The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-18
LOCAL MATTERS.

Fresh oysters at A. T. DeBaun's So
Ohio Leyee.
"A day or two ago white man was
robbed of sixty dollars on one of our
wharfboats by a negro who afterwards
made good his escape. He went to Padu-
cab and was there arrested, of which fact
officers here were notified, and Officer
Schuckers yesterday went up on the steam
er Gus Fowler 70 bring him down.
An accident occurred on the Illinois
Central railroad few miles north Of Anna,
yesterday, which delayed the incoming
passenger train ten hours. There was a
collision between the passenger and a
freight train which, however, so far as we
could learn, did not result in the bodily in
jury of any of the passengers.
AT eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon,
Mr.. Henry Stout laid the last brick on the
Union depot, The building contains some
what over tour hundred sixteen thousand
bricks, and is certainly building of which
the Vincennes company and Mr.. Stout may
be proud. Competent and impartial masons
pronounce the brick work the most exact
ana artistic ever done in this city.
The attention of our readers is called
the advertisement Of the Knabe piano, E.
y. Buder, agent, These pianos stand at
the head of the best manufactured, not only
in this, but in the old country also. Speci.
mems Of these grand instruments may be
seen at the jewelry store of Mr.. Buder, and
purchasers desiring the best, need 60 no
further.
Last night, about ten o'clock a COL
ored steamboatman named Henry Guy,
while walking along the sidewalk on Ohio
levee, just above Sackberger's, fell from
the SIDEWALK and landed upon pile of old
timbers, through which large spikes had
been driven, and was badly injured. He
was carried TO police headquarters and was
found, upon examination, to be seriously
injured. He was in terriable agony and it
was expected that he would not live until
this morning.
In the United States circuit court, at
Springfield, day before yesterday, orders
were entered in six cases in which either
the city Of Cairo or the county of Alexan-
der was the defendants, overruling demur-
rers to petitions for writs of mandamus, re.
curing defendants to make provisions for
payment of judgments heretofore obtained.
The cases were G. johnson VS.. the county Of
Alexander, and same vs.. the city of Cairo
Appleton National Bank vs. the city OF
Cairo; Charles j. Canda VS.. county ofAlex-
ander; John P. Winchell VS.. city of Cairo;
and John +, Klmball VS.. county of Alexan-
der,
AT about 80 o'clock last night, a man
named Rob't Hartman, who worked at
East Cairo, entered the saloon of Mr.. John
Sackburger, under the influence of liquor,
and was shortly afterwards, put to bed.
AT 10 80 o'clock he was heard to fall out of
the bed, and few minutes afterwards ex.
pired. Officers Bunker and Hogan
were at once called in and
upon examination found $32.2O upon his
person, but no letters by which any infor-
nation concerning him could be obtained
Immediately after death his lips turned
black and foam settled at his mouth, from
which it is believed that he came to his
death from poison, The inquest will be
held to-day.
Mr.. Frank +. V. Rafter, Of st, Louis,
was the chief attraction at the Reform hall
last night, and a magnificent entertainment
he gave. His several renditons were ex-
exceedingly fine and merited all the eulo-
gies that his auditors pronounced upon
them. The audience was unusually large,
many being present who had never been
there before. Mr.. Rafter recited, "The
Famine" by Longfellow; miss Mallory on
the Chinese Question; "The Quarrel
Scene' "Brutus and Cassius"; 1.-THE
School. master's Guest" and, at the request
of the audience, 1.-THE Raven" which also
called forth well merited applause. On the
whole it was one Of the best entertainments
ever given in the hall.
The usual Friday afternoon entertain.
mcnt took place in the high school room
yesterday The programme, though some
what shorter than usual, was none the less
interesting and the several participants in
the exercises deserve praise for the parts
they took in them and the manner in which
they acquitted themselves. The entertain
ment began with spelling match by tho
entire school in which Miss Mamie IIalli-
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