The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-17


ton of that time the city will have the
work performed by contrac. and assess the
cost thereof upon the property in front Of
which the sidewalks are built or rebuilt.
There is now due the city something over
three thousand dollars as special assess.
mcnts for local Improvements, and there is
some difficulty in making the collection.
It is absolutely necessary that these inn
provcmcnts should be made and the people
generally regard them with a smile of salts
faction upon their faces, But it is also alb
solutcly necessary that they should be paid
for and the smile is generally transmogr-
fed with a frown when the city collector
comes around to have a little talk with the
real estate owner
In another column appears letter from
our old (nOt in years, but experience in the
hotel line and popular "hotcl man, jew
cit Wilcox which is written in his usual
Jolly style We never thought it OF Jcwctt,
We never thought that he had the heart to
drive us to the wall with pertinent in.
quiricS; and knowing that we have always
taken ours straight attempt to make us
take water at this late day. But this feat
he is attempting to make Us perform, and
since we are not in the "water taking bus
mess, we want to say that the gentleman
from BIandviIe was simply DR.. Jcwctt and
not Or. Jewctt Wilcox" 1t was slip Of
the pen that caused Us to aiiiX wilcox to
DR.. ,JewcttS name, but We don't propose to
let any man, not even Jcwctt Wilcox, coax
US into saying 50, or saying that We were
wrong. No sir; The BULLETIN never takes
anything back. Ii has affixed "NicoX' 10
DR.. Jewctt's name, and 80 it must stand,
THE BUlLErlN--the great religious journal
of Southern Illinois has said it, and 50 it Is.
The very fact that anything appears in
these columns, be- it ever so wrong, Is Suii-
cicnt evidence that it is true and would be
accepted 50 by every court OF justice in the
land. We don't know what errors are--He
have outIved them.
Our Ohio Icvec clothing merchant, Mr..
John Antrim. had quite narrow escape
from watery grave, yesterday evening
about J 80 o'clock. Mr.. Antrim and his
son. Albert, had gone aboard the MiSslssip-
pi Valley Transportation company's clcva.
tor at the foot Of Eighth street, to see It's
operations and having seen lis workings
were ahou, to jump from the barge and re-
turn home, when it commenced to swing
out into the stream. Mr. Albert Antrim
Jumped, however, and reached the land in
safety. and Mr. John Antrim believing he
too, could jump the distance be-
tween the barge and land,
made the attempt, hut failing
he fell backwards into the river. The
barge at once commenced swinging back
towards the shore at a rapid rate and be-
fore Mr.. Antrim could gain his feet it had
passed over his head and shoulders. His
son, Albert, ncrved by his fathers condi-
ton, jumped into the river and drew him
from beneath the barge and thus saved him
from being crushed beneath it. Upon
reaching the shore it was found that his
leg had been broken or dislocatcd at the
knee and he was carried to his residence on
Eighth, between Walnut and Washington.
Tie Illinois'Ccntral train had Just STAR
ed on Sunday when man was seen to jump
from the train and make for the river He
jumped upon the Cairo City Coal Company
barges and gaining the outer one commcnc-
ed stripping himself Of his clothes. Officer
Schuckcrs. being upon the ieyee, vas notiti-
ed of the mans action and gained the barge
Just in time to save his life, 1t was his III
tentioa to commit suicide, and he had al
ready rid himself of his clothes and was
uDDUl W plunge IIl' wv 'l''l "b'H wv w
ticcr laid hands upon him, The stranger
who was powerful man, was greatly put
out by the ocffirr's interference and Strug.
g,cd with him to gain the water, but Il
stranger coming to Schuckcrs assistance
this was prevented. He was then made to
put Oh his clothes again and was placed in
the care OF Jailcr Andy Cain. His name
is Il. p. Tolcr and he was. in company Of
his mother and his two children on his
route from Dallas, Texas to Dongoa, We
learn that his wife died in Dau, few
weeks ago, and ever since that time he has
talked and acted like dcraugcd man
Yesterday afternoon he was put upon the
Illinois Central train and sent to DJngoa
where his mother has proceeded him.
A very ugly fight occurred on Com.
mcrcial, between Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets yesterday which, but for the timely
interference OF one Of ourciti2cns might have