The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-26

Pollock had many friends in Cairo, VINO
will be gricvcd on the receipt of the intclli'
gence we communicate.
"A new and much needed crossing has
| been laid down across Commercial avenue
on line with Nineteenth street ms
crossing has been conspicuous need
in the neighporiood for years.
There are II lot OF imported goods on
the wharf-boat upon which the duty re-
mans unpaid. TO prevent their remova!
by mistake or otherwise, Surveyor Fisher
| has placed "a guard over them.
Mr.. IIaines, foreman Of Halliday
Brothers cooper shop, is now running
wcnty.eght coopers full time, turning out
about four hundred and fifty flour barrels
per day The mills use five or six hun
dred
Officer Hogan did not succeed in find
ing Mr. Benefits strayed or stolen horse
on Friday evening, and the ANNA! had not
been recovered up to yesterday evening.
Hopes of his recovery have not been aband-
oned however.
AT the hour of 10 o'clock Friday, Mrs.
I.attner, mother OF Jacob, George and
Henry Lattner, died, as the lamented Nor
ris did, while sittiugn her chair. She was
seventy-scvcn years Of age, and had been
suffering several days OF pneumonia.
A cooper, named John Bcntze, who
had bced engaged for some time in MUIR
docks cooper shop, dccamped, night or
two ago, carrying away all the tools he
could travel under. No satisfactory clue
has been obtained as to his whereabouts.
An infuriated negro woman, armed
with razor entered down town saloon,
kept by a colorcd man, and cut one Of the
masculine inmates of the house quite severe
". The affair occurred yesterday, about
10 o'clock. a. NJ, but we were unable to
learn the particulars.
And now the stop season is upon us.
Boys can be seen in any part OF the city
''muttoning" each others tops, and occa-
sionally coming down on passer.by's
corns with force that occasionally pro-
vokes streaks of blue profanity tina. makes
the vicinity smell sulphurous.
If, as is claimed. the Rev. Mr.. Dcursch-
ner has discovered mode Of treatment
that never fails to cure diptleria, so long
as the vital organs are not involved, he
can render himself u public benefactor by
publishing the details, so that the heads OF
families can gain knowledge Of them.
One of our uptown physicians was
called, in haste. TO the bedside Of neigh
Dor. He found the neighbours ailment TO bc
the resultanrs of an overdose Of Lockycars
carbo-hydrated extract of the methylatcd
extract of hydrogen, the best remedy for
which is about six inches Of red ribbon.
A new object for sympathy was seen
scrambling about our sidewalks yesterday,
in the shape Of man who locomo.ed on his
Blended knees. lie lives upon the charity
his pitiablc condition excites; but is neither
respondent or unhappy, 1t is said that he
''fips many Sniiter" behind his belt, and
gets as booty as 4 Bohemian trooper
Fourth street was the scene of another
disturbance, late Friday night. Two ne
grocs, named John Jones and George
King got into fight. One Of them used
razor with fearful effect, cutting the flesh
Of his antagonists arm to the bone. DR..
Parker dressed the wound, and the police
took both the offenders under arrest
The editor of the Peoria National
Democrat declares that nobody would
know who was meant if the editor Of this
paper were addressed as "Mr. lIarrcll; =
but that everybody would know instantly
who "Mosc' Iarrsll was; for "Mosc lIar.
rell and Caro- are nearly SYNONYMOUS
And so, our gray hairs won't protect us
Officer Sheehan has reasons for beicv-
ing that the fellow who burghrizcd Cap.
tain jim Johnsons residence, is the same
fellow that made his escape from the Gala.
boose As the Captain has not yet recoy
cred that handsomely fitting ulster, We
give him this clue in the expectation that
J he will hunt the rascal TO the furthcrmo4,
ends Of the earth.
A pet coon belonging to Fourth
ward family, straycd abroad, u few night
ago and killed more chickens than he cal
eat during the balance Of the winter
Boys with lights, and dogs, shot-guns ant
bludgcons were out hunting him Frda,
night. II is not remarkable that the,
, didn't shoot the coon but il is decidedl
. remarkable that none Of the boys wcr
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