The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-09-09


night, on tbs subject Of "The Unknown
God, although it WAS not = review O
Mr.. Ingersols GRAFTON on "The Gods,
was, in ono sense, reply to il. Mr
1ngersol, as we understand him, say,
there is no God, that matter existed from
eternity and that life is nothing bu, the
resul. Of asys,em Of development wi,hou,
an author and which is the result of moth.
my. Mr. Thsyer undertook to show tina,
the evidences Of the existence of God --
evidence. existing outsiie of Revelation
are numerous snd ia the mind Of any
reasonable person, conclusive. We did
not hear the sermon, but several persona
who did have told u. tina. it was eloqn.n,
and learned, that the superstruc,ure oi
The Gods GRAFTON was knocked down
by the reverend geutIemSn's logic, and
that the iDbdels who we're present were
made to feel tha, they are walking on
very uncertain ground.
Our much-traveled CORES pondant, Hon.
). Wilcox, formerly of Cairo but now A
citizen of the world, has acquired a milf
try title by his vslor in the late Modoc
war. That he could handle the pen, and
write racy letter in e1ecrsble cbirogra-
ply, WAS n well-known fact to many Of
bis friends and to thousands Of the read
e-s Of The BULLETIN who had never
vazed upon his handsome features, out
that lie could handle the sword WI. never
known TO mortal until he enlisted in the
Modoc war, and with his own hand cap.
tured Capt. Jack. DIR. DunniDg always
said he had been cut out FOR a soldier, bu,
r ii. Barclay and j. johnson laughed 1t
the declaration, and whenever they laugh
Ht anything thst finishes IT, And vet
Juett came out Of that war colonel a.
may be seen by the following paragraph,
which we copy by the st. Louis Times =
"Coto"ei Jne,t Wilcox ("J-u.e-tt"j the
spicy correspondent ofTnE CAIRO BuLLE-
riS, says the Times returned to this
city few days ago from an EXTENDED visit
east. The colonel was formerly popular
steamboat clerk, but Of late years has been
known as owner and proprietor Of the 81.
Charles Hotel, Cairo Ill. For the ps.,
two seasons he has leased his hotel, but is
now talking Of running it again himself"
ADoLPH SwoBoDA, in "a card' pub
Ii'hed in the Sun yesterday evening pro
nounces an eulogy in his dog, now lying
very dead At the bottom Of the Mississippi
river, sent to his death by Marshal Nc
Hale. The dog wass genuine "St. Ber-
nard was imported to this land Of talk.
ing freemen and barking dogs at = cos,
Ct $50; would carry ice and messages
twice saved house from burning, and
gave the first alarm when Pitchers house
almost went up in smoke two year. ago
would ind los, money; WAS servant in
The house of Swobods and was ALWAYS
faithful. Well who said the Swoboda
dog did not merl. all the praise he has
received from his master lie WAS, no
doubt, faithful dog, and we do no,
blame Swobods for weeping at his tomb
or desiring TO punish his slayer but, the
question in which We are interested
the: "H"s -" "i'v right to order its
servants 10 kill unmuzzled dogs running
-pOu III. streets IN certain months, and, II
II has, can the officer performing the duty
be compelled to pay damages to the owner
ofs dog killed by him ?" Swoboda's dog
valuable n he is said to have been, vas
no. proof against hydrophobis, and
there is no reason why he, endangering
human life by running at large unmuzzled
In what has been designated the hydro
T hobia season, should not DO killed Be-
sides this, there is reason to believe that
the Swobods dog was the terror of his
neighborhood in his life, and that in his
death he is not mnch lamen,ed by the
public.
THE Rev. Mr.. Shores, under the drip
pings Of whose altar, we and several 9TH
er white Baptisu sat on last Sunday
night cannot tolerate newspaper putting.
A puff angers him; bu. wo hope he does
not become indignant when an editor, in
The interett OF the cause, referring to him
writes words of praise which are also
words OF soberness and truth. We be-