The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-09

We bb'1 an tlOiOBS "blcll IS que from
us 10 the public, and wish now to make il.
by begging pardon for so long overlooking
, the interesting diliculty which lately oc-
CURED between the City Carpenter and
Mr.. Byrne, house carpenter of consider.
able reputation.
In the following petition, which was
presented TO the joint session of the City
Council, Mr.. Devoie sets forth his grew
ancos in very lucid language, showing that
Byrnc has about him an aggravating
way
THE PETITION.
Cairo, Ills, June 2, 1871.
To the IIonors' lie Mayor and City Council Of the
GESTLEMES Your petitioner respect
fully represents that while engaged in
work on the sidewalk in front of the house
Of !. py-.., - wasi,inr,on .vanua
he was requested by said Byrne to extend
: the repairs of sidewalk beyond the line of
said sidewalk TO the front Of his house. rs
he was instructed 10 repair the sidewalk
only, he declined to accede 20 said Byrne's
request Thereupon he was charged by
said Byrne with extending the sidewalks
before the houses Of other persons to their
buildings and showing favors TO them
which he would not do to said Byrne, and
thus charged him in an extremely violent
and insulting manner with violating his
! public duties. The charges made ia tho
! violent and insulting manner alluded to
/ aggravated and annoyed your petitioner
| to such degree as TO compel him TO reply
| in similar terms, and for this u complaint
was made before the Police Magistrate and
1 your petitioner was fined S. and costs
amounting to Sl9.10. The practice in re-
/ pairing the sidewalks has heretofore been.
which your petitioner has followed, where
| the plank Of the sidewalk has extended TO
the side Of the house to replace them in
/ the same way as it costs les, to do this thar.
/ to tear up the whole walk and put in new
stringer to hold up the new plank. This
Is required to be done in but few cases and
it was 40 explained to Mr. Byrne, and that
1t was not proper TO do it in his case as the
walk had been originally built of the
width only required by ordinance, and
had not been extended to the building.
{ Notwithstanding this explanation, your
, petitioner was asssiled with opprobrious
/ epithets in the way specified to which be |
only replied as the nature of the charge
against him compelled him to do As he |
was not the original offender and could |
not do otherwise than defend himself |
oooaiicb s'uI pctItlOHeT ne |
was not justly fined, and respectfully |
asks that the fine and costs may be re-
mitted. y. A. DEVORE
AND now COMES BYRSE,
indignant at Devvres statement, and
goes for that venerable but plucky
gentleman, in the following style:
CAIRO, June :, 1871.
To the Editor OF the Bulletin.
Permit me to make an explanation in
regard to very triIlng occurrence which |
took place few days ago, which calls for |
few remarks from me, and which ] re- |
greet very much | know some of the |
Honorable members OF our City Council |
who have known me for considerable |
time could scarcely decide as they have
done in this case, only thew have been |
misinformed about the facts.
What | have reference to is the very |
elaborate, yet untrue and unjust petition |
presented to the City Council on last Fri
day evening, purporting to come from u
very distinguished city officer, Mr.. y.
Devore, th' ss,ity sidewalk cobbler, stating
and setting forth what is not so-in other |
words, what should be considered malc- |
ious and unprovokel lie-ble.
The facts have been such as | will very
truly ana briefly state, and can be attested |
to by several respectable witnesses, and
which has been proven to the satisfaction |
Of one of our Magistrates.
\ very short time ago the ATTEST who
has had the good luck to be
appointed to repair the sidewalks, was re-
moving some of the WORKOUT plank OPP
positc my residence. | asked him in a |
very good-natured way why he could not |
let the plank run the full width as he had
done . other places. at the same time
pointing to the place / had reference to. |
He said, in very boisterous manner, that
he vas doing the same as he had done
them in other places; ! again pointed out
the place where it had not been done ms he
stated, but which I will say is as much
benefit to me rs il done opposite my |
house; and it is therefore very evident |
that | could have no objection; and. as
the gentleman and myself has been some
what acquainted, of course l thought l
could take little harmless good
liberty, although nothing like that which |
was stated in the very extraordinary petit
ton presented TO the Council on last Fri |
day night, opprobrious epithets not being |
either practiced or countenanced by inc |
on any occasion, but which had been con-
sidcrably INDUCED in by the very polite |
and accomplished city officer above spoken
of, AS he was pleased to term himself. The
only words did make use of on tho occa-
sion coming nearest 'opprobrious epithets'
were that said I" suppose | was not one
of the favorites'
What occurred afterwards with Old
Nick have proven by credible evidence
in one of our city courts, and which our
Honorable City Attorney can explain, and
which is of such an opprobrious nature
that do not wish to place it before the
public.
Mr.. Editor, regret very much 70 be
compelled to defend myself thus. ought
to be better known in Carlo by this time,
and | would not come out so publicly, but
if had remained silent my friends might
imagine there was some truth in the
charges.
More, If necessary.
Very Respectfully, &c,
l. I RypNE