The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19


agricultural fair to he held at Chicago IN
September from the 18th to the nth inclu-
siye, has been received by The BULLETIN
The managers promise to make TINS the
great live stock and agricultural fair Of the
United States, one worthy of Chicago and
the northwest.
Only seven states in the Union have
snnual sessions of their legislatures, and
some of them will probably soon move into
the biennial line. The next reform should
be the limitation of every Legislative body
to forty.day session, and no pay to mem
bers il they stay minute longer.
The cattle disease in Logan county
still continues, without any remedy yet
having been found Animals become sud
denly blind, and few of them recover The
cause is by some attributed to the dry
weather and dust, and by others to CAD
fly or miller, which lays eggs in the corner
of the eye
"A bad fight over dog occurred be-
tween two men in down town saloon late
last night. The fighters were Erie, the
tailor, and Doering, the barber. They were
separated by the proprietor before any
damage was done to either or to anything
l
A large crowd witnessed the affair which
was decidedly ludicrous.
Ed. Reeves, the scoundrel who at
| tempted to violate the person Of Miss Dora
Langston, in Graves county, Kentucky,
about week ago, was captured in Ballard
county at the house of a man named Ford
by Messrs. A. j. Quinn and VIM. Harper,
who shortly after turned him over to party
of men who came by there in search of the
negro. II is believed that the men hung
the wretch to tree before they left Ballard
county.
| Ballard County News; --latest On
last Saturday night Mr.. james Moss eloped
with Miss Anna Gerald--both Of North
Ballard. No use in setting up any oppo.
sition. When they take notion, they will
marry IN spite of everything. We wish
the happy couple much joy. = > A
terrible fight occurred at Woodville last
Saturday evening. John White and man
named Mangum, both of this county
White got Mangum down, and chewed of
one OF his ears, and came very near chew
ing off the other ear. The ear was sewed
on again. White was arrested but while
the guards slept, he escaped"
The maximum temperature for six
teen hours preceding three o'clock p. M,
yesterday, Washington time) were as fol-
lows: Chattanooga, Tenn, Oh Cincinnati,
Ohio, 80; Davenport, Iowa, "a; Dubuque,
Iowa, 80; Keokuk, Iowa, IS; Lacrosse
i Wis, rs; Leavenworth, Kas, 81; Louis
vile, KY, 95; Memphis, Tenn, 93; Nash
vile, Tenn, 81; Omaha, Neb., 70; Pitts
burg, Pa, SO; Shreveport, La, 0S; St
LOUIS, Mo-, "a; st. Paul, Mimi, 80; Vicks-
burg Miss, 90; North Platte, Neb., so;
Yankton, OAK, rs; Dodge City, Kan, SO;
Bismarck, Oak. rs; Chicago, Ills,; -
Denver, Col, -.
Two little boys, aged about seven and
eight years respectively, were playing in
the street on Washington avenue near
Nineteenth street yesterday evening about
tour O'clock when one of them was at
tackled by a ferocious bore hog. The
beast grabbed the child in the calf Of the
leg and while decorating it the other little
fellow picked up stick and rushed to
tho rescue when the beast suddenly
turned upon him, caught his arm and
buried his teeth in the flesh. The cries Of
the lads attracted the attention Of passers
by, and Mr.. Eberly, who was among the
first to notice the trouble, hurried to the
assistance OF the boys and rescued them
from their perlous predicament AS it is
both boys received very painful wounds
but they might have been crippled for life
The beast should be hunted down anc
killed and the ordinance against bore hogs
: in general be rigidly enforced.
"
q The importance Of Cairo as United
y States hospital station has been recognized
by the department at Washington and
t, gentleman from Baltimore, Maryland, a
he experienced pharmacist has been ordere
q here TO assist DR.. Carter in the manage
=, y ment of the marire hospital The month
l. ly reports Of the hospital here show tina
5, the amount Of work done, the number {
days oftreatment furnished, and the nun
Der Of patients treated, in this hospital, al
!, greater than is shown by the reports {
!. some Of the most important hospitals i
J, the cast. The fact that the marine hospit,
at this point is one of the important inst
: tutions Of its kind in the country and on