The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-17
WARNER With
SNOW IS THE
PROMISE NOW
Weather man says Slippery Side
walks may be freed Of
Ice in a few days
COAL SITUATION BETTER
Several Carloads received BY Deal
| ers and Price expected to
| Drop to Normal
COAL SITUATION BETTER

"D.d you fill down today?" or
How does thts sait yous Did you
hear either OF these greetings yes
terday, kind reader? IL You didn't
you are IN luck VIC heard 1t from
the weather bug net less than fifty
different times and the last bug es-
capped with whole head simply be-
cause he ducked quicker than our
right could reach him
The slight thaw caused by the
sun shining yesterday made the
sidewalks so slippery that many per-
sons received hard bumps as they
went home or to work yesterday
morning. We saw one woman fall
twice within thirty feet as we went
home yesterday morning.
The moderating temperature
promised by the weather man show
ed up on schedule time, but failed
to reach height that would causn
the snow % leave the ground The
t-mperature, though, aided business
by allowing many delayed shipments
Of supplies to be made
The weather man has kept his
promises pretty well and probably
will hit II pretty close today. Tis
promises light snow and a further
rise OF temperature today This.
would also indicate that the ice and
snow on the streets will soon dis
appear.
Mercury Down to Zero.
The mercury almost reached the
zero mark early yesterday morning
It went to one degree above. Lat +
in the day il rose until the topmost
point was "a degrees and 1t stood at
that point at o'clock
According to the forecast, the day
officially began at 1903 o'clock this
morning and will end at 5:0G
o'clock.
The situation on the Ohio river
was somewhat improved yesterday
and the John Lee was expected to
start for Memphis late last night. A
few ice foes still float down the
river.
The Mississippi river is still
gcrged and several persons claim to
have walked across yesterday Late
Monday night it was said that
man went through the ice, but this
later was said to boea hoax.
Shipping Is Damaged.
From the Atlantic ocean ports
cones the report that many ships
have narrowly escaped being wreck
ed during the unprecedented
storms. The two boats that were
led up outside of the Chicago har-
bor have been reported as being
brought to safety.
Back of Cairo the big ice gorge Is
considerable attention.
The ice is comparatively smooth In
the middle of the stream. but on the
East bank ii is piled probably fifty
feet b gh.
With the delivery of papers from
various parts of the West comes the
reports of the deaths Of persons
caught by the cold wave A late
train yesterday brought reports Of
SIX deaths
AT Granite City and Venice near
East St Louis, two deaths are re-
ported One man was fixing roof
and slipped to his death. The other,
an aged recluse, was found dead In
his bed.
Coal Situation Better.
The coal situation in Cairo IS I'm
proved. Several carloads Of the fuel
were received by the electric com
pany and dealers yesterday.
For the first time In four days the
steamer, Henry Marquard
yesterday made her regular trips
and passengers from Missouri points
were brought into Cairo. The thrs
trains that were annulled nave
again been put into operation,
The fleet of the River Coal Com
pany will be moved around Cairo
Point into the Mississippi river
within a few days. Captain Faudrec