The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-21

Beard, Of the mounted patrol lorce' louhu
flatboat tied up TO the bank Of the MisSissip-
pi river opposite Hines brickyarl, In the
boat he found an old man alone ana sick
The matter was reported to the board OF
health, and the chief ofpolice was directed
to look into the matter.
james Duffy, the young man arrested
on Saturday last by Officer Shechan and
Deputy Sheriff Hodge, for playing conf
dence game on Lewis Petit, Of ThebeS pre-
cinct, was before Squire Robinson yesterday
for preliminary hearing, and was held Il
bail in the sum of two hundred dollars. He
could not give bail and was locked up.
Mayor Winter has closed his business
house and devotcs his entire time and AT
tcntion to the board of health. Jack would
not give up the position Of mayor of Cairo
for the presidency of the United States or
for an inheritance Of heaven. He had rath-
er he mayor than an angel any day. Per-
haps this is becauS, he knows he wouldn't
make a pretty angel, though in the flesh he
is handsome.
Clare. GihS and Clark Bowman
were before his honor Judge locnm, on
Monday, for hearing ON a charge Of lar
ceuy. These are the boys who were arrest
ed a week or ten days ago for breaking into
cars on the Illinois Central track Being
under age they were sent to the reform
school at Pontiac for the term Of one year
each. Secritf Saup left for Pontiac with the
boys in charge, on Monday afternoon.
The negro, George Rottcr whowas shot
by another negro named James Woods, at
the corner OF Eighth street and Ohio levee
on Monday night, was still alive at nine
O'Clock last night though bu; slight hopes
for his recovery were entertained. The ball
entered hi, body about an inch above the
navel and lodged in his bowels He BLEED
very little outwariy from the wound, and
it was believed thai lac was bleeding within.
Woods. who did tie shooting, is still in
Jail and vii! no; b" given a hearing until
the fate of his victim i determined
AZ ST. Louis drummer named Miller
arrived at Fillmore on Sunday, and on Mon
day tried to cross the river to Cairo on the
ferrybDt Three States. but was met at the
wharf by the chief Of police and compelled |
to return to the Kentucky side Of the river.
Yesterday he tclegraphed 10 the mayor that |
,hcrc was no way for him to get away from
Fillmore unless allowed to come to Cairo to
take the cars, and ii permitted to cross the
river he would leave on the first train. Per
mission was granted and he came over in
time to catch the one o'clock train on the
Illinois Central railroad.
probate court, Judge r, 5 Yocum pre-
siding, wa, in session for short time YES
terday There was not much business trans
acted Levi Jordan. guardian Of John p.
Jordan, made III, final report which was
and NJ Jordan discharged from
further duty. Emily Lazar, administrative
Of the estate Of Mitchell Lazar made re-
port Of her management Of the affairs
Of the estate, which report
was approved. Mrs. Lo2ar also made her
report as guardian Of the minor children,
which wa. also approved. Court adjourned
until court in course.
There va, a regular meeting Of the
Womcn's Christian Temperance Union held
Yesterday IN the rooms Of the Red Ribbon
Reform club The attendance was large
The committees appointed to secure sigma
lures to the petitions requesting the council
to grant no more license to sell liquor, un-
less upon the petition OF majority Of the
egal voters, and a majority Of the women
pver eighteen years Of age, residing in the
ward in which the saloon is TO be located,
reported, While the petitions were signed
" a great many ladies, the number Of men
vas not near so large The petitions will
De laid before the city council at the next
ocular meeting.
The story having been circulated about
own yesterday to the effect that mana
died Of yellow fever the night
previous at the boarding house kept by Mr..
Vim. O'Callahan, at the corner of Fourth
street end Commercial avenue, reporter
or The BULLETIN yesterday made an inves.
igation into the affair, and asccrtained the
GLOWING facts The man had been in the
,ity for about six weeks, and was piano
uner by profession. He was sixty years
bid, and sick when he came to Cairo. For
he last two or three weeks he was scarcely
able to 90 up and down stairs without AS
'istanCc, and il was a common remark
among the boardcrs that the old man was
not going to last much longer On Satur.
lay he was more than usually feeble, and
IN Sunday took TO his bed, and on Monday
evening he died. He was buried at an
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