The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-18

will 90 into effect when the vote is canvass
ed and published by authority of the state
board, and In the opinion of many lawyers
this will abrogatc all licenses heretofore
grated by any municipal law. II also
virtually repeals the present liquor act of
the state relating to the granting of licenses.
The other provisions of the act providing
penalties for sale without authority OF law,
| remain in full force and effect. II is not
known how the legislature elect stands on
the questions growing out of the amend
ment, and strong fight will be made by
the two factions.
The next new state will be erected out
of the territory Of Dakota. This territory
already contains nearly 100000 inhabitants,
which is more than the required ratio IN.
| der the present apportionment Of repre-.
sentation. A large and rapidly increasing
emigration is now being directed toward
Dakoto, while no less than five railroads
are extending their lines across 1t to the
Missouri river. With an area of 100000
square miles, the territory is too large for u
single state, and it is suggested that a line
be drawn through it from east to west, thus
forming state out of the southern half and
leaving the northern and less populous halt
under territorial government.
Work on the cotton press has stopped
in consequence of bad weather. One hun
bred and thirty-one thousand bricks have so
far been laid for the foundation Of the ma.
chinery alone, and il is not yet near finish
ed. Mr.. Stout has the contract TOR the
brick work, and he will resume and push
his work vigorously rs soon as the weather
will permit The object of the institution
is to transform the great, loosely packed,
unwicldy bales of cotton just as they come
from the plantations, and compress them
into about half their size, so that q
sufficient number of them can be put into
car to makea carload l. e. 10000 pounds,
and thus save freight. The proprietors Of
the press are q company, composed OF
Memphis citizens, which has number of
similar industries in various cities of the
south As an evidence that this enterprise
Is not a vain one, we may say that the firm
has already received orders TO compress
fifty thousand bales of cotton, and il pro-
misses to be one of the livelest institutions
in the city.
The loud screaming of woman csus.
ed some excitement on Eighth street, be.
tween the avenues, early yesterday morn.
ing. The woman was cOored and the
cause of the yells was was a sound thrash
ing that was being administered unto her
by c0lored man, named Thomas Clark.
son. The cause of the trouble is briefly as
follows On day before yesterday the
woman came to Toms house and began n
terrible TRADE against him, abusing him
shsmefuily, and resisting all efforts to quiet
her or to make her leave the premises, until
she had exhausted the entire calendar of
profanity. A short time afterwards,
Thomas met her on the street, and re.
preached her for her conduct whereupon she
reopened her mud valves and concluded
by swearing out warrant for his arrest.
The trial came off, and Thomas
was fined five dollars and costs
for abusive language, and believing him.
self to be the victim OF malice and perjury,
he sought satisfaction in the manner afore-
said, after which he went 10 the Eighth
street supreme court, stated the case, and
paid another fine Of FIVE and costs.
On recent occasion one Of our young
men who has the habit of lisping, and who
finds it especially difficult to pronounce the
letter II, called at an up town drug store,
accompanied by young lady, and asked
for half pound Of mixed candy. As the
clerk was about TO wait on him, person
entered the store who desired prescription
filled. The young man babe the clerk fiji
the prescription adding, II will wait on
myself" and proceeded to help himself to
two psckages-one of which he gave the
young lady, and the other he retained,
leaving the money for the same on the
counter when he departed. Two days
afterwards, he comes back into the store
and demanded to know what kind of candy
was that he got, saying he had 'woled and
woled around all night" Surely" said
the clerk, ''thcre was nothing in
the candy to cause you to roll. Your Ill
ness must have been caused by something
you had for supper that did not agree with
you" Now" said the young man, "you
sec waited on myself, and took two five
cent prize packages and mixed it with the
other candy took from the case" prize
packages "ssid the clerk in establishment,
I've have no packages of prize candyW