The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-25

Notices in these columns, ten cents per line,
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Frank Handcamp, the man who wa
shot by his wife some days ago, was OH
upon the street yesterday.
Mr.. Edward Powell, book-keeper o
the New York store, left the city yesterda,
for Virginia to visit relatives.
The moonlight excursion given by
the Woman's Christian Temperance Unior
on the Three States last night, was well at
tended.
--Vicksburg is looking attentively into
her sanitary condition and is evidently
determined that yellow jack shall not catch
her mapping.
"A gentleman from Paducah whose
name We have forgotten, will speak at the
Reform hall tonight. He is good
speaker and deserves large audience.
Mr.. James Cheeny, yesterday forenoon
accidentally shot himself in his right hand
with toy pistol. The bullet, although
small, caused quite painful wound.
The new Cairo and Paducah packet,
Gus. Fowler, will arrive at Paducah this
morning at o'clock. She is the prettiest
stern wheel boat ever built on the Ohio her
Captain says that she may safely be put
down as an "eleven mile boat"
The only case before Justice Olmsted
yesterday, was that of Mrs. Elizabeth
Handcamp, for shooting her husband
Frank Handcamp. There was but one
witness in the case, who testified that
Handcamp came home to dinner, which
was not ready, and quarrel between him
self and wife ensued, which eliminated in
a fight, Mr.. H. finally choking his wife.
After they were separated Mrs. H. went to
the bed, got pistol from under the pillow,
presented it at Handcamp and said, "You
son OF 5-h, choke me, will YOU" and
fred, the ball taking effect Handcamp
fell to the floor, his wife tainted, and the
witness Immediately left. Justice Olmsted
could do nothing else than hold her in
bond for her appearance before the circuit
court, although Handcamp declined TO tes-
tify in the case.
Quite an excitement was created on
the corner of Poplar and Twelfth street
late last evening, by an attempt on the
part of officer Tyler to arrest colored
man. 1t appears that the mans wife re-
fused to comply with his request in some
particular, over which they entered into a
dispute and finally came to blows, the man
beating the woman in a rather inhuman
manner, which caused her to scream aloud
for help and the police. Officer Tyler
heard the racket went to the premises
and tried to argue the wife heater into
submitting to arrest. But the
man refused on the ground
that the officers had not the necessary pa
pers, and thus quite an exciting parley was
kept up for a while. But seeing that he
could do nothing alone, Tyler blew the
whistle Tor assistance and Officer Wooten
came to the rescue. The two forced the Gull
prit to submit and succeeded, after severe
struggle and while followed by a large
crowd, which had been attracted BY the
loud ranting OF the foulmouthed wretch, in
lodging him in jail
In their primaries, to be held on July
10th, the white Republicans propose to
pour healing balm upon the wounds of
their black brethren by appointing them
as delegates to the county convention
which will be held in the court house on
the 10Th. The whites are sharp codgers
and know thing or two. They know, or
think they know, that colored man needs
only to be slightly hooored to forget and
forgive all grievances and again
fall into their corrupt lines and
put the desired white men into office.
They may be right in this--certainly they
have had enough dealings with such men
as Bill Scott to know whether they are
right or wrong. But if they are right--if
Bill Scott is induced to support the Repub.
licsn nominees after having been sighted,
jeered and saeered at and told IN a public
meeting, in the presence of hundreds of
men that his support was not wanted we
say that if Scott can gulp down these in.
suits and support the Republican nominees
without receiving something more substan.
tial than sublime gush for 50 doing, he
ought to be cussed and kicked from Dan to
jericho for his insncerity and lack of
manhood.
Judge Bird, the colorel politician, Nf-
ter an absence from the city OF several
months is again here. The late county
Republican convention which met ia the
court house ignored his claims upon the
Republican party in the most wilIful and
insulting manner by firmly refusing to