The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-20

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40 men under pay; that lawyers may have
daylight in which to post themselves. The
| lawyer who cannot offer an excellent ex-
cellent excuse for not being ready, should,
| If his case is q civil one, be tumblcd out Of
court.
so confident was Red Mag that AL
Alexander stole her specie from her bureau
drawer, that she caused his arrest, and yes.
terday afternoon the cause came on fol
hearing before Squire Osborn. Mag failed
to make out her case, and Alexander was
discharged.
While the Narrow-gauge freight train
was backing down near the freight house,
the other evening, the cars ran over q
| couple Of shoats and cut them up into
about fifteen pieces A number of negro
coal pickers witnessed the catastrophe, and
had the chunks of bloody, dirty, quivering
flesh been SO many bank bills, the scramble
for the possession of them couldn't have
been more animated.
The loud reports that were heard, the
tremoI OF the earth that was felt, and the
abominable stink that was smelled yester,
day, followed the efforts Of Capt. Hiram
Hill to blow up and remove the wreck of
the barge Perry Thorpe. The stencil crea-
ted was so offensive that the doors aud
windows of neighboring buildings wore
closed upon it, and quite number of per-
sons vacated their premises.
The premiums offered by the X. NJ
X. c. at the park, on next Friday evening,
in the heel and toe walkingmatch, will 10
apportioned according to the number enter
ing. If no more than three enter, SO,
will be awarded to the first; if five enter
$50 to first and IS to second; il
seven enter, $50 to first, $40 to second and
SIS to third. If more than the above en-
ter, the money will be awarded proportions
ately.
THE BULLETIN premises were, yester
day, re-inspected by the Assistant Healtl
Officer for the Third Ward, John Cornell
and passed through the ordeal, so to speak
with flying colors. The inspection wa
thorough-no halfway business. Ever
part of the concern from cellar to coal shed
was looked at and smelled of, and the ony
smell noticed or spoken of by him was the
smell of-lime We intend keeping it in
that condition.
The hogs running at large in the city,
find favoritc foraging ground in the yard
of the Illinois Central. 1t is somewhat sur
prisihg that the trains, almost constantly in
motion there, don't settle the hog question
TOR us by killing off the entire stock on
hand A more reckless set OF creatures
never lived. They scarcely ever think of
moving out of the way of car unless re-
minded Of the necessity by bump from
the brakes or revolving wheels, yet it is
but rarely that one Of them is killed.
The City Clerk has prepared statement
Of the amount due from citizens because of
special assessments against their property
for the construction or reconstruction of
sidewalks, and finds the amount to be g..
1875. This list will be placed in the hands
Of the Treasurer, soon. with thcinstructions to
collect the same, The payment of the
State, County, City and School tax Of 1875
will prove exceedingly burdensome. Len.
iency must be shown, or the collections will
be short
Three days ago Rev. Fred. L. Thorn.
son, formerly pastor of the NJ. Z. church,
of this city, was lying at his home in Al
ton, seriously i'll. 1t was apprehcnded that
he could not recover. Father O'Haloran,
va Nlit SdLiC IldCC' uiSu vi luc loliI'
Whether or not this is the same Father
0'Haloran that at one time had charge Of
St Patrick's church, in this city, we are
unable to say, We are inclined to the be-
lief, however that it is another OHaloran.
Mr.. Thomson's many Cairo friends will re.
greet most sincerely to hear of his serious
illness
About six weeks ago Anna Courtney
lost satchel containing sundry articles of
female wearing apparel and jewelry, and,
although she had no positive evidence, she
suspected that ncighboring female,
named Hurst or Hurston, was the thief.
She maintained silence, didn't even init
mate that she had lost anything, which,
under the circumstances, was very sensi-
bic thing to do, Yesterday she saw the
woman whom she suspected strutting about
in a portion Of the lost apparel. Awawant
was Immediately sworn out for the wo-
mans arrest
Charles Wood, the confederate Of