The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-26
IN AND AROUND THE CITY,

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for sundry purposes.
w. B. Gilbert, Esq, returned to the
city from Chicago, yesterday. His family
will remain in that city until fall.
Among the distinguished arrivals in
the city, yesterday, were Capt. J. G. Willis,
Hon. John r. Thomas and Mr.. James Mar
tin.
james McLowery, the young man who
burglarized Oscar Haythorns store, was
found guilty and sentenced to twelve years
Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Mr.. H. T. Gerould, agent of the Cairo
City Gas company, is putting up the wires
for telephone between his Office, near
Eleventh on Commercial, and the gas
works.
The news from Memphis, yesterday,
was to the effect that sixteen new cases and
five deaths had been reported during the
preceding twenty-four hours. This Is any
thing but an encouraging report,
We are pleased to learn that Mr.. Will
X. Hawkins has been installed as book
keeper to the Cairo City Mills of Mr.. Chas
Galigher--a position he will fill acceptably,
as he is not only an excellent pensman, but
| n tboroJgb accountant.
Judge Parker, of Blandville, was sud.
denly overcome by heat, or some other
cause, while walking along the levee, near
Sixth street, yesterday morning, and fell to
the ground He was picked up by the res
idents of the neighborhood and properly
cared for.
Louis Petrie appeared before Squire
Robinson, yesterday, and pleading guilty to
the charge of maltreating his wife, prefer
red by his mother-in-law, was fined SIS and
costs. He says it is purely case of moth
er-in-law. Hisplea of guilty argues that
it is meritorious case be it as it may.
The majority of Wall Street, houses
and men, have world wide reputation for
soundness and honesty. The old house of
Alex. rockingham & Co., 12 Wall Street,
New York, is entitled to absolute conf
dence. They state that an investment
of about 500 made recently, returned over
$1,000 in less than sixty days. Send fol-
their circular, free.
Circuit Court will convene in adjourn
cd session on the 1st day Of next month,
when the motion for a new trial in the
Glass murder case will be argued. Should
| the motion be sustained and new trial
| granted, the case will probably go over until
the September term. Otherwise sentence
will be passed upon the convicted man, and
the day fixed for his execution
Health Officer Wootcn has, since We'd
nesday last, distributed for purposes of dis
infection, twenty-seven barrels Of lime and
five barrels of coal tar This is not much
for city of ten thousand inhabitants, with
Indifferent drainage; but it is commenc-
ent. The use of coal tar was commenced
yesterday, and will be continued, we under
tand, until all needs are supplied.
Collector Hodges collections of for
ieited taxes, this year, will fully double the
collections of the two years previous. He
has taken the trouble to hunt up the de-
lnquents, and apprise them of their peril.
This done, continued delinquency results
in sale Of the property not forfeiture,
The sale IS still in progress, but will be
brought to close in a week or ten days.
Our Health Officer and the sanitary
force of the city should bestow particular
attention upon the vaults of the privies
connected with houses wherein the yellow
fever made its appearance last year, The
greatest danger to our city to-day turks in
these vaults lin the excrescencc of the vic
tins Of the disease that remained over win
ter untouched by frost. The contents of
every vault of this kind should be thor
oughly covered with lime.
Lew Trimble appeared in Squire
Robnson's court, yesterday, as witness in
the case Of the City vs. Patscy Robinson,
and after concluding his testimony,
policeman 'unto him did say"-"you take
your seat over there. We have use for
you" Mr.. Trimble took his seat, as
directed, and was soon after escorted to the
calaboose. He is the fellow who made his
escape from the custody Of the jailer some
time ago, leaving to the debit side Of his
account an unservcd term of several
days.
Alta late hour, Thursday night, a white
man, named John Graham, visited Mr..
George Hendricks business place, and find
ing ii closed, created a most violent racket