The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03

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81 Louis and Jefferson City in the charge
of deputy Marshal Thomas vcrmilhon'
HIGGINS is about 90 years of age and Of
dcer McDonough speaking Of him says he
is one of the worst men he ever knew.
George Stevens, acolored man who had
found lodging in the row Of frame houses
on the east side of Commercial avenue
above Twelfth, died yesterday, in destitute
circumstances. A colored woman, named
Bridget Williams, went upon the streets to
beg few dollars with which to bury him.
She reports that one white man upon whom
she called, not satisfied with his refusal to
give anything, INDUCED in coarse and bru-
tai talk about the miserable dead body.
He advised her to go home and skin the
body and make boots out of his hide; that
that was all the body was fit for, anyhow,
and much more IN the same vein. The ne
gro woman very properly denounced him
to his face for his inhumanity.
Health officer Wooten is amazed at
the poverty of many of our Cairo house
holders. To his orders to "clean up" he is
met, every day, and dozen times day,
with the plea of poverty; the party adj
dressed would gladly comply-is deeply
solicitous for the general health of the city;
but can do nothing because of extreme
poverty. AS the orders given are always
adapted to the ability of the person or
dered and, in the main, require moth
ing more than the raking together and the
burning Of the filth and rubbish covering
the premises, the Health officer refuses to
accept the plea as valid. Nobody IS SO
poor that he can't devote an hour or two to
the work of removing the animal and veg
etable accumulations from his door yard,
scattering the ashes from his stove or fire
place in the sink holes, and in doing such
other things as are necessary to change his
home to a place fit for the occupancy of hui
man beings. No man is so poor that he
can't do this; and If he doesn't do it in COM
pliance with the Health Officers request,
his case calls fora little wholesome com
pulsion.
John Green is the name Of a laddie
that was found asleep cut doors, about l
o'clock yesterday morning, in the vicinity
of the New York store, by officers Cain and
Olmstead. The officers aroused him and
asked him to come along" He refused
and then resisted. Officer Omstead finally
fixed his nippcrs on him. but by violent
Jerk he released his arm and dealt officer
Cain tremendous blow in theface knock
inc him down. He then ran and was soon
lost in the darkness. Cain quickly re-
covered himself. and the two instituted a
search for the rullian and finally found him
within twenty feet Of the spot
where they had but recently awakened
him. They again took HIM in custody, but
he resisted every step Of the way to the Jail.
What the man clearly needed was several
good thumps with the "billy;" but Cain
and Olmsted, making allowances for the
fellows drunken condition used no VIC
lencr whatever. Green was brought before
Judge Bird, yesterday, and was fined $50
and costs. Having no money he was sent
to the calaboosc for term of 80 DAYS.
Officer Cain was considerably marked by
the blow he received; but seemed to take it
as something to be expected in his line of
business
A stranger from Kentucky came to
Cairo and got drunk. Being drunk he felt
himself equal to all the tolls of the city.
Accordingly he visited low den not far
from Sixth and Washington, kept by a
negro woman, and although already drunk
he procured from the woman fresh sup
ply Of whisky. While drinking it and en-
,oying the presence Of his sable companion,
two negro men entered, and demanded to
know why he was there, carrying on in
that style with their sister, And falling
afoul of the kcntuckian they thumped him
soundly, sadly disfguring his face and well
nigh closing his sight sccrs.' Not salts
fled with this indemnity for his familiarity
with their sister (who is a notorious old
hag) one Of them held him up while the
other went through his pockets relieving
him Of all the money he had, about four
dollars Whether he will be able to iden-
tify the men who robbed him, remains to
be seen. The beating, he deserved for be-
ing caught with "thc sister" of the two
colored indicators Of female virtue, but
the robbery part the affair demands in
quiry.
The last number Of the New York
Mercantile Review contains Il large cut, &C.
curately illustrating the Gardner House, of
Chicago and Its attractive surroundings.
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