The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-10
GENERAL NEWS.

new departure on the liquor ordinance ques
ton. Clinton is no-license town, but
those who love beer and think they can't do
without it, getit in bottles from Decatur and
other towns, take it to their homes and drink
It. Now the Clinton council has declared
such practice public nuisance, and i'm
poses upon the persons bringing such bot
tied beer within the cooperate limits Of the
town fine of SEQ.
All the Indians are reported to have left
the western portion of the San Carlos re-
servation and gone in the direction of the
Apaches. Intense alarm prevails among
the whites at stations an the Southern Pa
cifc east of Wilcox, and non residents in
tending to leave, are prevented from board
ing trains. AT stations between Demlng
and Wilcox temporary Notifications have
been thrown up. Seventeen companies of
troops are en- route from California to vii.
cox by special train ten companies of the
9th cavalry have been ordered forward, and
the 9th cavalry, Crooks veteran fighters,
will be sent in hot haste from the Platte. A
general uprising of the Arizona Apachcs is
expected.
With characteristic generosity, Circinna-
ii has learIy doubled her contributions TO
the wife OF the stricken president. A Gin
cinnatti journal modestly tells tho story /:
"Messrs. Victor and Edward j. Abraham,
thinking it reproach that but ST had
been contributed to the Mrs. Garfield fund
in this city, started ten-cent subscription,
and speedily raised $l5.
All Canada is torn up in consequence Of
the announcement that Hanlan, the oars
man, will not take part iu the forthcoming
regatta, but IS going TO retire on his Iarrels
Hanlan is accused of base ingratitudc, and
it is hinted that unless he reconsiders his
determination to retire some unpleasant
facts will be printed which have hitherto
been smothered in admiration and hero
worship.
A thick, yellow cloud enveoped Boston,
Tuesday, to such degree that many fac
tories were compelled to close. The signal
service observers gave the explanation that
the suns rays were filtered through a Sery
light fog in the upper atmosphere. So
great was the darkness in Provl-
dence that gus came into general use at
noon.
The governor OF New Mexico has organ.
lied companies of militia at Las Crebes and
La Mesilla. Two companies are forming at
Socorro, one at Rincon, one in the Black
range, and one at Santa Fe. The governor
called on the secretary of war for one thou
sand stand of arms now at Fort Union and
a fair supply of ammunition.
Forest fires in Huron county, Michigan
have destroyed the towns of Bad AK, Vero-
ma, Port Hope, and Huron City, and it il
believed that one hundred lives have beer
lost. Twelve corpses were brought into
Port Hope. The people of Verona buried
themselves in their gardens. The town OF
Sand Beach was shrouded in darkness al
day. 1t is said that five hundred families
in that region have no means of subsist
ence, and must be aided The villages OF
Tyre and Charleston have been destroyed,
and Minden was only saved by change OF
wind. The cities of Jackson, Flint, and
Marshal were enveopcd in smoke all day.
In the Saginaw region communication has
been restored on the st. Louis road. Near
Freeland farmers have plowod the ground
around their houses and barns Thirty
miles of fences have been burned in Blum
field and Buena Vista townships For
eight miles east from Cass City the country
has been swept by flames, and cooked pro.
visions are wanted for distribution.
The Thomas trial was resumed yes
tcrday at Centenary Church. After the
usual preliminaries, the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst
presented amended charges. These set forth
that DR.. Thomas taught doctrines contrary
to the Articles OF Religion of the Methodist