The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-09

give him taste Of the billy, tapping HIM
lightly on the sconcc at the same time, TO
assure him that he meant what he said. At
the end OF FIVE minutes, however, they had
the obstreperous chap IN Resch's wagon,
and the Chief and officer Hogan taking
seat on his body held him down until they
reached the calaboosc He was then
housed and will be held to answer The
officers heard the story he had to tell about
the robbery, which will be believed when
verified
While Alderman Petit and wife were
participating in the pastimcs of the Catho-
lie festival, Wednesday night some mis-
chicvous rascal evidently mhitchcd Mr..
Ps. horse, and getting into the carriage
drove the animal about the city awhile and
then turned him loose About 10 o'clock
Mr.. p. concluded he'd go home and finding
his horse and buggy gone, started officers
Olmstead and Wilson in search of them,
The two officers secured the city, on horse
back, but TO no purpose, Mr.. Petit walked
home and found the horse, with part of the
harness gone standing at the stable door.
Subsequently he found Lis buggy caught
against tree, where the horse had proba-
bly, left it. The wmp and carriage cushions
have not been found. As the halter with
which Mr.. p fastened his horse was neither
cut nor broken the conclusion that he was
purposcly maiciously or mischicvously un-
fastened was unavoidable.
Those perversc co,orcd men are bound
to spoil the Republican programme. As
per arrangement Republican editors
everywhere raised the howl that
the poor Africans were pouring out of the
South to escape the shot gun of the white
Lacquer and the bludgcon of the bull'dozer
that they were going to Kansas where
they reccivc tratcrnal greeting and breathe
the glorious air of freedom and a great
deal more of the same sort But, gentle
shrickcrS, how's this: The poor blacks
have tried the freedom of Kansas, and are
now pouring" back to their Southern
homes again Every boat is carrying back
score or more, and yesterday, single
boat, the James Howard, arrived from St
Louis with $40 on board-thc worst dis
gustcd set OF negroes we ever saw-dis
gustcd with Kansas and disguised with
themselves for yielding TO the craze that
took them away from their Southern homes,
One Matilda Phillips, coIorcd woman.
was fined five dollars and cost, by Squire
Robinson. yesterday, for hcaping personal
abuse upon the head Of ncighbor named
Alice Lanton. The war Of words between
the parties was diverting TO that
portion Of the crowd Of listeners that had
q relish for strong expressions. Both Alice
and Matilda are church members and they
bcratcd each other soundIy on their re-
,pcctlve lack Of piety. You shall never
get to heaven, calculated Matilda. Your
heart is blackcr than your skin and all the
waters of Jordan wouldn't wash it clean.
III be there, and you will never pass the
gates you shant" And Alcc's reply was
in kind. but little more tcrse and explicit
Matilda, exclaimed Alice, putting all the
venom of her nature in her tone-"hcl is
chinkcd with such christians as you are,
and" but there was a call Of order, and
the sentence was not finished Then Ma
tilda sworc out a warrant against Alice.
Alice had abused.Matilda, and the evidence
being to that effect, fine OF five dollars
and costs was imposed upon Alice. The
whole fuss originated from thecircumstance
that ten cent chicken belonging to one Of
the parties got into the door yard Of the
other party.