The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-24
+. H. SMYTH, Observer,
General River News.

The stage OF the river AT D. m
yesterday was SIG, showing fall OF
TO in twenty-four hours.
The Stacker Lee arrived from Mem
phis yesterday for St. Louis. She
lad quite passenger list.
The Ferd Herold arrived from ST
Louis for Memphis at p. m. ycster
lay.
Harry Nichols got off the Russell
lord yesterday at Paducah and came
Town by rail He is open for berth
The river is thirteen feet below the
LANCER line and has been off the bank
It Birds Point some time but conIi
ions there are very uncomfortable
to say the least, and the town is in
accessible from points above on &C
count of a large mud hole in what is
nown as Cameron Hollow which
ies outside the levec. Below the
own right in the public road is a very
leep pond, which blocks communities
ion by that route There is no road
inside the leyee and farmers object
people driving through their fields,
md yet no effort has been made to
train this pond and open up commu-
lication The deposit of mud outside
he leyee is very great. but this Is
Don dried out if it is stirred up by
rayel. except in places like Cameron
Hollow. where there is too much wa
er. Inside the .leyee there is a guam
fly Of sipe water in low places. which
las no way to get out except TO sipe
nut which Is slower than siping In,
because there is no pressure. There
a crying need for a system OF ditch.
ng in the vicinity of Birds Point.
The levee has given rise to new con
litions. and the farmers are not sat
sfiel with them. and are not slow &c
xpress their dissatisfaction. They
ay they were told that it would be
he making of the country, and IN the
anne OF progress submitted to a tax
or the purpose. but it has turned out
ike the man who puts on high col
ar in the name of fashion and sub
nits to the discomfort Of It. or the
woman who puts on straight front
corset in the name Of fashion and
iays she is dieting when asked what
g the matter with her appetite.
The Nashville cast anchor in this
larbor last night at 7:l5, making the
-un from Columbus in two hours and
twenty-five minutes. There will DC
many young ladies', no doubt, who will
90 aboard today expecting to see thar
handsome sailor lad who gave her
he hat band, u. 5. S. Nashville,
when in this harbor five years ago
lut he is not there There are none
" the officers or men with the ship
now. that were with her then. This
Ices not matter. There will be the
same groups of pretty, fresh girls
around the sailors and non-commis.
stoned officers as they explain the
guns and other points about the ship
he same quest for souvenirs, the
same nirtations. the same giving Of
addresses with permission 10 write
he gallant sailor lads escort to the
boats and low bow of farewell Some
n the boys ashore will complain
about this. They say the girls Law
-h their smiles upon the soldiers and
,filors and prize button from his
Uniform or band from his cap far too
highly and would refuse a button
from their white vest There Is 6
,suse for this Partially the girls show
the soldiers and sailors of the repub
lie, too deep for these white vest
dudes. who are piqued by il. II emil
mates from their mate patriotism
Glory to our American women, they
stand ready to give mp their brothers
fathers. sons and husbands in theif
countrys cause, and their hearts e
ont to the defenders Of the republic
m the Nashville
Capt Liuah Cobb, a well known
river man. died this morning at 9.ls
O'Clock in this city, Of a complication
n diseases. i!is principal trouble
was an affection Of the bladder. bui
facial orysipelas Ia 4 malignant form
had developed recently He had nee;
III about two months and seriously sc
about three weeks. Capt. Cobb was
G6 years of age and was born in Eddy
vile. Lyon county, Ky, descending