The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-19


tended. Red lights, etc, lent glamour to
the scenes that added much to the effects.
That unconscionable rip, Sarah vii
liams, was up before Squire Robinson
again, yesterday, to answer for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. Officers Dunckcr
and Hogan found her on Fifth street, the
night before, carrying on in her usual style,
and took her in charge. She was calaboosed,
in default of payment Of 81 and costs, for
the term of three days.
Hiram Hill, the well known submar-
inest, sent to us yesterday, and asked our
acceptance of them, five white. meatcd cling
stone peaches the largest measuring nine
and three.quarter inches, and the smallest
nine and quarter inches in circumference.
They were grown on tree in his garden at
No "a Ninth street. Although of enorm
Gus size they are susceptible of much
larger growth. They are exceedingly juicy,
and of most delicious flavor
Not few of the colored females of
the city are given to the belief that Charley
Glass was not hanged-that the law was
cheated of its victim. They'd seen circus
men swung by the reck, without hurting
them, and as they heard no screaming or
groanlng come out of the enclosure, they
refuse to believe that Glass was killed. He
was simply put in that box, hauled outside
the Mississippi leyce and told to git
According to one old cronc, Glass was in
town 10 o'clock, Tuesday night, inQuiring
for Ruth Brown and Ellen McKerney.
Proceedings were instituted before
Squire Robinson yesterday against one Tea
See for assaulting and striking his wife with
a deadly weapon. The defendant secured
a change of venue TO Squire Comings.
What the proof will disclose We can't say.
but the complaining witness, the wife, al
legcs that She was on the way to visit a
SICK sister. when her husband overhauled
her, assaulted her as stated, and compelled
her to return home. She subsequently re-
moved the Things" and the husband sued
out writ of replevin. The case will be
heard tomorrow.
r. o. Bean. deputy L. S. marshal, as
sisted by Constable John Sheehan, arrested,
in East Cairo, yesterday, man named
Alfred Walker, alias Zach Edwards alias
Aft. Jones, who answers the description OF
a man who recently committed a murder,
near Aberdeen, Mississippi, on the planta-
ton of Mr.. W. W. Troupe The fellow was
espicd on a platform car, but thinking, per
haps, that somebody might want him, he
sought the cover of boX-car. where the Of
ficers found him. The prisoners picture was
| taken and mailed to Aberdeen for ldentiti-
cation, and the prisoner, himself, commit
ted TO the county iall to await the answer.
Although Charley Glass denied the
imputation, it is more than probable that
he intended TO cheat the gallows OF a vic
TIM He insisted that barber should be
permitted to bring his traps in the cell and
shave him, just before he was to be led out
to execution. AS he had never shaved in
| his life We asked him why he wanted his
whiskers of only an hour before his eX-
| ecution. lie hcsitatcd and finally replied
that, as his whiskcrs were his own, he
guessed he could do as he pleased with
them. The sheriff, not fancying the idea
of putting a razor within reach Of man
who had only an hour between himself and
the gallows, nippcd the little game in the
bud.
Nearly everybody has distaste for
traverse Jury seryice-a fact that was very
plainly indicated by the excuses lodged with
the Judge yesterday by those who feel
avcrsc to long tusslc with the McAuliii
| murder case. one man really couldn
scwe-had nobody to attend shop and
would be compelled to shut up. Another
was subject TO neuralgia pains that made
him wriggle and scream out in spite OF
himself; anothers eyes were sore and re.
CURED attention that could not be bestowed
if he were tied down to jury service. Quite
number really couldn't serve without q
great sacrifice robustness, and one man had q
new baby in the house. and matters were in 4
shape that he couldn't leave home; and still
another was afflicted with henorrhagc Of
thebadder that forbadehis confined confinc
ment. Some of the excuses were sufficient
ahd some were not On the final cxamina
ton, however touching their qualifications
to sit on the particular case in hand, Mint
out Of every ten Of the whole batch were
politely excused In other words, knowing
something about the facts involved, they
were rejected
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