The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06

ing Just below the stone depot on Ohio
Ievee, some of them were open and were
t surrounded by large crowd cot curious
f spectators. Col Stickney claims that "bu-
lalo horse as he calls him is more intell
gent than Dan Rces famous trick horse.
Lieutenant Robert NJ Berry, of Ken.
lucky, has been ordered TO command the
expedition IN search Of the Jeanette. His
vessel, the Mary and Helen, will leave San
Francisco about the first of June Every
appliance OF science that can possibly aid
in the search will be added to the outfit
Tor the expedition. Among these articles
Will be an observation balloon, that at the
height Mt which it will be used, will com.
mand view of thirty miles. The wonder
iuI bombs used by the signal service CORPS
Will also be taken to aid in giving signs of
the presence of the rescuers in the Arctic.
1t having recently been discovered that
musk OK abound on Wrangcll Land, the
explorers are strongly IN hopes of finding
Capt de Long and his crew ON this land.
where they would be abundantly supplied
with the meat Of the musk OK, and upon
which land they may have found refuge if
they have had TO abandon the Jeanette
1t must be the meanest kind Of mean
occurrence that does not result in some
good to somebody or something Even
the dastardly attempt to fire the court.
house night before last is not without It's
good effects and suggestions The good
effect IS that County Clerk IIumms
office will be Immediately repaired
and 1t will be seen at glance that,
in this respect the effect would have
grown better as the diabolical scheme to
destroy the building had been more sue
cessful for, had the wretched incendiary
succeeded in burning down tie entire
building, We should have had an entirely |
new Jail and court house, whereas now only
one little corner Of it will be made clear of |
the real estate and cobwebs that have been
accommodating upon its floor, walls and
ceiling for 10! these many years.
The good suggestion we alluded to il tina,
the court house vaults, where the records of
the county and circuit clerks are kept, are
not equal to an emergency such rs might
q hon ba Al, |
are closed merely by single, not very heavy
sheet iron doors, which would easily warp
under the influence of heat such as they
would be subjected too were the building
to burn down, and then the valuable
records contained in the vaults
would tall a prey to the flames.
The proper position for these vaults would
be outside Of the main building-a sort Of
addition of heavy masonry with their en-.
frances, well protected by massive double
iron doors, leading into the Offices Of the
county and circuit clerks, This is the sug.
geStion and the way in which it might be
acted upon, but il IS not likely that it will
be Needed
Might before last, about ten O'Clock,
County Clerk IIumm was awakened from
his sumbers by some one and
told that his office in the court
house was on fire. He hurried to the
scene and found a number of men at work
in the basement OF the building cndeavor-
ng' with small d.pump, TO put out
lire in one Of the ccils directly under his Of
ice. There were four or five prisoners in this :
'cll and 1t appears that they had concocted
plan OF escape by setting fire to the wooden
'asng of their cell door. The fire burnt
cut slowly because of the lack oe air and
gave forth more smoke them was healthy [
or the prisoners, aud they gave the alarm.
10 was their expectation no doubt that.
when the lire had sufficiently advanced and
he alarm was gwen, all the cells would
be thrown open, and it may be
nat their expectations would have come to :
,ass had there been thorough draft so
hat the fire could have spread. But they :
we're compelled by the suipocsting smoke to
give the alarm before the fire had
made very much Roadway, and hence
hey were disappointed. A small hand
pump and several buckets of water were
brought into use and by half hours good
work on the part of the gentlemen in and
About the court house, the fire that might
nave resulted in the destruction of the
and the death of number of
prisoners was qucnchcd The smoke pene.
rated freely into the county clerks office,
anu 1t was at first thought that it too was
'h n'e' but on opening the windows to lot
inc smoke out and tearing up the floor this
was fortunately found to be u mistake The :
ol course, refuse TO tell who the /