The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-29

Petit and Blake were present. On motion
the last named was elected chairman. The
object Of the meeting seems to have been
chiefly, il not inclusiyely, the passage of a
resolution, (Which was offered by Alder
man McHae) instructing the mayor as
chairman of the the street committee to
notify the proper officers of the Wabash,
st. Louis and Pacific railroad company that
its tracks on Commercial avenue are not
constructed, maintained aud operated in
accordance with sections 7, s and 0, of
chapter 10 of the city ordinances, that they
be requested to comply with said sections
of said ordinance within thirty days after
notice shall have been received, and that
the mayor give such notice before the reg
ular meeting of the city council, which
occurs on next Tuesday, at which
meeting the mayor is to report his action
to the council, Section seven OF this CHI APP
ter referred to requires that the tracks shall
be laid in conformity with the established
grade of the street and to keep them SOL
to be crossed and driven upon as any
other parts of the streets. Section of
the same chapter requires that the
tracks shall be planked between
the rails with white oak plank of
| not less than three inches in thickness, nor
| more than six inches in width, to be
spiked to the ties with spikes not less than
six inches long and where two or more
tracks run side by side, the space between
them to be similarly planked. Section
nine prohibits switching, switchs or turn
tables, except such as may be necessary to
reach the yards warehouse or depots OF
such roads. 1t is alleged that the road
named has violated all these sections.
According to expectation Mr. A. }.
earle and his recovered horse returned
home from Washington, Mo, Thursday
night, but contrary to expectation he did
not bring the thief, Lewis, with him. When
Mr.. Garlic arrived at Washington, be leara-
ed that Lewis was held upon the charge Of
stealing mule from a man named Fisher
living at Union, town not far from Wash
ington, about three years ago. The cir
| cumstances of this theft as related to Mr.
| Garlic are about as follows Fisher is a
farmer near Union; about three years ago
man who he recognizes in Lewis, came to
him and bought part of farm OF him; but
the buyer had no money with him aud
asked Fisher to lo6n him a mule with
which to ride to Washington and get the
money from the bank there. Fisher, sus
pecting nothing wrong. loaned him the
mule; Lewis went TO Washington, put the
mule up in livery stable there and asked
that be be taken care of, saying that he
had to 90 to st. Louis But before leaving
he said that he had bought the mule for
eighty dollars, and also a farm near
Washington, indicating another direction
from where he had really bought the farm 4;
that he had note Cor fifty dollars from
his 'rentor; that he might be detained at
st. Louis longer that he expected, in which
case he would need q little more money
than he had and that he would leave the
note and the mule as security if Mr.. Col
Inns, the present mayor OF Washington,
would loan him few dollars Mr.. Collins
had the greatest confidence in the man and
says he would have loaned him
fifty dollars or more IT he
bad asked for it, but Lewis
wanted only ten dollars, got it, and left
and was not seen again until he rode in-
to the same livery stable one day last week
andoffered to sell Mr.. Carles horse for for
ty dollars. He was not recognized at once,
but after he had gone suspicion was arroua-
ed and the stable keeper thought he recog
ni2ed the man. Mayor Collins was
notified and he mounted horse
and went out in search of
Lewis. about half mile out
OF town Collins came up with Lewis and,
apparently to the greatest surprise Of the
latter, arrested him and took him back to
town. Lewis was recognized by Collins
and the Fishers as the man who had, three
years before, stolen mule from the latter,
but on preliminary examination they failed
to swear positively that it was he. The
man who stole the mule had a scar in the
palm of one of his hands, Lewis, or Geo.
Walker as he calls himself now, had not
the former had perfect fingers, the latter
has the point of one finger cut off, But in
spite of this failure on the part of the pros
ecution to positively identify the man, the
court committed him TO the jail of Union,
to he tried on the 4th Of August aud Mr..
earle could not get him released so as to
brinv him dawn hpre for trial o, a.