The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-12
rHE DAILY CAIRO BULLETIN TUESDAY MORNING JULY III 1881

EInngnRil, were III inc same car, ana came
to his assistance, His arm was placed IN
splints and his dislocated elbow put in
place. 1t became evident that he could
not reach home, and that he must receive
prompt attention, or the result would be
dangerous. Prof. Brownlee writes that
his arm was in a horrible condition, but
would be saved, and that his friends need
feel no uneasness. AT the time of writing
the judge was suffering considerably, but
the worst was OVER
-Guiteau Is not insane and the lawyers
will have an impossible task to make any
jury adjudge him SO. All the steps leading
10 the assassination indicate the most me-
thodca and calculating sanity. The penalty
for Guteau's crime is lamentably dispropor-
toned to its magnitude. Under the laws of
the District assault with intent TO kill is
punishable by eight years imprisonment;
second offence 10 years. The second shot
fired at the president might be regarded as
a second oifense; and So it may be possible
to secure term of 22 years imprisonment.
Lawyers, however, thinkIlhc most that can be
done is to secure a conviction on count for
each shot making 16 years in all. This is
too little tor such an assault upon the sover.
eighty of the people; nothing short of death
should expiate such crime. A murderous
assault on the president or vice-president
should be punished by death 1t is treason
of the deadlest sort, and should be made
such by amendment to the constitution.
The excessive heat of the last few
days has caused many Of the citizens of
Cairo TO leave in search of cooler atmos.
phere. 1t is not common that the Their
mometer IN Cairo reaches the point at
which it has stood for several days past,
hence it is taxing persons who are easily at
fccted by the heat to the utmost to endure
it. Yesterday the thermometer in some
shady portions of the city reached
above one hundred-one hun
bred and four, in one place,
and those who were compelled to labor in
the sun suffered considerably. Yet, COM
paratively speaking, the general health of
the CITY has been very good, but few grown
people being sick, and the deaths were
mostly children who were suffering with
summer complaint The sanitary condi-
ton Of the city, though it is not as good as
1t might be, is by no means such that it
can be said to cause disease. During the
absence of our worthy health officer,
Mr.. John B. Phillis, the entire police
is constituted board of health which
makes it it's duty, jointly and severally, to
abate every nuisance of dangerous char
acter that may be brought to their notice.
The exodus of citizens is, therefore, not due
to Cairo's unhealthy condition, but is
chiefly chargesble to the extreme heat OF a
few days past to which the average Cairoite
Is not at all accustomed.
"A horse belonging to a negro named
Merriet Wright was overcome with heat
yesterday afternoon and fell near the Tenth
street pump, where he lay until
late last night, every effort
to restore HIM proving fruitless. A
society for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails, would have ample opportunity TO
exercise itself now and could do much
good. Some owners and drivers of horses
or mules use no judgement at all in their
treatment of the ANIMALS; they do not seem
to know, although the fact has been often
forcibly impressed upon their minds, that
the beasts of burden have feelings
as well as they-csn suffer as well
as they without giving to their
ignorant, cruel masters any signs except, at
last, the death groans, which tell the story
of patient suffering ended forever. Never
day passes but what may be seen some of
the many teamsters in the city forcing their
animals to run through the streets at the
top Of their speed, without any regard
whatever to the ordinances of the city which
prohibit it, or the laws OF humanity, or
even self interest, which would require
that they take good care Of the poor dumb
brutes and temper their labor to their
strength and the ever changing weather.
II one or two of these careless, ignorant,
inhuman humans were brought 20 justice
by the officers of the city, there would prob
ably b' fewer cases Of brutal treatment of
ANNA 5; for, as a rule the wretch who is
most Hardened to the sutferings Of others,
is in mortal fear when his own miserable
carcass Is threatened. Give the real brutes
the extent of the law.
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A Talented Lady's Views.
Mrs. G. f. Fleming, State Lecturer of