The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-08

10 spit out HIS cuu, anu aDandOn the vile
habit of tobacco chewing, the effort OF the
author and space of the printer will not be
considered truitless.
Capt. jim Johnson, in the city yester-
day, expected to return at once to Texas,
his principal field OF operations, of late.
The captain has been captivated by the
"big-soulness' of the Texans; and his sue.
cess there seems to indicate the establish
nent, as between himself and that people,
, sort of mutual confidence and admiration
Sciety.
The retail business Of the city is dull.
The causes, however, are obvious 1t is
tat season between the winter and spring
trade that is usually characterized by dull
Tess; for several weeks the contiguous
ountry around US has been submerged, and,
ust at this time, the farmers are all busy
blowing and planting. The lapse Of a
couple of weeks will bring increased &C.
tiyity to all departments OF trade.
-Adolph Swoboda is a candidate for
alderman in the Fourth ward. He Is a
man of good, practical sense; a successful
and very active business man, property
holder, and citizen who will follow his
convictions of right, fearlessly and determ-
nedly. Hosts of friends will rally to his
support, and, should he be elected, he will
serve the city faithfully and with an eye
single solely to what he may conceive to he
its best interests.
Owing to the dampness Of the weather.
the high water and other causes the sales
of tobacco at the Planters tobacco ware
house have not been large, for a week or
more. A large business for the balance Of
the season. however, is reasonably antici-
pated. Recent sales, (Which are, we OBJ
serve, reported in all the the leading tobac.
co papers of the country indicate the fol-
lowing as the ruling prices Lugs, 800 %
3,75; common leaf, 400 On 800; medium
leaf, 5.0OSG75; good leaf, 200 a $50.
George Woods, the "lightning plas-
terer," as he is pleased to call himself, was
brought before Squire Robinson yesterday,
under charge Of vagrancy, The charge
was sustained, and the lightning plas-
terer" was properly disposed OF, by being
allowed the space Of ten hours in which to
leave the city. He dropped in on us from
Memphis, but finding a code OF morals there
in harmony with his own, it is his pur-
pose to return to that city.
1t is surprising, but true, that We have
not, in the whole city, Il licensed auc-
tioneer. Whether this is 50 because the
licenses are too expensive, or whether the
business cannot be made sufficiently lucra-
tive TO Justify the attention Of person
qualified to meet the public demand, we
are not prepared to say. Tom Winter and
Sol Silver are leviathans on the auctioneer's
block; but, for some reason both of them
have drifted out OF the business.
AS many as thirty or forty idle labor
ers skirted either side of the sidewalks at
the intersection of Sixth and Eighth and
Levce streets, yesterday so much a
terror to lady passers-by in their appear
ance as in the matter and manner of their
conversation. There were blackguardS
among them, who put no restraint upon
their nasty tongues, and who, as conse-
quence, brought the crimson to the faca Of
every respectable female who came within
ear shot Of them.
Grant Wilson, colorcd shaver Of
dozen years or more, was brought before
Squire Robinson. yesterday, to answer for
an assault upon another colored shaver,
with pocket knife. Grant merely cut At
his opponent, being aggravated thereto by
great proyocation; and both the combat
tants having scarcely passed the point of
personal legal accountability, the penalty
was regulated accordingly. Young vii.
son, in default of payment Of the fine in
Rlcted, was calabooscd for the period Of
eight days.
The little towns of Southeast Missouri
have their scenes OF violence as well as the
villages farther south In the vicinity Of
Bertrand, a few miles distant from Charles
ton, JOHN Douglass fired the contents Of his
shot gun, last Monday, into the body Of
William Lcttsingcr. The latter had &C
cused Douglass Of stealing two plugs of
his tobacco, and as there seemed TO be a
respectable foundation for the charge,
Douglass became deeply angered, and hay
ing his shot gun at hand, promptly essayed
the destruction of LcttsingcrS llte. Ten OF
the twenty shots that struck H., passed into
thc cavity of the body The wounds are