The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-22

for member of the Board of Equalization
and Hon. d. 7. Linegar for the Lowe,
House of the State Legislature. The dis.
patch said nothing about other candidates
and this is taken as an indication that the
convention also instructed for Albright and
Hill.
When the weather is fine and the
streets dry citizens should take drive out
to st. Mary's Park, along the levee and up
the county road. After living down in the
city for six or eight months of the year
seeing only bare streets and dust aud the
| confusion of noises and sights attended up
on the ordinary outdoor business of a city
like Cairo, it will be really refreshing to
| take a drive out to the Park and get a
glimpse of fresh green grass and clover and
trees; or along the leyee and experience the
peculiar sensation of being on top of hill
considerably above the heads OF those who
remain in the city, inhae the invlgorating
breezes that blow from the Mississippi, and
also to gain some idea of the capacity of
the Notifications behind which we expect
to live in perfect security aud quiet during
future great floods. A sight of the levee
alone will do any citizens heart good aud
amply repay him for buggy hire, etc, for
it is magnificent embankmelt
Circuit Court WAS occupied nearly all
day yesterday in the trial Of negro named
Albert Green, charged with robbing an
aged negro woman Of what little money
she had saved. The case is an unusually
aggravating one. The negro broke into
the wopans room in Whist was then one Of
the shanties comprised in the so-called
"Cat-ish Row" on Ohio Leyee. The old
woman, probably nearly sixty years Old,
defended herself and struggled hard to
keep her little treasure; but the black tiend
laid violent hands upon her, overpowered
her and tore her clothing in search Of the
money which he finally found and took
possession Of just SIS the officers came upon
him aud took him in charge. States At
torney Leek developed sl the narrowing
details of the crime before the jury sni
made Enthusiastically vigorous srgu-
ment on behalf of the people and of justice.
The case was given to the jury about
o'clock snd, strange to ssy, 3: six the jury
was still. out, evidently 10 doubt as TO
whether the wretch should be hung or sent
to the penitenhary for life
Some idea may be gained Of the work
that has been done on the old Mississippi
leyee within the lss, few weeks, by direc-
ton Of Col. Taylor and under the immeii-
ate supervision Of Alderman McHsle, from
the statement rock revetment has been
built, eighteen inches thick, nine feet high
and two thousand fee, long. This wall
covers almost entirely the outer slope Of the
levee proper and has fall toward the
river of probably two feet perpendicular to
one horizontal The rock is all packed
closely together and will be firmly cement
ed after having once been covered by the
muddy stream against which 1t is aimed TO
protect the bauk. 1t was built 10 Just |
about ten days time, which proves that
there wasn't any foOing among the men un-
der Mr.. McHsle's direction. The wall will
be extended several hundred feet further |
down and will then cover the stretch Of the |
leyee that was most threatened when the |
river was up. 1t is the superstruoture Of |
the base that is to be built by the Govern
ment with the fifty thousand dollar appro- |
priation recently askedin Congress. The Gov |
eminent work will consist of laying mat
tresses along the bottom of the river bank
and building up a similar rock revetment |
to point where the river leaves its bank |
and touches the levee proper, or rather the
stone wall that is now about to be finished |
by Mr.. McHae's force. Col. Taylor has
already had much work done on the bank |
below the water line, but it is too big
job for private enterprise; it is properly the
duty of the Government, for it affects the
channel Of the river and the Government
alone can accomplish the work needed.