The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-03-12

pronounced type, declared that "McKeaig
did right in refusing to give niger a
place in the postoiiice. He knew
that popular sentiment is against
such thing, and while he sticks to that
policy he ought to stay where he is" And
so on. Every body had an opinion and cx
pressed it freely; and if the expression of
sentiment heard on every street corner
yesterday, may be held as indicative fpopu-
lar sentiment the popular sentiment is
largely avcrsc to the policy Of putting col
ored men in official positions.
But for crowd of other matter we
should have made it public yesterday, that
on the day before Mr.. Murphy, of the
genus tramp, was fined by Squire Robin
son, the sum OF $40 and costs, for fighting
Mr.. Murphy and friend dropped into Des
demonas saloon, and called for the drinks,
which were furnished. Having disposed
of the liquids Mr. Murphy insisted, when
importuned for the pay that he had paid
the gentleman who had just stepped out
The saloon keepers wife, being behind the
bar, knew this to be untrue, and tried to
snatch Murphy's hat. The noise Of the
scuillc brought the husband into the room,
who coming armed with club and
seeing a strange man struggling with
his wife, dealt the fellow "poult'
that not only ascerated his scalp, but gave
him the free sight of a varied but rather
transient pyreotechnic display A vigor.
Gus struggle then ensued for the possession
of the bludgeon, during which Mr.. NJ. man
aged, with much adroitness to bring it sud
denly down upon Mrs. D's Uranium, giving
her such shock that she deemed it wise to
let her husband monopolize the balance, il
Mr.. Murphy had any more Of the same sort
which he then and there proposed to distrib'
ute About this juncturc officer Olmsted
came along and took Murphy before
Squire Robinson In default Of payment
of the fine and costs imposed, the accused
was sent to the calaboose for a period OF
thirteen days.
We were informed yesterday that, ioT
many days past, three strangers, only saved
from the designation of tramps by the bet
ter character of their clothing, have beer
in the habit OF visiting the passenger de-
pots about train time, and watching fol-
opportunities to abuse the confidence Of
weak minded and dctenceless females. Il
is their game to dccoy the woman from the
depot by friendly ovcrtures, promising tC
"talie her to their sisters, who will feed
her. or, ia the event that the woman is
penniless, as well as weak minded, to be-
guile her outside under the prcteXt that an
J officer of the Alroad or the city authori.
ties want to provide for her free passage to
her destination, etc We are sorry to add
| that these ruses are too often successful
The victim is then escorted out into the
bottoms where, unless her outcrics bring
help she is outraged. That outrages Of
this character were committed upon two
strange women, within the past thirty days
we have the most positive assurance. In
these cases the women found their way
back to the depot and told their story; but
being OF "no consequence to anybody pen.
niless, and among strangers, they were
compelled TO leave town without wreakin9
Vengeance upon the villains who had out
ragged them 1t has been limited to us that
the depots are now frcquentcd by two men
whohave triedto backen their souls with the
same browning infamy on two occasions, OF
both of which they were not only unsuccess
full, but were denounced for the villains tina
they are. The police having recently beer
informed Of these damning carryings-on
we shall expect to have IN end OF them q
once.