The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-01-14
General Items.

The next lecture to BE- delivered in
the High school building, will be- that of
DR.. Il. :. Brigham.
The alarm of fire given last night
Wa, caused 10y the burning of q chimney
OF the Cushing house. near Gallagher
mill.
A party of Young folks called upon
Mr. and Mr.. Wallace again last evening,
and danced and otncrwi," amused them
selves until twelve o'clock.
1t does the loatcr, Of this city good To
De put in the county jail for few day
tor when they come ont they are always
heavier than when they went in.
MIR. Brcc~c. at ThcbcS. j. in the city
attending court. lie proposes to oppose
Mr.. William Mulkcy of this city. in the
contest for STATE, attorney, which office
will soon b. va"atcd by Mr. =. II. Pope.
Mr.. Brcc-c j. 4 son ofJudgr Brcc,c. chicf
justice OF The Stale Of Illinois.
We had call thi- morning from orr
popular city treasurer. Is. +. BLAKE. Esq.
lie i u, happy ~ can b".-->nD.
Th" Hon. h. I. Blake, call upon the
SIN show, that be- must have been think
ing Of the spring election about thai hour
OF the day.
We are informed by Dr. Wood that
the several eases of small puN now in lhi,
city are all doing we'll. and that the
speedy recovery of the afflicted person, j,
looked for. lie says that there i, no
ground for alarm on the part of the peo-
pie of the city. for the reason that there
are only three eases in town. all Of which
are person, taken from steamboats,, on
their arrival at this port, for treatment.
The annual meeting of the member,
and congregation of the Presbyterian
church, of this city. for general business
and the renting of pcws, will be held
this evening. at y O'Clock, or the usual
time of service, The ladies of the church
the exercises. The public generally Is
invited.
1t is with deep feelings of regret that
We announce the cruel aud untimcly
death Of Jokcc, AT his home on the cor
ncr of Fourteenth street and Washington
avenue. yesterday morning. He came 10
his death by IN overdose of strychnine,
Jokce was an orphan, and was adopted
soon after the death OF his parents by the
a,nI nnn,,ln Nrh, lN.l M tLa al nNn man
toned place. and who have. ever since
his connection with them. treated him as
one of the family. He has passed away
from among them, To return no more,
and we extend 10 the mourncr, our deep
est sympathy, 4. S'-Jokce was Il dog.
William johnson, the cOlOrcd gen
small poX. and who was certain that he
had every symptom of il. has changed
his mind. having come to the conclusion
that hc will not take it Just at present.
Jailor Fitzgerald says that William j.
sharp, and that by complaining Ola head
ache and pain in the back, hc had hopes
lilsiA wv h'Nli nun.
or that they would send him to the pest
house. which would give him chance to
escape, But seeing that they did not in
tend to discharge or send him to the pest
house for treatment, he has become dis
gustcd with his plot. and ha. abandoned
il.
"A boy about twelve years old.
wanted to have some fun yesterday at.
tcrnoOn. and mounted Il mule running at
large on the commons, opposite the GUS
tom house. lie started the mule TO go
ing, and for a little while the animal
seemed 10 enjoy the sport rs we'll n the
rider, but when he had gone round the
field several times, he began to feel tired
and slackcncd his pace, whcreupon the boy
broke twig from tree, with which he
began to whip the lazy quadruped.
Then the mule kicked up his heels,
and started on run; the boy fell OH,
brulsing his legs and scratching his face
up In very ugly manner, but, Fortunate
~, ne was not injured.