The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-14

to the rescue and the highwayman fled
without the booty sought. The gentleman's
temple and side of his head were pretty
badly mashed up by what was supposed to
be brass knuck or slung shot" The man
referred to above is the one who, while in
drunken condition, attempted to jump
from the cars, and was struck and knocked
down by the steps of the cars, Immediately
back Of the one he jumped from. He was
picked up by the officers and, being too
drunk to walk, was conveyed to place Of
safety. This is the truth of the affair, but
the above Is as near the truth as the Padu-
cab papers are expected to get.
1t will more or less interest Cairoites
that it is proposed to put into the river and
harbor bill the 81 100000 required for the
trial of Capt. Cowdep's plan tor the I'M
provement of the Mississippi river. The
river and harbor bill already amounts to
$S,OOO,OO0. If the Cowden plan goes into
the bill, then the 100000 required for
the improvement OF the Potomac will also
have to be added to the bill. 1t promises
at the present time to be the largest river
and harbor bill ever presented TO congress.
1t will be passed through the house under
suspension of the rules.
Now that our city fathers have de-
cldcd that the city shall be lighted with
gas, the idea occurs why should it not
since we are adopting other modern dis
coveries--adopt the electric light9 The cleo
trio light, immediately upon its general
Introduction, is destined to prove formid-
able competitor with gas because it viii!
be supplied at much cheaper rates. One
of the New York companies is now placing
its wires along three of the principal streets
of that city-Broadway, Wall and Broad
agreeable to the application of many owners
of banking and other business houses.
The price at present is only trihe less than
that of gas, but, when the light comes into
common use, the cost will be greatly re-
duced.
1t occurs periodically, way up about |
Newcastle, Penn. Some workmen have |
up to the sacrlegious light Of day
another lot of aboriginal relics, consisting
of battle axes, flint spear and arrow heads,
balls of lead and stone jugs, the latter
bearing wonderful resemblance 10 the
nodcrn affair and proving almost conclu-
'ively that the ancient aboriginal tipplers
were IN the habit of taking theirs straight
rom the mouth. The excavators expect
o discover an Indian graveyard soon with
my amount of hideous skeletons. All of
he long-hared philosophers and pre-his-
oric lunatics thereabouts are perfectly wild
With delight. A delegation from the
smithsonian institute will cncamp on the
pot.
In another place in this issue of THE
BULLETIN, will be found the advertisement
# Mr. VIM Brown, st. Louis mauufac-
ure and capitalist, who is in search of
rom three thousand to ten thousand acres
f good timber land, for the purpose OF
and maintaining large saw
NIL and stave factory, in which from fifty
one hundred men will be constantly
nployed. Mr.. Brown is one of the most '
lterprising manufactures of st. Louis,
assessing ample means to carry out the
1terprise so briefly stated in the advertise
tent, and if Cairo could in any way =
cure the location OF his mills
its vicinity, it would de-
We material benefit from them.
hat southern Illinois could furnish Mr.. .
rown exactly what he is looking for we :,
I'VE no doubt Timber is plentiful and of :.
cry variety; the locality is the most de- II
rabc and the shipping facilities are un- u
rpassed. In the hope that some of the =
Vncrs of fine timber lands in this part of %
c state will open negotiations with Mr. "
own, we call general attention to his ad- a.
ni
The approaching Mardi Gras celebra- -,
N in Memphis will be equal, if it it does !;
excel all former entertainments. The -
lerent secret societies are preparing for ~
, event, which will attract crowds of peo. w.
from many states of the Union on
'rch LIST. The following missive has been -
civcd at this Office:
MEMPHI. be
THE Bugls sounds once more" I'm
Henchmen Horsemen! Bayonet chew nj
Magnolia Holders The Neophites are Dr.
lin in revolt, but victory is announced I'M
ough every herald. Peace promises all
her beauties, and joyousness rcigns
oughout the realm. The rollicking