The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-14

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The work of erecting the addition tc
Smith Bros. store is now under full head
way, and will soon result in the appearance
OF two'story building on Washington
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth, which
will extend from Washington to Poplar
The building, when completed, will give
the firm store.room one hundred and
sixty-feet in length and forty feet in width
larger than any other store room in the
city The firm already carries large gen.
eral stock of goods, which, however, will
be considerably increased as soon as their
addition is completed, when our readers
will be informed of the inducements they
offer to the trade, through the columns of
THE BULLETIN.
Commodore Perry, an African and a
hard case, is in the habit of severely chas-
Using his better half and then throwing
her out of the house He was in the act of
performing this ceremony day before yester
day. when his son.in.law, Bradford by
name, protested and interferred
The commodore would not
be interferred with and threatend to
administer severe physical punishment I'M
to both Bradford and his wife if they did
not allow him to do as he pleased with his
own wife, Hereupon Bradford, the son-in.
law, made complaint against, the Commo.
dors, who was yesterday arrested by Officer
bunker and brought before Squire Osborn
for trial. He took change of venue to
Judge Olmstead, who assessed a fine of five
dollars and costs and, in default of pay
ment, sent him to jail for twelve days
"A special to the St. Louis Republican
says Hon. John II. Oberly, the efficient
democratic candidate for secretary of state
is making splendid canvass, and like the
other democratic candidates, is doing much
hard work. He has Just completed large
number of appointments and begins anoth.
er round at Collinsvllie on the night of the
18th. The many friends OF this popular
gentleman in Southern Illinois will no
doubt, be pleased to see how we'll he is
thought Of in Northern Illinois by the fol-
lowing, which is cut from the Chicago
Times, an independent paper, OF late date
zone of the most active men on the ticket is
John Oberly, who has been making very
active canvass, and has visited nearly every
section Of the state As everybody knows,
John is mighty clever fellow, and from his
large acquaintance throughout the common
wealth It is expected that his name will
give as much strength TO the ticket as that
OF Judge Trumbull himself. John has the
faculty of making himself particularly pop.
ular among the working men, and through
his connection with journalism, the board
Of railroad and warehouse commissioners.
and his social relations, he knows very
large number of people in both parties. Of
him It may be said that everybody who
knows him is his warm friend, and will not
desert him in the hour of his extremity"
i slept in bedby myself and ate at
separate table" said Mr. Damron to us In
speaking of his having accepted the hospi.
tally Of the colored man. Ike Wilson, at
Dog Tooth precinct last Friday night We
enquired how many children the family
were blessed with to which he replied
Two To another interrogation he said
mo; didn't kiss them. admit that
rode them on my knee; but
didn't kiss them and WOULDN'T
kiss them The question will nat.
urally occur to the reader, WHY DIDN'T
Mr.. Damson sleep with-say the head of
the family; WHY DIDN'T he eat at the family
table and WHY DIDN'T he kiss the two
blooming innocents specially since he had
them so near his beating breastl" We won't
undertake to answer these questions, but
will tell our readers confdentially and
with bgted breath $50 that Mr.. d. will not
hear us), that we have reason to believe
that he really did all OF these
things, but since our reasons for
this belief are very numerous will
not now trouble our readers with them.
Mr. Nellis more bold than Mr.. Damron-
does not undertake to deny the soft i'm
parchment since he knows that the truth is
mighty and will prevail, Notwithstanding
any statement to the contrary that he might
make. A denial would not be believed
while the facts are against him, and would
only cause him to lose double the num-
Der of colored votes that he expected to
gain by taking up his quarters with the
colored man, Ed. Mcdowell.
Day before yesterday evening, as we
entered the office Of Squire Osborn, in
search of the days doings, we found two