The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-06

Chester penitentiary placed his resignation
IN the hands OF Governor Cullcm on the
10Th day of August and urged Its accept
ancc on the LIST September as his private
business required attention that could not
be postponed. On the lst instant the Gov
ernor accepted the resignation, and filed
the vacancy by the appointment Of Gen. Jas.
S. Martin. of Salem. Marion county, very
amiable and respectable gentleman; BUT
stalwart.
The boards that close up the front of
the passage between the Alexander County
Bank building and Tabcr's icwelry estab-
lishmcnt were removed, yesterday, and q
man was sen, inside to remove the rubbish.
A gentleman who had nothing else to do,
KEEP; q reckoning, and at the end of three
hours found tina, three hundred and eighty
persons had stopped, peered into the pas.
sage, ana querried; what are you doing
theretN And ii was nobody's business but
his own WHAT he was doing there. In.
ouisidvoness is not peculiarly femme
characteristics,
A quorum Of taxpayers failed to get
together, las; night, and for that reason no
meeting vas held. This Is precisely as ii
ought not 10 be. The association has other
objects than the mere resistance of the rail-
road tax once year; and as the sugges-
lions and propositions Of members are al
WAYS politely entertained ana discussed,
there is, as usual thing, no lack Of bust
ness to transact although none may be
naturea in advance. The excuse usually
rendered for non.a;tendance- that ",here is
nothing important on docktt" is not, there
fore, valid one.
The returns from the California election,
still incomplete confirm ourSonjectuFes OF
yesterday that, by the aid O Democratic
votes Kearneyism has been suelched, and
the Republican state ticket elected. Kal-
loch. the workingmen's candidate, has prob
ably been elected mayor of San Francisco,
The congressional contents sre close. The
probabilities are that the Democrats will
lose a congressman--that the new delega%
ton will stand Republicans 3, Democrats.
This information lit may be well enough to
add is from Republican sources. Positive
returns Will not be received before Monday.
"A colored hack driver stopped his
hack in front Of a business house, ycster-
day; and stepping indoor without fastening
his horse, the animal ayailei itself Of the
| opportunity to take a short stroll on his
own account 1t did so, and policeman
Duncker happening to eSpy the unnamed
rig, took the cOlored driver under arrest,
when he made his appearance, and escorted
him to the Office of Squire Comings, where
he was fined $3.50. 1t would be we'll for
hack drivers to keep tins case in mind.
They must not leave their teams unhitched
a moment, unless they are directly at hand
TO prevent mishaps.
Archery practice and contests are not
only popular, but skill in the use Of the
bow i taking rank with the accomplish
.ments. This being true, it is somewhat as
tonishing that Cairo young and middle
aged people, are not more generally given
to practice of it. We have excellent ma
terial for halt dozen good clubs, and if
greater interest were manifested we would
not only soon have the clubs, but monthly
or quarterly tournaments would follow. and
draw to our city, in friendly competition,
all the clubs Of the surrounding country.
Parties contemplating the formation of
new clubs will find the practical hints we
publish elsewhere, Of great value to them.
A gNrrulous individual who has ac-
qurcd the mack Of convincing everybody
who will give him two minutes attention
that the future happiness Of mankind will
be measured by the quantity of keystone
liniment used, arrived in the city yesterday
HIS wonderfully educated wild horse
Laurel, accompanies him. and by rearing
up aforc and kicking up behind, and in
dulging in the other antics marvelously
queer gathers the crowd about his master
and then it is the most resulute or absolutcl,
pennilcss that leave the ground without
bottle of liniment AS a collector of crowd
this one horse free circus beats the biggcs
brass band in America.
The sales of cattle at the Central Stool
yards Of this city. Of which Mr.. f. d. Ear
, is proprietor, comprise stock of every grade
, and the prospects are that MIR. Earl will, il
| due time, build up a market here that vii
: command the patronage Of all the stock
raiscrs Of the adjacent country. The sale
of Yesterday and the lav before arn uivn,