The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-15

ADMITTED.
Housewives we're held nearly two hours
A sumber Of fervent and emotional
prayers we're offered that brought tears 10
mary eyes, but With oil the earnest
pleaing they failed to secure Fouts' zig.
mature.
Omaha.
WILL EXAMINE.
OMlnA, NRB., March 14.--A committee
of nv prominent citizens leave here TO-
morrow for the East, to examine the vari-
Gus sytems Of water works in operation,
that rcommendati,n may be made to the
people, who are 10 vote on the water
works question on the 4th Of April.
SHOT.
I.orin Smith, II yeari OF age, was shot
and insantly killed by q lad named Au-
gus,uy Davis, aged 10, Al Stone Creek, .
few niles above PlAttsmouth, Nebraska,
| yeste day.
SENTENCED.
Joseph Freeman, tried in tho Hudson
county court for shooting his mother in
Jers,y City. was convicted this evening
of rnanslaughter, and sentenced to ten
year. in the stSte prison.
Cincinnati.
CINcINHATI, March l4.-John II. Nc
Lean me of the preprietors Of the Cincin-
natl inquirer was sent to Jail by Judge
Marchsnt in the police court this after
noon, for persisting in refusing TO answer
| questions propounded to him yesterday.
| The ,ase before the court was one in
which Thomas Quinn and Ex-Judge hof-
fer wa plaintiffs, and Il T Scowden, en-.
ginee, Of the water works, was defendant
The charge WAS libel, in causing . pub.
licati,n efiscting the PLAINTIFF character
in the ENQUIRER. Mclean was asked wht
gave him information on which this pub
location was based. He refused to answer
and went to Jail. Tho future course tn
case viii take 10 not foreshadowed.
Boston.
SUMMERS REMAINS.
The remains OF the late Senator Sum
ner, in charge Of the congressional CON
mittee and Massachusetts delegation, al
rived here tonight ct seven o'clock. a
least
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE
were q. g. . depot. The frat basallion {
cavery sud 60 policemen conveyed th
body anu deposited 1t in Doric hall, whic
is heavily draped.
CoLoRED GUARD.
A detail from Shaw's guard Of colors
= troops will form . guard Of honor WIN
the remains lie In state until Monday o
ternoon, when they will DO removed to
KINGS CHAPEL,
which has been selected for the funsr
services. At the depots in Springfield
and Worcester immense crowds had gail
cred 20 see the funeral train.
| New York.
INSURANCE.
NEW YORK, March l4.--The board ,
ton in regard to miscellaneous STORM
with juts, hemp, fax, cotton In bales, be
and straw and Other Vegetable nbers, NAL
ing an additional charge Of from 10 I
80 per cent. on rates, the extra rates to l
abated on removal OF the objsctionabl
absrs named. A
NEW STANDARD
OF rates has been adopted in regard
| provisions and warehouses. A commits
Of grain receivers In conference to-ds
With freight agents Of railroads were col
sidering whether the proposed inspecto
Of grain should BE- paid by grain receive
or BY railroads and - TO the
i GRADE or WHEAT
to BE- adopted % The standard. The r
foeivors proposed also that the isilroa
should guarantee the weight of grain
b. the same when delivered % when :
Ceivsd at points on their line.
| MAILS DAMAGED.
i When the German mails by steamsh
Mosel we're opened to-day at the post o
fee il was found that at least 40 psckag
| con taining from 200 to 500 letters apiec
we're broken and In . ruinous condition
| FLIMsY wRAPPIN0s.
thin, Aimsy envelopes and the package
were tied up in weak brown paper.
| Probabilities.
/ WASHINGTON, March l4.-For Ne
England, cloar or fair weather will Or,
vail with northwest to southeast wind
rising barometer and slight rise of ten
perature by Sunday night.
For Middle states, the lower lake regio
and thence south to Georgia. continue
high barometer and variable winds wit
increasing cloudiness.
For Gulf states and thence northwar
to upper lake region and Minnesota, fal
ing barometer and easterly to southerl
winds will prevail with generally cloud
weather and areas of rain.
The Ohio river will continue to fall be
| low Cincinnati.