The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-03

s to 10 inches thick, ard Is solid and pure,
John Virgins moistencd his mucous
membrane with too much whisky, and was
fined, by Judge Bird The sum Of two dollars,
The two dollars being among the several ar
ticles Of value that Mr. Mitchell didn't own,
he was sent over to keep company with Fiz'
gerald until the weather modcrates.
William Golden and O. II. Mitchell
were brought before Judge Bird yesterday,
and fined 81 AID costs as punishment for
drunkenness. Expressing a desire 10 leave
a city where the people are 50 Id parti-
aular, they were given u stay Of execution
and got out of the city, which was very
happy radiance Of them.
Thomas Fitzgerald a stranger, was
DRUNK. There is no other word that so tit
~ describes his condition; and as ordinance
so-ana.so provides, etc, the laccerated ma
.iesty Of the codiiicd city laws required an
emoliento two dollars, which being beyond
Williams ability to supply, hcwas sent over
to Mahoncys for aperod Of five days.
Miss Frank Ettcr, who was Prof. Al-
words first assistant teacher for u year or
more, left Springfield Monday, for Mem
phis, Tennessee. where she will take charge
OF the classical department Of the Episcopal
Seminary, including the classes in Greek
and Latin. She is spoken Of as lady who
is emnuntiy qualified for The new position.
Yesterday was the coolest day Of the
season. Just how cold it was, is dit,icu!!
to determine, the thermometers OF the
city ranging from four degrees below TO ten
degrees above zero at the same hour Of the
day, beng greatly influenced, of course, By
the surroundings. tits safe to say, however,
that the mercury ranged closely upon zero
during the whole day.
While Capt Tenant was experimenting
the shipping of cotton, at the &. and V. in
cline, Tuesday evening, being on the topot a
car at the time, he lost his footing and COM
menced hurried descent TO the ground,
which would have resulted most seriously had
he not caught cross brace on the way and
saved himself. 1t was very narrow escape
from avery serious inju
Michael GrUnton, one OF thcgrcat crowd
of idle deck hands in the city, was sent to
the calaboose, yesterday, for assisting in the
release of a prisoner whom the police were
conveying to the lookup. Grnnton succeed
in giving his friend few hours liberty, but
in doing so lost ten days Of his own. As he
is furnished free board and lodgings, how
ever, dumngan interval Of enforced idlcness,
he is most likely, not at all sorry.
Charley IIandcrson's hardware store
was burglariously entered some time Tues
day night, and goods Of the value Of 300
or 1925 stolen and carried away. Among
other articles appropriated by the rascal or
rascaIs were lot of fine revolvers. Unless
some citizen succeeds in killing Il house
breaker before long, we shall have q per-
feet epidemic Of burglaries. We are $
orry that Henderson was not furnished the
opportunity to periorate his visitor.
Section &c Of chapter Of the revised
ordinances of the city Of Cairo provide that
any pers0a who shall throw ball Of wood,
yarn, cotton, rubber dirt or snow, within
the limits of the city of Cairo shall be fined
not less than two nor more than ten dollars
We throw this out as Il fdheriy admOnition
to the responsible lads who have kept the
canopy in the vicinity Of Thirteenth and
Washington, so obscured with snow balls
that the blessed sun has not reached the
earth, there, for the full week past We
are simply interposing aplca for sunshine
"A penniless female cripple who found
shelter in the round house Monday nigh,
and all day Tuesday, was still in the city
Yesterday. She hobbies about on crutchcs
and gives it out that she came all the way
from San Francisco. AS is generally the
case with destitute travellers, she lives st
Il long ways" from Cairo. This woman
wanted to reach Mississippi, and hadn't ;
cent to make II start on. The boys Of the
round house furnished her food during hel
stay among them, and give her credit fo
being tremendous eater Who has sup
piled her since, we are not informed.
One Of our physicians gains his from
door over a flight of eight or ten steps
When leaving his house he reaches TIT
front gate in the same manner; but hi
flight over the steps New Years day wa
somewhat briskcr than he intended i
should be. For some reason that may b.
peculiar to the locality, the ice ut the top o
the steps upon which the doctor placed hi
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