The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-21

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ven o'clock with quorum seventeen jury
men answering totheir names. Only eight of
the regular panel Of traverse jury answered
to their names. The court ordered that
the clerk draws an additional list of forty
persons to serve as petit jurors. 1t was
suggested that the reason no more of the
regular panel answered, was that the farm
ers were Just commencing to harvest their
grain, Court adjourned at 3 80 o'clock.
On last Monday night the Rough and
Ready fire company, as announced in THE
BULLETIN, installed It's officers, whose names
we have already published; and, last night,
in commcmoration of that event. the COM
pany gave socablc and lunch. A large
number of the company and their ladies
were present, and to the music Of Prof.
Eisenberg's string band danced the night
away. At IL o'clock lunch was spread,
and everybody was beautifully supplied.
The sociable was complete success.
The Methodist church people arc-and
they have cause to bc-vcry much pleased
at the success of Mr.. Walter Mckee in
securing the services of Miss Annie Pitcher
to fill the place of Miss Black as soprano, in
the Methodist choir For nearly year
Miss Pitcher has been a salarcd singer in
one Of the principal churches in st. Louis,
and her charmingly sweet voice has won
for her the golden opinions of both the press
and public of that city, Miss Pitcher will
sing for the first time in the choir next
. Sunday morning.
Commercial avenue, between Fourth
and Sixth streets, is hard place for the
uhsophstcated stranger to drop his lines.
On Saturday of last week, gentleman
from Ballard county came over to invcsti-
gate the manner of doing things in u M
tropolis, He started out in the usual way.
He took one drink lust to make him feel II
little good This was followed by others
for the same AUDIBLE purpose. About
| three hours afterward he was discovered
in the gutter by IN officer, minus $50 in
money, pants, coat vest, hat and boots.
Various articles of wearing apparel were
supplied him by various philanthropic souls,
and he returned home resembling an cy-
haustcd paradcr in Mystic Krew ionifca-
ton.
The following is list Of letters re-
naming uncalled for at the cairo post-oiiicc,
Saturday evening, May 1s:--Buchanon,
Emma; Barringer, Susan; Clemens,
Annie; Fernoy, Mahala; GriSsom, Fannie
Jackson, Mollie; LAZY, l.; O'Connor,
Susan; Mason, Fannie; Ovcrton, Daisy
Parmcll, Eliza; Robinson, Halle; Slaughter,
Mrs; Turner, Sarah; Williams, Ec; Wal
burt, Sarah; Berry, Daniel; Barrett, Frank
Bennett, John; Brown, j. p. Early. Pat
X; Field, B. F., Fisher, F.; Glascock, f.
r.; Grow, Luther; Dcnison, S. NJ; Hobbs,
Ben; Hart, -; Jones, $. p. johnson,
VIM: Cindlc, Thos. S.; Mullen. }. r.; Man
ahan, j.; Parker, VIM; Payne, J. r.: Pan
nell, John; Philpot, j. Co.; Richards, II. /;
Riser, w. r.; Steele, Wash; Shoots, VIM. :;
Smith, VIM; Totham Edsal; Wilk. A. NJ. :;
Wheeler, Chas.; Wall, +. L.; Wlkcrson,
Pat X.
Cook Thompson (colorcd), who was
roustabout on the G. w. Anderson, was
struck on the head with a hammer, while
in his bunk asleep some days since as
the boat was n few miles below Nashville,
Tenn. He was brought to the hospital in
this city, and died Sunday afternoon His
case presented some remarkable features
He did not swallow u mOuthful of food or
drink. nor did not utter Il word from the
time the blow was struck until death inter
vcncd. 1t is said that Thompson the day
previous to his assassination struck fire
man on the boat with billet of wood, and
it is coniccturcd that this fireman used the
hammer and dealt the blow. When Thomp-
son first came to the hospital it was impos-
sibc to tell the exact character of the
wound, which was located over the lief,
eye, but AS soon as it was ascertaincd tina,
there was I'M indcntaton in the skull, Sur
geon Waldo trcpanncd it, in the hope Of
relieving the pressure that evidently causcC
his paralyzed condition. When the opera
ton was performed it was discovered tha
there was no fracture of the inner surface
of the skull, but that the trouble lay il
the brain, where the instrument of tn
phvsician did not dare be used.
The Cairo Geographic correspondent o
the Cincinnati Commercial, under date o
the 18th says: sour people are turning thci
attention in measure to roller skating, IN,
some rare talent is being developed, Two
contests for the championship lately resulted
largely in favor of John Antrim, Jr., son o
John Antrim, the clothicr, Of this city, win
is now recognized AS the champion skate
of this part Of the country. His ston!
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