The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-05

swinging glass 'Dalls breaking the same
with one bullet. The gentleman will as.
tonish the audience by shooting small OBJ
jccts from the lady's finger; shooting apple
from back of lady's hand; shooting apple
from ladys shoulder and head; shooting
earring from lady's ear; shooting apple from
ladys mouth, All this will be achieved.
and much more equally wonderful.
AT the Taxpayers meeting, Friday
night, Mr.. Rittenhouse, who keeps himself
well informed in that regard, stated that
less than twenty per cent. Of the citys bonds
had been taken up under the funding ar
rangement with the American Funding
company, and that no bonds at all have
been funded for period of more than
sixty days. He further stated that many of
the bonds were IN the hands of wealthy
persons or corporations, who were disposed
to sue, and press the collection of overdue
coupons suits of that character
having been instituted already. The asso-
citation thereupon adopted resolution rec
ommending to the city council the employ
ment of additional counsel to defend such
suits as have been or may be instituted,
to resist, by all means known to the law,
the payment of any bonds or coupons not
compromised under the funding arrange.
ment; and to have all such bonds and
coupons declared Illegal. In other words,
the association recommends an honest effort
to pay all the compromised bonds and
coupons, but to fight against the payment
of all the balance with all the weapons the
law places in our hands. Taking into con-
sideration the appreciated value Of money,
and the figure at which the old bonds were
purchased, we are Offering the holders Il
fair and honest return, II they get any
thing more than that they will have to
fight for it.
Yesterday evenings Sun says I'VE
have heard many of our citizens express
themselves very fayorably of the editor Of
THE BULLETIN for the fair and impartial
manner in which he has handled the Hogan
case in the columns Of that paper. But few
men, similarly situated, could have over.
come Il natural prejudice and speak in so
unbiased manner We shall not say
that the compliment our contemporary pays
us is undeserved. We were dealing with
facts, and the patrons of our paper had the
right to demand Of us, as q conscientious
journalist, an unbiased report of the facts.
Had we given way to honest impulse, we
should have branded rs cruelty false, the
statement embodied IN Mrs. H's alleged
confession, and twice repeated during the
trial, that tie house of young Cha:. F. AFTER
was made to cover a share of lis fathers
alleged iniquites. There was no proof Of
the truth Of the statemcnt-not word nor
q syllable; neither was any proof in that
connection obtainabe save that of the young
man who claims that, on entering the house
from the year, he saw deceased and Mrs. II.
in conference, in the sitting room. Cntor-
tunately for young AFTER, this testimony was
not allowed to go to the jury. He was pre-
pared to show, in rebuttal, that upon one
occasion, and one only his father met Mrs.
Hogan in his house. The meeting was of
Mrs. Hogan's procurement, lasted but a
few moments, and at no time for single
instant was either party from under the
eye of Mrs. AFTER. We would. we repeat.
have injected this denial into the body of
our report had we yielded to the honest i'm
pulse thatwe then felt, most strongly, to
shield young Arters home and his young
family from an undeserved smirch that he,
entirely helpless himsclf,'can but feel most
deeply and keenly. Besides this, we have
no pains'or sores that newspaper treatment
will either cure or alleviate.