The daily Cairo bulletin., 1882-12-03


able" candidate for mayor on the
Republican ticket. He has had the
experience of many years in active service
in connection with the affairs of the city y;
he has been mayor before and made not
bad record he has ideas OF his own about
city affairs and all "donnerwetter" couldn't
change them; he is stckler after legal
torms--legal forms as be sees them land
II, In his opinion, any act Of the council
does not comply iu every minute particular
with the letter and spirit OF the charter,
etc.,-as he understands rhem-then said
act must be undOne, no matterlf in the un-
doing the city's just obligations contracted
under the act must be dshonored and the
corporation cOunsols opinion SCI at naught.
Col. Wood is the opposition
member Of the city council, the censor
of the whole city government
He is always honest in his convictions of
right, but also always, or nearly always,
has the misfortune, or the purpose to see
right and wrong in direction diametrically
opposite to that ln which the majority Of
the council and the city's constituted legal
authority usually see them. But there is time
enough to tell all about the Col. when he
shall have been nOminated-tha is, If he is
to be, But We are opposed to party fight
for the municipal offices, and believe every
interest of the city requires that there
should be union Of hands among the
citizens of Cairo, to secure faithful and
competent public servants, regardless of
their politics; but if the Republicans per
si't in political fight, We are ready to
take up the gauntlet and beat the starch
out Of them. We will teach them, as they
have never been taught before, that part
san political fights in municipal electors
in this city are "susgesplelt."
1t is now in order that the whole dis.
agreeable truth in that Chnamau affair be
given away" Not only have the St. Louis
and Chicago papers and other small-fry
sheets made editorial mention OF it, but the
leading journals OF Mound city, Paducah,
Jonesboro, etc. have, some Of them, gone
into fierce passion over "the outrage" as
they term ii and have, pre- .ched Cairo aud
her officers and people sermons which
would have done credit 70 any puritan
crank of olden time The facts in the
case are just about these; 4 white man got
into a friendly tusse,l with whisky; but he
abused whisky and whisky got him down.
He lay on the river bank near the coal
fleet below the city, where he was seen by
jolly fellow who enjoyed huge practical
jokes. The jolly fellow hastened to the
lesrest telephone station, called up number
a, the courthouse, and asked that the
coroner be immeii ttey sent down to sit
upon dead Chinaman who had Just been
picked out Of the river, into which he had
jumped after having been foiled in An ef
fort to kil-himself with a hammer, The
coroner, always prompt in answering call
for the performance Of his official
duties, at once assumed his
travelling garments and seri-
Gus air, and proceeded down town, sum.
monlng the jury as be went. In due time
Dick is always deliberate, aud in this case
the journey was N infant, the coroner aud
the six jurymen arrived on the spot
where the dead Cnnaman should have
been but was not Whiskeys victim
had awakened aud gone away, leaving
only the spot, and upon this the Jury
"sat with couutenances as puzzled and as
elongated as though they were confronted
by river Of gore, streaming from q thou
sand Gaping wounds in as many human
throats. Thus they sat in silence, gazing
into each others countinanccs while
from over the laTboard side of one of the
coal barges near by iloated the dulcct notes
OF that most difficult and beautiful produc.
ton Of the poets and composers fancy,
sold, sold everywhere; now, wasn't that
sell, sung mockng voice that grated
harshy upon the sensitive ears of "the
morrntul seven Bat they soon recovered
from their mystidcation and, filled with a
grim determination oget even, formulated
the tale which has been going the rounds
of this and other communities for nearly
week past They got even, but upon the
innocent, and for this they shall see hades,
the horrid mean things,
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FUNERAL NOTICE.
DIEp, son of Mrs KOblpr Friday nvonino