The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-15
most doged to death for money, exhibits a
management which is "hard to beat"

Senator Logans coal mine at Muir
physboro claims his undivided attention.
Friends of the Senator are anxious to know
what the trouble with that mine is. Does
1t wabble9 Has it the CHAMBERS, or Is it
spawned, or has il the heavesl Perhaps it
lacks little stifiening, or backbone, or
something that W.. make il $50 straight"
The coal mine, it is clear, is not sound on
the main question. II needs ramrod
down its back, and a little bracing around
the knees, and some hot stuff in its capaci-
Gus nav. In other and clearer words the
Republican party in southern Illinois needs
looking after just now-hencc his presence
For some time past embroidery, dress
goods, etc, have mysteriously disappeared
from the dry goods house of Mr.. Stuart,
Constable Sheehan was notified of this fact
and lie at once commenced working up the
case and-met with his usual success. A
colored woman named Malinda Crenshaw,
who was suspected, was yesterday arrested
by him and taken before Squire Robinson
for trial. was found guilty and held in bond
of one hundred dollars, and not being able
to give the necessary bond was locked up
in the county Jail for safe keeping until the
circuit court convenes. A woman named
Ella Davis was also given hearing On the
subject and it being found that she was
implicated, she turned states evidence and
was accordingly dealt with.
Mr.. Grim of Des Moines, Iowa, as we
learn from an exchange published in that
vicinity, deliberately charged his wife
with having earnestly prayed that he might
be struck by lightning" This is shock.
ing thing, in whatever light it may be re.
garded. As a flash of wit it NEEDLES too
much with the family circle. AS sugges.
ten TO Providence it is too pointed and
ironical, No Christian woman could have
the hardihood to thus invoke Grim death
on her own household The lightning'S
stroke would be too severe a play on even
the name Of Grim. 1t would be a display
ad capitandum for which no responsible
party would undertake to pay-unless she
should first get her husbands life insured,
in which case it might be stroke Of policy.
1t has been definitely ascertained that
General Grant and party will arrive by
special train over the Iron Mountain Rail
way, at 9 o'clock Friday afternoon. A full
will be published tomorrow
morning. Col. !. S. Reardon and Mr.. Geo.
Fisher left the city for Little Rock yesterday
afternoon to confer with the general and to
endcavor to have him remain over Satur.
day Senator Logan has been invited and
will be here. The military companies at
Anna and Nashville have significd their in.
tention to be present. There Will be ball
and supper at the st. Charles hotel
in the evening, fine string band from
st. Louis having been engaged for the occa-
sion. 1t is desired that the different soce-
ties that have been invited to participate in
the procession advise the secretary as early
this morning as possible, of their action in
the matter, that proper positions may be as
signed them by the grand marshal,
The election for five aldermen and one
police magistrate takes place five days from
to-day, and, although the coming election
Is attracting the attention of some OF our
citizens it is overshadowed just now, by
the prospect Of General Grants visit. Mr..
Woodward is candidate from the Second
ward; Mr.. Blake from the Third ward;
Mr. Swoboda from the Fourth ward, and
Mr. Halliday from the Fifth ward. These
gentlemen have as yet no opponents for the
place of honor for which they have been
solicited to announce themselves, and il is
probable that but few of them will have
any opposition, since they are al excellent
and worry gentlemen. For the office of
police magistrate we have two candidates,
Mr.. George Z. Olmsted and Squire Com
ings. These gentlemen are both old resi-
dents Of the city, well known 60 the voters,
and of the two, the latter is making the
grcatestetiort to secure the office. 1t would be
injustice and unfair to accuse him Of posses
sing too much sound sense or two great
desire to punish criminals for, as is known
to all respectable voters, he is guilty OF
neither. He is a man whose good sense
never permits him to incur the displeasurc
of any violator Of the law who has vote to
give, and, possessing these excellent quail
ties in an eminent degree, he will be elected
unless every lover Of good order makes
it his special business--as it is his duty--to
deposit ballot against HIM on the Goth