The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-12
CHIT-CHAT.

| Ut. WAX, VI Asmpuh, WAS ~ tUS
u. Charles yesterday.
Captain All Cutting, Of Metropolis,
was in the city on Tussdly and ysstsr.
day.
| Mr.. Sam. 3. Foster has returned to
the city and taken up quarters ct the St.
Charles.
"A couple Of "plain drunks' consti.
tuted the entire business transacted 10
Judge Bross police court yesterday.
The ferry company have purchased
of Capt Falls several acres Of land lying
along the river just above Birds point.
1t is said there 10 not = church 10
Ballard county "but a aner lot Of dane
| srs than 10 to be found in that county
would DO hard to scratch together"
The residence Of Mr. q. Close, corner
Of Of Twentieth and Walnut streets, was
entered by burglars on Tuesday night,
and . quantity Of clothing stolen. No
clue 20 the burglars.
Matt Burns died At half.past eight
O'Clock last night. lie will DO buried on
Friday afternoon At three ool lock by sps-
cial train from the foot OF Fourth street.
Friends and scqusintancss Of the deceased
are invited TO attend. 3-l2-lt
Prominent among tho arrivals ct the
81. Charles yesterday were John d Storm
and Oliver Buckle, Baltimore; Ben Kim
BILE, Chicago; Louis Mays, Philadelphia;
w j Ashford, Memphis; q Kisd and wife,
0rsnada, Mississippi, and j II Perry,
New York.
On Tuesday night about eleven
o'clock, when the passenger train on the
Mississippi Central railroad WAS within .
few feet of the bridge over Nay
asld creek, tho sleeping coach
ju2ped tho track, and WAS dragged
. distance Of about $50 feet before the en-
cine could be stopped. Fortunately, the
coupling did not break, or the car with oil
in II might have been prscipitstei into the
water under the bridge which 10 abeut Is
feet deep.
WIN. Ehlers wishes TO inform the pub
lie that he hAs just received . large stock
of imported French calf aud Morocco
Leather from Adolph Nickel, Of Cincin.
natl, direct importers, and he can there
fore wsrrAu, ell his work to be of not only
the best manufacture, but Of the very
best material. Any one who desires tine
Boots, Shoes or Caters will nnd It to
/ their interest TO call on Mr.. Ehiers at his
/ shop, 10th street, and examine his stock
and les before ordering elsewhere.
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We heard /. stated yesterday that .
1 serious difficulty took place on the tow
| boat John Gilmore while she lay ut the
wharf in this city on Tuesday evening.
The fight began at the supper table be-
tween the captain of the boat and one Of
the engineers, but before il was ended an
other one OF the engineers and the mate
we're drawn into it. 1t 10 said Captain
| Gilmore was badly cut on one Of his
hands, but received no further serious in-
iuriss. The mato and second engineer
| came TO the assistance of the captain in
the quarrel.
AT the head Of the local column in
this mornings BULLETIN will be found
the card Of Mr.. w. X. Hawkins, who an.
nounces himself in the field q candi-
date for the Office Of city clerk. "Will"
Hawkins 10 known to almost every man,
WON IN and child in Cairo, having lived
here many ysars and, for aught We
know, WAS born in Cairo. He 10 amply
qualified to I'LL the position he seeks, and
II the sovsre,gus of Cairo should see ut
to bsstow the office upon him, We believe
he would fill It to the satisfaction Of the
people and with credit to himself.
AT about fifteen minutes to three
o'clock this morning burglars made an
entersnce into Swoboda's grocery store 1t
the corner Of Poplar and Eighteenth
streets. Officers Msehner and Wooton
detected the burglaro and undertook to
arrest them, but they ran when the off,
GERS fred two shots at them. One
Of them was badly wounded, as he could
be tracked by tho blood Is he ran. He
was traced to tho bank of the Ohio river
whore . lot of bloody stones, whore he
stood on them, we're found. It's suppos.
they had . skif ready in case they should
need 10 got away,
On Tuesday afternoon difficulty oc.
CURED at Blandville between shoemak-
or named Roote and Mr.. j. H. Dalton.
Roote and Dalton are brother.in-lsws, and
the former 10 or was in the habit Of whip
ping his wife. On Tuesday he gave heI
. hard beating, and not satisfied with
whipping her, determined to thrash Mr.
Dalton, her brother. But Dalton was mol
in the humor to be whipped, and wher
Roots started in on him, be drew knif'
and stabbed Roote in the breast, and thsI
took . brick and combed Roots's hail
with It, Roote was 30 badly used up tha
his friends had to put him in his littl'
bed, and it is expected that about Sunda.
next they will have to put him in his lit
tie grave. Dalton was arrested, and hslt
to bail in the sum Of $500. Dalton wa
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