able now TO furnish yarv nearlv N. AVIAN,