The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-29

| TcuCllCu point bcVcTdl Hllcs DelOW HcIt,
his cries for help were heard and he was
assisted ashore He footed it along the
bank to Birds point from whence he
crossed on the ierryboat to this city.
Here he inquired for Col. j. 3. Rearden
and having found him, he told his story,
He gave his name as Josephus Hall, saying
that he had served in the army under him
| (thc COLI; that his home was at New Grand
Chain, and that he and another man, seeing
the barge floating by, determined to
catch IT. They entered skiii
and started in pursuit Having reached it,
Hall jumped aboard of the barge, but the
other man remained in the skiff. Both
hoated down the river together for some
distance, but soon became separated and
lost to each other in the darkness. The
rest of his adventure IS
known. COL Rearden recognized
the man as having been member
of his company during the war, and gave
hun enough money to take him home
Yesterday the Col. received postal card
from Hall, stating that he had arrived
safely home and again thanking him for his
kindly assistance.
A good crowd turned out to the Re
form hall last night, where the best of en-
tertainmcnt was furnished. Messrs. George
s. Fisher, G. VI. Alden, J. w. Davidson, Of
this city, and Mr.. Brown, of Carbonate,
addressed the meeting in manner that
gave evidence of their deep interest IN
the temperance cause and aroused cores
ponding feelings in the heart, Of their
hearers. Among other interesting matters
that were attended to, was that of
securing prominent temperance speaker
here at an early day. Efforts are being
made to induce Mr.. Robert Lowery
to come and, from what was
SAID, it Is to be Judged that he will certain
ly be here at no distant day. A CORES
pondence has also been opened with MesSrs
John B. Cough and Prof. Reynolds, one or
the other of whom, it is thought, will con
sent to come and give the cause a grand
revival.
About 40 o'clock yesterday morning
the steamer T. r. IIilman, while laying at
one of the wharf boats, was struck by a
great mass of ice, which came down the
river with an almost irresistible force, and
so badly damaged that she
sank within an hour afterwards.
Just before she was struck her pilot, John
Young, seeing the approaching danger
sprung to the wheel and sought to avoid it,
but could not do so ana the huge mass
struck the starboard side of her hull and
crushed 1t, permitting the water to rush IN
with considerable force, All the hands,
who stayed on board like brave men, were
Immediately put to work, and the crippled
craft was run down along the river bank to
point at the lower end of the Illinois
Central railroad company's new
warehouse, where, after floating
for about ten minutes longer,
she settled down somewhat gently, in about
ten feet Of water, at the after starboard
corner. Her first motion at settling was
sudden sinking of the Starboard side, and
it seemed as though she would turn en-
tircly over, which caused a fearful cracking
Of timbcrS and rafting Of kich-
en- and other furniture, and struck
terror to those on board, causing them TO
make break for the larboard side to get
off In the rush for the shore, one man
was showed into the water, but he came on
dry land without any difficulty. The Hill
man piled between this point and Hickman
and had laid here for several days She
was commanded and owned by Captain
Ambrose, a worthy old gentleman, and she
was not insured, The wrecking boat
"Charie Hill" will commence the work of
raising her this morning,