The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-05-16

the other sewers, but the water ran into
instead of out of the city and hence il was
closed again. 1t was opened once more
| yesterday morning, however, and the sipe'
water is now rapidly receding from all
parts of the city q
1t is purposed to vote each evening at
r the carnival for queen of the carnival
to be crowned upon the fourth evening.
This will create great interest among the
young people and perhaps the elder ones
too.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. c. Pink had
his pony htched to his buggy with the in
tention of taking ride. The rig was
brought to the express Office on the levee
and Mr.. Pink and his hired man had just
entered it when the pony started off at d
break neck speed, nearly overturning the
vehicle. But he was stopped at the corner
of Eighth street without having done any
harm beyond giving the occupants a severe
scare.
The Authors Carnival is all the alb
sorbing topic of conversation and the inter-
est awakened is great. The ladies in
charge have accomplished wonders con-
siderng the short time in which they have
been making their preparations. The cos
tunes are expected to arrive on the eleven
o'clock train from Chicago this morning,
and can be had on application to Mr.. Speck,
who has been aiding the ladies in the mat
ter and has kindly taken it in charge.
Last Sunday Coroner Richard Fitz-
gerald took three prisoners to the Chester
penitentiary, who had been convicted and
sentenced at this term of the circuit court
in Alexander county. The prisoners were
James Nugent who goes for one year for
burglary; Robert Peterson, two years for
larceny, and Marion White, one
year for assault with intent to kill.
The second named was sent from here
somewha over year ago and short time
after his release committed the act tor
which he will now serve out another year.
From an item under the head of Real
Estate Changes, it will be seen that another
important transfer OF land within the city
OF Cairo has recently been made. Over
twenty.one acres along the Mississippi
levee has been purchased from Messrs.
Taylor & Parsons by Mr.. VIM. Butler Dun
can, for use by the Mobile & Ohio railroad
company for tracks and yards. In the
course of few months large portion of
the city on the Mississippi side will be one
grand railroad yard, which will increase
the value of property there by drawing
business to it,
"A deputation from the National Tenn
perance society called on President Gar
field Friday and presented an appeal to the
president to so define the order of EXPIRES.
Hayes, torbidding the sale of liquors at
army forts and posts, as to have it include
fermented as well as distilled liquors. The
deputation presented petitions from thirty
states and territories, representing some
100000 members of churches and temper
ance societies. Among the petitioners are
Gov. Long, of Massachusetts,, and Gov. St.
John, Of Kansas.
"A woman name Matte Gray became
enamored of a young druggist of Peoria
some time ago and tried to induce him to
marry her, but he refused until she became |
possessed OF secret that would send him and |
several prominent physicians of the city to
the penitentiory for term of years. The
physicians then induced him to consent to
marriage and thus the secret was kept
from the grand jury. The clerk refused to
live with Matte, however, and therefore
she married somebody else that would,
She has been indicted for bigamy.
On Friday night last week thieves en-
tered the residence of Mr.. Warden on
Twenty-eighth street through the second
story window by means Of ladder belong
ing to Mr.. Henry Stout. They took only
some jet jewelry belonging to Mrs. War
den. A pair of brogan shoes we're found
near Mr.. L. B. Pettit's grocery, which the
thief is supposed to have taken off in order
to avoid making a noise and was trighten-
ed away before he had time to get them
again. 1t is thought that this circum-
stance will lead to the detection Of the theft.
We have upon several occasions called
attention to the almost impossible
state of the Cairo aud Vinccnnes
railroad company's track, between
Eighth and Twentieth Streets but
there has as yet been no movement toward
remedying the evil. We know that larpc