The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-16

teen hours preceding tnree O'CLOCK p. IN.
yesterday, Washington time) were as fol-
lows: Chattanooga, Tenn, 76; Cincinnati,
Ohio, 7s Davenport, Iowa, s5; Dubuque,
Iowa, 90; Keokuk, lows, 63; Lacrosse,
Wis., 90; Leavenworth, Kas., 5S; Louis
vile, KY, 10; Memphis, Tenn, =; Nash
vile, Tenn, -; Omaha, Neb., So; Pitts
burg, Pa, rs; Shreveport, La, =; st.
LOUIS, No, rs; St. Paul, Mimi, 57;vicks-
burg, Miss. -; North Platte, Neb., 63;
Yankton, Dak., TO- Bismarck, OAK, go;
Dodge City, Ksn., 63.
There has been neither change nor a
multiplication of "hands" at THE BULLE-
TIN office, as is intimated by the twilight
wiseacre. Every citizen, and certainly the
newspapers" OF the city, should feel some
responsibility for the good name of the city
attaching to them; but that there are
exceptions to this rule the Argus has amply
proven. THE BULLETINS "hand" is moved
with the impulse of defending the fair
fame of the city against the aspersions of
her ovelzealous and misguided friends (0.
The case against Mrs. Mary Walker,
for selling liquor to minors and on Sunday,
was resumed in the court of Esquire Os'
born yesterday afternoon. The full jury
Messrs. Mukey and Leek represented the
defense and States Attorney Damron, the
prosecution. A number of witnesses were
examined and the usual argument made on
both sides. The defense made, among
others, the point that it was case
of malicious prosecution and the
Jury seems to have been
satisfied that it was so and therefore very
properly rendered a verdict Of not guilty.
The murderer Hays was tried in the
courtof Justice Robinson Tuesday afternoon.
States Attorney Dsmron was conducting
the malicious prosecution against Mrs.
Walker at the time and lett the Hays case
in the hands Of City Attorney VIM. Hen
bricks. Four witnesses were examined for
the defense and one for the prosecution.
There were one or two more witnesses
for the prosecution in the court room, but
the prosecuting attorney failed to call them,
the result was that Hays was released on
the ground OF self-defense. He was re-
arrested, however, upon state warrant,
sworn out by Officer bunker, and will
have another examination to-day.
Yesterday mornings Long Branch dis
patch was as follows: At the morning
dressing at $50 to-day, the presidents
temperature was OF 4-10 pulse 100, respir-
alton 90. He passed the night comfortably
until 3 a. M, when he was wakeful for
period of two hours, during which the pulse
rose to 100, but without the marked eleva-
ton of temperature which has character
lied the febrile disturbance heretofore. At
ter this he slept. More nourishment was
given to him during the night than for sew
eral nights past. There was no evening
dispatch and will be no further dispatches
until Sunday, unless an important change
transpires in the presidents condition.
The terrible hurricanes, which have
recently visited the coasts Of Georgia and
South Carolina, have been most disastrous
to the rice crop which had nearly been
made. The drought had already injured it
materially, and then came the hurricanes
thing heretofore unheard Of in the month
of August-and great has been the destruc-
ton both of property and life. On the
rice plantations the embankments protect
ing the growing crops from the encroach-
ment of the salt water, have been leveled,
submerging the fields of ripening grain,
almost without an exception. The grain is
now in the milk, at its most critical period,
and the harvesting OF the crop usually COM
mences about the first of October It is
feared that the crop will be cut down fully
one-half. As the equinoxical storms, al
ways dreaded by the planter, are yet to
come, the outlook is certainly not encourag-
ing. Should the gales be severe, the Sea
Island cotton and rice crops of South Car
DINA will be almost NIL.
Robert Collyer says: "This is not a
land of peace; it is nation of armed men.
The farmer has a revolver in his bedroom,
and the merest'boy on the slightest provoca-
ton pulls out his pistol Two hundred
years have proved that In civil life, at least,
the Quaker is right. No Quaker ever
shoots, and no Quaker is ever shot. There
should be general disarmament, and we
should guard the sale of pistols as we
guard the sale of poisons. 1t is the brutal
ity that comes from the possession of
weapons that does the harm. )" There is some