The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-21

the removal Of the county seat continues
to receive its due share Of attention.
As new location, Villa Ridge has
many friends
The Patriot says:
Independence day is to be cele.
pratcd on grand scale at Pulaski. The
orator OF the day is to be Hon. ]. Glenn
ents, and the declaration of independ-
ence will be read by Mr.. Israel Sander
son. Arrangements have been made
for glorious Fourth, and if the wea-
Their is fine, we think the celebration
will provo an entire success.
The same paper gives the follow
ing interesting items relative to the
National Cemetery
For the first time since the cstab-
lishment of the National Cemetery, at
this place, the number and classification
of tie interments there have been de-
termincd, and are as follows:
Known Soldiers and Sailors" 2 46l
Unknown Snldlers and Sailors. q" 2,720
Prisoners Of War..................... 81
ClNllabA'' '.''''.''' ..''''' '''''''.''' v
Women aud NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2
Total Intorments .............". 6.223
The flag staff, lately transferred by
the Navy department to the War de-
partment, will be placed in the cemete-
ID Sqy j il l aa fist Bsfs5thA Ght i Rad
ture. The addition to the superinten-
dents lodge is about completed, and
the iron railing around the cemetery
will probably be finished in July, The
marble and granite headstones are now
under contract, and will probably be
set within another year.
Johnson CoUNTY.-The farmers of
this county will celebrate the Fourth
at Vienna by grand barbecue and
mass meeting.
An effort will be made to do away
with township organization in john
son county this fall, on the ground
that it is too expensive.
The journal says people who
are athirst need not go into johnson for
tarantula juice hereafter as the
county board has rescinded the order
granting license to sell intoxicating
liquors in the county.
PoPE CoUNTY-The Golconda Her.
aid of the eighteenth relates the fol.
lowing
Last Saturday evening Il difficulty
between tive women terminated in the
shooting of one of the parties and hei
husband, Andrew Belford, by man
named Commodore Downey, living
near the Stogdon mines, in this county
and about eight miles northeast of thi,
city. We were Enabled to learn how
or in what manner the difficulty origi
mated, but understand that on Saturaa,
morning Belfords wife went over t(
Downoys and abused the wifi
Of the latter scaudalously, stat
ing that she intended to bring Andrew
Cher husband) over and "clean out tn,
rancho Her threat, though probabl,
made on the impulse Of the moment
was particularly carried OUT, for on tina
evening Bedford, accompanied by hi.
the gate, were told by Downcy not tC
come inside, else he would shoot them
This so enragcd Bedford that he broke
the gate down and entered, and had
proceeded but short way before Dow
ney emptied the contents Of one bar.
rel of his gun into his abdomen, five
shots taking effect, while his wife on
whom Downey fired next, only received
one shot in the hand.
Last Tuesday evening Downey was
arraigned before a justice of the peace
In this place for examination, and ac-
Quilted a report has gained credit
here to the effect that Bedford S wife at
tempted to poison the family of Dow
ney by dropping quantity of arsenic
into bucket of drinking water, and
has been considerably strengthened by
the fact that Bedford, rather than stand
trial, sold out his crop and escaped to
Kentucky Tuesday morning. His
wounds are not considered danger.