The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-19

proceedings against the Cincinnati Gazette
as Will lead to a rigid inquiry, and, Of h,
is innocent,) to his thorough vindication a
the hands OF court of law. He should
never take his seat as Governor of Ken
lucky while resting under such damap
Ing imputation.
One of our colored citizens named
Hart employedan attorney, yesterday tc
institute criminal proceedings against the
negro cook of the steamer Bolivar II. Cook
Mr. Hart'alleges that his wife took passage
| at Padhcah for Cairo, and thinking that 5(
cents paid the fare, provided herself witt
that amount, and no more. 1t proved in
sufficient, and she was compelled to make
! The trip on deck. About 2 o'clock the
negro cook came on deck and asked hel
if she had had any dinner She replied
that she had not. "COmc Them he rcjoin,
ed, $50 to the cook house with me, and I'll
give you something to eat" She unsus.
pectngly followed the fellow, and had nc
sooner gained the cook house than the
black rascal attempted as she declares tc
outrage her person. She resisted, and be.
ing of the muscular class of women, proved
more than the lusty cook could manage
She succeeded in gcttiug away fro n
him; and on her arr
val at Cairo communicated the facts to he
husband, who, on the return Of the boat
will have the offending cook arrested anC
brought to trial.
The gympson, cockle-bur and Other
rank weeds that grow on our commons and
skirt either side Of many Of our streets,
are certainly not pleasant objects to con
template, and, rottlng and decayng under
the autumn sun, they faint the air viii
their unwholesomc outglyings. A very
little labor, expended at the proper time
would rid the city of their presence. Al
of them are propagated or perpetlatcd by
seeds; and it has been noticed that where
they have been cut down before seed time
two years IN succession, they have giver
place to compact, closely KNITTED
sod Of crab grass. Thi'
grass, once firmly rooted, hold;
its territory against the invasion O
weeds of any and every kind, When i
gets the upper hand it keeps it and where
it has formed beds along the sides Of oui
strcet-fll, it holds the dirt in place, anC
prevents the washing of gullies, during
heavy ranfalls. Two men would clear
all our strcet-sidcs Of the noxious weeds il
single week. A like expenditure Of labor
at the proper time next year, would assure
to us, the year following, the desired croI
of crab grass To clean the commons OF
their weeds would probably be too big an
undertaking, but if made, the change would
certainly be u most grateful one.
-TheJackson, ITEM. WING posts one L.
A. NJ. Perkey, a juor pintcr, as an unmitti
gated scoundrel and dead beat, and asks the
brethren of the press to give him a lift
Perkey and McNavin Effected a lease Of tho
Wing Office, and Perkey commenced apply
ing its RECEIPTS to his own use. 1t was finally
taken away from him, and in punishment
for slanderous stories circulated by him
the owner of the Wing gave him trounc-
ing. lie then concluded to leave the city,
and to raise the needed funds he called
upon a poor widow woman who had SIC
laid by for use in cases Of sickness OF
death, and telling this poor creature a vii.
famous falsehood he succeeded in getting
the SIG, leaving with her as collateral, 4
worthless deed tor property in Denver
which the Wing alleges, he disposed OF
over year before. His board bill he PAID
with orders on customers of the office anC
with bulls receivable, which the Wing dc
clares he stole from the office. This and
other crookedness the,Whig charges to Mr.
Perkey's accountant concludes with the re.
mark that he is a well known scoundrel who
ought to be watched wherever he goes
Perkcy is about SO years old, weighs about
1876 pounds, has black hair and mouStache
speaks readily and very confidently, anc
has a defect in his right eye that gives hin
a glazing expression. This is the Whig''
story. What has Mr. Perkcy to say
In pursuance OF arrangements previous
~ made, the rites OF baptism by immersion
was administered to Charley Glass, abou
3 o'clock, Sunday afternoon. There wer
two or three hundred colorcd people, male
and female, present, and the best Of orde
attended the ceremony from beginning I,
end. After singing by the audience, an'
prayer by the Rev, Mr., Caldwell, Of tn
A. NJ. Il. church, Glass insisted that mas
much as he didn't have Il second suit o
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