The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-19

night, which would have excluded from the
field most men of good judgment and an
ordinary sense of honor and manliness,
these gentlemen may, without
making any humiiating sacratlces,
again enter the race, and it is
likely that none but intelligent, honorable,
and morally couragcrs, men will be elected.
In order to enable those lnborers on
New Levee street, who are depending upon
their daily earnings for their daily
bread, to purchase the latter, and as
the city council must first pass upon and
allow claims of all kinds against the city
before they can be paid, and as the council
does not meet before the first Tuesday Of
next month, at which meeting the claims
of the Mississippi evee laborcrs will be
referred TO the proper COM
mite, reported back to the council at
its meeting on the Tuesday following, when
they will be allowed and may be then col
lected, therefore the street committee, de-
! string to relieve the wants OF the laborers
now, has had printed, and will issue to
each laborer, certificate stating the
amount due him from the city, and pnya.
BILE on the 18th day Of April, A. ID. 1882.
These certificates are as good as money, be-.
cause'they will be promptly taken up with
cash at their face value, and upon the day
they become due and are presented. Nor
chants need therefore feel no hesitancy about
taking them in exchange for merchandise.
In the senate Friday bills were report
| ed concerning the use OF piers and cribs in
the Mississippi; to establish bridge be.
tween Minnesota and Wisconsin; appro-
priating 500, 900 for work on Davis island
dam in the Ohio. The last passed. Bill to
pay female nurset Of the war was indef-
nltely postponed. The postal appropria-
ton bill was reported from committee Of
the whole and amendments agreed to eX-
cept the one restoring the Thanking privi-
,ege, on which a separate vote was taken
Ayes, Al noes, 10. The bill passed. The
tariff commission bill was taken up and
discussed. In the house an effort to take
up the Chinese bill! failed, but an under
standing was reached that ii should be con.
considered yesterday. The bill passed auth
| orizing bridge across the Missouri within
| five miles Of st. Charles. The amendatory
liquor tax bill was reported, with recon-
mendation that the section reducing the tax
be stricken out. The secretary Of war re-
| ported the distribution of $4,000 rations
to flood sufferers, and funds on hand suf
icient to purchase 100000 more. He also
furnished estimates of the number Of desti
tute in each state.
The performance in the Theatre Conf
que was closed in q novel manner several
evenings ago. The young painter who
foughta "duel' with his partner because Of
the latter's attention to his, the painters,
girl and sdned glorious victory, has been
somewhat conspicuous since that occur
renee among the sports Of the town. Tie
is young German, named Christ. Bell
stein, tolerably well built. On the night
in question lie was induced to try his skill
as boxer with some Of the members Of the
theatre troupe, and he succeeded in worst
ing three of them in succession in very
short time. But the three took their defeat
in good humor and decided to
match the victor against one who was in
| his own and others estimation, skillful
boxer, namely, Pat L9lly. Pat. consented
to "stand up" before the young German,
doubtless anticipating quick and easy
victory. The fight if such it may be term
ed,began, and perhaps every one in the au-
dience expected that young Bsilstein would
soon be "taken down peg or two"; but
they were all disappointed. 1t was appsr-
ent almost from the first that he was more
than match for his much talked Of autag-
onist and at the fourth round Lqlly retired
from the contest with bloody nose and
other slight bruises. 1t is needless to say
that "the young man who perpotrates the
bulls for THE BULLETIN and young Bell
stein are on intimate terms.
Two negroes, named respectively Sam.
uel Joseph and Frank Fcggy, had quar-
rel yesterday just after noon, which ended
in harmless shooting scrape, They were
standing at the corner of Fourteenth street
= and Washington avenue, each with an open
knife, whiting, aud after Quarrelinc for
while about An insignificant matter joseph
drew pistol from his stocking and point.
ing at Foggys face, said "lIl shoot YOU
Cd d--n YOU" Foggy stood without
llinching and dared Joseph to shoot. But
the forward put up his pistol and followed