The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-15

boou"ln WIZ tucn kHOCkeu MIN uOWn, anu,
while he lay on the ground, struck him on
the head with billet Of wood, from the
effects of which he died in a few hours.
The coroner's jury returned verdict of
death from blow received at the hands
of James Goodwin. Goodwin was arrested
and was to have hearing yesterday after
noon
The Massac Journal feels bad because
we spoke word in favor of Thomas before
the late Republican convention met We
wanted their best man to beat There
would be little honor in beating their in.
ferior men. We think as we thought then
that Thomas was their best man and we
propose to beat him clear out of sight with
our own candidate whoever he may be as
we certainly could with Hon. W. x, Muir.
ply as standard bearer.
-Lucretia Fletcher a colored girl en-
ployed in the laundry at "The Halliday''was
caught in The cog-wheels of the wrangle
and was only saved from horrible death
by the prompt action of young white
girl, Miss Galigan who instantly
threw off the belt, and
received severe burns on the arm
aud shoulder. Two colored women held the
colored girl who was being rapidly drawn
between the hot rollers, until the engin.
eer stopped the machinery.
The Illinois Central railroad has or
ganized grand harvest excursion" with
view TO giving the people of this section
an opportunity to visit St, Paul and the
celebrated country of the Yellow Stone,
Red River and the great Northwest during
their harvest season, This excursion will
be managed with the success that always
attends those given by this great railroad.
The train will leave Cairo next Monday,
August 2lst at 3 :05 a. m. Fare for round
trip is placed at an almost nominal figure
only s9l.5O to st. Paul $3O.45to Crooks
ston, MINI; S3l05 to Grand Forks,
Dacotah; 1896 to jamestown, Dacotah; ;
$500 to Bismarck, and $500 to Miles
City, Montana
Assistant Surgeon John A. Benson,
U. s. Marine Hospital Service, assumed
charge here yesterday, thereby relieving
DR.. Garter who is assigned to Memphis for
temporary duty, The doctor has until Sun
day been attached to the marine hospital
service at st, Louis, where he informs us
over 5000 have been attended during the
past year. He states that Surgeon General
Hamilton will shortly be here to select a
site for our new marine hospital, which he
thinks from the generous appropriation
100000 will be one of the finest on the
river. The DR.. is courteous gentleman,
and, we are sure, will be an accession to the
society of our city.
"A woman who had eloped from At
anta was lately discovered in her hiding
place in very singular manner. After
her disappearance no trail OF her remained
and the telegraph and other agencies were
vainly invoked TO discover her. Two
months later an Atlanta officer, who had
at one time been "on' the case, passing a
house in that city, saw a water lily in the
window He remembered that the fugitive
had q special fondness for that plant aud
had carried with her cherished plant
He instantly entered the house and there
found the missing wife who had never left
Atlanta, The Nymphna revealed the
nymph.
A queer picture of English manners
appears in the Pail Mall Gazette: After
much struggling writes q correspondent
this morning, land by dint Of great exer.
ti9n, made my way last night through
the noisy rabbe which was crowding the
approaches to Putney station, and eventual
ly reached drst-class carriage. was
lucky enough to get seat, but in mo-.
ment rush was made, and the carriage
was pretty well filled with fourteen or if.
teen people. Five OF them were of the
gentler sex, one OF them who took her stand
by me, calling attention with fine vivacity
and naivete to the tremendous reek of per.
spration, which was, in fact, only too plain
to the sense of all observers. The child of
nature presently 'mopped it up to use
her own expression, and solaced herself
with cigarette"
Mr. Chas, w. Elliott says in his recent
article in the North American review;
What can woman do she cannot and
ought not to be forced into the hard and
drudging work of the world hand work
and teamwork bothi One thing she can
do and must do, she must make herself
into healthy, strong, good tempered, help.