The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-01

er two drafts of and the three HUNDRED
dollars in the early part Of this week and
Mr.. Wells replied that the drafts nc
issued were for but two and
three dollars. 1t appears that
Farmer is a rogue who drew the drafts
here for the amounts stated, raised them to
two and three hundred dollars respectively
by adding a u!ht and nicely placing
"bundred" after the written "two' and
"thrcc." and then sought to negotiate them
in st. Louis. The fraud was discovered by
the bank officers and Farmer is now under
arrest awaiting trial for the attempted
swindle.
AT Goshen, this state, last week was
tried the casc of Mrs. Gertrude b. Murray
against the New York Life insurance COM
many. A trial had been had some years
previously, when the verdict was against
the company, and an appeal was taken 10
the general term and afterward to the court
of appeals, which last tribunal reversed the
Judgment. The action was on a policy for
5000 on the life of plaintiffs late hus-
band, who was killed in the Erie railway
station, at Goshen in 1876 by Robt. II,
Bcrdell, whom he was horsewhlpping. The
defence was based on the customary clause
voidng the policy in case the assured
should come to his death while engaged in
and in consequence of violation OF law.
Thiss econd trial resulted in verdict for
the company very reluctantly rendered, the
Jury remaining out many hours,-N. Y.
Insurance Chronicle, January, 1889.
One John Styles placed $3.50 in the
hands Of the proprietor OF the Police Gaz'
cite Wednesday to arrange prize fight be-
tween the heavy weight pugilist, james
Elliott, of New York, and John NJ. SulIi'
van, champion of America, the fight to by
for 81 900 a side, according to the Marquis
of-Quecnsberry rules, and to take place six
weeks after signing articles, and is in an
swer to Sullivau's offer to bet s. 900 that he
can knock any man in AmeIicln out OF
time in four rounds. A number ofsportlng
men gathered to witness the putting up OF
a second deposit of $50 a side for the
match between the lightweight cham
pion pugilist, Charlie Northon, of
England, and Jim Frawley, of Hunters
Point Northern was present and handed
over his $3.50 to the stake holder. Frawley
failed to put in an appearance, and North
ern claims the forfeit.
The thirty days which were designated
by the circuit court to be Rev. jacob
Bradley's term of Imprisonment in the Al
exander county jill, in connection witt
fine of thirty dollars, for stealing a barre
of flour from the mills of Messrs Charlie
Gallagher & Son, have expired and the Rev
Jacob would fem be released and resum
his exhortations to his "bredering an
sistering to climb dc golden stab" BIT
there is still an obstacle in his way to frct
which must be paid before he CAM can be mi Fl
leased. He has managed to raise enoug
money, or his friends have for him, to pa
for the barrel of -four he stole; but tn
amount OF the fine is still to be forthcom
ing, and there seems to be poor prospeC
that it will. His congregation is somewhs
scattered, and is composed chiefly of poe
washer-women, who are out of employment
and starving since the people of Carr
have quit having their linen WASHED
and since the government has bee
issuing rations-at least so they say, au
they anathamatse the commissioners be
cause they don't issue them all they as
for Thus it appears tina, the Rev. Jaco
is dependent entirely on his white friend
TO raise the money for his release. Wheth
er these will reent and furnish the amour
is extremely doubtful, especially as, even i
they do pay his way out this time, Jacol
will be Immediately recommitted on
charge of puTjury.
"A negro named Samuel Anderson
living up in this county some distance
came to town Wednesday armed with
petition signed by the heads of one hun
drcd and seventy-fve negro families, repre-
senting about eight hundred and twenty
five persons. The petition was addressed
tothe county authorities and set forth thai
the undersigned and all their dependant,
were in need of rations; that they had been
in need for some weeks and had not been
sufficiently supplied, and that they we're of
the opinion that ode rich folks WAS O
tryin to Starve the po' folks to dcFr OF
words 10 that effect. Samuel Anderson