The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-03-29

his foot, the mule instantly recovered his
footing, but found the boy on his back, the
same as if the ride had not been inter
rupted. That boy will do to travel with a
circus. He is certainly an ,droit and fear
less mule rider.
The thunder storm of Wednesday
morning was quite general. The lightning
was severe and almost continuous in the
ncighborhood of Paducah. 1t struck a ne
gro man, ON a raft Of logs, in the mouth OF
Tennessee river and killed him instantly.
A few moments later, and in the same Vi
cinity, a sheet flew from the lightning rod
OF building, and plugged hog 50 that
it did die"
--Messrs. Green and Gilbert are inau-
gurating proceedings looking to the issu-
ancc of a'writ Of injunction against the
County Collector, restraining him from any
attempt q enforce collection IF the railroad
interest tax of 1873, levied against the per-
sonal property of the members Of the Caro-
Taxpayers association. Much labor, not
wholly Invested of rcd-tapcism, is involved
in the preparation Of the groundwork of
the proceedings.
1t comes to us very directly from Union
county that "Matt J, Inscore is looming up
as candidate for Circuit Judge, and that,
radical Republican as he is, he will receive
Il large number of Democratic votes
Were it not for the fact that the gentleman
who communicates this information to us,
has excellent opportunities for informing
| himself, and no motive or inclination to
misrcprescnt mattcrs-we should dlscredit
the report-But lnscore has as much right
in the field as anybody. Let him run.
Mr.. Francis Vincent has commenced
clearing away the rubbish from the lots At
the corner Of Commercial and Eighth street,
from which the Grand Central Hotel was
burned, with a view to the immediate cr-
ccton of twostory four.inch brick build
ing. The building, when completed, will
be occupied by merchants, lawyers, doctors,
artists, become, in short, beehive of in
dustry. 1t is good location, and dcserv-
ing OF a more substantial building than the
one proposed. But better that than moth
Ing.
Dick Parker, the yellow man who pre-.
sides over the culinary department of NJ,
W. Parker's restaurant, received a blow OF
some kind of an injury on the head while
in the army He has suffered at intervals
quite severely. Yesterday, about noon, he
fell in a violent CONFUSION of several min
utcs duration. His contortiOnS and cavort-
ings were terrible to witness, and it re-
Quircd the united strength of two strong
coorcd men to hold him. The fit left him
in IA state of complete exhaustion, and
what the poor fellows future sulfcrings may
be, is past conjecture
A young man riding one mule and lead
ing another came into the city, yesterday,
and excited the attention of the police He
had evidently been making good speed
both mules showed saddle marks and were
much travc-worn. The mules were rec
ognized as having belonged to a Mr.. Bags
by, Of Pulaski county; and the party in
charge had tried to effect a crossing of the
Mississippi at the uppcrfcrry, apparently to
| avoid the city. These facts aroused grave
| suspicious which soon became intensified
somewhat by the assurance Of somebody
that the mules were undoubtedly the prop
crty of Of Mr.. Bagsby, Had it not occurred
bought as well as stolen, the individual in
charge would no doubt have been detained
as mule thief Officer Olmsted happened
to know that Bagsby had sold his mules
and communicated this information TO the
individual who was working up" the case
and the scent was abandoned,
The fierce storm prevented a genera
turn out to witness the Widman Comedy
company in the abSorbingIy intcrcstn.
drama Of Jane Eyre, last night; but thos,
who did attend were abundantly repaid TO
brewing the elements. The Widmau com
pany is without doubt one Of the best tina
ever visited our city. Mr.. Wildman is Al
actor Of more than twenty year
standing and has well de
served reputation as Il careful student an,
an easy, natural reader and dclincator. Ey
, erything the company puts upon the stag
is smoothly and admirably presented an,
r never marred byawkward hitchcsor baulk,
? Tonight will he presented, as farewell
Offering to the people Of Cairo, Rcadc'
+ exquisite decentralization of Tennyson'
; poem of Dora, entitled driven from
= Home Our citizens will be taken cap
tive by this fine drama, for in the Who'll,
list of domestic dramas il stands unsur
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