The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-10

60 further, One of the horses then laid
down and it was with the greatest Difficult
| ty that the animal was saved. The horse
Is now sick and Mr., Harrington entertains
fears that the horse will die from the effects
of injuries received in the pond,
Yesterday afternoon one of our dray-
men lost his dray near the St. Charles hotel
and this is the way it happened The
switch engine was running cars back and
forth, making up the passenger tram when
the drayman, whose dray was heavily
loaded with goods from the Vincenncs de-
pot, approached the track, and believing he
could safely cross the track before
the cars came upon him, made the
effort, but failed. The cars caught the
dray, upsctting it and demolishing both the
wheels and bed. The load the dray con-
tanned was Of course thrown in the mud.
The horse was not injured-nether was the
drayman, We did not learn his name.
Mr. T. f. Naugle, the efficient agent of
the Cairo and st. Louis railroad at this
place, called upon us on Tuesday. Mr.. N,
has fixed up the old depot, run a partition
across one end, and fixed up waiting
room, so that it is much more pleasant than
formerly. We are pleased to learn that the
Narrow Gauge is doing an increasing bust
ness. The track is in good con
dition, and is under the supervision OF that
splendid bridge builder, Mr.. Moses Wood,
All trains make good time, and there are no
accidents upon the road of serious char
actcr. The Receiver Of the road, Mr. Smith
ers, has been authorized to procure new
rolling stock; and we presume many i'm
pro Iements will be inauguratcd this year
Jonesboro Gazette.
1t may be OF interest to CarO's tenn
perance people to learn that at 4 meeting Of
the Illinois board of agriculture, t day or
two ago, at Springfield the Womens
Christian Temperance union presented u
petition asking the board to refuse to per-
nit the sale of intoxicating liquors on the
fairgrounds at the next exhibition, The
matter was referred to a committee of three
which brought IN a minority and majority
report, the latter being in favor of the pet.
ton After long discussion it was de-
cided by vote OF sixteen to three to pro
hibit the sale of liquor on the grounds this
year. This decision opens up an immense
field for the enterprise Of dealers IN pocket
pistols" outside the fence.
The Davenport Democrat mas been
the weather OF several years past
with the following result "A year ago Jan,
uary opened with very cold weather On
the I'd day Of January, 1879, tue mercury
was 20 below zero at 6 a. m. IA at noon,
and IS at sundown--it was the coolest in
seven years the next day it was 10 below,
1G below on the Attn, 10 on the 9Th, on the
9Th, at zero on the eth, 9Th and 9th, and 10
below on the 10th, when the temperature
began rising, and the very cold weather
was over. But the first week Of .Jsnuary,
1874 was a freezer New Years day that
year held the mercury at 26 below zero from
sunrise to sunset; the next morning il was
IS below, 4 below on the Sd and Attn, II on
the 9th, 10 on the 9th, 10 on the 7th, Il on
the Sth, and 4 on the 9th. And New Years
day, 1868, the mercury vas 20 degrees be-
low zero all day"
We have been asked By some why all
or any persons guilty Of violating the ordi.
nances Of the city by being prostitutes and
drunken rascallions are permitted TO intest
our city unhindcred and unpublished, by
being always brought before Squire Com
ings for trial. We answer for the benefit o:
those who dom know, that there are three
Justices Of the peace in the city: Osborn
has an Office up town, Robinson on the
south side Of Eighth street AMI Cumings on
the north side, just between
Osborn and Robinson The law
requires that when an appeal is taken in