The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-05

Office. The chairman of the picnic com
mittee asked for more time in which Il
prepare his report. lie said that CHECK
for $90.65 had been received from thu
Cairo and vincennes railroad as percentag,
upon tickets sold to persons attending til,
Glen Fern picnic.
. During the fire last night difficulty
took place between a number of the mem
bers of the Rough and Ready and TIT
Delta fire companies. and for short time
it looked as though general row or rio
might be the result, but Officers Lally
Hogan, Wins Tyler, Schuckers and
bunker, interfered and quelled the disturb
ance. 1t seems that the pipemen of the
Deltas were on the roof OF one of the small
frame houses, on Walnut street, adjoining
the burning building, and in handling
their hose threw some water on some OF
the men at work on the brakes of the
Rough's engine. AT this they became angry,
and few bricks were SHE'D at the Delta
boys and then the racket commenced.
Fred Stecker was hit ON the hand, and
badly cut, aud one or two Others were
slightly bruised Boys, don't do it any
more 1t don't pay You ought to be
friends, and we are satisfied that after a
second sober thought you will be.
The county Democratic convention
held IN the court house yesterday was the
largest gathering of the kind held in this
city in great many years. The number
Of Democrats il attendance from tile coun-
try precincts of the county was the largest
we ever knew. The convention was the
most enthusiastic and harmonious ever held
in Cairo. There was not balk nor halt
from beginning to the end Of the proceed
ings, and the very best Of feeling prevailed
from first to last. In short the Democracy
OF Alexander county are to be congratulate
ed over this event and have
a right to feel proud. With
the same spirit of harmony aud good will,
and disposition to work and win, carried
out to the end of the canvass, Alexander
county will certainly roll up majority for
the Democratic standard bearers Good
Democrats, good boys Persevere in the
good work and the enemy will be ours as
sure as the ide of November comes round.
"A daring highway robbery occurred
on the road between Cairo and Mound City
on Thursday. Miss Mary Hogan, sister Of
Mr.. Dan Hogan of Mound City, and Mrs.
Kirk of Cincinnati, came to the city to do
some shopping and in the afternoon started
home. While going along the road near
the Goose pond negro made his appear
ance in the road. and with pistol in hand
halted the ladies and demanded their
money Of course both ladies were greatly
frightened and unhesitahngly handed
over all they possessed, which,
owing to the fact that they had made
number OF purchases, did not amount to
much. The black scoundrel then dsap-
pearei in the woods and was lost to sight.
The ladies' being terribly scared did not
pay much attention to the appearance of
the negro and are of course unable to give
very definite description of him, and the
wretch will IN all probability escape This
is the boldest trick we have heard of IN
long time, and hope it will not be repeated
soon again
About seven o'clock last night fire was
discovered in one of the rooms in the large
two-story frame building on the corner of
Eighth and Walnut streets, aud although
the fire alarm was promptly sounded and
the tiremen promptly on the ground, owing
to the tinderish character of the structure,
the fire had gained such Roadway the
building was almost entirely consumed.
The surrounding property, some of which
was in close proximity to the burning
building was all saved. This fact reflects
great credit on the tiremen, for with the
high wind prevailing at the time, great
flakes Of fire were carried high in the air
and scattered in every direction, and at one
time it seemed as though a great
conhagration was bound to take place
But the tiremen-the the Rough and
Readys, the Deltas, the Hiberuians, and
the Arabs, one and all did excellent and
effective services and deserve great credit
for it. For a volunteer fire department we
will back our Cairo boys against the world
Sparks were carried two and three blocks
away, and at one time the roof of the old
Pilot house, on Washington avenue, ad.
joining Carries livery stable was on fire,
aud quite hole burned into it. The prop
erty destroyed was owned by Mr.. Dan
Hartman, and was occupied by number
Of negro families, nearly all of whom lost
all or nearly ALI their earthly nosense;o,,