The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-17

public about matter in which 1t Is In
tercsted. and has right to know about.
Should the A,,gus-Journdl fail to give the
facts, there are those who can and will
give them.
CANDIDATES FOR THE PESITESTIAKY.-
During the present term Of the Alexan-
der county circuit court, the following
persons have been tried OF criminal
charges. and sentenced to the penitentiary
as follows:
Ambrose Wallace, forgery, penitcntiary
one year and six months.
Samuel Stoll, larceny. one year.
Henry Green, horse stealing, three
years.
Jack Riley. burglary and larceny, one
year.
Henry Mckinney, robbery, one year.
DIR. Geo. ID. Hascall, rape. two years.
w. J. Grain alias Gig Jep Grain, WI.
Grain alias Black Bill Grain, murder,
twenty years each.
Thos. O'Kiefe, assault to rob, one year.
Jerry Myers, one year in the peniten-
tiary.
The following persons were tried and
sentenced to the county Jail, rs follows:
John Sullivan, petty larceny, sentenced
to fifteen days Imprisonment in the
county Jail and to pay fine Of S25.
Albert Stains, larceny, was found
guilty and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary; motion in arrest Of judg-
ment Oh account of defendant being un-
der age verdict set aside aud prisoner
sentenced to the county Jail for twenty
five days, and to pay fine ofSO.
Grace Winsor, indicted for keeping a
house of ill.tamc, plead guilty, and was
fined $25 and costs Of court.
PERsoNAL.-Maj. X. ID. Lewis. gen
eral agent Of the Iron Mountain railway,
Little Rock, Is IN the city.
Judge Allex left tor home on Tuesday
night.
MIR. Isaac Moss, proprietor of thu
Junction hotel at Nincennes, Indiana
was in the city yesterdy.
MIR. Oliver Dewey and wife of Sand
witch, Illinois. are in the city visiting thu
family of their son. Mr.. 4. 5. Dewey.
Mrs. AL. lIurd and child, who
have been visiting ut Centralia, returned
yesterday.
Maj. Morrill,, superintendent of the
Cairo and Vincennes railroad, wen
north by the three o'clock train OH tin
Illinois Central yesterday:
MIR. and Mrs. Chit Brady left fol
Evansville by the Cairo and Vim
cenncs railroad yesterday morning, to b.
with Mrs. Bradly's mother, who is seri
oasly i'll.
Mr.. Clemens and MIR. Calvert, o.
Marion, who were in the city Of
Tuesday on business connected witt
motion for new trial In the Grain case
lett tor home Wednesday morning.
Prominent among the guests at thu
St. Charles yesterday we're: II. +. Hor
ton, Louisville 4; l.. Bentley and lady
Portsmouth, Ohio (; II. solomon, Mi
waukee II. II. Sterling, st. Louis Ed
ward Duff, Philadelphia W. J. Il
Launsdale, Memphis and w. l.. Oh at
well, London, England.
Phil. S. Hisey, of Greeniield's land
ing will be married this morning, at Pa
ducall, to Miss Laura A. Hand. PHI
has kept out of the game for long timt
but has ut last concluded TO take A. Hant
We hope he may win, and together wit
his Hand, live long and enjoy all til
pleasures OF married life, and eXperienc
none ofits sorIows.
CIRCUIT CoURT.-Circuit court, Judg
; Baker presiding, opened ut the usui
hour yesterday morning. There was
very slim attendance, aud not much II
terest was taken In the proceeding
Probably the parties most concerned wa
the two Grains, Black Bill and Big Jel
who were brought into court and too
seats In the prisoners box, to listen
Mr.. Linegar's argument on Il
, motion for u new trial
their case. Mr.. Linegar occupied the c
tire forenoon and until one O'Clock,
discussing the causes assigned why
new hearing Of the case should
granted. MIR. Lincgcr's discussion
, the subject was not only lengthy, b.
} able, as was expressed by sever
prominent attorneys present. Wht
court convened after dinner, Judge b
ker announced that he was not prepare
to give his decision on the motion tor
new trial, as several points had be'
raised which he desired to investigat
g but would give his decisions this NOR
ing.
1 There Is yet several important Grimm
0 cases on the docket, among them Il
: Hudson murder case and the DeGra
Y case. but rs none Of the parties we
n ready tor trial, their witness bell
s absent, they were continued to the ne
;, term Of court. The jury was ii