The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-31

she positively insisted that she had given IT
to him aud left without handing 1t over.
Mr.. Kratky complained to Chief Myers,
who hunted until he found Mrs. Fink at
the Halliday. lie found her dressed in an
old calico wrapper, toothless and powder
less; accused her Of swindling and was at
first indignantly rebuked; but he per-
sisted in his accusations, prOfessed to
know her thoroughly and to be able to
prove her guilty. He compelled her to
| accompany him to Mr.. Kratky's. Mr..
Kratky recognized her in spite Of her
changed appearance; the chief requested
her to talk German TO Mr.. Kratky AS she
had done when she got the change; aud
she complied with the request; the
chief also requested Mrs. Kratky
to examine the wom9ns clothing,
and it WAS found that under the old calico
wrapper she wore the same black silk
dress which she had worn when she re-
ceived the change. But in spite Of all
these revelations the woman was firm in
her protestations of innocence until the
chief grasped her by the arm and told her
to either pay over the five dollar bill and
leave town in two hours, or 60 to Jail and
stand trial This weakened her; she paid
over the money, and left town ON yesterday
afternoons train.
-Murphysboro, little village not far
north Of here, is in imminent danger of loos-
ing the st. Louis and Cairo, or Cairo and
St. Louis, or Amsterdam and Cairo, rail.
road, commonly known as the narrow
gauge railroad, and the reason Of this
threatened calamity is, that the people Of
that burg dared TO demand fair play in the
matter of passenger rates from there to
East St. Louis and way points. TShe ex ct
character OF the trouble is concisefy stated
in the following little item, taken from the
Murphysboro Independent of last week
"'The st. Louis and Cairo railroad charges
vi, 05 from here 10 Columbia and Sc 95 to
East St. Louis. As Columbia is lS miles
this side OF East ST. Louis we suppose the
difference in the distance causes the differ.
ence in the fare. Assuming that'two dol.
lars and ninety.fvc cents from MurphysbO-
70 to East St. Loais is the schedule rate,
then two dollars and Eve cents would be
the regular schedule rate from Murphysbo.
70 to Columbia, which is eighteen miles
nearer, and when the railroad company
charges three dollars and ten cents il swim
dies every passenger who travels from
Murphysboro to Columbia out OF just
exactly one dollar and FIVE cents every
time he makes the Trip. Now, is this any
reason why tho good people OF Murphys.
boro should be dssatisiell One dollar
and five cents every time they 80 to Col
umbia! Why, that's mere bagaielle"!
what wouli the poor but honest and be-
nightcd people Of Murphysboro say if
they, like the people Of Cairo and Alex.
snder county, had been swindIed by the
aforesaid corporation out Of two hundred
thousand dollars at one whqck The good
people of Murphy sboro have been fortunate;
the railroad 10 treating them with great
lencncy; 1t is allowing them the choice Of
travelling and bsing swindled or of not
travelling and not being swindlcJ, aud that
is privilege the people of Cairo and Alex
ander county were not allowed The PEG
pie of Murphysboro should hang their SIM
pie heads in shame at their presumption
aud. arrayed in srck-cloth and besprinkied
with ashes, should sing psalms Of praise to
the company aforesaid for swindlpg them
on such small scale and only by degrees,
and then giving them choice In the mat.
ter besides. The utter Stiffness of the in
dignation of the people Of MurphysboTo il
made more apparent when it is understood
that they deny the right of the company 10
conduct its affairs upon strict business
principles. II you enter grocery store
and ask the price Of eggs, you are told
that they cost two and half cents apiece
if you purchase two, but two cents if you
purchase half dozen; if you buy box
they will cost you about one cent each
This is a universally prac,iced rule of bus
mess, and who will say that it should not
be applied to the sale of railroad distances
as well as to eggs or other merchandise
Why shouldn't the railroad company aforc-
said be allowed to charge man three dol
lars and ten cents for sixty mile ticket,
four dollars for forty.fve mile ticket,
ten dolars for two mile ticket and send
him to the pcnitcntiary for wanting only
one mile ticken2 Why notf
1t is true, a few monthsago the state board
of railroad and warehouse commissioners
decided that three cents per milo should