The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-14

ed In the parlor OF the house. but again
succeeded in making his escape. A lookout
should be kept for the scamp.
Marsh Brown a colored man of ques-
tionable rcpute among the police, yesterday
turned the tables on some of his accusers.
Marsh, during Sunday last, struck UP an
acquaintance with white man possessed
OF more dollars than sense---a not very unu.
sual circumstance, as things 90, these days,
The white man got drunk, and Marsh,
fearing that if the W. ms money should in
any way be lost, he would be charged with
it, tried in vain to get some one to hold it,
Not succeeding, he held it himself. The
affair got to the ears Of the police, but be.
fore the police got 10 Marsh, Marsh got to
the white man and gave him back his mon.
ey, He was arrested, but proving these
facts by witnesses, Justice Robinson dis.
charged him.
Domestic misunderstanding are, we
suppose, common enough; and when con-
fined TO the privacy Of the tireside rarely
obtain to the dignity fnotice inpubic print.
But then there are ambitious people who
will persist in airing their dirty linen so
that all the world may gaze upon it. 4
woman--or two women, rather-Tere at the
bottom of this. A colored Adonis was also
in ii. The trio met on Commercial avenue
Sunday afternoon, near corner of Sixth
street. Adonis had abandoned his wife for
the more congenial company of iashing
quadroon, which so enagcd the wife that
she made an attack, both physical and oral.
on the crring pair, and. had il not been for
the timelyintevcnton Of Mayor Winter. the
results might have been disastrous. As it
was peace was made, and the offending par
ties conveyed TO the cooler.
AIS well that ends well. Well. about
eight days since TrE PuLLErIS stated that
m attachment I'M. N issued al the in
stance of youa- -Gy in the upper part OF
the city for th2 40 y ola young man named
Farmer, whom s.Ic charged with failing 10
keep solemn promises, repeatedly made
Yesterday the at II had happy ending
Officer Hogan aig s,yl the young man at
Golden on Saturday, lodged him in jail
here Sunday morning, where he remained
until yesterday about clcveno'clock.
when ne concluded that he would SET mat
tiers right by calling in a minister-hc was
a "hard-shell Methodist" he said. "and
couldn't abide them magistrate" and have
the puptial ceremony performed. Miss Ava
Mays and NJ. John Farmer were, accord
ngly, kr't together in the strong union Of
body and soul. at the residence Of the
brides mother - the Falls house - on
Eighteenth street There were no cards.
1t has become the fashion 18th certain
persons in this city-colored as well as white
to turn their noses skywarl when Mr..
Jacob Bradley makes a prediction. We are
Of those who believe these facial distortions
to be the rcsul, Of jealousy and envy. 1t
may be true that Mr.. B. is not an inspired
prophet, nor, mayhap, sprung from the
IONS of that wisdom which the past. the
present and the future l'7ows. But he can
tell peach bud when he sees il: and 10 /.
lim it is an open book. He has lately been
in reading several bushels of them. |
and although he refuses to reveal the signs.
ne is willing to impart the secrets they con
;cy. He maintains with his characteristic |
'olcmnity and sincerity, that the approach.
ng fall will bring with it famine. .
pcstilence and small, -pox" OF the .
smallpox sign, there can be no
doubt It's as PLAN to him as
''dc nose on riggah's face, or common
sum in 'ritmctic." He advises some of the
rolorcd scoifers whom he would "despise to
name to ''bcwah :" for he sees ''dc finger of
lie Lord pintin at EN- The magnonimi.
'y Of, Mr. b. in forcwarning his enemies
shows another beautiful trait in this truly
good but much DETAINED. mans character.
The weather has been prolific theme .
with all writers from Moses with his tablets |
up to BULLETIN reporter with his notes,
md if ever any particular season has been
awarded unstiTted praise, by all writers. Of
all colors and c!imcs, it has been ethereal .
spring. if any particular month has been
singled cut as most fitting TO illustrate the
5orics of nature ithas been May. Centu.
uries, looking from the reporters table
'down the corridors Of time, may seem to
nave confirmed this opinion. 1t is true no
onger. II is absolutely obsolete. And no
ational human being, whose pursuit Of a
livelihood compelled his presence on the
outside yesterday, will have the hardihood
o assit il. II was not an ordinary sort of .
ain. 1t was not common quality of cold. |
The rain drops stuck where they struck,
md half u dozen constituted a soaking |
The air was chilling and killng-with |