The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-19

seen on our streets Yesterday. We saw
him at a distance.
II was hot yesterday. We initiated
Sidney Smith, and took OIL our flesh and
sat In our bones.
Our Appropriation is not safe yet.
The senate is wrangling over the river
and harbor bill, aud the threat is made
that President Grant will veto it..
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The lower regions were close 10 Cairo
yesterday, il heat indicates the proximity
OF that place. All day the sun poured
down its ficrcest rays, and perspiring
men said TO cacl, other, as they passed:
"IIot!' "You bct,' was tie reply;
'hotter'n HI" But it wasn't.
The crew Of the Cairo Boating asso-
citation were to have opened the practice
season last evening, ia their new four
Dared boat, but for some reason failed to
make their appearance. The new boat
will be a fast one, and the crew expect to
do good pulling in it.
The SIN wants to know whether the
people of Cairo can afford to have made
such "A decision as that OF Judge Baker
in the Illinois Central case. The SIN is
foolish to want to know anything of the
kind. Law is Law, and the coui IS know
what law is. This is our wise opinion.
"lf 50 be ~ how that ship comes in, why
so but it 50 be as how that ship don't
come in. why so also" If court de-
cides this way, so; if That way. why 50
also.
Between six and seven O'Clock ycster-
day morning, the turnkey of the city Jail
opened the cells and allowed the prisoners
to 20 into the yard, when two negroes,
named Adams and Timothy, who had
been put in Tor practising confidence
games, jumped the outside fence and
ran. The turnkey shot at them, and
says he i. quite sure he hit Adams, who
tell. but got Oh his feet again and made
good his escape. They were in for fifty
three days each, and had seryed only
seven days.
A prominent grocer Of tins city says
he will swear that the story that Ben.
Wiley is a slow debt-payer is "a true a.
the gospel, because, you see, says the
grocer, II sold to him barrel of sugar
twenty-onc years ago-it is OF age now.
and can vote-and he hasn't paid me
yet" The grocer may rest in peace.
Ben. ,ciN pay him. He is resting now
| has been tor twenty-one years, and will
| for twenty-one years to come--so that he
can pay for that sugar well when he does
pay for it.
Fourteenth street has been filled up be-
! tween Washington avenue and Walnut
| street. lfnow the city authorities would
| fill Walnut from Fourteenth to Fifteenth,
and Fifteenth from Kicks church about
| two hundred yards towards Cedar street,
the people in the Winter row neighbour
| hood would not be cut off from the city
| during about nine months Of the year.
| A little dirt, good aldermen, for the
benefit OF the Winter row people. and
| blessings Oh your digniied heads, NUM-
| cipal Joe Andersons, our Joe Johns.
\ few nights ago, ten cars of cattle,
from Eagle Fort, Texas, passed through
| this city for Chicago. They came to
| this city over the ST. Louis, Iron Noun
tain and Southern railroad, and went to
| Chicago via the Illinois Central. These
| ten ears, We are informed, are but a fore
runner of one thousand cars of cattle
which are 10 be shipped from Eagle
Fort 10 Chicago over the ST. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern railroad which
promises from present indications to be
Texas to the eastern cities.
A negro boy fell into the torn-up
Twelfth street sewer yesterday, and UNI
fortunately injured his innocent shinS.
His good mother was much disturbed,
and avows her intention 10 SIZE the city
for damages. She says the Tilicn reb-
els set the sewer as a trap to catch color
ed Hayes people. and 'she's a going for
to see if there is law in the country
to protect her race against traitors.
She has written to Morton, and hopes to
have congressional investigating COM
mittce sent to Cairo TO look into this
outrage and the sewer.
Mr.. G. y. Hughes fell into peaceful
sleep on Monday afternoon. When he
woke up, after dreaming an hour or two
of cool forests and pebbly brooks, he
saw within the shadow of his room, Il
man. "What do you want;" he asked
of the stranger. Nothing" said the
man "nOthing; I'm a portrait painter,
and wanted 20 SEE if could take your
portrait" Mr.. Hughes was sure The
artist couldn't take his picture, and told
him so. The artist left, and Mr.. Hughes
slumbcred again. When he woke again.
he wanted to know the time of day; but
he couldn't find his watch. The artist,
who had not taken Hughes face, had
taken his leave. Mr.. Hughes made
few desultory remarks, and then
requested sheriff Irwin to go after the
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