The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-08

political history to a poor purpose The
convention should have met IN Carbonate.
"A number of gcntlcmcn, connected
with the Reform club 90 out on the Nln-
cenncs train, this morning, to Glen Fern
The purpose is to select grounds for the
grand temperance picnic that is to come
off there on the 18th instant.
Tile new Street committee held a meet
ing Yesterday The committee rcappoht-
ed Mr.. Tim German to his position OF
Street Superintendent and after recommen-
ding the opening OF several sewers and
cleaning out the mouths thereof, and dis
cussing other matters, adjourned.
In pursuance of Il previous under
standing Judge Doughcrty and ThoS' II.
Clark. ESQ, retire from the field and leave
Judges Baker, Harkcr and Mccartney, |
to contest with Crawford, Browning and
Lansdcn for seats on the the circuit bench. |
BY this arrangement the Republicans have
gained all the advantages OF a convention
without observing its forms.
Mr.. Joe BrosS, is no longer the city
weigh master He filed the position q
number of years, and seems to have given
entire satisfaction. He sent in his resigna-
ton Tuesday night. The Council accepted
| il, and Mr.. Saunders, who stays with Mr.
Kuge, was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The position is not lucrative one but pays |
Tor all the time it requires,
The negro men Cheatem and Walker
who robbed the Kentuckian in negro bag
| inc, few nights since, had their prelimi-
nary examination before Squire Robinson
yesterday, and the proof being positive as
to their identity and guilt, they were bound
over in the sum of $500 each, to await the
action OF the grand jury. A negro woman
named Belle Hampton, who is suspected as
a particeps crimnis, is said to have skip
| ped the city. H-
1t is with sincere sorrow that we
chronicle the death of Mrs, Celetia Hender
son, wife of Mr.. )no. Henderson who died
at her residence on Ninth street at 4
O'Clock Yesterday morning. There will be
funeral services at Blandville to-day by
Rev. Whitaker The remains will be taken
over on the s o'clock ferry this morning.
There will be limited religious exercises at
the house at : 80 this morning, at which
hour friends are solicited to be present.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union OF this congressional district that
is to convene in Cairo on the l4th instant
and continue three days, has been adver-
tised in nearly or quite all the papers of
of the district-qute number Of papers
having kept the notice Of the meeting stand
Ing in their local columns ever since it was
issued. The newspaper press OF Southern
Illinois has certainly been a great helper
of the reform movement, and in the dis
tribution Of thanks, must not be forgotten
AT O'Clock Tuesday evening the
Fourth ward special election polls were
closed The three hundred and two tickets
were counted, the poll book duly certified
and delivered to the city clerk by half past
seven An hour later the city council had
canvassed the returns and declared Mr..
James Kynaston the duly elected alderman
for the Fourth ward to fill out the uncx-
pred term OF alderman Foley, resigned.
This we call dispatchng business with
rush but was all formal and, as one OF the
alderman remarked "wil stick, of course"
The intelligence that went abroad in
! Pulaski county, yesterday morning, that
Lew Smith, the States Attorney for that
county had during the night before, died
at his own hands, created profound scnsa-
ton. Young Smith was a son of Judge |
H. NJ. Smith He was born in Pulaski |
| Souh'g' was Nt'tiNl!. 'Nt'tltN uI'i
admitted to the bar. lie was young man
of excellent parts, cmincntly social, warm
hearted ami impusivc, and had, to all APP
pcarances brilliant future before him.
But on the threshold of successful pro-
fessional career he yielded 10 the allure
ments OF the wine cup. The habit grew
upon him. and at last held him as in the |
grip ola giant. He struggled hard to free
himself, and for season he mastered the |
terrible appetite, but he could not, it seems
with all the encouragement friends gave
him. and by the most determined exercise
OF his own will maintain the mastery. |
Less than week ago he was in this city.
On Tuesday he visited the town Of Ullin,
and stopped with Joe Tapprich He oh.
tanned breakfast, dinner and supper with
Tapprich and gave notice OF purpose to
remain all night During the day he Wis
tied DR.. Carncs, and secured a small dose