The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-15

tleIc IL no opposition In the renOmlnatlOn
Of Auditor Needles.
No sooner was Squire Osborn's decis-
ion given yesterday, acquitting the woman
before him, than o visible change came
over all the inmates of the dens of the city.
The determined effort made to bring them
! 10 Justice had caused them to remain in
doors and keep quiet, during the trial, but
! the decision of the case at once treasured
them and their disgusting songs and shouts
OF JOY on account of il, could be heard
| palmer and farther than ever in the First
ward, Not only did the black wenchcs re-
joice, but the white wenches, too, joined in
the hilarity and drinking the health Of
their male prostitutes and their legal sup
portcrs, Officer Quaker arrested three
white women in one Of the Commercial
avenue saloons last night and Their trial
will in all probability come Off this after
noon.
Prisoners who are confined in the city
Jail, on failure 10 pay the fine assessed
against them, are creatures OF peculiar
privileges. They can lay around in the
Jail eat the bread of the city and have a
generally good and lazy time without do
ing lick of work. There is no law
which iaStheS the jailer or the Mayor
in compelling them to earn their bread by
working on the streets or elsewhere. Ii
tie prisoners are so inclined, they need not
touch shovel or clean crossing in the
city and what they do in the way of work,
they do nhrely from choice and not from
necessity We have our doubts about the
wisdom OF passing a law which would
authorize the ialler from withholding food
from them should they refuse to work, but
as the matter now stands man may be
sent to Jail for fifty days, as some are, and
in all that time not earn cup OF cold
water.
Notwithstanding the fact that Alder
man Linegar WILL defend prostitutes who
violate the cty's laws, he is valuable man
in the council--in fact just such a man as
the council needs, He is as full Of law
well, about as full as the law allows, and is
a man Of much practical sense. 1t Is well
understood by the readers of THE BULLETIN
that he prefers graveling our streets to
lighting them and in this he is supported
by most of our thinking citizens. AT the
last meeting of the council he presented
petition signed by all the merchants of
Eighth street, praying that that street be
gravelcd, and setting forth that this was
preferable to having the street lighted We
agree with the petitioners in this and since
the street is one that is much used, believe
that the council should comply with the
prayer and gravel the street with good gray
ell. As 1t at present is, it is almost impass
able. And this reminds us Of little no.
tice Shakespeare posted on his front gate
when he was road supervisor in the little
town Of Stratford on the Avon;
THE roads are not passable,
N0t even iackassable
And folks who would travel en-
hgstturn out and gravel'em'
Tuesday night last thieves entered
number of the stores and residences in
Brooklyn, Illinois, several miles this side Of
Paducah and carried away all the valuables
they could find We see from the PaduCah
News that Mr., Mike McCawey lost two
barrels of flour and other articles, and Dr.
Young lost lot OF lard, while a number of
other residents suffered from the rasCals
depredatiors. 4 boat load OF men and wo.
men, which had dropped into the port the
day before, was suspected, from the fact
that they we're gone the next morning, Pur-
suit was given by number Of the losers,
and on the opposite side Of the river, at the
bank, a short distance below Brooklyn the
boat was overtaken. The pursuero boarded
the craft and found two men and three wO-
men. and spied one man, who had seen
them coming, making tracks up the hill
Several loads of buckshot and shots from
pistols were fired at him. but he kept 60
ing. No resistance was made by the other
men, and the pursuers unceremoniously
went Through their effects and the boat
The stolen articles were all found; together
witt many other things which had no doubt
been appropriated in like manner. The
Brooklyn parties hoistcd their goods into
the skiifs in which they had given pursuit,
and, oddly as it may seem, returned to
Brooklyn, leaving the rascals to 90 their
way. The pursucrs should have dumped
the women onto the bank and the men into
the river they would have shown better
judgment by such an action than they did
in leaving the rascals to 90 Scott free 10 re.