The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-03-19

ped them on the ground III IL qultc prop'
able that a first class burglary was thus
nippcd in the bud, and that the "crb"
which the fellow had decided to "crack'
was somewhere in that vicinity,
In the commons, in all parts ofthc city,
in fac, are old cistcrns that serve as traps to
catch such animals as may be running at
large. In nearly every one Of these els
terms can be found the carcasses of dogs,
hogs, cats, etc, that have fallen therein and
drowned or starved to death, or been thrown
in after dying to get them out Of sight,
In one of them the dead body of mule
was found. Health Officer Wooten desires
us to say to the owners OF
these neglected csterns or Of the ground
wherein they are built must either fill them
up or securely cover them over, so that they
will no longer endanger the lives and limbs
of human beings rs we'll as of animals of n
lower order. If anybody concerned is of
the opinion that this notice means nothing,
but is merely little idle blovlation, the
lapse of few days will be apt to bring to
that body an unpleasant assurance of his
error,
We had call, yesterday, from honora-
bic J. NJ Wsshburn, of Williamson county,
Mr.. Washburn is a candidate for the Office
of Circuit Judge, and we add nothing to
the stock of knowledge in possession of the
people of Southern Illinois, when we say
that he is lawyer of much ability, clear,
headed, systematic thinker, forcible rea.
soner and speaker. His mind, ripened by
age and many years practice at the bar, has
all the freshness and vigor Of young man.
hood. He is, too, gentleman of the strict
est moral integrity, a good neighbor, an
unselfsh friend, and an enterprising and
useful citizen. He would bring ability,
honesty and dignity to the bench, and we
but give voice to that which amounts to u
conviction among those who know him best
when we say that the voters of this,
the first Circuit of the Southern Grand Di.
vision, will make no mistake if they elect
James NJ. Washburn to the Circuit bench.
AS the Office of City Attorney is not
rich of its emoluments, it has, by general
consent, become the legitimate prey of the
young practitioners This being true, who
among our young lawyers is better fitted
for the position than the one whose name
we announce in that connection this morn
ing2 Will Hendricks came up from boy
hood right under the eyes of our people,
and We but utter what is generally known
to be true when we say that he has main
tanned reputation unsmirched by wrong
doing; by drunkenness or by any of the
vices that tempt and lure young men into
the road to ruin. lie has passed Il success
tul examination, and must now paddle his
own canoe Ii will not only be great
encouragement extended to deserving
young man. to bcstow the Office upon him,
but will furnish him the means and the OPP.
portunity to crafty his lauiiblc ambition to
win position at the bar, sooner than he
could without such helps He will not, W.
are sure. abuse the confidence of his sup
portcrs. should he be elected, but will strive
faithfully and diligently to render the city
efficient and acceptable service,
Some men can excite roar Of laugh
ter by a remark that some other men
would repeat at their peril. In other
words, you can meet man, every now and
then, who is conceded the right to say
whatever he may please to say. If he
grows protane and abusive, he is not
Knocked down for the reason that its
nobody but john or sam or Bob, as the
case may happen to be. But it sometimes
happens that one Of these chaps lets out
on an individual who doesn't care if it Is
nobody but John" He clinchcs his good
right hand, brings the "lcxors' and sex
tcnsors' of his good right arm into
active use and knocks nobody
but john" down. And it so turned
ont day or two ago in the case
of one Of the tolcrS Of the city. He was
exercising what he had learned to catccm as
his "lnherent right but the muscular
party to whom he had been addressing
himself proceeded, with an aptness that
told of thorcugh knowledge Of the work
in hand, $40 put head on him. We do
not pretend TO say what will be the result
in this case; but this we know If we had
more muscular men like the one in Ques-
ton, there would soon be n prevailing
scarcity of 'nobodies but Johns"
"A white man, named John Holland,
one Of the dirtleSt, most iorlorn, cmaCated
and pitiablc looking Objects we have seen
in many day, has, for several days past
made his headquarters i'll or about the