The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-14

chandise that arrived during an interval of
a week or more, were stored on the wharf
and in the depot. Believing that the princi-
pal danger had passed, the company COM
mcnced using the wharf-boat again, last
Sunday; and there is a prospect, now, that
its continued use will not be interrupted.
The editor of the Paducah News is
calling the attention Of the Republican par
ty of that city to its delinquency in the
matter of furnishing the City Marshal u
decent suit of clothing. The Marshals
name is Tom Brschitt, and the News says
that as he had no clothes to start in on, he
is scarcely in prescntable condition. A
city officer "without any clothes would
shock us modest Cairo people terribly; but
as Tom started in without any clothes"
last fall, the spectacle he presents has be-
come so common to the Paducahitcs, that
the most respectable newspaper speaks ofthe
naked fellow as scarcely presentablc. To
say the least that can be said of the matter,
it is treating the Marshal with a great deal
of coolncsss.
On Friday evening last Capt. Williams
reported to the assembled Reform club that
he had, during his term of Office, received
$500 on account of dues and an equal sum
on other accounts. AS everything Of any
consequence that occurs in the city finds
mention in THE BULLETIN, the Captains re-
port was not, OF course, an exception. We
told, as he did, how much money he had re-
ceived but didn't add because he didn't
that all of it had been expended. The
stranger within our gates" reading Satur
day mornings BULLETIN, and knowing
nothing of the impecuniosity of the Reform
| club, had some reason to infer that all the
money received was still on hand. Satur-
day night or during the small hours of
Sunday morning, the Captains residence
was burglarized Did the publication in
THE BULLETIN suggest the burglary! The
thousand dollars or more reported as re-
ceived, was quite enough to excite the Gu
pidity of every cracksman in the city. Did
it do so, and is the burglarlous proceeding
chargeable to the publication of the Cap
tain's report! Ifso, it may be well TO see
to it in the future, that like reports of re-
ceipts, when published, be accompanied by
the treasurer's report Of expenditures.
The readers of The BULLETIN can
readily recall the Christmas shooting scrape
in SCOTS saloon how desperate negro
roustabout, named Burrell Brooks, shot
SCOTS barkceper through the lungs, and
subsequently fired four mischicvously
meant balls at officer Hogan; and how, I'M
der circumstances that evinced the most
dauntless courage, Hogan brought the
derperado from his hiding place, and
lodged him in the county Jail II these
particulars are, no doubt, readily recalled
by all of our local readers. Well, we have,
now, the sequel to the affair. Brooks trial
came on to be heard on Saturday. After
much trouble and vexatious delay Jury
was empanneled, the testimony heard and
the case turned over for the consideration |
of the jury. The proof of the negro's |
guilt was conclusive; but the jury found it |
a difficult matter to agree upon the measure !
Of punishment to be inflicted 1t was
finally agreed that Brooks should be i'm !
prisoned in the penitentlary at hard labor
for term Of three years. and verdict to |
that effect was read in open court yesterday
morning The punishment is light; but as
there is another indictment against him for
amurderous assault upon officer Hogan, the
punishment may be made to double up"
until It stands in proper relation to the
offence
A friend and patron of THE BULLETIN,
writing to us from Austin, Texas, says the
winter there has been one of unusual severi-
ty. We quote from his letter the follow
ing: "As now write @ O'Clock p. M.
the air is filled with great flakes OF falling
snow, whilst a keen, cutting wind-the
very breath Of Alaskan ce-felds, comes
sweeping down from the north. The ground
for the depth Of foot or more is frozen
hard AS a bone; great, long icicles hang
pendant from the caves Of the houses, ana
the windows are white with the shandiwork
ofthefrost king Boysand women and
girlskeepclosely housed -muiilcd to the ears,
skip hurriedly along the streets, as if hasten
ing to gain the inviting warmth of home.
The dumb animals stand shivcring, with
arched backs on the South side" of the
buildings, or are hunting here and there for
protection from the falling snow and cut
ting wind. To make short story shorter
it is - cold. | needn't say the weather
reminds me Of Cairo, for it doesn't It is
weather peculiar to this winter. | have