The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-28

his liie' uncerning the disposition of his
body we Will probably be advised to-day
Some time ago man named Joseph
Bradley Was sentenced to the penitentiary
by our Alexander circuit court for an as
sault with intent to commit robbery.
While serving out his time he became in
sane, and WIS sent to the Anna asylum.
The term for which he was sentenced ex-
pisng a few days ago he was dicharged
from the asylum. As the poor fellow is
completely bereft of reason it became nee.
essary to hold an "inquirendo lunatico" to
secure his re-admission to the asylum. This
inquiry WA instituted before Judge Yocum
yesterday, ald the Judge ordered Bradley's
return, the Sheriff being directed to exc.
cute the order.
-Vilainy is developing itself in a
thousand new forms. One Of the latest
lodges for victimizing farmers, comes to us
from Scott county, Missouri. A shrewd
scoundrel recently made the rounds of the
county, avowedly to buy chickens, feathers
and beeswax. He effected small purchases
here and there, usually combining his calls
10 the well-todo and well-known classes
The goods delivered, the farmers were
asked to signed receipts for the money
paid. The receipts were always written
with q pencil. 1t invariably happened, be-
cause so intended that the farmer in sign.
ing the receipt would break off the pencil
point, The rascal would promptly produce
pen and ink, and inveighing against the
worthlessneS of latter day pencils, would
get the farmer to sign with ink. The con-
scienceess ramp would then drive to Cape
Girardeau, sell his chickens, etc, and repair
TO his hotd. There he would unfold his
receipts, cgefullyerase the pencil marks and
write notesof hand above the signature for
twenty, ff1 or one hundred dollars, accord.
ing to the Supposed financial standing of his
victims. These notes of hand the scoundrel
sells, Otter at only small discount, and
then with Pill possible haste, he gets out of
the county. With generous supply of
money thu villainously secured, he betakes
himself to helarge city from whencehe most
likely came and is speedily transformed
from the Dugh-garbed huckster, to the
well dressed luxurious timc-killer, quite as
secure froniarrest and punishment, because
of his disguise, as the men whom he vic
timized A the country portion of South
ern Illinois full Of designing scoundrels,
engaged in the prosecution of kindred
schemes, wetrust the facts above recited
will put thecountry readers of THE Bull
LETIN, at lest, on their watch and guard. E,
For may years Alexander county has
been among he last counties of the State
to make her nnual settlement with the Au-
ditor of Pubic Accounts. This has been
due, in part, % the neglect ofthe Auditor
himself. 1t Aas occurred more than once
that the lev, of railroad tax was not made
known to he County Clerk until the
month of December. II became, in such
cases, an ipossibility for the clerk to com.
plete the tax book and deliver it on the
first day ofthe ensuing January. AS con-
sequence lie collector has been compelled
to extend nc time for payment Of the taxes,
or close Vi his books before half the rev.
enue had been collected. Our resistance
of the raiload tax has, too, imposed five
or six wees Of difficult clerical labor on
tn c collccor, rendering it out Of the qucs-
ton for hin to complete his reports at as
early day 3 did collectors who had no
such annuances to contend with. For
instance tie collector Of Edwards county
submittedhis accounts and made his set
Element fr the taxes of 1873 on the 18th
instant. Then came Knox comfy and
then HENDERSON. The collector of Union
county sod AL the delinquent lands and
town lotsin his county in one day, and
is now engaged on his report In Alexan-
der couuy where, because Of previous
leniencylearly thirty per cent of the taXre-
mains upaid, and the sheriff is still selling.
He is derrmine to hurry the sale through
to On cary termination, but let him hurry
as he ma, it IS scarcely probable that he
can get ready for settlement before the
Bird Mondayin September. Thus 1t is seen
that while nhny Of our tax payers are dis
posed to tink that collector Hodges
is unnec$ sarily rushing things
the truth is hat he has shown himself the
most enint md forbcaring collector in the
State Of Illinois Delirquents should show
their appreciation OF former lenieacy, by
stepping forward, now, and paying what
they owt so that the Collector may not, as
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