The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-03

nish is likely to be calico INTO requisltloh'
Tbo darc;no will commence at a o'clock
this afternoon, so that those who may feel
SO inclined can drive up. mlnglc in the
mazy three or four hours, and reach home
at reasonable bed time. Everybody will be
cordially welcomed and handsomely treated
The County Commissioners were well
under way at their work yesterday. The
allowance of claims will constitute the
chief business of the session. The Collcc-
tor will be able to make his settlement at
about the usual time. Owing to the vast
accumulation of forfeited railroad and other
taxes the clerical labor involved in the
preparation of the Collectors report is
enormous.
The rascals who visited Pfitforlings
residence, the other night, manlfesty IN
tended to give the establishment a thorough
ransacking. Under the impression, prob
ably, that they were operating on the pro-
prietor, they infected the children's room
with chloroform, and had partially succeeded
in putting them under the influence of it.
when scared away. Future visitors Of the
kind will be accorded warm reception
Itmay occur that they will be given "ball"
certainly So if Charley ia around to carry
out the programme.
The usual number of collectors were
abroad, yesterday; but 1t was common
complaint among them that they were I'M
able to collect the usual amount OF money
There are good reasons for such condl'
ton II would be strange indeed II mat
tors were otherwise. The 100000 or $50
600 pad over to the tax collector during
the past two or three months, served to
dram not u few of our people to their bot
tom dollar. Add to this the paralysis 70
which our river and railroad business las
been subjected because Of the cpidemr in
Memphis, and we have abundant caus' Tor
our limited supply of ready money. Ihere
is cause for mutual congratulations that
affairs generally have maintained Them
selves as they have. We had occYlon to
apprehend even greater business lepres-
sion than we have experienced, AMI many
of us apprehended it.
Tall trees from little acorn grow,
and trivial circumstances are 5tta magnl-
fed into occurrences OF great moment. The
report got abroad, yesterday morning, that
a man had been robbed AM knocked in
the head on Washington avenue, near
Eighth, about two hours bchrc daylight. |
He was accosted by two Strangers, so the
report goes, was knocked dowtand dragged |
under ncighboring cover, where he was
robbed of his watch and hundred dollars |
in money. The booty secured, the robbers |
were about to leave; but rejecting that |
their victim might soon rccoyc and give |
them trouble, they again fell afdll Of the
poor fellow and beat him until II sign of
life remained. That this horrible story
should have no better or other foundation |
than that man who had been making a |
night of it." was taken in off tie streets by |
couple of thoughtful friends, shows what
adopts some people are in the grt of cXag-
geration With SUCH magnifers of trifcs
among us, it is not much wonder that a
cracked skull is transformed into case of
yellow fever
The ST. Louis Republican makes the
following reference to the Cairo excursion
party: "An excursion parry of 500 ladies
and gentlemen from Cairo Murphysboro
Jonesboro and intermediate PAGES arrived
in The city, Sunday, over tie cairo and ST.
Louis Narrow gauge railway. The party
came over the road in two tailloads, the
fare for the round trip beng pu down to
two dollars by the railroad agnt. They
left Cairo early Sunday morning nd reach
ing ST. Louis, at p, m, they lctfor Cairo
at G 40, giving them but little yer two
hours to do up the city. Willie here
they separated into groups, some rsting at
the hotels while others marched in,oupIes,
gentle swans with their sweetheart seeing
the big city with wondering eyes. SINE of
the group filed through and inspeced the
rotunda of the Lmdcll hotel. Thcparty
said they were much crowded on the rain, |
many Of them being obliged to stand rp in |
the passages and out on the platform. The
excursion party left so as to get back to
Cairo, arriving there about o'clock, Mn
LAY morning--thc distance being over 80
miles"
some OF the animals entered at the
Paducah races made very good time. Lucy
Bugg the BIandyille fllcy, for instance,
made the first half mile, of mile dash, in
ffty-onc and half seconds, being within
two and a hali seconds Of Uorlon,'e h,st|