The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-08

Captain Thomas was member, for
the benefit of the people of this congress
siona district, from the late River aud
Harbor bill down, in the passa &c of which
the vote of Captain Thomas is recorded,
An interesting game of baseball was
played up town Sunday afternoon. 1t was
match game between the Cairo Brown
Stockings and select nine from Missouri
A large crowd of people witnessed the
game, and considerable betting was done.
The game began about $3.50 o'clock and
continued until sun down when it had
to cease, because the ball could not be seen
When the game stopped the Brown Stock
ings had closed their side of the game and
had scored fifteen TALES, and the Missouri
nine were playing their ninth inning and
had made thirteen innings altogether. 1t
was a question of some importance it the
contest at this stage could be decided, and
whether or not the bets in such game
would stand, and it was left
with the umpire, Mr. Geo. Fraser,
to decide. Yesterday Mr.. Fraser rendered
decision in favor of the Cairo boys,
basing his decision upon a rule laid
down in section s, page "a, of DeWits
book for 1882, which provides that when
a game is interrupted in an unavoidable
manner while the innings are uneven, it is
right to go back to even innings and count
the TALES from there. In accordance with
this rule Mr. Fraser decided the contest
from the talies recorded by each cub at
the end of the eighth inning, which stood
fifteen for the Brown stockings and eleven
for the Missouri nine. The game was very
close throughout
Communicated "On Sunday evening
the Methodist church was we'll filled, the
audience was treated to agood sermon by
the pastor, Mr.. Scarrtt, who took for his
text the parable of the fig tree, found in
Luke 18th, Chap. 9th and 9TH, where the
master of the tree demanded of the dresser
why the tree had not borne fruit and COM
manded him to cut it down. But the
dresser implored him to try it little longer,
and if it then would fail to bear to cut il
down. Mr. Scarrit likened this parable to
the sinner and back-sider, that God had
shown mercy to them so long waiting for
them to fulfill their VOWS and promises to
do better, and show, by their example, that
they were living and working for his
Kingdom yet for years, they had
failed TO bear fruit, but still
cumbereth the ground. Jesus was
for them to be spared yet
little longer before they are cut off forever.
Mr. Scarritt's labor for the year will end
in September, but we trust that the con
ference will deem it best that he be re.
turned to this charge as he has won
place in the hearts of the people, and the
second year we think no would reap some
of the good seed he hassOwn. The organist,
Miss Ada Scaritt, has returned from her
trip north and resumed her place at the
organ. The choir was accompanied y
Mr. George Chellet and Mr.. ParSoo no
played a bass and tenor horn. - or
with Mr.. Walter Mckee az NW'ontains
some of the best musical talent in the city.
The piece sung during the interlude was
very fine and in perfect harmony.
"A letter from Mayor John II. Collins,
of Washington, Mo, to Mr.. A. J. earle, of
this city, under date Of August 9th, says
that the fellow, Lewis, who stole the horse
from Mr. Carrie recently, had trial before
Judge Seay on Friday, pleaded guilty, and
was sentenced to two years in the peni-
Tertiary at Jefferson. The charge to which
he pleaded guilty was that of stealing
mule abouttwo years ago from a man liv.
ing near Union, several miles from Wash
ington. When arrested Lewis strenuously
denied that he was the man wanted for this
charge, and at his trial still insisted that
he was not guilty; bat he gave as reason
for pleading guilty that if he went to trial
upon the charge he would be acquitted, be
taken back here among his many friends,
and tried and convicted of stealing
Mr. Carries mule. He had to choose,
he said, between two evils; either plead
guilty to, and suffer Imprisonment for, a
charge of which he was not guilty, or be
brought down here, be convicted of, and
suffer imprisonment for, crime Of which
he was guilty In the former case he would
be spared the agony of being brought face
to face with his many friends in this part
OF the country and therefore be considered
it the lesser Of the two evils, the old (scoun
drel.) lie made quite speech to the court,
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