The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-29

'' Vi uuy' ohe word provoke
0''o'her until Mr. Cotter, considering tn
heSros impudcnce unbearable, gathered
hoop'hole and gave HIM walloping wit
IT, Martin repaired to the office of SOUR
Osborn, while yet his welts were smartin,
and sued out writ for Mr.. Cotter's arrest
In due season that individual made his an
pearance, held conference with Martin
who shortly afterwards announced that h,
was DESTROYS OF abandoning the prosecution
And thus, without a balm for his wound.
or salye for his stripes and sores, tho
beted tmc-asker left the law shop.
An old resident ofthe county, living
near Hodges Park, in note to the editor
says "Nou are making the best paper that
ever came to Unity out ofCairo Everybody
speaks well of THE BULLETIN, and if you
would come out and see us and make a
little effort you could put copy in nearly
every reading family of this portion of the
county" We value our friends good opin.
ION, and hope we deserve it. The BULLETIN
already enjoys very respectable circulation
IN Alexander county; but, as our CORES.
pondcnt suggests, the number of its sub
Scrlbers might he increased indefinitely.
The difficulty is in securing the right kind
OF canvasser--one that can get the money
out OF the people, and one from whom we
can get the money when once he gets il
ont of the people. Men who present all
the requisites Of frst.cass canvasscrs
ana dlsgorgers are remarkably scarce.
An officer, avowcdy from Poplar
Bluff Missouri, came to Caro-. last sun.
day or Monday. Yesterday morning he
was to be seen nowhere in the city. He
kept his own counscls, we are told, confer
red with nobody, but kept a constant look
out evidently anxious to find somebody.
While pushing inquiries about him, yestcr.
Gay, we are told that about dusk Wednes
day evening, he came up with a man on
the leyce, near the foot OF Fourth. placed.
shackleS on him, and hurried him down to
and across the river. This information
proved to he incorrect. The officer arrested
nobody, and left the city alone. That he
should come here, however hold himself
aIoof from fellow officers, and maintain
studied exclusivcncss, excited considerable
speculation, as was quite natural He was
not on kidnapping mission, we dare say
but suspicious Of that nature were certainly
excited.
"A friend of ours oyer.zcaou. in the
temperance cause, called us to account for
lnterposIng plea in behalf of the two 81.
loon keepers who were arrested for selling
liquor on Sunday. He argued that the
parties arrested We're bound to know fine
law, and that though the custom of selling
liquor behind closed doors on Sunday
might have had the sanction Of twenty years
Usage, the law was as palpably violated by
he parties under arrest as il would have
'eeh had every other saloon keeper in the
MY always observed its requirements
hlle we were not disposed to deny that the
'artleS in question had violated the law.
We did and do insist that where n radical
mango IN the manner Of enforcing law
nat affects any considerable number of
iu@enS, Is determined upon, common ius
ice and fair dealing demand that the par.
IFS directly concerned should receive notice
the change We urged this, and added that.
ouce once given the guilty, without ref.
renee to person or position, should be nun.
hed, And because of this addendum
Tend who proprietors quiet and orderly
'Ioon, assumes that THE BULLETIN is hos.
lie to saloon keepers Hence, it is seen. that
ie little well meant paragraph drew fire v
THE BULLETIN from both sides. But our
luanimity has not been disturbed par. l.
cIe' II to deal fairly and justly with sd
non keepers, who are pursuing a calling O.
nctioncd and licensed by our laws. gives r,
fence to temperance Zealots, "thcn have p,
offended and expect to offend again. +,
to insist that saloon keepers be placed .,
'on plane with other people, and held +,
SpohSblc for wllt'ul violations of the law .,
'clicS the displcasurc of that class. all Il
sh'; We shall offend them frequently &
nc consciousness Of our rcctitudc will be V
If arnor, and assaults from either side T.
i'll avail nothing. -,
between 6 and Z O'Clock "Wednesday Il
elllng a colorcd laboring man, Il resident n
Nineteenth street. arrived at the door of
domcll and noticed no preparation for -.
pper Ills gnawing stomach had en- o.,
'ccd day'dreoms OF smoking coffee and ~
'aly potatoes, but instead of finding such y,
spread awaiting him, he looked in upop -