The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-16

staring ladies who pass them out of coun-
tenancc. 1t is fact well known that the
class Of men, young and old, who "hang
around" corners are a worthless set. They
should not be allowed to make insulting
remarks when ladies pass by and when
heard to do 50, by our officers, they should
be taken by the nap of the neck and done
away with.
The latest faiure--thc break of day.
The men who sustained injuries by
the explosion Of powder on the Idlcwild
are now in the Evansville hospital. Seven
Of them have both legs broken and one is
slightly injured. The Waterman, white
man, received few scratches. All the
glass in the office and the mp,chimneys
throughout the boat were shivercd, and
most Of the ware in the bar. 1t is now
thought that four kegs Of powder exploded
instead Of one, as there were six in the
magazine and only two were found in the
hold of the boat. The escape Of several of
the crew was marvellous.
The fouryear old child which was
burned to death on Thirteenth street few
days ago, was yesterday morning buried in
the seven mile grave yard, This is the sec
ond negro child which has been burned to
death in this city this winter and doubtless
il will not be the last one. Both children
were burned in precisely the same manner
by their clothes catching fire from the
stoye--but it is not to be presumed that
this will prove warning to our colored
population. 1t must not be thought that
hereafter they will be more careful with
their little ones-that they will not leave
the house without taking them with them
or putting them into the charge of some
older person, No; improper care Of chill
dren is one Of the characteristics Of the ne
gro race and they will continue to leave
their little ones alone in the house to burn
and scald their souls ont of their body into
the "blue beyond"
The memorial to congress prepared by
the committee appointed by the River I'M
provement convention, held at Quincy, H.,
last October, Ito which Cairo sent reprcscn-
tatives), asking that body to appropriate
money to improve the great water course
ofhe Mississippi Valley, has been published
and will be presented to congress
some day this week. The document is a
very able one, abounds in statistic of agr.
cultural products and manufactures of the
valley, and presents an array of facts and
figures showing the necessity of deepening
the channels of the great waterways Of this
valley and thereby chcapcning transporta-
ton to the sea, which are simply astound-
ing and which will attract the attention of
the whole country. The memorial is signed
by the representative men of Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa. Missouri, Ten
nessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
The three white women arrested by
Officer bunker, upon the streets night be-
fore last, were yesterday brought before
Squire Osborn for trial. They were charged
with being inmates OF house of ill-iame--
the notorious Mack house on the corner of
Tenth and Commercial. The court room
was filled with bloated white pimps, halt
drunk, dirty and with blood-shot eyes, who
| took much interest in the trial. The wo-
men, whose paint and powder did not con.
ceal the rednesS Of their whisky faces, were
brought into the court room by their brazcn
and slOveny mistress and seated within
good view OF the male prostitutes around
Justus Cunningham appeared for the de-
Tense and City Attorney Hendricks for the
prosecution. The evidence was very con-
elusive, and neglecting to take change
OF venue to Squire Comings, each Of the
three wenChes were fined ten dollars and
costs and on u failure to pay the fine were
calabooscd. For quite while this class of
women have escaped justice and their
bra2eneSs, in some localities has, OF late
become almost unbearable. To-day two
creatures Of the same stripe will be tried in
the same court and that they may receive
justice--that they may be convicted, is the
wish of all respectable people.
1t appears that the Southern District
Of Illinois is new without United States
Marshal authorized TO serve writs or pro-
cessses and that the Court which is now in
session will probably be embarrassed there.
by. The statutes provide that "thc func-
tons of the Marshal cease with the expl ~
ton of his commission, but that he shall
retain the custody Of all prisoners, prop
crty, and funds until his successor is duly
qualified and empowered to receipt for the
| same but shall serve all papers or writs