The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-13
BREVITIES.

The Select Council meets tonight.
The bell of the Episcopal church \,
cracked. The last tap Sunday evening
did il.
John Gates, has repainted and re.
papered the FL Dorado bar and billiard
room.
The Committee of forty-6ve of the
Cairo and Vincennes railroad will meet n,
the council chamber tonight.
The change in the dress of tho "BuI,
LErlS'this morning unavoidably exclude,
from this issue n number of local adver
tiscments, which will re-appcar to-mor
row
1t is n matter which involves youl
constitutional rights, said Il leading radi.
cal to dsrkey yesterday, in speaking Of
the street tax. "Mebbo so. responded
the practical son Of Ham, "but if dose
free dollars uin't paid, .jes you see how
quick Mcilale's get yoa. | bir dar. tell
you.'
"A man whose name we could not
learn was thrown off the Fifth street side
walk, last evening, shortly after dusk, by
a fellow-man Of 1imonian instincts, whose
name is as much a mystery TO US rs it was
10 the officers who arrested him. We look
for Squire Bross to,hrow light on the
subject this morning.
-" Where ignorance is bliss lis folly to
be WISE finds good illustration in the
respect pail TO the city ordinances by the
roaming, roofing porkers, They bask in
the sunshine and wallow in the mire with
quite as much ease ard nonchalance as if
no eloquent spercha, were delivered for
and against their liberty; and rs if these
appeals to reason Ind not agitated an in
tellectlal community 10 its ytry center
Selfish, unhecdng hogs
The female portion of the disreput-
able element Of the town were unusually
Deliscrent on Sunday night. The inmates
If one bagnio threatened those OF another
With determination, aud would have at |
tempted to carry out their threats but for
he interference Of our peace guardians |
Harmony, or what little there was OF il.
has Ned IRON among the nymphs, and
now there is nnught lett but discord the
ID, and let us bo thankful-the police,
70 watch them.
We think we fairly represent the zen.
tlmcnt of the community IN stating, that
while wind, and plenty Of it, is not at ull
an Objectionable element just at thi. season
of the year, yet, If il would be no incon-
yenience in the arrangement, it wolld be
more acceptable to have less concentration
of it than was vouchsafed to u. Sunday
night. A better and more even distribu.
ton of it throughout tue heated season, is
modes,ly suggested ia those who hsve
charge Of such matters hereabon,s.
On Sunday evening last, in front of
Lattner's saloon on Commercial avenue n
couple Of gentlemen full Of bad whisky
and conflicting opinions, became engaged
in debate wherein no seeming advantage
was gained in words. Like true Teutons
as they were, filled with the spirit that
nus given to history Metz and Sedan,
they armed themselves with those fayorits
weapons street MISUNDERSTANDING brick
oA"-and sailed in. The energetic appli-
cation ofths weapons mentioned, to the
heads ofthe combatGnts, together with
their mingled yells and groans, attracted
crowd Of spectators, some of whom in
lerered aud put an end 10 the fracss. A
lair amount of hair and blood were in
voluntarily shed, while the bruises mu-
msiiy inflicted were below rather than
aDoVe ,ho'e Ola really: arst-class fight
The police appeared on the scene few
moments after the conclusion of the es.
erci.ss