The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-07


"roustcrs." They beat each other up in a
manner that showed them possessed of
much skill and ability in the manly art of
s,lf-dctcnsc. and for time they afforded in
finite amusement TO n crowd of lookcrs-on.
"A wcll-known young man, who had an
hour or 50 previously sci upon and abused
a stranger in disreputablc den on Com
mercial avenue. while standing in front of
Burgers store, was assaulted by the indi-
vidual whom he had abused. and severely
trounccd. He deserved it. 1t occurred on
sunday.
That was a pitiable scene in Judge
Birds court yesterday morning, wherein
fourteen laborers, who work on the Ken
lucky side of the river, figured as defend
ants, with the city as prosecutors. They
were charged with and pleaded guilty to the
charge of drunkenness. But two were able
to pay the fine OF So imposed upon them
The remainder were consignedto the cooler
A free lecture will be given by Rev.
Mr.. Pope at the A. VI. L church Wednes-
day night. Mr.. p. is West India Mis-
sionary--on and of for thirty years-loes
not represent any creed or denomination,
but travels under the auspicics of the
! American Evangelical Society. His chief
aim is to preach against the barriers which
! divide the various sects of Christian be-
levers. He is said to possess considerable
knowledge of the subject which he treats.
The transit of Mercury which occurred
yesterday was visible in all portions of the
codntry through telescopes. 1t required
seven and half hours for this planet to
cross the suns face. Its diameter i 5000
miles. The first transit of Mercury ever OBJ
served was in 1851. when it was witnessed
by Gasscndi Haley saw it from st. Helena
in 1887. The shorte time known between
these passages is three and Il half years; the
longest, thirteen years. This is the record,
as kept since Gassendi's time. There will
he another transit November I. 1881, and
two more will follow before the close of the
present century.
AT a meeting Of the building COM
mittee of the Iibernian Fire Company, held
last night in the Office of NJ J. Howey, the
| following bids for the construction OF the
| proposed new engine house was sub
mittcd John McEwen brick work. Sc
200: Richard Walsh brick work.. $2l2j;
Henry Stout brick work.. S?.ljO; John
| Madden completion OF building. S3.431 !;
George Hendricks completion of huidingl.
$3.50; Daniel Kelly completion OF build
ing. 1884, Kcnerc u Dunckcr tcomplr-
ton of building, S3.?6,. Another meeting
I ofthc committee will be held shortly. at
which an award or the construction Of the
4 building will be made.
If THE BULLETIN reporter who was
present at the Woman's Temperance Chris
tian Union m citing last night has pc
| culiarly distinctive trait Of character apart
from his moral loyclincSs, it i. his extreme
modc,ty. Blu,hing i, as natural with him
a. with the girl just budding into woman
hood lie can't help IT, The sympathetic
reader, capable Of approaching such deli
cate natures. can readily imagine our feel
ings when. upon being escorted to the r.
portcr'- table lan elegant little affair.
charmingly situated, by the way. We found
fast for the senses. On either corner of
the table was fresh cut magnolia-thc
rarest of exutics-and a bunch of fragrant
flowers tastefully arranged. To say We
were overwhelmed would but family de.
scribe our feelings And if we do here
what an overweight system prevented Us
from doing at the proper time and place
. return thanks-wc hope the ladies who
50 kindly arranged the affair will accept il
- partial rcparation; for We are, indeed,
yry grateful.