The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-27

latter was yesterday fined five dollars ana
costs by Magistrate Comings for assault
Tom Sullivan was also iihed
five and cost by Justice Robinson.
Last evenings alarm OF fire was oc-
casioned by ire in one OF the show WIN
dows of Mr. G. II. Stuart's dry goods es-
Establishments but before any OF the engines
got to the scene of danger the fire was
quenchod by buckets of water thrown on
by those employed in the store. The fire
originated from gas jet with which some
of the fincry in the window was accidental
" made to come in contact by Mr.. James
Cannon who was in the window arranging
it. The fire was Immediately discovered,
but it cnycopcd the entire window almost
instantncously, and all the finest goods 1t
contained were consumed or rendered
vauclcss. Mr. Cannon bravely remained
in the window some moments after the
flames had spread all around and over him,
endeavoring to put them out and save the
goods, andIhe. did succeed in throwing out
few articles which escaped damage; but his
hands were scorchcd in the work The
extreme heat caused every window pane
to burst, and the entire store was filled with
dense smoke for some time after the fire
was out. The excitement in the streets
was great and business was unusually brisk
for some hours after. AS the goods in the
window were mostly of costly character,
the loss will probably reach two hundred
dollars, which is covered by insurance.
The work of construction goes brayg-I-A-.
on along the route Of the Texas and Cairo
narrow gage in Arkansas, Missouri aud
Texas. Forty miles of new track have just
been completed, making 200 miles OF fin.
ished road in the states of Missouri and
Arkansas. About 1875 miles more have
been graded and are now ready for the lay
ing OF the steel rails. The latter has refer
enCe to the two states of Missouri and Ar.
kansas. The upper end of the track has
been laid to point within five miles OF
Cairo, and will reach here by July /, as
workmen are very busy pushing it through.
1t is expected that the gap will be filled in
Arkansas by the middle Of October, if not
sooner or just in time to haul the new
cotton, which will begin to move in earnest
during that month. In Texas the track
has reached the crossing of the Gulf, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe road, 20 miles west Of
Waco, and will be ready to do business
with that road by July /. A depot is be.
ing erected at that point and when finished
the narrow gauge will be in condition to
exchange business with the Gulf road All
of the bridges in process of erection are
going forward rapidly, and large force of
men are at work constructing the same.
The principal bridges will be cross the Red,
Ouachita, Arkansas and White rivers They
will consist Of iron draw spans with COM
binstion fixed spans. The piers are being
sunk by the hydraulic process
On Wednesday Of last week two men
and woman came to Mrs. 2. K. Howard,
and engaged board and lodging for week
or two. They being transicuts, Mrs, How
ard asked for an advance of funds which
they did not make, saying that they had no
money, but expected draft the next morn.
ing, and would then make
the advance desired. They gave their
names as Il. II. Mowery aud wife,
and Vim. Mowcry, of st. Louis Mrs
Howard consented to tho arrangement
gave Che party supper, lodging and break
fast. When at noon on Thursday the wo.
man came down to dinner alone, Mrs. How
ard asked her where her husband was. and
she replied that they would "be down di
rectly.' But the men did not come, the
woman left also, and when Mrs. Howard
went to the room occupied by the trio, she
found it deserted, baggage and all. Chief
Myers was notified and description given
him. He sent the officers out on the hunt,
and soon found the party who were on the
whariboat, about to depart for further
south, The trunk was attached aud the
people went down the river without it on
the first steamer, feeling very much in
jured that they had been made 10 toat
fair" with Cairo boarding house. Bat
the end was not yet. Last Saturday brought
gentleman here from st. Louis who hunted
up the chief, introduced himself as Mr. Ii,
Germ, and stated that he was in search of his
runaway wife and her paramour. BY a de-
scrip,on of the three before mentioned
persons, given him by the chief, he recog,
nized the parties Of whom he was IN search
The man who passed here AS the wOman's