The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-07

The Democrats of the city and comfy
will meet IN mass convention al the court
house in this city tomorrow afternoon a,
two o'clock. In the absence Of Col. Rear.
den the convention will be called to order
by some other competent gentleman. The
object is TO select seven delegates to the
senatorial convention To be held at Jones.
boro on the 18th instant. A full attend
ance is desired.
Two cases of murder and suicide are
the chief tragedies in the Fourth.of July
dispatches AT Cincinnati Jacob Wagner,
an intimate acquaintance of Henry Cole, who
last week killed his wife, his daughter, and
himself, came home drunk, and after taking
a short sleep, shot his wife through the head,
killing her instantly, and then put bullet
in his own temple, nflicting a fatal wound,
At Pittsburg George Rodgers shot his wife,
inhicting fatal wounds, and then shot him.
self in the temple.
The cases Of the City of Cairo vs.. DR.,
G., ii Leach came up in the court of Justice
j. II, Robinson yesterday forenoon and oc
cupied nearly all day. The charges were
disordcrly conduct, carrying concealed
weapons and assault with intent to kill
all growing out of the difficulty between
the DR.. and the barkoepcr of Mr.. Gross
saloon at the corner of Fourteenth street
and Washington avenue some days ago
The DR.. was represented by Mcssrs. Null
key Snd Leek, and the city by Mr.. George
W. Hendricks OF the first charge the DIR,
was acquitted, but Of the second he was
found guilty aud fined twenty-five dollars
and costs upon the third charge, assault
with intent to kill, al examination will be
had this morning at nine o'clock.
The ongin of Wednesdays fire is
believed to have been incendiary. The
reasons for this belief are several and good.
There was no way in which the fire could
possibly have broken out without immedi
ate human agency. Everything was closed,
the meat was all covered with thick
layer of salt, no rags used In grease which
might have ignited were laying around.
But most important of all, n back window
which had always been closed and even
nailed down, was observed by Mr.. Joseph
Able to be open and supported by a stick,
short time before the alarm of fire was
given The belief is that some one entered
the ware house, stole quantity of meat and
set fire to the building in order to prevent
the discovery OF the theft.
The last regular meeting for the sum
mer, Of the Woman's Club and Library AS
ISOLATION convened at the Library Room
Wednesday afternoon Some routine bust
ness was transacted by the Board of Trus-
tees In the association meeting was read
very interesting letter of kindly greeting
and withdrawal from Mrs. II. Leighton,
now in Canada, who will soon remove to
Iowa. The literary exercises included
an extremely entertaining account of some
Boston clubs and notable eastern women,
(among them Prof. Maria Mitchell, of
V4ssar,) by Mrs A. B. Stafford, and the
reading of valuable criticism by Prof.
Harris of the Concord School of Philoso-
ply, on Michael Angeles Parcg or Three
Fates. The picture, remarkably fine
copy, WAS fully discussed, and tide session
WAS full Of enjoyment. The club adjourned
until October.
Nothing so exaSperates a person Of in.
telIigcnce az to meet one Of those amable
idiots who always accost one when he is
melting from heat with the remark, slot,
amt it?' VERY warm weather we're hav-
ing, or something Of that sort But just
think what a world this would be if all
these creatures had intelligence and talked
nothing but sense. How would you like it
il every man who stopped you in the sun
to speak TO you should say "What are
your opinions regarding the comparative
merits of the Kantan and IIegelian philo-
sophics?" "Do you not think the con.
struciive thoughts Of Emerson are Of more
advantage to the literary aud social world
than the often destructive utteranccs Of
Carylcf ais it not your opinion that n
iudiCious application Of subsidies by the
general government would be desirable, to
the end that the United States might re.
gain her proper position in the ocean carry.
ing trado3" or other such conundrumsi BY
Hercules! in less than week you would
be ready to embrace the man who should
remark, as this hot enough for youf
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