The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-17

WITH INC iesuit StotcN' one CHhiSo UhinB
effect in Sans breast and the other strk-
ing him IN the abdomen, The coroncr's
Jury that was Immediately called to inquire
into the manner Of Talfay's death, decided
that Lee had killed him in defense Of his
own life Tafay formerly did service IN
the Greenfield skiff ferry, Although not a
bad man, he occasionally yielded to the Sc
ductions of the whiskyjug. Lee is said to be
quiet, inoffensivc black man.
For weeks, now, the boys of the city
have been in the habit Of bathing in the
Ohio at the foot Of the inclne stripping on
the landing barge and plunging thcrcfrom
into the river Planks, ties, floats OF every
description are taken from the barge and
transfer steamer to swim upon, and but few
Of them are ever returned to their places |
Can't Mckinney has demonstrated with the
BOYS and complained to the police OF the
anpoyanccs to which he is subjected, but all
TO very little purpose The boys continue
to congrcgate there, and patience having |
ceased to be virtue, he has determined to
establish shot.gun-quarantine. He there
fore wants the boys of the town WHOA are
old enough to know what they are about,
to understand that, from this time forth,
there will, if he can help 1t, be no more
swimming from the McComb's landing
barge. lie has tried the grass Of admoni-
ton, and it availed nothing. He now pro-
poses to try the efficacy Of salt and bird
shot.
When jailor Hodges visited the Jail yes
tcrday, he discovered thaA Little Kid and
Charley Wood, the brace Of covies who
stole the watch and jewelry from the
Evansville lady, had sawed a triangularly
shaped hole through the heavy ironing
casing Of the floor Of their cell A search
for the implements with which this extra.
ordinary job Of work was accomplished,
disclosed the presence of small, badly
worn file, q skate runner and broken case
knife. The knife had been converted into
a saw, and with that saw the persevering
fellows had cut hole in the iron plate
large enough to admit Of the passage Of
mans body. 1t had been noticed that,
for several days, one Of the men kept his
his head tied up, and when asked why lie
did 50, he replied that he was troubled
with the headache II was in the bandages
that the file was concealed. Had the dis
covery net been made, both the rascals
would have been abroad this morning. II
is supposed that q negro girl who was seen
lettering about the yard, furnished the
prisoners the implements with which they
did their work
The minds Of our ten and twelve year
old boys are running largely, just now, into
the speculative channel. The tops, and
marbles and base balls are being laid aside,
and those who were wont to handle them,
are resolving themselves into strect.sdc
merchants. Upon tables and boards,
planted in the shade, IN all parts Of the
city, can be seen spread of prize pop
corn, chewing gum, candy, green apples,
and, at odd times, pitcher Of "icc cold"
| lemonade. These are the stocks IN trade,
and the ten or twelve year old boy of the
most convenient family, is the merchant
And the number of nickles these youngsters
gather in during the course Of the day is
surprising, There is feeling of fraternity
among the boys that impcl them to patron
ize one another, to the utter exclusion of
of the better supplied and lower priced
family grocer or adult trader. And the
colored population have natural penchant
to throw their patronage to the unpretcn-
tioIs way-side hawkcr. These two infu
ences operating to the advantage Of the
boy merchant it not unfrcqucntly happens
that he has, at the close of the days opera
tons, enough coins to make quite must
cal Jingle in his cash box.
The men who seem to be ubiquitous
are the men to whom you owe money You
owe your tailor fourteen dollars for the suit
Of clothes you wear; he needs his money
and you can't pay him. You can never 80
to market, to the post Office, or elsewhere
without meeting that tailor. II your wife
eutrusts you with tho last five dollar bill in
the house, and directs you to buy the Sun
day supply Of provisions, that tailor is sure
to be standing by when you get your
change, giving you to understand, by his
looks and bearing, that if you can handle
five dollar bills THAT way, it would be only
the decent thing to do to pay him his four.
teen dollars Az Burnett or Ole Bull may
have complimcnted your whole family with
free tickets If you attend the entertain
mcnt, that ever present tailor will be there