The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-20

| learn that nc Will continue an actiVe mcin
Der of the company. He resigned because
his other duties prevent him from giving
that attention to the company which thu
president should give,
Won't this be used against watel
drinkinga On Saturday morning Adam
Candies, living in Eastern avenue, Cincin
| natl, arose, put on his pantaloons, went ou
and took drink of water, and as he was
returning to bed, he fell down and died
He was 10 years old. We record this as 0
warning to all men who are in the habit OF
filling themselves with the spirit OF the
times"
-Four rousters who had literally soaked
themselves with cheap whisky, were yester-
day arrested by Officers Laliue and Martin,
while boisterously strolling through our
streets This morning, before Judge Ohm
sted, they will be given an opportunity OF
answering the question, How came you
so, and will be disposed Of in accordance
with the ordinance for such cases made and
provided,
Illinois has come out with candidate
for the speakcrship of the house in the
Forty congress. Gen. Thomas j.
Henderson of the Sixth district is the man,
but the fact that he will begin his fourth
term with the Forty seventh congress, and
has never been heard of as u political leader
or parlimentanan, ought to make an end
to his ambition. The republicans have
such poor lot OF timber in the new house,
however that there is no telling what they
may do in making a speaker.
-Feom q letter received from Mr.. Cyrus
s. Obery-who is prospecting financially
and physically in Houston, Texas, and
who will be remembered by many friends
in this city--we clip the following, concern
ing our former fellow-citizen, Mr. j. G.
thinner: "Friend J. G. thinner often calls
on me. He is general freight and passen-
ger agent of the Louisiana Western railroad
the middle road Of the great Star and
Crescent route from Houston to New Or
leans He is doing we'll and makes an ef-
fcient officer"
"A number of our ladies aud gentle
men will, on New Years evening, give
sacred concert in the Presbyterian church.
The best musical talent in the city is en-
gagged tor the occasion, and the pre-
tor the event have been
in progress for some time. 1t is need
less to prophecy that the entertainment
will be one Of the finest Of its kind ever
given in this city, for we have number of
persons in our midst, who are gifted with a |
power in vocal and instrument
al music. Our people may expect rare
.reat on New Years eve, when they will
have an opportunity Of listening to three or
four choruses something really fine and |
worth twice the small amount charged for
admission. The programme will appear in
due time.
Almost the entire forenoon of yester-
day was consumed In Judge Olmsted's
court by the case of "the people of the
state of Illinois vs.. Thomas Clarkson."
it will be remembered, assaulted |
, colored woman named Maria Perkins, on
Eighth street the other day, in an inhuman
manner, and after having done so marched
o the Eighth street supreme court, where |
lie plead guilty to fighting and was dis
missed with fine of five dollars. His Of
ense merlted heavier fine and should have
been enquired into before the fine was as.
essed, but since this was not done, a state
warrant was sworn out against him, under
which he appeared in court yesterday. A
ury of six citizens took his case under con-
liberation and fined him twenty-five dol
ars and costs, making total of about fifty
dollars.
The republicans Of Cairo have not yet
leld a jolification meeting over their recent
ational victory and we were yesterday
nformed-somewhat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
hey would not jollify until the ED of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS birth-day-wl.en
hey would turn out in force Why republic
ans should select this day for jolliica-
ion is more than we can understand. They
lam that the cause that led to the estab-
ishment of the republican party was hos
ility to the institution Of slavery, and that
he handspring Of its existence is this hos.
ility. In this respect the republican party
vas sectional in its beginning. The re-
publican party is sectional yet in its in.
eterate hate toward that section of the
Union where slavery existed before the
VAR Washington was born in Virginia.
" Washington was stakeholder Washing.