The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-09

work Of building a neat and substantial
fence around the lots upon which the st,
Josephs Catholic church is situated
The heavy tmbers in front of llcnder-
sons stove and hardware store will be used
in Strengthening and Strengthening the
lower floor, which tor sometime has been
throwing out hints of a purpose to "caYc."
The stone masons have made a move
toward the commencement OF the new Hi
nois Central office. If the Improvement
contemplates nothing more than an enlarg-
mcnt of the present Office the work had
better be stopped, for we shall certainly
order its demolition the moment it is com
pleted.
The unfortunate creature who might
have been seen moving about the streets
yesterday, on his knees, is the fourth man
of the kind that has been seen in the city
during the last two. months-threc white
men and one negro. All of them gave out
unmistakablc indications Of an excessive
use of whisky.
In one of the cells Of the comfy jail -
the most and perhaps the only secure cell
in the building-three men charged with
| the crime of murder, are confined. Glass
who killed Newman; Turner, who uninten-
tionally killed Ward, instead of the man
whom he intended to kill and Ross, who
shot and killed johnson, at Hodges Park.
All of them are colored men.
The annual election for officers Of the
Arab fire company resulted as follows
President Thomas j. Kerth Vice President
Sim Rittenhouse; Treasurer, B, f, Blake
Secretary, jeff Clarke; Captain, Charles
Gilhoffer. The former of the hose and en-
CINE will be appointed by the captain. The
Board of Directors is composed of the fol
lowing named members; William Winter
IT,, Claude Winter, Paul II. Schulz A. Com
lngS, and Charles Gllnoller.
There is an irrepressible antagonsm
between railroads and gas mains when lalC
in and on the same street, The jar Of thu
! ground occasioned by moving trains along
Commercial avenue renders it quite impos
sible for the gas company TO maintain gas
: tight connections in their main, there, Re
pairs on this account, during the past year
cost the gas company fully $3.50, and tn
loss of gas would scarcely be covered b,
less than half that amount-isd of whicl
5 goes to prove that.
The following anonymous note, in tn,
= hand writing of Il lady, reached us ycster
day evening, Whether it comes from thu
lady to whom we referred, or from some
other lady direct from Memphis, we arc
unable to say. Our reporters information
was quite direct: "Thc Cairo lady direct
from Memphis did not report a number Of
deaths from black-vomit; nor did she get
frightened Of its being there this summer.
mnst therefore say that the reporter Of tins
must be little off," Better off than on
in matter of this nature.
A Caroitc acting upon the suggestion
to go West, young man. is now in Denver
He says he is very comfortably fixed;
boards at fine hotel, and is paying his at
tcntion to a magnificent girl-"but,' he
writes to his Cairo friend, don't direct any
more letters to the-lIouse, for I'm flat
broke and may be fired at any moment.
Which being interpreted, means that he
may be shot out Of his comfortable quar-.
tiers at any tlhe because of the non pay
ment Of his board bill Hundreds Of Other
i young men who went West are farcinG nc
better.
A stranger, apparently a laboring man
c INDUCED in large and varied assortment
Of oaths and imprecations, the other day
because somebody had picked his pocket o
J. thirty or forty dollars. lie left the city tn
the same day but whittier he has gone N
one knows. Yesterday one Of the police
men became satisfied that he had ferretet
. out the man who committed the theft, bu
needs the confirmation that nobody ca
!. give but the victim himself. The none
cannot be recovered most likely, but tn
- fellow who stole il can be sent to the peni
Tertiary,
last lallwh such articles were regard
:, ed as unreasonable, Mrs. Henry Wells caus
ed to be packed away in couple of trunk
a variety Of summer clothing, One OF tn
trunks was stored in a carriage house, an
J. the other in rear apartment Of the dwell
ing house, where they remained quite un
thought of until the advent of spring sug
gcstcd an overhauling OF their contents
On opening the trunks they We're found t
be quite empty, every article Of value hay
ing been stolen and successfully carrie
II away, but when and where, remain for #
ture determination. The value Of the q,