The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-11

of this nearly made up for the loss sustain
ed on mardi gras day, it being one hun
| dred and sixty-nine dollars. In conclu
fSion the new Mogul expressed himself in
avor of celebrating the next mardi gras
day in an imposing manner, promising to do
all in lis power to bring about favorable
| feeling among the members of the Krew,
and the citizens to make it certainty.
What has been done by the committee
on police, Jail and fire department in com
| plancc with the resolution offered in the
council some monthsago by Alderman Blake,
instructng it to consider the propriety
of erecting building for the use of the
various city offices, city council and Tor
jail purposes. The subject is one of much
interest to the people Of Cairo, for the en-.
| terprlsc is an important one, which, if
pushed to successful ISSUE would give
Cairo something Of which it could be lust
y proud But it is desirable not to be too
hasty in the Inauguration of new and cx-
pcnsive Improvements just at the present
moment. Cairo has shown SO much
enterprise Of late in instituting and pro-
scouting new internal Improvements that it
has drawn upon itself the admiring gaze of
the towns and cities around it and can well
afford to quietly finish the improvements
so far begun, A building, like the one
suggested above should be in a
central portion of the city and
should vic in every respect with
the other public building in Cairo Except.
ing the urt-house, which is disgrace to
both city and county, and it must, of
course, be large one. To secure the
proper ground for good sized jail yard
and to erect such building as the pur.
poses for which it is to be used would
seem to demand will draw somewhat
heavily upon our treasury, and fimsy
structure is worse than none. 1t is we'll
therefore, to deliberate and let the plans
mature slowly, and the work begin when
some OF the other improvements have been
completed.
AS previously announced the prelmi
nary examination Of the negro, Samuel
Redding, Mr.. Zimmerman's murderer, and
his two supposed accomplices, took place
at Mound City on Wednesday afternoon
before Esquire Merit. The time set for
the examination seems TO have been well
born IN mind by the people of Pulaski
county, for long before the hour set for the
opening Of the court the courtroom was
entirely filled with people, both white and
black. The excitement was intense and
painful expectancy was visible in every
countenancc. Mr., j. A. Goldstne and
little Lena Zimmerman went there from
here the latter to identify the
murderer OF her father whom she had seen
when he fired the fatal shot and whose fea-
lures she had firmly impressed upon her
memory. Owing to the great crowd in the
court room and around it, it was decided to
conduct the examination, or rather the
identification, in the Jail building and there
Miss Lena, Mr.. Goldstine, Esquire Merit,
the sheriff, jaier and one or two others
went, excluding all curious lookers-on.
A plan was decided upon that would leave
no doubt OF determining which OF the
three prisoners was the real criminal
The three prisoners we're brought forth
from their cells and, manacled as they
werc placed shoulder to shoulder at one
end Of a room, and then Miss Lena, who
was kept in an adjoining room, was told
that she would be shown the prisoners
that she should scrutinze their faces close
ly and that if she recognized either of them
as that Of the man who killed her father
she should keep it to herself until taken
beyond the hearing of the prisoners. She
was then confronted with the three ne
groes, whose faces she scanned closely.
Black and Perkins bore the child's gaze
without hinching, but Redding became
somewhat agitated, averted his face and
gave other unmistakabe signs of guilt.
The prisoners were then removed, and the
child stated that the man to the right
(Which was Redding) was the murderer of
her father. Other evidence, proving an
alibi, was also produced in favor of Black
and Perkins, and they were released upon
a nolle, entered in their behalf by the
states attorney. The enthusiasm of the
people was great and the freed prisoners
were overwhelmed with congratulations.
COLD is antagonistic to health, inducing
Coughs and other dangerous Bronchial dis
eases, which quickly yield to the soothing
yet positive influence of DIR. Bulls Cough