The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-13
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has been so decided, and, doubtless, cor.
rectly decided. But while EXPLANATIONS OF
this kind are not an interference" they
might excite drunken or over-sympathetic
persons to such an extreme, and should be
punished under some other head. An Of
fcer gives bond, irresponsible for his wrong
doing, and is supposed to have sense
enough to know what he is about. Hence,
all yells from bystandcrs, whether sug-
gestivc or dlctatorial, are gratuitous, and
shouldn't be tolerated.
Yesterday eveninga stranger entered the
Reform club hall, and expresSeda desire
to sign the pledge. Writing down his
name and taking the ribbon he said that
not long ago he was Baptist minister in
good standing. He fell victim to strong
drink, and, step by step, which he did not
choose then and thare to follow, he got as
low down in point If moral degradation as
any mortal could descend. From the place
of respectable man he was brought to the
level of the beast, coming to his senses and
TO an appreciation Of his utter unworthiness
in a cell of the Cairo calaboose, from which
he had just been released HeIexpressed affirm
determination to reform and become man
again; and will, on Friday evening next in
the rooms of the Reform club tell the peo-
pie of Cairo what whisky did for him.
HIS name is n. G. Maxwell.
1T having been complained Of Joe
Brown that he larrupped female inmate
of his mothers house, he skipped out Of the
city to avoid the penalty of his misdceds.
Yesterday officer Schuckers being in the
upper portion of the city, he saw Joe com
ing down the street. Stepping behind a
tree box the officer awaited Joe's arrival.
and much to his amazemcnt, who saw
nobody in sight, stepped so suddenly IN
front of him as almost to bring about a col.
lision. Joseph was escorted to the Office OF
Squire Robinson, where, upon the former
occasion, all the witnesses had been col
lected. But as it was impossible TO get
them all together, without subjecting the
court to a term Of tedious waiting, it was
decided to hold Joseph until more con
venient season, and Joseph was accordingly
held
Frederick Abbott having worked with
the section men of the Illinois Central. at
the work Of replacing old ties with new
ones was promised the old ones discarded.
lie had thus secured a claim upon quite a
number of the half rotten ties, when, much
to his surprise and indignation, negro
man drove up, and commenced loading up
his wagon with them. He demonstrated
and finally caught hold of tie the negro
was in the act of lifting; but soon had &C.
casien to let it 60 again; for the negro flew
into him like an enraged tiger. Shradrack
Abbott, the old mans boy, seeing his
fathers peril, rushed to his rescue. The
negro at once relinquished his hold of the
old man, and bouncing upon the boy,
handled him quite roughly. He then COM
pleted his load, and drove off. The old
man sought the squirc's Office that he might
invoke the protection Of the law, If the
facts transpired as reported to us, and given
above, the negro should not be permitted
to escape punishment
Col. Robert A. Lowery, the we'll known
temperance orator and organizer, is work
ing out results big with consequences
wherever he goes. He labored at New
Burnside from the 4th to the 10th instant,
and on the evening Of the last named day
he organized a club Of one hundred and
seventy-four members HIS appearance
there was most suspicious, as on the 10th
instant the question OF license and no
license was submitted to q vote of the peo-
pie. But for Lowery's work there would
have been no organized opposition to
"liccnse," and that side Of the question
would have carried the day But Lowery's
ia came to the scratch, and the anti.
license party was victorious, and no saloons,
for year at least, will be the rule in New
Burnside. Like many other places in
Southern Illinois that were not reached by
the temperance wave" that came rolling
thitherward two years ago, New Burnside
was much in need Of Just such a shaking
up as Col. Lowery gave it.
Treasurer Alden having left the key Of
his office in the court house, at home, yes
terday morning, attempted an entrance by
way of the outside window. To reach the
window it is necessary to walk along the
narrow water table, probably ten feet above
the ground In making this rather peril
Gus passage, Mr.. Alden's finger hold upon
the pilnstcrs slippcd and he was nrccipi-