The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-18

l. and called for drink of brandy and pepper
o mint, remarking that he was sick, ant
o wanted to stop "horrid sinking" Being
o supplied he stepped back from the counter
and other customers dropping in, he made
for the door; but was reminded by the bar
Q keeper that he had forgotten to pay for hi:
: medicine. Replying, somewhat impertin
: emily, if not angrily, III told you I was
t Sick" the barkeeper gave him a back.
handed slap in the face. After broodine
| over the matter full week, the Mound
} Cityite sued and the trial coming on for
hearing, yesterday, the barkeeper was fined
IS and costs. The case was heard BY
Squire Comings.
White, the negro killed by constable
Echols, in Caledonia, the other day, had
but recently been punished for petty lar
ceny, and was then reminded by Judge
Baker that q second offence would send
him TO the penitentiary. 1t was knowl-
edge of this fact that stimulated the effort
to escape. 1t was the fourth ball fred
that hit him--the first three balls fired
and the frequent calls upon him to
halt, seemed to have no other effect that to
accelerate his speed. AS between the
chances of being killed in an attempt to
escape, md of going to the pententiary in
the event of capture, he manlfes.ly had
fully determined to accept the former. The
colored men of the neighberhood foolishly
talked of vengeance, for awhile; but the
white residents of the locality, knowing the
killing to be excusable, manifested a pur-
pose to protect the constable, and the talk
Of vengeance ended in talk.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon
constables Sheehan and Hogan committed
to the county Jail, a couple of strangers who
were caught in the act of stealing two cad
dies Of tobacco and a box of axes from Hal
liday & Phillips wharf-bcat. They had ar
rived in the city on the Port Eais the even
inc before, with no particular purpose or
destination ahead Of them. Their names
are A. J. Bowen and CD. johnson. About
noon, yesterday, they had secured a skif,
placed box of axes and couple Of cad
dies OF tobacco therein, and one of them
had another package in bis arms, when he
was discovered and ordered 10 halt and
drop his swag. He very deliberately put
down the box and sat down upon it, think
ing to create the idea, perhaps, that he was
simply dealing with his own. Both OF them
were then taken in custody and commit
ted to jail. Il was a bold daring theft, and
as all the facts above stated, are suscepti-
bic of proof, Messrs. Bowen and Johnson
may be considered as booked for sojourn
in Joliet
The matrimonial market is active. De
mand strong; but supply equa. to the de-
mand. Colored subjects not in much re-
quest, as the quotations from the Mar
riage License Record given below, rather
plainly indicates From the lst to the 18th
Of the present month "any minister Of the
gospel, justice OF the peace" etc, was author.
lied TO solemnize the rites Of matrimony
between the following named contracting
parties: F. NJ Hargis and Miss Louisa {.
Mcdonald; R. B. Musick and Miss Mary
Ann Johnson; Louis Rosenwater and Miss
Sarah Black; James A. Roach and Miss
Martha Carter; George Robinson and
Miss Sarah Pritchard; William J.
Finch and Miss Ely Craig;
John McChristian and Miss Catherine T.
Leath. All the above named parties arc
white. The following are colored George
CLANCY and Miss julia Hunter; Mat Key
and Miss Sallic Kicks,
Only about two weeks intervene be.
tween the present time and the November
election, Do the merchants and business
men Of CAIRO intend to take any measures
to poPu.arize the proposed road tax? Il is
q matter OF great concern 10 them. and de-
serves their earnest active approval. We
conceive It to be the most important prop.
ositioa ever submitted to the voters of the
county, since it involves the project Of
wagon roads that will place Cairo in COY
slant, cheap and amp,e communicate
with every portion Of Alexander county.
Such a system Of roads would con.
tribute more to the retail business of tie
city than either Of our railroads has done;
but who is working for it! Who is trying
% make votes for the proposition. What
business man has cyinccd any concern
: Whatever. II is certainly discouragiag to
witness such apathy-especialy among the
men who would reap the lions share of the
profits that would accrue to the city in the
, event the project is carried out. A differ
.