The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-14

kicked him was IN cairo" Not being able
to accurately describe his assailant he re-
mains unavenged The assault was cause
less, however, and the assailant deserves
to be punished.
In Alexander county Mr.. Lansden ran
ahead of both Crawford and Browning,
despite the efforts of Mr.. Bakers Demo
cratic friends to cut down his vote. In
Franklin county he ran ahead of Crawford;
in Hardin county he ran ahead of Brown
ing and in Union county he ran ahead Of
Browning. We mention these facts to
disabuse the mind of the editor of the
Marion Press, of the impression that Mr..
L. was the hindmost candidate in detail, as
well as in the general result. While the
Democrats Of Alexander county have oc-
cason to feel ashamed of themselves as
Democrats, the fact is undeniable that the
Democrats of those counties that sought
LIS defeat in the convention, permitted their
opposition to him to 60 beyond the con-
vention, and tell its story in the ballot box.
The Hibernian fire company has as
we elsewhere remark, concluded to cele-
brate the coming 18th in st. Mary's park
The committee arrangements will arrange
an attractive programme and in doing so
will need, and should receive, outside help.
1t is proposed, for instance, to provide a
purse for horse race, give display of fire.
works, and offerother attractions, to amuse
and enthuse all who may attend. As there
will be no charge for admission to the
grounds, it can not reasonably be expected
that the expense incurred in perfecting ar
rangements that are made for'the special
enjoyment of the public should be borne
by the company alone. 1t will perform its
part and perform 1t well; but it is trite
though rather crude maxim that those who
dance should pay the piper. Should the
committee call upon our people, as we hear
it will, the response should be cheerful and
liberal, one or the other, in any event.
A horse belonging to one Jacob Green,
has been in the habit Of grazing on the
sward east of the court house. Metcalf
owns a swarm of bees that has been FESTIVE
for day or two, and yesterday it conclu
ded to migrate and "swarm" elsewhere
The horse in question was in the route
of the bees flight, and few hundred of
them sought resting spell on his back.
But the animal wasn't willing. He whisked
his tail about with great vigor and
finally drew upon himself about halt the
swarm, probably couple Of thousand.
The antics that horse then cut would beg
gar the pen of Dickens. A brisker tail
never graced specimen Of the equine
species; and such stamping, plunging,
rearing and prancing sideways such mad
cavorting as those in which the bee-beset
animal INDUCED, can be pictured by
neither brush or pencil. The bees unloaied
themselves perhaps driven to it by the
perspration they had excited, possibly in
mercy to the poor forse, whom they had
tortured to the utmost limit of endurance.
The members of the so-callcd Bryant's
Southern minstrels troupe who were desert
ed by the proprietor and treasurer in Padu-
cab, pawned their instruments as security
for the payment Of their board bills, and
set out for their homes in Jackson, Tenncs-
see, on foot. Two of them arrived in Cairo
on Thursday, and reading in THE BuIAE-
TIN OF that day that the company's stand
ard of excellence was not considered OF
| the dazzling order, they expressed savage
desire to eat the editor up as a lunch be-
tween meals. The size of THE BULLETIN
building may have had a restraining effect
upon them, for had they explored that
structure, and taken the measure ofthe in
mates, theywould at once have become ire.
J concilabe. Nothing short of fight would
have pacitied them. But had this brace
of boys been philosophers, their experience
, would have been accepted as full contir-
, nation of TuE'BuILETIN's structures. The
t company was not failure because THE
5 BULLETIN so dcnominatcd it. On the con-
q, trary, THE BULLETIN denomin.tcd it a
2 failure because it was failure. Only that
5 and nothing more.
Our late city attorney tells rather q
= good one at his own expense. Thursday
night was, as everybody knows, excessively
hot. The young man retired to his virtu
Gus couch about o'clock, and sweltercd
: pantedand pulled in thcclosc air his room
7 until II o'clock Arising and rehabiita,
ting his stately proportions $50 to speak,
he sought the cool current of air that
/ sweeps down Sixth street, over the chicken
i coops at Kugc's corner. Seating himself