The daily Cairo bulletin., 1882-08-03

Friday evening, August 4th, at the hall OF
the Rough and Ready fire company, for the
purpose of considering important matters.
See notice in special locals.
-Burglers entered the lothing house OF
Mr.. Sadler, on Commercial avenue, Tues
day night and took six pairs Of pants,
a coat, several shirts and satchel to carry
them in. No clue to the burglars could be
obtained yesterday, though the officers
were diligently at work on the case
The Alexander County Sunday School
convention will convene in this city, at the
Baptist church, next Saturday afternoon at
two o'clock. 1t will continue in session
that afternoon and, perhaps part of the
night, and will be in almost continuous ses'
sion all Sunday. A large attendance and
interesting proceedings are expected,
Mr. Nicholas Feith was called to Gin.
cinnati last week to attend
the bedside of his sister, who was very
sick He returned Tuesday, leaving
his sister in no immediate danger. A
niece of his, Miss Louise Winter, accom-
panied him home and will remain few
weeks on a visit.
The case of Webb Mckinney came up
for trial in the court of Magistrate Com.
ings, yesterday. The prisoner was charged
with being a gambler, and with having
assaulted another gambler, boy, named
Critchlow. Mckinney pleaded guilty
to the latter charge and was fined five dol.
lars and costs; and the other case against
him was dismissed
The street committee met at the coun-
cll chamber yesterday afternoon, passed
company drawn up by the City Attorney
Hendricks, requiring said company to
comply with certain ordinances regulating
the construction and maintenance OF tracks
on the streets of the city, and ordered the
mayor to serve said notice upon said compa.
ny. The mayor having carried his point
that thenotice must be passed upon by
the street committee before it islegal, will
now probably serve it,
The particulars of the difficulty which
occurred at ST. Louis between negro
Fannie Tatum, to which reference was
made Ia yesterdays BULLETIN, are given in
the following dispatch from st. Louis uu-
der date of July 31st. "In row about
o'clock tonight between William A. Da
vid, second mate of the steamer Fannie
Tatum, lying at the leyee, and Charles
Wilson negro roustabout, the latter threw
rocks at the former, striking him in the
right side and on the head, inhictng a
wound which caused death in three hours
Wilson, who belongs to Wheeling was ar
rested, and David, who has family in
Memphis, was taken to the City Hospital,
where his body now is. The trouble occur
red about 81 which Wilson claims
was due him for wages Wilson also says
that David hit him over the head with a
club on the way to Cairo"
Another organization of which Cairo
stands in need is humane society, com
posed of men and women who will be &C
tive in accomplishing the objects of such
an organization. The necessity for such a
society exists; the inhuman treatment Of
animals is OF almost daily occurrence in
some part or other of the city; horses and
mules are matreated, and in these dog
days, very often the poor, hslfstarved
friendess and tagless dog is rudely
dragged through the streets, at the end of a
stick with wire running-noose by street
Arab whose nature is not unlike that of a
savage In the fall and winter season,
when the roads are bad and hauling by
teams is in demand, mans most
faithful and most useful beast is often
cruelty maltreated. A humane society
should be organized and kept in active
operation to act and speak for those who
cannot do 50 for themselves.
Considerable wrangling occurred at
the meeting of the city council Tuesday
night. One of the causes of dssenton was
the failure on the part of the mayor to send
second notice to tho Wabash railroad com
pany officials to comply with certain ord.
nsnces concerning the maintenance of the
Commercial avenue track. The mayor had
notified the company once, but it was
found that the notice, in order to be legal,
should have been made under authority
from the street committee. Accordingly
the street committee met, ordered the city
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