The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-02-12

Thirteenth street, which 1t is the L0rd
mercy that he doesn't eShume it by sooth-
ing flames" And that's all we could learn
about the fight.
1t is not, as we stated yesterday, Mrs
w. II. Morris intention to leave Cairo per-
manently, After returning from Anna she
will visit Wilmington, where she will So
iourn with the parents and relatives of her
late husband for awhile, and from thence
she will go to Sheboygan, where she will
spend the summer. She will return to
Cairo in the fall, and remain here, it being
her purpose to educate her children in the
Cairo schools.
John Wesley and his step.father don't
dwell together in unity, as all their neigh
bors on Thirteenth street are ready to tes-
tify. Subjects upon which they disagree
are so plentiful that the family has been
kept in an almost unbroken uproar. Yes
terday the quarrel became unusually violent,
and John concluded that he would "chugn
the old mans mug awhile. He at once
acted on this conclusion, and punched his
step fathers knob, or sconce, or whatever
the the exacting reader may choose to call
the human head, in manner that was
manifestly intended to give the old chap
the headache. A few hours later Judge
Bird passed upon the case, fined John Wes-
ley five dollars and cost, and sent him over
to the calaboose, in default of payment, for
the period of eight days.
We received call yesterday from
Judge Browning of Benton, Franklin
ty, who may be booked, we suppose, as a
candidate for Circuit Judge, in this, the
first, district of the Southern Grand diyi-
sion. The Judge is "a native Egyptian, a
gentleman of fine personnel and lawyer Of
recognized ability. He is personally well,
known to many Of our citizens, and stands
high in their esteem personally and protes
sionally. Three Judges are to be elected
and as Alexander county puts forth Judge
Baker, and as the central portion Of the dis
trict claims the right to name one OF the
Judges, is only fair to permit the upper part
of the district to name the third This has
been done, and the voters as we'll as the
lawyers Of that locality have, with much
unanimity, united upon Judge Browning.
They evince much eamestness and zeal in
his support, and insist upon whatwe are en-
tirey willing to concede, that he is an able
man, and will make q careful energetic and
cautions Judge.
The Auditor of Public Accounts has
ordered another levy OF tax upon the tax
able property Of Alexander county to pay
the interest on the county and city bonds
issued in aid of the Cairo & Vincenncs and
Namow-gauge railroads. This tax, this
year, will amountin the aggregate, to about
thirty-tive thousand dollars, or about two
dollars and twenty Or thirty cents on tic
hundred dollars. Of this tax about twenty
five thousand dollars is charged to the
property of Cairo. For the third time,
therefore, our Taxpayers association, will
be compelled to step to the front, and re-
leve its members OF this burden With
this view a committee was appointed by the
association at its last meeting. This com
mittec will consult attorneys decide upon
and adopt the most economical and eflec-
tive means to enioin the collector from any
attempt to enforce collections. The re-
sistance will be made in the name of the
members of the association only, and not,
as it was done last year, in the name Of
every taxpayer of the county, We refer to
this same subject elsewhere,
Every member of the Taxpayers asso-
citation who expects to be relieved, through
the efforts Of the association, from the pay
mcnt Of the heavy railroad tax Of the pres
ent year, must, as condition precedent"
pay up his dues The application for an
Injunction against the collector will be
made in the names Of the members of the
association only, and not as it was made
last year. in behalf Of all the taxpayers Of
the county. Of the two thousand taXpay-
ers outside Of the association, not single
one stepped forward, and volunteered to
help pay the expense Of the injunction,
The whole expense fell upon the members
of the association, and, although through
their efforts the property Of outside taXpay-
crs was relieved from the lien created by
the taxes, amounting to fully twenty.thou-
sand dollars, not one of them, as far as
heard from, has even expressed his thanks
For these reasons, and because of the fur
Their fact that the proceedings will involve
a less outlay Of money, the INDUCTION will
extend only to the property owned by mem
bers of the association. On the first and
second DAYS of March the collector Of dues