The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-17

stractions fade into nsignifc4nce in COM
parison. We hope and expect to see the
time when an adequate evec system under
one comprehensive plan shall be maintain
ed from Csiro to the Gulf In the mean
time we would like to see Louisiana take
the lead in movement which would re-
store prosperity to a vast section winch is
now at the mercy OF the river. This msve-
ment should begin at once, and there
should be no relaxation of If rt until we
! shall have a line OF lcvecs constructed ac-
cordiag TO the most approved laws of engi,
neering, and protected by slI the a vices
which ingenuity can sug!e.t and industry
provide
A couple Of negro women awakened
Magistrate Comjngs early yesterday morn
| ing and complained that two e. conuec-
ted with the circus had abducted a negro
| girl, the daughter OF one of them. The
women were given instructions. and they
went and notified an olhcer who went
through the Car in which they sal he girl
was held captive, and, sure enough, there
was the young damsel. She Was brought
out and so was one of the circus men whom
she accused of forciby OBTAINING her.
Yesterday the man was examined by Mag
i,trate Comings; but it was not proven that
he was the right msn IND it was proven
that the girl had been voluntary victim
of the abduction O.; and the man was dis
charged, of course.
GENERALLY the election resulted very
satisfactorily. Good men were elected in
all the wards, aud the affairs OF the city re-
main in the hands Of body OF men who
will not permit the city's interests TO be
sacrificed. The men that it was secretly
arranged should be brought out in the in
terest of the ST. Louis and Cairo Company
were not brought out partly for the
reason that those who were applied to re-
fused to run, perhaps foresreiDg dcfea', and
partly because the design was discovered
and exposed permaturtly, As result The
n. Q. didn't get smell and the Ci;y Cuun.
Gil remains All insurm1untab.e barrier t. The
accomplishment Of any scheme that does
not recognize the interest. Of the city first
and above those of the (Amster) dam bond
holders.
AT the Thirl ward poll on election day
one nepro-ouc of the rascaIly "f1oence'
croyd-s,eod and sat around all day until
after sunnet, WAITING To be byught. When
the poll was about TO be closed he made a
last efF,r, to dispose of his vote, but being
rannIs.d he went straipht to the counter
and voted an open ballot. In view Of this
c;rcrmsrance and the fact that the result Of
the election in this ward hinges on but s
SINGLE vote, the contemplation that the ex-
nenditure Of half q dollar or less would
have produced the opposite result, natur
ally arouses the hearty Indignation o! all
men who believe in the purity Of elections
This one instance is but sample Of many
other. in the same ward. The few negrI
"hooence" men who make q business OF
buying and selling votes for patry c0nsid-
erations at every election, were much dIsap.
pointed that there was but one candidate
in the field, because, il there would be no
opposition, they could not, with any show
of reason, demand ANYTHING for their votes.
Accordingly, on the night before tho elcc
ton. having waited until the last moment
in vain for an opposition candidate to an
nounce himself, they consprei among
themselves TO force another man into the
field for no other known purpose than 70
give their "G ,oence" and votes money
value at the polls the next day. They
raised q dollar or two and had tickets print.
cd besrino Chi. Tno Woods name and max,