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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

The excursion to Paducah by the sill
yer cornet band will come of, it is thought,
next Tuesday, and the Fisk is preparing
to accommodate very large party. Cooper,
who, in addition to his other srduous du-
ties Is freight clerk, &c. &c, is also cap
tain OF the ladies cabin, is already pre-
paired and anxiously waiting, in a new
suit from top to toe.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

CAN YOU BELIEVE Ir.--The Excelsior
Manufacturing Company employs SO large
force Of workmen. that u Charter Oak
Stove is made every six minutes.
And even with this quickn ., tie sup
ply is hardly equal to the demand.
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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

The Bismarck discharged hero II hhds
gugar 3 bales moss, 0 pks groceries, prin.
cipslly for Nashville and $50 hhds sugar
1875 bbls rosin, 100 baskets wine, 100 bbls
mOlasses, s5kegs do, 1905 pkgs hides, 90
bales moss, 10 pkgs sundries for Chicago
and has = good load for st. Louis.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

FoG SALH.--I will cell my house and LOT,
situated on Washington avenue, west side,
between 4th and 9th streets, Cairo, Ills
The house is a two story frame, finished
throug bout, and contains i;ht rooms, con-
vsniently arranged. Ci'tern, clubhouse, etc.
Ter rs easy. JOHN S8L1BAN.
Dchl0dlm
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
S1.The A. Baker will not disturb th

o1'The A. Baker will not disturb the
muddy waters Of the classic Wabash or
any other stream ut present. Our state
ment yesterday to the contrary no.wi,h.
standing. One OF the larges, and one of
the smallest stern wheel boats aAoat, lie
side by side at our wharf ina state of
mastery inactivity. They are the Louis
Vile and A. Baker.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
StOckhOlder,s Meeting.

The annual meeting Of stockholders of
the Cairo and Vincennes Il. r. will be held
at the office OF the company, in
Cairo, Ills. on Tuesday, the 25th Of April,
1871, for the purpose Of electing Directors,
and such other business as may be neces-
mry. ID. X. LARNED,
Secretary.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

WASrxD.-$5, 600 on I've years time,
for which u fair rate Of interest will be
paid and q mortgage Oh unincumbered
real estate given for security. Enquire 1t
BULLETIN Office, or address +, q. Drawer
il76, Cairo, Illinois. mch7d&wani
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

TIE FIRST OF MAY, Mrs. c. A. Meyers
will open grand lunch, including Beck
Beer. All those who are disciples Of King
Bacchus will partake Of her hospitality.
Old King Cole was merry old sou' merry old
soul was he.
He called for mis- rit ea, he called for his beer, hs
called for his peddiers three. u
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

Ali. Cutting of Metropolis has entered
into contract to build for tho Virgins
Ferry Company Of this city two large
transfer barges, each clio feet long, rs feet
beam, and I feet = inches depth OF hold
M''so.ri Democrat, april o.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

A PyRrEcT RESKvAToR Of the system
carrying OF the vitisted bile without the
aid Of Cslomel, or any mineral medicine
Simmons Liver Regulator is entirely veg
etable and harmless and ought TO be taken
by every one. [mar27d&wlw
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

" you want good, stylish and we'll
fitting suit of clothes, made to order, you
must 60 to r. Nog, No. 20 Ohio Levee.
dec9tf
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

EVERY particle Of poisonous matter !.
carried out ofthe system, the pale and sci
low will become fresh and vigorous, by
useng Simmons Liver Regulator.
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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

Parties desiring to purchase or lease
o,s on reasonable terms cnn do so nor
from the owner nf the Hulbreok estate,
who can be found-fpr n short time--at
The Office Of $. s. Taylor, Cairo, Ills.
Hpl1.ly
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

fRssH Com MEAL.-N. ID. Guntsr
having purchased and thoroughly repaired
the Fsnton Corn Mil, wishes to inform
dealers and families that they can always
DO supplied with the very best article ~
applying at the MILL corner Of Commercial
avenue and Twentieth street. Give him .
call, II.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
n. The James Fisk Jr., for d. Hurd i

- The James Fisk Jr., for d. Hurd 1
Son, hhds. tobacco; II, Myer 8 caddies
ditto, Strs,ton d Bird 10 ditto and
tho following for reshpment Is hhds,
tobacco, les pkgs ditto, = BIZ handles
for 81. Louis.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

pumps they haveno equal, being warrantd
10 denver more water with less pow
than any other pump in use. Mr.. Powd
VIII not refuse to take an order from srl
one for ono or moro of the pump.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

CAIRO CONSERVATORY or Music with
April will begin a new month. Pupils
will be received any time during tho
month.
Tuition from So 90 to IS 90 per month.
sPr2t1
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

ne feeling and good taste shonld eat
every day.
The Silver Cornet Band, with band
TO furnish music for the dancingly dis
posed, proposes TO visit Paducah on Tues
day neat, and have accepted the invita-
ton Of the master Of the steamer Jim
Fisk" TO use his boat for the occasion.
The company Of other citizens Of Cairo
will not be objected to by the band snd,
In all probability, arrangements win be
made to procure half.fare tickets for the
occasion. a visit 10 Paducah 10 not to be
sncezed at, and to be appreciated must be
experienced. The people Of that village,
which is rather conely, are quie. and IN.
offensive with u little too much Of the old
fogy and considerable Of the
southern gentlemen by Cd" air about
them, but for all that courteous
and hospitabio. They have dis
continued the practice Of wearing "horns,'
and now take them regularly; and the re-
port tina; they have tails has no founda-
,ion in fact. II IL important that our peo.
pie should become more familiar with tho
comparatively unknown people OF tho cap.
ital OF tho Purchase, and We hope there
fore that us many as possible may make Il
convenient TO intrude upon their secluded
abodes mex, Tuesday.
DANCER AuEAD.-A single spark may |
kindle fame that will consume a city |
and small ailments neglected, may end in |
fatal disorders. Bearing this fac, in mind
let the fret symptoms Of debility or nor
vous prostration be met promptly with
in vigorH,ing treatment. forernos, among
the vegetable tones Of the age stands
Hostc;tcrs Stofnsch Bitters, and when.
ever tho vital powers seem 10 lsnguish, or
there ia any reason ,o suspect that the
sJifnal function. essential q the sustena.
lion and publication Of the body are i'm.
performed this invaluable in.
rigorant and nn.i.ep,ic should q, once DO
escorted TO- Indigestion always produces
weakness Of the bodily powers. Some-
ime' 1t happens that the appe,it. demands
more food than the stomach can digest;
housh no, more, perhaps, than is requir-
ID 10 keep up the fu!l strength of the
rame. The office; under such circum-
,snces, is 10 increase the digestive capacity
4 the ssimila,ing organ, 80 IS to make IL
quail to the duty imposed upon !, by the
pps.ite, and capable Of supplying the
mtding material # a., system ss fas, a. II
. required. This object il fully accom-
'lishod by tho use Of the Bi,ter,. They
one and gently stimulate the cellular
membrane which secre,es the gastric juice,
nd the rcsul, i. that the solvent is mingled
Nth The food in suflicicn; quantity TO
onyert all It's nourishing particles into
urc and wholesome element. r. on the
Their hand, there is a deficiency o: dige- =
We power the effect of the tonic is 20
Emulate desire for food. Ia nineteen I
Asses O., Of twenty, hrsdache nausca, net.
business, fsinting-ai', spasms, and, indeed, I
los, Of The casual aches and pains to which
umani,y is subject proceeds primarily
'om indigestion complicated with I
iliousness; and for both these complaints
los,et,ers Stomach Bi,ters are recon-
iended as speedy and certain remedy.
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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

o~The Cumberland 10 again falling
and that rapidly. Eigh: feet !, reported
on the shoals.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

PIAHo.-A good second.hand piano for
sale cheap fsr cssh ct tas Conservatory Of
nu,ic. dtt
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

Tho Mississippi 10 still falling at est.
Louis and the upper rivers arc on . stand.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

SrThs Tyrone 10 the packet for Nash.
willie and Idlewild for Evansville this
evening.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

~The Tyrone brought 81 hhdsto.
bscco, i0' bbls -four, 8 buggies, 81 empty
barrels for the south and ~ tons iron for
the I. &. X. X.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

1~The Charleston finally decided to
90 to st. Louis, and departed night before
last with On empty barge.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

~Tho Ohio is falling at all points
with 7 feet 5 inches in the channel 1t
Pittsburg and feet in tho chute at Louis.
vile.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

FLouR.-C CO Family Flour In bbls
b II bbls., sacks &C., for sale At the ksyP'
tan NM. ~
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.


men, hold 4 ,hs OouSell Oh. n,bsr 10 ,hs cit,
OF Cairo. on Tuesday evening. April I, 1s7i.
Present--Aldermen Kleb, Metcalf,
Rsardsn, Sease, Stratton. Swayne and
Wintsf--7.
Acknowledgement Buder, Carroll, Gun.
ninghAm, Fitzgerald and Walder--5.
The Board proceeded TO tho election Of
chairman for the ensuing year. A bal
lot being taken, J. 8. Reardcn received
four votes, William Stratton received two
votes and H. Winter received ono vote
for the position Of permanent chsirman.
Mr.. Resrdon having received . majority
Of oil the votes cast, was declared duly
elected chairman of the Board of Alder
men Tor the ensaing year.
On motion Of Aldermen Winter the
reading Of the journal was dspensed with.
The following bills having been recon-
mended BY The Committse on Claims TO be
paid, on motion Of Alderman Winter the
recommendation Of the Committee was
concurred Ia BY The following vote:
Ayes-Kleb, Esarden, Stra,ton, Swayne
and Wintsr-5. ......r
Aldermen Me.oalf and Sesse excused
from voting.
Bill Of j. II. MetcslE 2 days
o. Judge of hoard of re~iasra.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
RIVER NEWS.
PORT LIST.

ARRIVALS.
Steamer Illinois, Columbus,
james Fisk, Jr, Paducah,
I" City Chester, ~. Louis.
d" Pcytona, N. o.,
Charleston, -,
Mary Alice, ~. Louis,
Petrol, Columbus,
Belle Memphis, Memphis,
Gum Back, n. o.,
Will s. Hays, Columbus,
Oicla Belle, ~. o.,
- Bismarck, N. O.;
Tyrone, Nashville,
Belle 81. Louis, st. Louis,
Liberty, n. o.,
u. Branch, ST. Louis
DEPARTURES.
Illinois, Columbus,
James Fisk, Jr, Psducah.
City Chester. Memphis,
Psytons, st. Louis,
Charleston, st. Louis.
Mary Alice, n. o.,
Petrol, st. Louis,
Belle Memphis, st. Louis,
Gum Back, Ohio River,
Will S. Hays, Mound City,
Viola Belle, ST. Louis,
Bismarck, st. Louis.
Tyrone,
Belle st. Louis, Vicksburg,
Liberty, 81. Louis,
Olive Branch, New Orleans.
~The river has fallen inches sinco
last report.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

u0.The weathef continues clear with the
Thermometer at 81 In the cool.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
BELOW COST.

1t is his purpls, to embark more extern
sively in the merchant tailoring and fur
nishing goods business hence the desire
to close out thu stock above enumerated
maP6tf
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
GRAND ENTERTAINMENT
AT THE ATHEHEUM.
Panta Thaumata KOsmou.


Panta Thaumata KOsm0u.
Wehave great pleasure in announcing
to our citizens that they are at length To
have an entertainment worthy Of the taste
and intelligence Of the public. Prof.
Sidney, distinguished as a man Of science
and letters, assisted by Prof. st. John, Of
London, direct from the Royal Poly.ecni c
Of that city, will offer this evening, for the
patronage Of our citizens, the most taste
full and elegant exhibition ever seen in
this country. We are fully assured from
sources ofthe highes, authority that these
gentlemen are worthy the patronage and
attention Of all who can appreciate what
10 beautiful in art or wonderful in science;
and We arc specially assured that all our
youth, Of both sexes, will be highly graft
ded with their elegant exhibitions, and
that our ladies particularly, and all who
can appreciate the wonderful and boauti-
full in science and art, will probably never
again have so dine an opportunity TO In
dulge taste for the ssthetic. The letters
shown US give assurance Of rare treat TO
all classes. We hope the professors may
be enabled to form favorable opinion Of
the tastc Of our people.
THE Uric patent movable point steel
pillow; one evtrs point given with each
pillow. For sale only BY
BEERWART. ORTIZ 4 CO.,
x6,f l36 Commercial Ave.
A splendid assortment Of bird cagcs,
moss baskets, flower stands, flower train
err, wire cloth for window screens, bath
and foot tube, &C., &c, just received. at
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
KEEP 1T BEFORE TIE People

That Peter Ned, No. 10 Ohio levee, !
closing out his large and well-selec,eC
stock Of clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps
trunks and valises, at and
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD.
New TSae Table.

On and after 1890, p. m, Sunday, Dec
&th, the following time table will govern
the arrival and departure OF passenger
trains at Csiro;
DEFIANT.
Mail train lsaves'At.-...... $40 am.
Express at......... $50 pm.
st. Louis and Cairo Express
leaves NJ. leo am.
Accommodation leaves at...i230 pm.
ARRIVE.
Mntl arrives.................. 2:oo Am.
Express arrives..... ....."..'.l224 pm.
ST. Louis and Cairo Express
arrives. ..............- %fS pm.
Tho last named train leaves st. Louis
at 1890 am. Traders can leave Cairo At
leo am, reach 81. Louis at 1926 an, 70.
main in tho city three hours, and return
to Cairo at s;s5 pm, the ssmo day
The 1890 accommodation and Cairo
and st. Louis express leave daily; oil 9th.
ers leave daily except Sundays.
Way passenger should bear in mind
tha, The c:ao ? n. train makes esiy four
stoppings between Cairo aud Centralia
viz: Jonesboro, CarbondAle, Du Quoin
and Ashley. The 1880 pm. train stops
ut all the stations along the route.
JAS. JOHNSON,
dec3tf Agent, Cairo
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

~ Business continues about tho same
rs at last report.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

o~The river has fallen inches sinco
last report.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06
okDiSAxCEs.

okDiSANCks.
An ordinance upon Ia 6rst reading, en-.
titled go ordinance 70 amend sections LOG
and i0s Of an ordinance entitled an ordi.
nance 10 adopt the ordinances Of tho City
Of Cairo o. revised and codiaed.' " 4
On motion Of Alderman Winter ssid
ordinance wss laid upon the table.
Upon its 6rst reading IAN ordinance
to amend ordinance No. o." Alderman
Ss.se from the Committee on Ordinances, |
introduced aud moved the adoption Of tho
following amendment to said ordinance,
which was adopted, viz; To amend sec
ton z Of the ordinance " amend ordin-
auce No. 81 BY adding the following, viz
Andal claims and accounts, except claims
for salaries, which may be allowed =. the
same meeting Of the two boards convened
in joint meeting at which they are pre-
sented, may be allowed aud finally acted
upon at the meeting Of the two boSrds
convened as sbovo at which the report
upon them by tho committee. 20 which
they had been referred, Is made and re-
ceived.' Tho ordinance with tho amend.
Inent was laid over under tho rule for a
second reading.
Upon their arst reading An oriin.
ance entitled ian ordinance TO amend
section 81 OF an ordinance TO adopt the
ordinances OF the city Of Cairo, as revised
md codihed, and for other purposes, and
AN ordinance to amend section $50 Of nm
ordinance entitled ian ordinance 10 adopt
the ordinances Of tho city Of Cairo - re-
vised and codi6ed, were read and laid over
under the rule, for = second reading.
Alderman Ssass introduced and Alder
nan Netcalf moved the adoption Of tho
following resolution, which Was adopted
Resolved, That after this month, tho
regular monthly meeting Of the Board Of
Aldermen shall be held on the first Tues
lay after the second Monday in each and
very month ut tho Council Chamber 1t
q o'clock, pm.
Alderman Rearden presented the bill Of
he Cairo City Gas Company for gas
in street lamps from March l
o April ], l7Sl, amounting to $a7o, which ,
vas, on motinn Of Alderman Winter, re- I
erred to the Committee on Claims.
No further business appearing. on mo- ,
Ion Of Alderman Winter, the Board sd-
burned. MICHAEL j. HOWLEY,
CITY Clerk,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-06

The bill Of ID. L. Davis, amounting to
e2s 20 for advertising notice Of election in
June, 1870, having been recommended rc-
jcc,sd by the Committee on CLAIMS, Al.
derinen Winter moved that said Davis DO
allowed one half the amount Of said bill
The motion wa. lost by the following
vote, Wis;
Aye.-Resrden, S,ratton and Winter
-3.
Nays--Klsb, Me.ealf sesss and swayne
- ....... TT. f-f f.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-15
MEMPHIS, TENN. SATURDAY EVENING, JULY t. sl87l.s

been destroyed in that pack by madness
that the huntsman was afraid to take it
in.
Some years since, dog-fox was run
to ground on Hatfield Heath near Ash
ford, Kent. When dug out he was found
to have some remarkable white spots on
him, and the Earl of Thanet had him
sent to his seat in Westmoreland-Ap-
pleby Castle--a distance Of three hun.
dred miles, and turned down. D. A fort
night afterward the fox was killed near
Hatfield Heath, his native place.
Not long ago" says one writer, :" |
saw COW bought at farm auction
About six o'clock in the evening she
was sent off home with the purchaser,
and was placed in the yard, distance
of fifteen miles from her former home.
At six o'clock the next morning she was
found back in her old shed, quietly chew
ing the cud, and waiting to be milked as
usual. IS. nar rt
Il once purchased a brood of duck
lings, about a month old, without the
hen that Matched them. | took them
home and placed them, as thought,
safely in pig-pound. In the morning
/ found they were all gone, and / dis
covered them snugly huddled together
at their old quarters, at the other end of
the village, in the nest in which they
were hatched. A laborer told me he
had met them in the street, homeward
bound at four o'clock am, as he was
going to work. They had not been off
the premises where they were bred be-
fnra y !. -.---- ------- ~ -.--- .I.
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The steam l.a wagon.
From tho oorinne RsDorter.l' 0a1T y

From the Corinne Reporter.l b. asV eznm I
Colonel Hyde's great triumph, the
steam wagon or road locomotive, was all
around town to-day. At eleven O. 'clock
it started across the track, bounding
over hedges and bitches, then up on the
north side, where it was guided over to-
ward the water-works to drink. Several
hundred gallons of Hiram's tank snfiiced
to slake the monster'si thirst, and away
it went again we have described this
consolidation Of mule, horse and OK
team before, but did not see its capering
movements until this morning. Why,
it appears to swing around in the road,
at command of the steering apparatus,
easier than man could turn wheel
barrow on matched aoorI This great
engine will draw its thirty or forty tons
OF freight in trailed vans or wagons as
readily as it moves unloaded. Mr..
Hanscom, builder of. the car, acted as
pilot to-day, and surely his pride as a
mechanic must have been fully satisfied
in the wonderful work of the Overland
Steamer. 1t is the king of the road in
every way. In twenty feet IL turns com
pletely around going at its speed, stops
with the touch Of valve, and when de-
sired to move o., takes up its march
with step that ordinary obstructions
cannot retard. On the next trip Of the
steamer this steam wagon is to be taken
across the lake by Colonel Hyde, and
there put to work hauling ores and
freights to and from the mines to the
landing. We rejoice greatly at its sue
cess to-day, and while seated on its
steady front, close by Mr.. Hanscom,
wished the glory of inyenting and man
ufacturing SO useful a machine would
sometime be ours. 'A+ ''
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A cotemporary remarks: d.And now
the cry comes up once more against the
miserable accommodations of our sum
mer hotels. Isn't it time for a reform
in this matter? Corn husk beds, infinite
sinai pillows, damp and ragged towels,
soap harder, than the heart of q New
York belle, scanty water and unreliable
gas fxtures-such are the miseries to be
endured by those who seek summer rest
in most OF the lauded watering places.
Where do these landlords expect to 60
when they die? l.,......ry, ~,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-15
The Jackaon.Benton Fight.

The Nashville Banner in publishing
some "reminiscences of that city, relates
the following particulars of the difficulty
between General Jackson and the Ben
tons, which, in consequence OF the dis
tinguished characters engaged in 1t, and
the relation Of friendship which subse-
lquently subsistsd between the parties,
has become historic:
1t was in the Talbot Hotel, 1873 (sub-
sequently the site of the City Hall, that
the famous rencounter occurred between
Andrew jackson and the Bentons. The
difficulty originated. remotely from a
duel between General Carroll and Jesse
Benton, in which General Jackson had
been the second Of the former, and from
bitter correspondence subsequently
had between Col. Thomas II. Benton and
General Jackson, though the two had
been warm personal friends. The, cir
cumstances which led to the rencounter
have become matter of history, and we
propose only to recall the particulars OF
the fight itself, as locally connected with
the annals of the spot on which the City
Hotel now stands.
On the. Sd of September, 1913, the
Bentons were registered at the Talbot
Hotel and General jackson at the Nash
Vile Inn, then located on the north
eastern corner Of Market street and the
Public Square, the site now occupied by
the wholesale house of Evans, Gardner
Il Co. The next morning about nine
O clock General Coffee and General
Jackson started around the square, via
the Talbot Hotel, to the postofiice,
which was then located where the house
of Bolivar II. Cook now stands, with
the ostensible purpose Of obtaining their
mail. On returning General jackson
attacked Colonel Thomas II. Benton,
who was standing in the doorway of Tai
bots Hotel. Benton fumbled in his
pocket for pistol, and retreated slowly
backward, Jackson close upon him
with a pistol at his heart, until they
had reached the back door of the
hotel. At that moment, Jesse Ben
ton. seeing his fathers danger,
shot a slug into Jackson's left shoulder,
shattering it in fearful manner. The
latter fell across the entry and remained
PROSTATE, bleeding prolusely. At this
juncture General Coffee fred at Colonel
Benton and missed him. He then
" clubbed his pistol and was about to
strike, when Colonel Benton, in stepping
backward, came to some stairs of which
he was not aware, and fell headlong TO
the bottom. Stokely Hays then coming
upon the scene of action, made lunge
at Jesse Benton with sword, snatched
out of cane, but the point struck a
button and the sword broke TO pieces.
He then drew a dirk, got Jesse Benton
upon the floor, held him down with one
hand and was about to plunge it into
his heart when a spectator caught him
by the arm. This ended the rencounter.