The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-16

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The fire department will hold its next
meeting in either the Arab or Hibernian
engine houses tomorrow night. The hook
and ladder company will be organized on
that night
-Messrs Harmon & o,,who are doing a
large business in the sewing machine line,
Yesterday received a car load of the White
machines. They are the agents for South
ern Illinois.
The Chicago Times has an uniavorable
! criticism OF Sarah Bernhardt's debut in that
city. The men who edit the Times critcise
everything, however, except David Davis,
who holds mortgage on the Office.
The managers of the new democratic
paper at Bloomington lett the naming Of it
to the ladies, and they concluded to make it
a name sake of the Cairo BULLETIN. Hence
it will be called the Bloomington Bulletin.
"A dispatch yesterday received in this
city, from Rev. Mr.. Hess, pastor Of the
Baptist church, states that owing to the
floating ice in the river he cannot be here
to preach. Hence no service will be held
in the Reform Hall.
Mrs. Scot, whose family has been in
want for some time, owing to the protracted
illness of her husband desires to return her
heartfelt thanks for the very generous
assistance received from Mr.. II. II. Candec
as well as from Mr.. WI. Bristol, yester-
day.
"- Hon. VIM. A. Lemma, senator from
this district, has been placed upon eight
committees, as follows: Judicial depart
mcnt, municipalities, public buildings and
grounds, agriculture and drainage, fees and
salaries, printing, roads, highways and
bridges and elections.
"A number OF railroad roughs last night
created quite an excitement by knocking
each other about and drawing pistols in a
house of easy virtue, on Poplar, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. They
were arrested by Officers Tyler and Wins
and jagged.
The Ice continues to come down in
considerable quantities, but not in such
large boulders as heretofore. 1t is more
broken up in small fragments. Last night,
about ten o'clock, it had spread more,
however, and took in nearly the entire
width OF the river at this point
The representative colored men have
called upon Garfield to ask that their race
shall be recognized in the division of Fed
eral offices. The Globe Democrat special
says that Garfield was unable to talk to
them, owing to the fact that he had just
had tooth pulled and his mouth was
sore.
Jack Smith, the one armed negro,
who robbed young man of ten dollars
the other day, was yesterday arrested and
together with his partner, Dandy jim, who
was arrested the day before, was tried in
Squire Coming's court. Both were bound
over in the sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars and were sent to the county jail
The notorious Thomas O'Niel is again
abroad and at the same old business of
violating the ordinances. He got into a
fight with one Pat Hughes, on Sixth
street yesterday, and they were both arrest
ed and taken before Squire Comings, who
fined each five dollars and costs.
Hughes paid his fine, but ONiel went to
Jail.
Gilmore s. Benton's Combination
troupe, which held forth at the atheneum
last night, had to come over from the
Kentucky side, on the tug Montauk, the
ice being too heavy to permit either of the
transfer boats to run. They had large
house and gave good performance, which
was heartily appreciated by the audience.
1t was free from all vulgarity.
"A colored woman, supposed to be the
mother of the dead infant recently found
under the sidewalk at the corner of
Twelfth street and Ohio Levee, was yester-
day arrested by Officer Wins and brought
before Judge Olmsted for hearing. A
number Of witnesses were heard, the testi-
mony of most Of whom pointed to her
innocence. The court discharged her.
The Clark case, which had been in the
court for several days, was yesterday morn
ing decided against the defendant by Judge
Olmstcd, Clark being fined one hundred
dollars for keeping a gambling house. The
decision was entirely just and proved that
the Judge had given all the circumstances
In the case mature consideration. Clark
gave notice that he would take an appeal,
be- may reconsider the matter however.