The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-03

in the aspect OF obstructing the public bus
mess which, indeed, is the view which dis
passionate people begin to hold regarding
them.
"A black brute was mercilessly lashine
horse yesterday that was attached to 8
wagon heavily loaded with wood. He is 9
teamster for one of our wood dealers aud
had backed his wagon. when empty, close
to barge loaded with sawed wood, lying
at the isot of Fourth street
The horses made repeated efforts
TO draw the load out of the low place in
the water where it had settled, but the
barge bearing up against 1t they could not
move it, and the brutal driver used the
whip in reckless manner about the heal,
neck and legs of one the dumb creatures
We have no doubt but that, had his en-
ployers Witnessed his conduct, they would
not have stopped at severe reprim and.
Yesterdays election for two members of
the board of school directors came off very
quietly. 1t could not have been otherwise (;
bee ause first, the voters OF the city had not
been notified in time of the approach OF the
election and secondly, there were no oppos.
ing candidates. Messrs. Halliday and
Korsmeyer, who discharged the duties of
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years past, were unanimously reelected
The place of voting, the Eleventh street
| school house, was open from eight o'clock
in the morning until four in the afternoon.
Mcssrs. VIM. Stratton and j A. Goldstine
acted as judges, and Mayor Thistlewood as
clerk. At four o'clock the pole was
closed and Mayor Thstlewood, with the bal
lot box under his arm and accompanied by
1.-THE judges, leisurcly sauntered home.
THIS forenoon, at the hour of eleven
o'clock, Rev. Anderson, of the colorcd Bap-
fist church, on Fourteenth street, will lead
number of his newly converted flock to
the stone depot and there, in the cold wa
tiers of the Ohio, perform upon them the
ceremony of baptism. 1t is possible that
the poor victims will survive the ordeal,
(and 1t is said that they surely will if they
are true believcrs) but it is not possible that
all of them will survive without carry
ing with them through the balance |
of their earthly lives, the effects |
of such rash violation of natures laws
1t is highly probable that the unholinesS Of
which the soul is purged by the operation
will enter their flesh and bones, and rack
them with rheumatism, neuralgia and sin
tiuenzy' as long as they have the misfor.
tune to be of the earth earthly
The white man, who was cut at East
Cairo few days ago by the negro Honest
john" and who was taken to the hospital
here to be cared for, has entirely recovered
and has been discharged. His wound was
but slight, though the intention of the
negro was bad. The circumstances Of the
cutting have not yet been published and
were about as follows: The negro Honest
John" is employed over the river by the
railroad company in the sand drying house
The day upon which the cutting took
place was very cold and this white man
,ame in the dry house to get
warm. The negro ordered him to
90 out and get some coal, which
lc refused to do when he was told that be
'ouldn't stay in there and warm and was
Drdered to leave He refused TO do this,
when John drew his knife and threatened
o ''cut him all to pieces" The tramp took
he hint and grasped John by the throat,
brew him TO the ground and told him to
'ehave himself. When lie was finally let
Up the negro opened his pocket knife and
While speaking to the tramp i n a concilia
DRY tone and gently tapping HIM on the
'reast with one hand, made sudden move
nent and stabbed him in the side. An.
ther clinch was made and again the
egro was ovcrpowered, but again let 20
Without doing him any serious injury.
he white mans wound bled copiously 8
nd 1t was thought that it would prove .
atal and that it did not do so was merely
n accident. Honest John" fed to the
FOODS when he saw what he had done and
as not been heard of since.
by peruslng our announcement col
mn this morning our readers will find the c
anne of N. b. Tbistlewood under the head a
t candidates for mayor Mr.. Thistewood O
cslrcs to be reelected to the office which c
e has held for the last two years, and it is t
'r the people to say whether or not his de. (
ire shall be satisfied. None will say that t
e has not been honest in his administration a
hat he has not reformed his duties as he 0
nw them and believed that the interests of II
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