The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-20

rightly believing that an example should
be made of them, assessed them five dol
lars and costs which they paid.
1t is fact, whether deplorablo or
otherwise, we leave for the reader to Judge,
but fact it is nevertheless that Cairo
tramp is an ornement of great rarity and
hard to find at the present day. Many and
various have been the kind Offices our
officers have performed for this worthy class
of gentlemen but strange to say, Cairo has
no charms for them at present.
A representative of THE BULLETIN at
tended the fair last night at Temperance
Hall andswas most agreeably entertained.
Mr.. Frank Healy placed him under many
obligations by kind attentions and DR., Geo,
O'Hara took special care of him in the
vast crowd there assembled The supper
was excellent and the coffee superb and
gracefully served. Tonight is the last and
most interesting of the fair.
The long contemplated dance which
the s to II club will give on Friday night
at the St. Charles hotel will give our peo-
pie another opportunity for real enjoyment
The interest manifested in the club and the
occasion for amusements it creates, is not
confined to the single hearted" but is
not less shared in by our more sober mar
ried folks. The clubs ball heretofore
called out tull attendance OF our best PEG.
pie, and quite all who attended speak
in the highest terms of the management
There has been more than three
months low water in the upper Ohio river,
the longest ever experienced al this season
of the year, but the rainy weather of the
past few days has changed this and there is
an unusual activity in river circles; num-
Der of steamers that have been laid up are
making preparations to resume business.
The greatest benefit derived from the rise
will be among coal consumers.
The coal famine is now virtually
over, and with the rise of the river there
has been decline in prices of coal at Gin
cinnati and other points to nominal figures.
Millions of bushels are now on the way
down from the coal regions Of Pennsylvania
Our old and intimate acquaintance
Henry Ward, is evidently, IS is his habit
every once and awhile, again fishing for no.
toriety. He remarked incidently the
other Sunday, that there are but two OBJ
jects of punishment above aad below. One
is the preservation of society, the other
the reformation of the criminal. The in
Fiction Of infinite and endless punishment
tor any other object Is token of demoniac
cruelty. Itls demomac and not divine to
infict pain for the sake OF pain. "lf |
thought" said he, ''that God stood at the
door where men 60 out of life, ready to send
them down to eternal punishment, my soul
would cry out, Let there be no Cod Ny
instincts would say, 'Annihiate Him
Day before yesterday two strangers,
one on American and the other an Irish
man commenced quarrellng over game Of
dice in John Sackburgcrs saloon on the
Levee and finally came to blows, They
fought "like dogs our informant tells US
but had been at this pastlme but short
| time when officer Shcehan came along and
nipped the whole affair in the bud by ar
resting them. In the fight one OF the fell
lows named James Murry got his ankle
sprained He was lodged in the city Jail
and, yesterday morning, being sober
enough for trial, was taken before Squire
Comings, who, after weighing we'll the evil
dencc pro and con, concluded that James
he'd slnncd heavily and accordingly charged
to his account six dollars and costs, He
not having cents worth of greenbacks
about him was committed "a the charge Of
the gentle Cain, who has concluded TO
| keep him rs an ornament ana permit him
| to eat the "statf OF life" as furnished bv
our city fathers.
A suit came up before Squire Osborn,
II few days ago, IN which the Rev. Mr.
Shores Mr. j. II. Cunningham and Mr.
Leak were parties. 1t appears that the
reverend gentleman, some time ago, was en-
gagged in law suit and had Mr. Leak en-
gagged to help him along with it; that
while the case was in progress Mr.. Gun.
ningham took it upon himself to help Mr.
Leak and the reverend gentleman along
without being asked to do so. After the
termination OF the suit, and while Mr.
Shores was paying his attorney for services
rendered, Mr., Cunningham, so the story
goes, snatched half the pay for the services
he had rendered. This did not give the
fullest satisfaction to Mr.. Shores, and &C