The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-17

she repaired to the office OF oqu''o o'ooih
and secured warrant. Albert Will proba-
bly, be called to account tins morning. Inc
amount involved is only few dollars
"A couple of the men at the round
house use oatmeal ice water Yesterday
lusty, thirsty tramp picked up their
pitcher, and before his purpose was dis
covered he had drained the last drop Of the
forenoons supply. The men were "up set"
about it; to knock the tramp down would
not refill! the vessel, hence, remarked one
of the parties, 1--WE could only stand
quietly by and see the id loafer sauntcr
off, sloshing in his stomach our half gallon
of oatmealed ice-water."
Our ex-City Attorney, after brisk
walk from Eighth street to the park, made
the circuit OF the race course, there, in
eight minutes. lie was dripping with per-
spiration, at the conclusion of his walk,
which, with the thermometer ranging at
about 90 in shade, is not to be wondered at.
He walked at the rate of three miles and
three-quarters an hour-thc track being q
half mile in length. Before we can boast
of our pedestrian performances this round
must be made in six minutes,
Mrs. Nancy Hamilton becoming en-
ragged at Mrs. Harrington entered suit
against Mrs Harrington for the recovery Of
a debt of SO. The trial came off before
Squire Osborn, yesterday, when it was
made to appear that Mrs. Harrington had
paid the debt, halt dozen times over, per-
haps, by furnishing Mrs. Nancy and her
old man lodging. Squire Osborn, therefore,
decided that Nancy had no cause of action
had been impclled by resentment-and
should pay the cost 1t would be well tor
Nancy to study the Crockett adage awhile.
AT G o'clock yesterday evening the cir.
cult court adjourned over until Friday
morning S o'clock. This adjournment is
made to give the attorneys who have I'M
dertaken the defence of some Of the Grim
lnals who are to be placed on trial, time to
prepare their cases. AS much OF the ex-
pense Of the court goes right on, the same
as if no adjournment had been made, the
attorneys tor the defence" etc, should be
compelled to use a little midnight oil in
preparing themselves. 1t should be an ex.
traordinary case to warrant an adjourn.
ment over whole day.
AT / o'clock, yesterday forenoon, the
twenty-three respectable citizens who had
been sitting since Monday, as grand jurors,
came into court, and informed the Judge
that they had concluded their labors
whercupon the Judge discharged them,
The grand jury is Of just about as much
service in the administration Of justice, as
salt is in catching birds 1t is an utterly
useless, an expensive and cumbersome ap-
pendage of our courts that should have
been abolished long ago. Why it should
require twenty-thrce men to, file informa-
ton against our wrong-doers when one
man might do It better, is conundrum
that we are not able to wreste with
About half past o'clock yesterday
evening, a man named John Campfeld, was
setting on the outer edge Of the wharf boat
guards, leisurely flaming himself and lazi-
ly doing. Giving an energetic whisk at a
very industrious fly that had alighted on
| his cheek, he lurchcd himself into the wa
ter. He declares that he went down sew
enty-fye feet, Appearing at the surface,
he pulled out gallon Of water, and swim
ming around the stern of the boat, caught
the friendly pole the carpenter extended to
him, and reached the shore. It doesn't
take much arguing, now, to convince him
that, however well the outer edge of the
wharf-boat guards may serve other purposes
it is not tirst.class place for doing
1t was Cal Harris who raised such
racket, Tuesday night. As before stated
officers Schuckcrs and Bunker arrested her
for pcrslsting in an attempt to chastisc her
husband; and it was while she was being
dragged to Jail, that she INDUCED in such
1
unearthly shreks. She was taken before
Squire Comings yesterday, but expressed
an uuwillingness to 60 into trial until she
: could secure the presence of her lawyer
who was, at the time, engaged in the cir
. cult court She also made other asserva-
, tons somewhat foreign to the issue-sucll
} as, for instance, that her old man couldn't
1 get too much beating, as any body would
! agree when she added that she peddled her.
self with his full knowledge! The hear.
Ing of the case was finally postponed until
this morning.
A negro man named Sam Talfay, who
) is well known in Cairo, was shot and killed,