The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-07-26
THE BLOODY TOWN.
1T CONTINUES TO BE THE BREED.
ING PLACE OF SENSATION.

THE CRACK OF TIRE REVOLVER WAS AGAI,
HEARD IN THE sTREETs-CAsUALTIE,
LIMITED TO THE PERFoRATIoN OF A COL.
oRED woAASs PETTICOATs--THEB BELLE
vILLEMILITA STILL CAMPED IN FRONT
oPTHE MARKET HOUSE.
ST. Louis Times. ssth.
During the greater portion Of YESTERDAY
East st. Louis was unusually quiet that i.
for East ST. Louis. A good deal of talking
was done on both sides and a constan,
watch was kept upon the respective head
quarters of each by the opposing party.
The presence of the Bellcville Guards
produced good effect, and caused peace
loving citizens to feel more at ease. During
the afternoon the Guards were stationed on
the north side of the Market-house. and
were under arms almost constantly the
studies and military discipline being pre-
served. Towards evening they were taken
out TO an adjoining lot and went through
the manual ofarms and drilled about an
hour, after which they returned to the
Market-house.
To aperson who has never visited East
81 Louis in times of pubic trouble, no
matter how many pitched battles may have
been seen elsewhere, the present state of
things over there, together with the inhabi.
mn's and customs, is really calculated to
astonlsh them. As in the midst of life we
ere said 10 be in death, in the midst of
peace the rival forces of East St. Louis NAV
be SAID 10 he at war. At first sight the
town would seem to be the abode peace.
while
A SINGLE WORD
Il suihcicnt to cause ominous preparations
OF war. In proof of this, it is only neces
sary 10 reCite single incident.
A Times reporter happened into a crowd
OF gentlemen yesterday afternoon in East
II. Louis and was introduced to one of the
party. When the reporter took him bv the
hand he noticed that he hand something in
his sleeve, and the person to whom he
was introduced, noticing the expression
upon the reporters face laughed, threw
up his hand and showed the but
OF revolver which he had been
carrying thus concealed. At this time
everything scmed perfectly quiet, and the
crowds were chatting as pleasantly as if
they had been under the protection of the
Army Of the Potomac. The Bclcvile
Guards could doubtless prevent a pitched
battle between the two parties, but they do
not awe the Inhabitants sufficiently to pre-.
vent petty acts Of lawlessncss. Shortly be.
fore 6 o'clock this afternoon q couple of
Times reporters who had been attending
the meeting Of the Wider Committee were
standing ON the platform in front of the en-
gine-housc engaged in quiet conversation.
One of them had just remarked that the
town had gone back on herself in the way
Of furnishing news, when
TWO MEN
were seen running down the street in the d.
rcc,im1 of the Metropolitan Police Station.
Theyran about forty yards when the rear
lnan stopped, snatched his pistol from his
rear pocket and fired at the man in front.
The ball missed its intended victim, how.
ever whircd down the street, struck the
plank sidewalk and passed
THROUGH THE pETTiCoATs
of u cplored woman, frightening her almost
out Of her wits, but doing no further dam.
age. There was an 0minous movement both
about the police station and the market.
hou'e, where several Of the marshals were
and for few moments East st.
Louis was excited. But when it was asccr-
tanned that a man was only shot at without
being killed, and further that he was not
hurt, the feeling was transformed to disgust.
SHERIFF WEBER
appeared on the scene in the meantime
and began to make inquiries concerning
The matter. and many were the conflicting
statements he heard. Several declared that
he shot had been fired from one of the
of the Metropolitan Police Head.