The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-07

| other mechanics from OaITo, IOr theic ID
more work for them here than they can
perform and it is likely that, within the
next few months, Cairo will have to follow
Chicago's example and advertise for me-
chanics.
This week real estate transfers record
ed at the circuit clerks Office were as toll
lows: Taylor s. Parsons to VIM. Young;
deed, dated April 18th, 1881, for lot thirty,
in block ninety, in the first addition to the
city of Cairo. City of Cviro to Mrs. Kate
Hamilton; deed, dated June 10th, 1881, for
| lot two, in block four, in railroad addition
to the city of Cairo.
On last Saturday evening a negro
named Allen Calvin met a colored girl Of
this city, about half way between here and
Mound City, and, after tying her hands and
feet to the ground, violated her person.
Parties, who afterwards passed that way in
buggy, heard the girls cries and came to
| her assistance. The black villain, who
committed the CRIME upon her, was shtstly
after arrested and is now in the county Jail,
awaiting the action Of the grand jury.
For reasons satisfactory, no doubt, to
| the owners of the two Jackson horses,
"Black Cloud" and "Flaxey," the former
was withdrawn from the match that he was
to have run with "Octoroon," the Paducah
horse, at st. Mary's park yesterday after
noon, and therefore the race did not come
off. But al understanding between
Mr.. Juny, the owner OF "Octoroon,"
and Ben Hambleton, the owner OF the
jackson horses, was entered into, by the
terms of which the two horses aforesaid are
to run match on the st. Mary's Park
track on or about the first OF August, when
the horses will meet here on their yearly
rounds to attend the fairs IN different parts
of this and adjoining states.
From the clerk of the steamer Silver
thorn the particulars of murder commit
ted at James bayon, about four o'clock,
day before yesterday were obtained
yesterday. The circumstances of the
deed we're about as follows; For
some reason not given, Frank Plain, con-
stable OF the county, assisted two roughs IN
beating one Richard Gurley, logger. The
men had just finished their sport, when the
Silverthorn landed and Gurley hurried
toward her with the intention of boarding
her. He was followed by Plain and, when
he had reached the stage plank, he turned,
drew revolver and shot at PLAIN four
times, killing him instantly, it is supposed.
Gurley then came aboard and remained on
the boat until she reached certain land
ing between here and James bayou, where
he got off and away.
An incident at once amusing and
showing remarkable physical endurance
took place at Sandusky, in this county, on
the End instant. Messrs D. D. G. Hargs
and Martin Wallace, two jolly farmers,
met at the store of Mr.. e. Smalling, at the
above named place, and, in a vein OF
humor, Hargis, knowing Wallaces pro-
pensity for whiting, offered to purchase
from Smalling large, heavy dry goods
box, having capacity of about five bush
els, upon which Wallace might amuse
himself with his pocketknife, on condition
that he would carry it home on his shout
der. The task will not seem such an easy
one 70 the reader, when it is understood
that the distance from the store to
Wallaces home is over four miles, and
that he was not to rest on the
way. Wallace accomplished the fete and
won the box.
The New York papers have various
details respecting the comet, which is still
visible, but observations and their reduc-
ton have not reached state that permit
decision as to whether it is comet hitherto
unseen, or whether it can be identified with
some comet that has previously undergone
astronomic observation. The probabilities,
so far as known, point to the 10th of June
as the day on which the comet made its
nearest approach to the sun-thc perihelion.
1t is now rapidly receding from both the
sun and earth. 1t is expected that for two
weeks to come it will travel
in northeasterly direction, and
that it will reach It's highest
northerly point on the 10th of July, being
then in straight line between "the point
ers" in the dipper and the north pole star.
Astronomers and photographers are giving
the comet the most respectful attention,
but whether the phenomena witnessed by
those who have seen two comets be owing
to relracton or other optical delusion, or to
the peculiar idosyncracy OF individual eye
sight, has not yet been determined. Gaz-
ing at the comet after supper, or while "go-
ing home with the girls in the morning."