The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-03

returned it with the statement that under
recent decisions of the supreme court, the
company was not liable.
"A man named Phil Roberts, who
drives for Mr., Pat Fitzgerald attracted
some attention yesterday evening near
Eight street and Washington avenue, by
beng taken with fl. and falling from the
wagon. He was taken to the sidewalk
and cared for by Has Martin and Captain
| Williams until he recovered sufficiently
to be moved, when the latter accompanied
him to his home-Mr Fitzgerald's house
The street committee met in the coun.
Gil chamber yesterday afternoon to consid-
er the petition of sundry downtown Cit.
zens, praying that since Commercial avenue
and Ohio levee, below Fourth street, are
occupied by railroad tracks, a street sixty
feet wide be opened on Railroad Strip, be.
tween Second and Fourth streets, which
would admit of the delivery of freight to
the business houses on the streets aforesaid
The petition drew forth considerable dis.
cussion, and the committee will report its
conclusions in regard to it at the next
meeting of the council.
"A negro named Johnson who was ar
rested and jailed few days ago for fight
ing and general disorderly conduct, was
yesterday found to be guilty of graver
crime than either of those mentioned. The
coat he wore gave him away. 1t belonged
to Mr. John Sproat, who identified it to.
gether with fngerless glove that was
found in one Of the pockets, all of which
proved that johnson had burglarized Mr..
Sproat's house and carried off the articles
mentioned. He was taken out of Jail and
held to bail in the sum OF one hundred dol
lars by Judge Olmsted.
The Paducah News, received last night,
contains the following: Last night a
telegram was received from Cairo instruct
ing the police to arrest negro who was on
the steamer Gus Fowler for having stolen a |
valise, $50 in money, a vest, coat and three
cotton-hooks, and hold him; and the mes
sage was signed John Pike, very likely the
victim. The telegram fell into the hands
of Officers Geary and Schroeder, Of the
nearest beat to the wharf, and on the ar
rival of the Fowler they went to her and,
after a hunt which promised at one time to
be unsuccessful, found the fellow
ont upon coal fiat and
took him under their guardian
wings. The missing money, and more too,
was found upon the fellows person, and
the other articles in the hands of the porter,
where they had been left by the thief. The
rascal gave his name as Thomas Wells, and
halls from anywhere. He is being held to
await the coming of Pike, who has been
notified of Wells arrest and recovery of the
stolen articles"
The case of Willie Leech versus
Balfrey came up before Justice Olmsted
yesterday, and was decided against the
defendent, who plead guilty and was
fined ten dollars and costs. The charge
against Mr.. Balfrey was inficting excessive
classification upon the boy. This is the
second time that Mr.. Balfrey has been
fined for using his scholars in rough
manner, and it seems that he has not
profted by the first fine. We do not know
what provocaton he may have had to pun
ish the boy as he did, or Of what character
the boy is, but certainly teacher
cannot be justified under any circumstances
IN lnflictng punishment that might result
injriously to the victim. When teacher
can not control his or her scholars by moral
force, when he or she can not command
the respect of a pupil and compel obedience
in any other way than by resorting to brute
force, then expulsion should be rcsortcd
to and when teachers allows his anger at
some misdemeanor, to dethrone his reason
and lead him to use the rod with undue
force, then his place should be filed by
another for man who is unable to govern
himself is unfit to control others. !