The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-27

itself "busted" Besides the $4,000, ITO
which the gentleman in question, for him.
self and number Of friends in East ST.
Louis had contributed $3.50 the Archbishop
had on deposit about $4,000 worth of col
laterals On these, however, he had bor.
rowed $4,000, so that his aggregated losses
by the failure Will not exceed $4,000, The
old gentIcman's experience Of late years
furnishes an ample veriication of the adagc
that misfortuncs never come singly
From the tst to 25th of the present
month, the county clerk issued marriage
licenses to the following named persons:
George Dalton and Mary Mclaughlin,
Stephen Buccannano and Mrs. Christiana
Rice, James Moore and Mary johnson, Jas.
BRIGHAM aad Miss Fannie Cardclie, Jerry
Duke and Miss Ida White, j. W. Strong
and Miss Laura Lcary, L. W. Patton and
Miss America Older James Smith and Mrs
Sarah T. Edwards. and John Keencr and
Miss Matte Ward. All the foregoing were
white. The following named parties were
coIored Jesse Reed and CLANCY An
derson, Thomas johnson and Rosa Black,
and Henry Anderson and Katy Dodson.
Marriages among the blacks are Nstonisli
iHgly infrequcnt, A very large per cent,
Of the manageable co,ored men and
especially those who follow the river, find
ing that they incur less responsibility by
| forming temporary alliances with creatures
whom they call their women" feel de-
gree Of contempt for their fellows who en-
tange themselves in matrimonial mcshes
that can't be thrown off At pleasure, 1t
would astonish everybody, except the police,
to learn the number Of co!orcd people who
have catered into such arrangements Tie
information would not only astonish, but
astound.
benjamin Johnson is colorcd man
who lives with his family in that dclectable
neighborhood on Poplar between TTIT77--->(h
and Sixteenth streets About mid
night Monday, horepaircd to his
yirtuous couch, and soon at
forwards engaged in an animated talk with
his better halffor the preservation Of whose
morals hcIs deeply concerned. He admon-
ishcd her that she must talk and mix less
with the family ncXt door, as the tribe was
a striped breed Of cats, and would newt
ably poilute her morals and smlrch her
reputation for virtue, As nothing but n
thin board partition divided Benjamin. :
quarters from those OF his ncighbor's, every
word OF his admoAit,ou TO his wife
was heard by tIe neighbor whose
name IS Isham Turner. Isham
feeling angcrcd IT Benjamin. ;
verbal assault upon the fair fame Of his
| family, hollcrcd into Beniumin that if he
didn't quit "dcf.mishing" his good name,
he'd walk in and bust hio head open. Ben
.jamin, in no wise averse to little pastimc
OF that kind, drew on his pantaloons, and
taking his axe IN hand, paid his neiglibor a
visit. The ncighbor mlstaEing the charac
ter OF Benjamin metal, put on terocious
aspect; but instead Of soaring, Benjamin
went tor lSham, beIabored him with the
handle OF the axe, until lsham concluded
that the only alternative OF a badly batter
ed up corporal structure, was fight from
his own domicile, and straightway he fled.
Yesterday he brought Benjamin before
so'on, cory;ct;o, ,ho. poriar, :,
oor,o :, ;, ,,;,o po o,,,,
mpnitv . ronof,io, of ,bo Newman. Glses
troood, This ;,rrr,o,;o, po,;or,;, n
dignont,v rosor+od -oven r;d;culcd il.
.Who, "bo ovoIo;moa .mo ,,o IN thoro n
assiopa.o Won with no.hin' even TO defend
mv.n,f hut @, old avo, I've oot = ,voIve,