The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06

with interest by people from all over thu
state
The steamer Il. o. Stanard was sunk
at GUMS landing IN the Mississippi rivel
yesterday morning. She was loaded with
thirteen hundred tons of freight, nine hun.
dred tons of which was intended for New
Orleans and the balance for way landings
The cause of the disaster was strong wind
which forced her into the bank with such
power that she bursted her hull, letting the
water into it rapidly. She lies In fourteen
feet of water. Her cargo, consisting OF
grain, hay, flour, etc, is total loss. No
lives were lost.
The Memphis and New Orleans pack
ct Henry Frank landed her cargo safely at
New Orleans the other day, the bulk of
which consisted of 9226 bales of cotton.
This is the largest number of bales ever
carried by a steamboat on the Mississippi
river. After the Frank comes the Charles
p, Chouteau which, in November of 1879,
carried 1914 bales into the same port and
the next in rank is the Grand Republic,
which, in December of 1876, went into New
Orleans with S2l0 bales. Before the war
the largest cargos of cotton were carried by
the steamboat Magnolia, which is credited
with 6266 bales; the John Simonds, with
5,6l9 bales and the II. r. w. Hill, $500
bales.
The little pony, which Mr.. s. B. Penn
tried TO break here week or ten days, ago
committed suicide by drowning in the
Mississippi river near Goose pond yester-
day. Mr.. Penn had given him in the care
of colored man named VIM. Casey with
instructions to break bin. Casey had him
hitched up in wagon with his own horse
and was driving them around, when the pony
made break, inducing the other horse
to do likewise and both dashed into the
back-water of the Mississippi at the place
named. Casey, 1t is said, swan out after
them twice and failed to reach them, but
succeeded the third time and, cutting the
harness saved his own horse, letting the
pony paddle his own canoe with the result
as stated.
Yesterday afternoon an old white man
named Statfer met with what might have
turned out to be fatal accident He had |
a small mule by rope, the other end OF
which was noosed and was standing
around the corner of Seventeenth street
talking to some of his friends and
holding the mule by the rope
he stepped into the moose
when from some cause the mule gave
ERIK and started off down Seventeenth
street at brisk run, dragging the old man
after him. He was halted before he got
'ery far, but not until the man had become
nsensible from the injuries he
eceived All possible assistance was
endered him and he was soon brought
back to knowledge of what had occurred.
are not serious, and it is thought
hat he will be all right again in day OF
wo.
Our police officers should give some
ttention to the small boy nuisance. Ball
nd marble playing in the middle OF the
treets has become entirely too general and
leeds to be checked. A gentle.
nan and lady driving down Twelfth
treet yesterday in buggy with
plrited horse attached came near being
Endangered by runaway because of a lot
# dirty, ragged little shavers, black, white
nd varigated, who were Jumping around
n the middle of the street batting and
atching ball, Anybody making the
ounds OF our city can find crowd of these
'oys doing some kind of mischief that is
likely to rcsultseriously either to themselves [
y being run over, or to the occupants of !
ome.vehicle. They are not only an unbeara. S
lie nuisance, but their capers are palpable j
iolatIons Of the ordinances, which ought i
D be Immediately and sumarly sup f
rcsscd.
An old citizen Of Cairo and Alexander c
ounty, named James O'Connell, came INTO a
'ircuit Clerk Twins Office yesterday in a c
cry bad fix. He is afflicted with dan. b
crous disease and had applied to Dr.
Wood for pass to the hospital, which was II
efused him for reasons satisfactory, no l
oubt, TO the doctor. But James thought v
hat, having been citizen and tax payer q
# the county for many years when he was II
sound man, he ought to have the benefit 4
II its charitable institutions now that he p
was physically and financially unable to {
AXE care Of himself. He certainly was v
most pitiablc sight. lie must have been .
afflicted with his terrible dis,oeo aud s,r n