The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-16
GENERAL LOCAL MATTERS,

DANCING.
Prof. Hardy's Dancing Glass meets on
Friday Feb. l6th--to-night.
AT THE TURNER'S BALL
on Monday evening next King Carnival
will let himself loose, and indulge in all
kinds Of merriment.
the lecturer is an Irishman, to the man
ner born, and his oratory Is distinguished
by all the characteristics of Irish elo-
/ quence.
THE LESTEN DISCOURSE
Of the able rector of the church of the Re-
deemer appeared in the Sun of Wedncs-
day evening. II is fine discourse, nppro-
pirate to the time, and full of sound chris
tian advice.
| KELLY ISLAND.
-StockAeth has just received ten bar
rels of tho celebrated Kclly Island wine,
the best and most innocent drink that can
possibly be INDUCED in. 1t Is as we'll
adapted TO the advocate of the late tenn
perance law as to the man who delig hts in
his toddy. 1t is handy drink to have in
the house.
POLICE BUSINESS.
There is very little business being done
in the police court. The police seem to
have fallen into dozy condition, proba-
bly, because the weather is supremacy dis
agreeable and they have taken to reading
Tennyson's dreamy poem entitled the
"Opium Eaters" Poetical policemen are
a luxury few cities can indulge in. Rob
. ertson, who is candidate for city marshal
, is very poetical, having an imagination
so vivid that he really believes there is {
. possibility of his election.
DELIGHTED.
Our friend l.. &. Harris, Esq, Of tn
Woolworth Handle company, Mound Cit.
in called upon us yesterday, and startled u
" with the Intelligence that the Illinoi
Central railroad company, disguised by II
a attempt of our council to drive their cal
CO off the levee, have determined to go bac
er on Cairo and make Mound City the
southern terminus that also, the engiI
GERS of the road we're surveying rout
n, over Cache Island with the intention
proceeding with the construction Of
bridge over the Ohio at that point.
pc course friend Harris is delighted, and v
!" are expected to SO and plunge curse
into the gulf of despair; but we won
in. We shall wait for developments. r
E of l. G. Il. X. works in mysterious way
&C. wonders to perform.
-, ABSENT WITNESS.
IN. The important witness in the case of &
&C. People Us. Chas. Walker, for murder, 10
the colored man by the name of A. IL. A
4 drews, now stewart OF the steamer 5
Mary's, in Bayou Tcche. Walker wi
rei murdered another negro with great d
ere liberation some time ago and richly
= serves punishment, cannot be convicted
Andrews is not put upon the stand, Al
Andrews cannot be procured to come II
% less the sheriff should 60 after him;
k Sheriff Irwin cannot of course spend
couple of hundred dallars Of his own mo-
ey to vindicate the dignity ofthe law, an
the county will not give cent. TT
-, consequence must be, that Walker will
n, free, and another life may be sacrifice
Here was murder committed in bro
a., daylight, in one of the most public plac
-, of the city, and the murderer cannot
',o punished because the public is penurio
in' Why should we pay taxes for the prot'
tion of life and property, when the m
who outrage both are deliberately p,
mitted to go at large because their punis
ment would necessitate the expenditure
alittle fthe public money?