The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-06

day. The 2Sth and Goth are computed as
one day, For example; Suppose a note
Is dated on the Goth of February, 1880,
payable one day from date. Ordinarily
it would be payable on the 4th of March,
and so is in leap year, and not on the Sd.
In Indiana the question has recently come
before the Supreme Court, in respect to
service of process in 1876 the last leap
year. The law there requires ten
days previous service for the entry Of judy.
ment. In the case before the court the
judgment was premature, if the 9Sth and
Goth days of February were to be computed
as one day. The court said 1T must be
regarded as settled in this state that the
?9th and Goth days Of February in every
biscXtile year must be computed and con.
sdered in law as one day"
"Thc question is set at rest by our statute,
/ r. s, MP, Cl0, 5. 4, which provides that
the added day Of leap year and the day
Immediately preceding, If they shall occur
in any period so to be computed shal. be
rcckoned together as one day This en-
braces statues, deeds, verbal or written con.
tracts, and all public or private instru.
ments'
"A gentleman came to Us yesterday
evening and complained against officers
Wins and Tyler He said that at 80
o'clock while taking drunken man to Jail
who was probably a little stubborn they
rudely caught him by the heels and drag,
ged him for several squares Hi, head and
shoulders striking the projecting p.anks
and nails in the sidewalk must have caused
the poor wretch severe pain, for, our inform.
ant says, he cried and begged piteously to
be let up, but without avail, We would
not publish mere statement Of this kind
unless it were on good authority and but
for the fact that such stories have
come to our ears sayc:a! times
before, We have no doubt that
sometimes the police have some very hard
cases to deal with, cases in which it re.
Quires a great deal of patience aud for
bearance and a strong will to hold back
passionate violence. But we do not believe
that any case OF drunkenness could occur
in which such brutality, as above related
would be advisable much less iustifabie Ii
is a policemau's prerogatye TO summon as
Sistance whenever he find: that he /, unable
to perform his duty. Hence, if two sober
men can not take one drunken man to Jail
without resorting to inhuman treatment
perhaps four or six can and humanity de-
mands that they should summon that assis-
lance. We believe that there are two sides
to this case as to all Others and hope that
the parties concerned vii, be able 70 clear
themselves Of 50 serious a charge
The sixth annual meeting Of the South.
crn Illinois Medical Association will be
held in this city in the hal. Of the Rough
and Ready fire company. The association
conyenes on Wednesday, JauUary ?lst, at Q
o'clock a, m, aud continues it, meetings
during the 2?d and Esd days Rev. David !
A, Bonnar will open the meeting with |
prayer and Mayor Thistcwood vii. deliver
an address of welcome. Thi, association il,
Of the better part OF the medical |
fraternity Of Southern Illinois and has
large and increasing membership. The |
of th, association are usually very
largely attended AMI are more or less Of |
benefit to the city in which they sre heidi |
as two or three public lectures are given
during the session which cannot help hut
interest and instruct all who listen ro.them.
DR.. {, ". Duuuing is it, present president.
The Du Quoin Tribune, speaking Of the |
meeting o! he association in tbs city says:
Some year, ago, when the association va,
in its infIncy, meeting was held in our
city, and many can remember that even
then, it brough. our city into considerable
prominence, Tnen We had inferior hell
and hota, accommodation. for gathering
of this kind but now we have a large fine
hall ani al excellent public house, and |