The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-02-25

the Knights will acquit themselves credit
ably, and furnish the public a season Of
gentccl pastime, genuine pleasure and
harmless enjoyment. That's habit the
Krcw has acquired.
Thomas c. Harper alias Graves and
Miss Julia Miller, were brought before
Squire Comlngs yesterday, to undcgo
preliminary. examination under
charge of adultery and fornication. Three
or four witnesses were examined, and as
there was no evidence pointing to the
guilt of the accused, the mat
ter looked more like persecution than
prosecution and, as a matter, of course,
the defendants were discharged, Mr..
Harper and Miss Milar are said to be
residents Of Missouri, and were in Cairo
but temporarily. No. You are mistaken,
They were not blacks; but whites.
The Paducah News, Of Saturday, gives
the details of Il death by suicide, and "a
very determined attempt to commit suicide.
But there would be no occasion for sur
prise were such takings.oiT of daily occur
encc Paducah is one Of the places where
the people are morally certain that the evils
they know not Of, are not and cannot posi-
bly, be half as great as the evils present
Hence, nobody feels disposed To blame
them when they fly to the evils they know
nought Of" In other words, humane out
siders are disposed to view with much
leniency the adoption Of ANY means, on
their part, to get out Of Paducah.
A majority Of the candidates in the
field are devoting themselves with much
zeal to a cultivation of friendly relations
with the colored folks. Two or three of
them seem to be acting under the convc-
ton that every time they devote ten min
utcs to negro they fix him, irretrievably.
Now, our predictions may not be worth
quite as much as we've those Of our ancient
prototype but we put it on record anyhow
that the colorcd voters will, at the coming
election, utterly astound the several candi-
Gates, by the manner in which they east
their sufragcs." They will not follow the
bell sheep" this time; but will, as an "emi-
nent criminal lawyer is wont to say, vote
promiscuous.'
The frcqucnters Of the Theatre
Comique are not worn out by the constant
repetition of the same programme, but wit
ness an entire change every night or two.
The new bill presented last night gave the
lveliest salts faction to everybody. 1t was
the unanimous verdict of the audience that
the entertainment was the best of the sea-
son. 1t was literally spiced with local hits
and takc-oifs, and won repeated and most
animated applause. The burcsQue Of the
Nawow.gauge railroad was q new feature,
and put the crowd into n broad roar Of gen
uinc laughter. Tonight the grand Mardi
Gras entertainment will present special at
fractions, and will doubtless MI the house
Go early, and you will be sure Of eligible
scltS
1t is almost miraculous that one or
more OF the negro urchins who are in the
habit Of clambering on the moving freight
cars Of the Illinois Central railroad are not
killed every day Nearly every train that
comes in or starts out, in the day time, is
= bcseiged by crowd of boys, some ofthcnl
not more than six years Of age. Yesterday
one OF them fell with both
= legs directly across the rail, not four feet il
= front of the on-coming wheels. The rcck.
less boy drew his knees in upon his breast
and when the wheels came by shot his feet
l out against them and showed himself out OF
the way. If it had been II boy upon whom
high hopes and great expectations had beep
conferred, he would have been ground tC
: fragments.
Having announced the third candidate
for City Treasurer, we now come to thj
fourth which we find in the person of Mr.
: Ed. Dezona Ed. is young gentleman
whom everybody knows, and stands willing
to endorse AS honest, capable and faithful
No word Of personal laudation that ha
been used in connection with tn,
i other candidates for Treasurer, woult
be misapplicd if applied to Dez6nia. Fol
e many years he has occupied a position Of
trust and responsibility; but, had the re-
y sponsibiity involved all that his employer,
k have or expect to have, they would have
!, committed it to his keeping unhcsita,ingly
n feeling absolutely assured of the in
+ compatibility of honesty and integrity
d He is, too good accountant and w0ult
d make an efficient officer us well as a trust
!, worthy one.
l. A third candidate for the Office of Cit,
!. Treasurer, in the person of Mr.. Miles W