The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-05-23

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hall is an elegant one being expressly
built for such occasions, and is destined to
be one of the most popular places of amuse-
ment in the city.
EARLY yesterday morning the attention
of Officer Hogan was attracted to the Hotel
De Winter by the report of pistol In front
of that building. Upon arriving there he
found two white men both OF whom were
fourishing pistols, and placed them under
arrest. They we're named respectively llo-
race Major and James Manning, and re-
cevcd their trials yesterday afternoon, the
former appearing before Justice Olmsted
and the latter before Squire Comings A
fine of ten dollars and costs were assessed
against Mr.. Major and fine of twenty-five
dollars and costs were assessed against Man
ning but he was given a stay and had
the pleasure Of walking out Of town.
The fact that our circuit court will
Convene in July and that during that term
several important cases will be tried, re-
minds US that there are men in Cairo who
look upon the position of .juryman' in our
courts as good situation, paying dollar
and half day and grub. When such
men get on a jury they are 10th to find a
verdict until few dollars are realized as
fees and their internal arrangements are
stuffed with good victuals. When they feel
that they have weeks supply stored away
they may be induced to consider the return
ing of verdict but not until then. These
men belong to the race known as "protes-
sional jurymen," race unhappily, not yet
extinct in Cairo
1t Is not an uncommon thing to see IN
newspapers, articles scoring the business
men of the town and vicinity where the pa
per is published, for not advertising, and
thus support the paper" 1t has always
boon our opinion although we have not
until lately had chance to express it,
when seeing such articles, that there was
something else at fault besides these men,
that they do not advertise. There is an
other notion that we have always INDUCED,
(and 1t may be extremely unprotessionalj,
that is, that business men are under no obi
cations 70 advertise, simply to give support
to newspaper In other words, the news
paper stands on its own bottom the same as
any other profession, and merchants are
under no obligations TO advertise unless
il pays them to do so. In our opinion it is
fact that there are some merch.
ants who make a sad mistake in not adver.
Using; and we may sometimes say 50,
but certainly not that It is their duty TO DO
this for the purpose of sustaining the
paper but simply to help themselves.
These same men, however, may have an
opinion that they can better run news
paper than We can, and we would enlist
and fight TO the death in sustaining their
rights to THINK and SAY what they please
on the subject; in a word, We entertain
no opinion in reference 10 other
industries that we are not perfectly
willing should be returned in reference to
TIE BULLETIN. The idea that
the newspaper business stands peculiar to
others, only mechanically is false one
and the one that they exist as sort Of
pauper, to be supported because they are
"home organ or party organ is one
that every respectable newspaper should
condemn. In plain words, paper that
does not make Itself worthy Of patronage,
is not entitled to any. Wheaever a paper
makes itself necessity in community,
the citizens are very apt to find it out; and
they give it support-not because they de-
sire to keep the paper alive but because it
pays them to patronizc the establishment
We believe the above opinion is founded
on fact, but whether it is or not, it is oUR
opinion, and we give it gratuitously,
The other day, in conversation with
one Of the most intelligent farmers Of TINS
county, who frequently visits this city, we
were told that the worst enemy Cairo and
Alexander county had at the present time
was Mr.. Martin GLADDEN., the agent Of the
colorci emmigranllon socic,y, stationed at
this point. "At Hodges Park, where |
live said this farmer, "thcrc are now sta
toned not less than thirty colorcd men,
some of them with families and MI OF
them destitute. These poor deuded be.
ings, although they can find no employ
mcnt, will not leave the place. because they
have been made to believe that the
future will abundantly reward them
for theii present suiTerings, They live, like
so many cattle, in miserable shanty, and
all under one roof and spend their time in