The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-03-12

for them. They are supposed to be in
this neighborhood.
Last Monday night, Henry Woods, u
pilot, was arrested by Sergeant Cain and
officer Wooten, while in the act of knock
ing down door. Wednesday they took
him before Bross, but he refused to be
tried by that gentleman, and took
change of venue, and was fined ten dol
lars and costs. This did not satisfy hin,
and hc took an appeal to the county
court. giving bond for his appearance.
Mr.. William Wetzel, who for the past
year has been the proprietor of the st.
Nicholas hotel, will open the Perry House
next Wednesday. with grand lunch,
under the name of the Grand Central.
Mr.. wctz lisa gentleman who under
stands the business of proprietoring a
hotel in flrst-class style, aud we have
every reason to believe that he will make
the Grand Central an excellent boarding
house in every respect
1t is said by parties who should know.
that there will be ut least five candidates
enter the contest Tor the Office of city
clerk at the ensuing election, beside
Hawkins. who is not in the least con-
cerned about it, but says that the more
candidates there are, the mcrrier 1t will
be. II any of these gentlemen who con
template running, expect TO defeat
Billy. they will have to get up early in
the morning.
The city is again becoming afflicted
with loafcrs aud bummers of every de-
scription aud color. The authorities of
the larger cities around us having given
them notice to leave those places, they
make Cairo a hanging-out place, and ii
would be well for our people TO see that
things of value are kept under lock and
key, as gentlemen Of this description,
as general rule. are not at all bashful or
backward in approp rating them to their
own use.
Mr.. Oberly will deliver lecture I'M
der the auspicc, of the Liberal Religious
Association, 1t Liberal Religious hall,
one week from next Sunday night. He
will take for his subject Hell" How
this gentleman will handle his
subject, we are unable to say, but
the employees of the BULLETIN office,
who have had the opportunity Of wit
Messing him raise HI on various occa-
sions. are a unit in thinking that he
ought 10 make a success of 1t whether he
does or not. They believe ia the old
saying, you know, Practice makes per-
feet"
Yesterday morning, while number
of small boys We're on their way to school,
and when opposite the custom house.
they came in contact with small col
ored boy. One of the party walked up
to the negro, aud giving him shove,
knocked bundle of books from his hand
down under the sidewalk. This aroused
the ire of the young African. and lac and
the little lrishman engaged in rough
and tumble tight. in which the negro va.
coming ont first. The friends of the
white boy were about to make an attack
on the negro in Il body, when one of our
school directors, peaceable and kind
hearted gentleman, appeared upon the
scene. and determined to see fair play,
said you must fight, fight fair
But the boys ended the fuss here, and the
| director. after learning how the difficulty
was brought about, compelled the Irish
boy who had knocked the books under
the walk, to get down, pick them up and
return them to their owner. II very
near broke the heart of the son Of Erin,
but he didit.