The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-04

decree by default WAS entered against
both the old and the new Companies. AT
the last MAY term of the Alexander circuit
court the new company moved to set aside
the default on the ground that it had not
been served with summons, and the argu-
ment last Friday was upon that motion.
The default was set aside as to the new
company, and stands unchanged as to the
old company. The new company was al
lowed to file an answer by 9th of August.
The Injunction will probably stand until the
final trial.
Saturday night some excitement was
created by the report that the bar keeper Of
Mr.. Gross, ut the corner of Fourteenth
street and Washington avenue, had been
shot. But investigation proved this rumor
to be entirely false. The report originated
from some difficulty in which the said bar
| keeper and DR.. G. H. Leach had been in
voIved Mr.. Gross lett the city Saturday
forenoon and left the bar keeper in charge
until his return. MI Gross has rented the
building he occupies from Mrs. Leach and,
it seems, is about one month behind with
| the rent Saturday afternoon, after Mr..
Gross had gone and while the bar keeper
was in the lower portion OF the CITY, DR..
Leach went into the saloon, put the man who
had been left in charge out, and took pos
session himself, locking all the doors.
When the bar keeper returned there was a
scene between him and DIR. Leach in which
bad words were used, threats were made
aud weapons tlourishcd. The result was,
however, that the bar keeper regained pos
session and that three warrants were sworn
ont against DR.. Leach-one for dsorderly
conduct, one tor carrying weapon, and one
tor assault with intent to kill. DIR. Leach
justihes his attempt to take possession OF the
Premises without any process OF law, by
saying that the lease under which Mr.. Gross
holds it gives him the (Dr) the privilege to
do so. The matter will probably all be set
tied in the courts.
Sunday afternoon the negro who has
charge Of the city hospital, named Charley
Johnson, entered house near the corner OF
Twentieth and Poplar streets, where col
ored woman lives, and, after offering to
shake hands with the woman,
which the latter refused to
do because she hal her hands IN
dough, he, upon invitation, entered an ad'
Joining room where he found negro man,
former chum. Charley was evidently
dissatisfied with this sort of thing. lie
did not reply to the chum's pleasant salu-
tation, but inquired abruptly, slows disF
His chum replied that he was sick and had
come there to stay Without another word
\ johnson drew a pistol and snapped it three
times at the sick (l) man, but it refused to
20 off, The "sick man" took it all in a
Joke because he thought Johnson was his
friend, and pleasantly remarked, "Quit dat
Charley; d n dat thing mought go oil. j"
'Das Jess what wants it to do, reported
Johnson. as he again cooked the pistol,
aimed it and fired, the ball striking the
other ncgro's raised arm near the
elbow, and passing through the muscle into
the shoulder. johnson then left the house
for the city hospital; the alarm was given
and the officers were speedily out in full
force as were also uptown people, about
two hundred Of whom had gathered around
the hospital, when Chief Myers arrived,
brought johnson out and took him to the
county jail
About one hundred citizens accom-
panied the "Comique" base ball club to
Mound City Sunday on special tram
chartered by Mr. Harry Walker, for the
purpose OF witnessing a match game be
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tween the "Comiqucs" and Mound City
nine. The train arrived at Mound City
about three O'Clock and halted right at the
play ground, which was large, beautiful,
grass covered square, near the center OF the
town, where several hundred Mound City
ties had already gathered. The game be
gan few minutes after, and toward the
middle 1t became very Interesting one,
b 9th sides contrasting energctically for VIC
tory. At the first three or four innings the
Cairo boys had it all their own way and
the Mound City's didn't score single tally
The audience gave frequent expression to
its appreciation Of the success attending the
Cairo boys and betting ON them was lively
in some places But it seemed that their
success made the "Comiques" over confident,
for they made several very bad breaks
which gave the Mound Cltys several tallies
in quick succession. From the fourth in
ming the game grew constantly IN interest,
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