The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-05-31
GENERAL NEWS ITEMN.

OSlthdstCI ~ tuNs 'hN
postal commission spent yesterday at
Chattanooga where eX.Union and exc on
teierate soldiers gavea banquetat which
the distinguished visitors were guests.
--Paducah San: Since the summer OF
1867, 6SS persons have taken the benefit
Of the bankrupt law IN the district court
in Paducah. Discharges have been grant
Cd IN that number of cases.
Logan, 1t is said, has been rendered
The Chicago dictatorship, and has Signi.
red his willingness to accept the posi-
tion. This will give him an opportunity
10 pull the wires for the United States
censorship two years hence.
Hon. Thos. Ewing, now n member
OF congress from Ohio, is before the
Democracy OF that state for the nomina-
lion tor governor. Gen. Ewing has been
q lifelong Democrat, and would make
formidable candidate.
AS election time approaches, Senator
Sargent sees the necessity for "ylndicat-
ing his character" and he has accord
ingly secured the Indictment OF the
editor of the San Francisco Chronicle for
"libelOus publications. in connecting his
name with tho rinncy frauds.
-EX-Govcrnor Chamberlain has sold
his South Carolina residence to Wade
lIampton's brother. Chamberlain nc
luired considerable property while IN
South Carolina, which he is now dispoS.
ing of at good prices.
For number of years suit has
been pending in the White county circuit
court to decide whether GRANVILLE was III
White or Edwards county, by areccnt
decision of Judge Tanner the greater
portion OF the town is declared TO belong
II Xhita. county.
Flat Prairie, says that there is wheat II
the prairie that will not yield over thre'
bushels 10 the acre, owing to the damag,
of this pest.
No one seems to know how many
counties there are in Texas. The most
reliable estimate puts the number at two
hundred and twenty-five. Some OF these
counties contain the aera OF the state Of
Connecticut. The time will come when
these counties, being cut up, the number
will be six or seven hundred.
The Goldsboro, IN. ca Messesge,
learns that Governor Brogden will soon
be called upon by his excellency Cover
nor Vance, to account for about $40, 900
worth OF improvcd.guns that disappeared
from the state armory during his admin
istration, and for which his devoted ad.
jutant general has SO far failed to give an
account.
Utica Observer DEM: The Repub-
llcan opposition to the president will
solidify between now and October. The
Democratic contempt for the man who
stole the presidency is not likely to abate.
To avoid the storm Hayes delays the
meeting OF congress. But when con-
gress meets, the storm will have grown
to q hurricane.
F. E. Hinekley, president of the
Chicago and Paducah and Chicago and
Iowa railroads, was arrested in Chicago
on the 2sth upon the charge OF conspira-
~ to deiraud, and put under $4,000
bonds. The complainant is Mr.. Fisher,
/. wealthy Englishman and heavy bond
holder In the Chicago and Paducah, and
represents about 81 ,00O, 600 OF bonds of
the road.
The st. Louis Times under its new
management is improving with every
'ssle. Its Geographic reports are as full
and complete as those of either the Re.
p,sttican or Gl0be-Den,ocrat. and in ap-
pearance and general get up it has been
greatly improved. II appearances lndi.
cate anything the new proprietor of the
Tines has both the means and the abil.
ity to make 1t flrst-class paper.
On Friday last three negroes were
lynched in Stewart county. Georgia, for
the murder OF Mrs. &. {. Chombllss.
The negroes attempted to rob the house,
and were resisted by Mrs. Chombllss,
when one Of them shot her dead. The
miur,lerers were hanged with a trace.
chain, q number of negroes participating
II the lynching.
The president has intilnated that the
appointment OF United States circuit
Judge in place OF Emmons, will be made
from kentucky or Tennessee. The cir.
cults made up Of Michigan, Ohio and
the states above mentioned. Michigan
"oat Of Tie question as Judge EmmoDs
was irom that state. Ohio can't vet Il
Judge Ballard Of Louisville, and Con.
nliowH MenPhis, are among the can.
di1a.cs.
The prospect Of a war with Mexico,
which was 30 industriously prophesied n
few weeks ago, has entirely disappeared
slsce the government OF the republic
has made the amende, and removed Gen.
Jlmenlze from the state goyernorsh;n