The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-17

THE SYRACUSE CoNvENTIoN-wA WALKING,
SWIMMING, AND BILLIARD MATCHES
FARMERS AND MILLERs: TAKE NOTICE.
ILLNESS OF DION BoucIcAULT ANOTHER
WHALE" sToRY--cALEB CUSHING s LIBRA
RY TO BE SOLD.
From our regular correspondent
The gubernatorial nominations by the
nonnncratic Convention recently held at
Syracuse have, OF course been the topic of
the day, and considerable feeling is mani
ifested all through the city against the do
ings, or misdoings of "Tammany" on that
occasion. But as your readers are already
familiar with the result, 1 shall leave them
to form their own opinions as to the proba-
BILE effect the famous bolt" will have on
national politics, and proceed to the discus
sion Of the next most important event in
New York, viz: the coming great interna-
tional walking match at the Madison
Square Garden for the famous Ashley Belt
which Weston brought home from London.
Mr. Atkinson, the representative of Sir
John Ashley, is expected to arrive here in
few days. Shortly after his arrival there
will be meeting of those persons interested
in the next match for the Ashley belt. A
strong effort will be made to exclude every
body from the match who has not already
made record in asix-day match, and this
effort if successful will keep out of the
match a majority Of the American party,n
as il is called, composed mostly of short.
distance walkers. Rowell and Blower"
Brown are exercising at the Manhattan Ath.
letic grounds and at the Park Reservoir,
Hazael is taking to the country roads, Mr,
rift is doing most of his work at Greenpoint
and Panchot is at Bath, l.. |. The Other
men are tucked away in odd hooks and
corners and taking walks out in the country.
and all are doing we'll except Panchot and
Dutchner, the former having injured his
foot and the latter been lax in his training.
Talkingo of matches mot friction), there
| are two Others on the tapis, viz. swim.
ming match for the championship of
America is promised to take place to-mor.
row OFF Bath Long Island. The entries
are Captain Webb, Of England; G.. H.
Wade, Of Brooklyn; 6. Werham, Of New
York; w. II. Daily, of California, and
Ernest Won Schoening. And in the billiard
world, preparations are quietly being made
| for the Collcnder Combination Billiard
tournament, which was abandoned last
April, it being deemed impracticable to
hold it at that season, as it was then
unlikely to arouse that public interest in
the game which it was specially designed
to awaken. The games will be arranged
on larger scale than in any previous
tournament in America The Combination
tournament, as its name indicates, will COM
prise two series Of games, the first being a
series Of regular thrce.ball carom games,
under the champion cup rules, and the
second series of what have been termed
champion games, improved billiards,
copyrighted by Mr. Collcnder, and de-
signed to encourage that brilliant open.
table play which has been almost entirely
abandoned oflatc in iavorof rail nursing
by which unprecedented runs have been
scored. Liberal money prizes are to be Of.
fercd in each series and In the champion
games there is to be an elaborate emblem
typical, Of the championship.