The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-29

past frultl ess seasons. Iney hhNc iapOIe
and waited patiently, and their reward
likely to be great. A large number c
commission merchants from Chicago an
81. Louis are now here soliciting consign
ments OF fruit, etc.
A few days Of cool, cloudy weather Gu
minated in light frost on Sunday morn
ing last, cutting down, in the greenness q
their youth, tomatoes, peas, beans an
"garden truck" injuring some strawberr
deld', and in the Misssippi bottoms d.
stroying great many peaches and othc
fruits. Thovetber il warm and pleasan
to-day, and we hope that Jack Frost ha
withdrawn to the Land Of the blue noses
frightened hence by the warm advances
Of ardent spring
The next danger dreaded by our fruit
ist., Is the coming the accursed curculio
This vandal insect came into existence
simultaneously with the Radical party and
has been as destructive of fruit as that par
~ has been of civil liberties and Republi.
can Institutions. Some inventive genius
has invented machine for capturing
curculio. One Of these 'catchers' has
been perambulating our streets several
days. 1t resembles huge butterfly on a
wheelbarrow and has bumper in from;
that strike. the tree, jarring off the bugs,
who by the way are not SO tenacious. of
grips as are their prototypes the RAIDS aud
they are caugh. on the outspread canvas
wings of the machine and killed. This
car OF juggernaut is an Egyptian in
vention and is said to be the best bug.
killer made. 1t has but one wheel, vet
while in use it is "a little buggy"
Alamentable homicide occurred near our
town few days since. Two men, Mr..
Adkins and Mr. Wiley Davis, had II dis
pute about the right of possession of a
piece Of land. A quarrel ensued and both
became angry and excited. Finally, Al
k'ns, who was at work upon the disputed
ground, struck Davis with hoe, hitting
the side of his head and fracturing the
skull. The wounded man fingered Sc, e.
raj days and died Adkins Is in ial,
charged with murder. Both men were
respectable farmers and this terrible affair
has excited the sorrow and sympathy of
the ne ghborhood Cor their bereaved
fimilies. .f.r.E
The new board Of Insane Asylum Com
missioners have not yet put in thsir APP
pearance. Messrs. Wiley and Owen are
here putting things in order for the COM
ing men, but we miss the pleasant counte-
nance of Mr.. kingsbury. He is probably
enjoying his osiUo. cum dig. in the office Of
more powerful and certainly less tickle
patron than the State-the Illinois Cen
trail railroad. He is Il practical and ener-
getic business man, If not practical
builder, such as our astute Solons have
pronounced tie only persons capable of
watching the progress of building al
ready under the care of an experienced
superintendent ard frst-class architect,
and protected by the severe penalties
named in the bond Of the contractor in
case of failure to do his part Owen and
Wiley have been the most earnest and ac-
tive members Of the original board, and
certainly none of the blame, If blame there
is, for slowness in the progress Of the work,
can attach to them. Gov. Dougherty, with
a liberality that has been wholly unap-
preciated. donated to the State all of the
magnificent building stone that has been
used. lie was the "father of the bilf' that
brought this institution into being, and,
after having for year prevented the To-
cation of the edifce, he repented him of
his obstinacy and has faithfully attended
10 the duties pertaining to his position as
chairman of the board. But the legisla-
tive guillotine spared not even this, our
venerable Lycurgus.
q 1t sometimes happens to a young physi-
clan to attend patient through long
nights Of weary watching and days Of |
anxiety and get him where something tells |
him that convulescence is near at hand, |
and just then some meddlesome women in |
terfere-o!d DR.. Fogy is called in-the
patient improves rapidly and the old DR..
reaps the reward. SO with our commits
sioners. Just as everything had begun to
work smoothlyi after spending months,
like molcs, under ground where their
work made no showing and had got to
point where they could take some pride in
what they were doinp unl had bpgun tn |