The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-21

FoH lEyIs.--A few days ago The Sun
was ANXIOUS to defeat Mr.. Irwin for
sheriff, but evidently change has come
over the Luminary's dreams. We con-
cluded, after reading the following. that
The Sun was an Irwin paper, and we
asked ourself, "What will Pope do with
it now?' On Monday morning The Sun
said
We devote good part of our space to-
day TO the publication of the call on Mr..
A. Ii. Irwin to stand for recollection TO tho
office OF sheriff and his reply Mr.. Irwin
accepts. of course, for II such an array Of
good and true men could not induce a
man TO become candidate, then nothing
could. We congratulate Mr.. Irwin on
this compliment for it is the highest ever
paid to any man in Alexsnier county, and
the best OF all Is, it is deserved.
VIGILAYT OFFICERS, THAYKs.-oficsr
Sheehan and Woolon are vigilant. No
doub: thsy sometimes sIeep, bu. unlike the
proverbial policemen, they do not sleep
while on duty. We make this remark to
explain how 1t happened that these two
officers, wide awake, were on OHIO Levee
at o'clock yesterday morning, and hap
pened to discover an incipient connsgra-
iion In the Office OF tho Cairo and Texas
railroad company. Tho blaze was big
one, but the officers, having broken open
the front door, succeeded in extinguishing
it. A gentleman had thrown a lighted
cigar into wooden spittoon filled with
saw dust. The fire on the cigar had igni-
ted the saw dust; the burning saw dust
had ignited the wooden box, and the burn.
ing box had SGT fire to the floor. Tha. IL
the way tho fire happened. We hope we
are understood. All this proves, first tina,
it is wrong to smoke; secondly, that if
you do smoke you should not throw the
cigar stump into wooden spttoon until
you have oxtinguished the fire; thirdly,
that railroad Offices should not have
wooden spi!toons filed with saw dust
and fourthly, that oflicers, like Sheehan
aud Wooten, should be told they are good
fellows for being awake at o'clock 10 the
morning.
BLooDY.HEADED THIEF Yes,erdsz
morning Officer Blllingsly passed TnE
BULLETIN Office having in custody the
bloodiest-headed thief we over saw. His
head was bandsged, and it seemed to be
swelled. In fact il was swelled head. |
Mr.. Z. Coreorsn swelled it with an AZ
helve. lie did il by taking the ak heiye |
in both his hands and hitting the head
several times. At tho time-Monday
night-the head was hit by Mr.. Corcorsp,
the owner OF it Was in Mr. Coreoran's
house stealing things, Mr.. Corcoran was
OF tho opinion head associated with
thievish hands had ne right in his house
without his permission, and that ia tbe
reason he tried to knock it Off. After Mr.. |
Corcoran had used tho AK helyo seyeral |
times, the thief cried for mercy. and Cor |
coran relented. lilo did not punch the
head Of the body. He arrested
the head and the body, and handed them
over to policeman, but not before he had |
procured doctor al his own expense 10 |
stop tho flow of blood and bandage tho
hsad. Corcoran has "a kind heart as wall |
as strong hand. On the person of tho
man with tho bloody head was found
property belonging to Corcoran. When
we saw him Billingsby was taking him to |
the county jail. There he will eat TOW
days At the publics expense; but then i,
would have cost us more il Mr.. Corcorsn |
had punched his bloody head of his mean |
body. Therefore we arc glad tho unfor-
tunste rascal was not killed.