The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-03

| small price oil tEree dollars per annum.
The Ohio river rose one inch at this
point during the twenty-four hours ending
at Ill o'clock yesterday afternoon. 1t
stood at AIS. But at all points above it
has continued to fall AT Cincinnati it fell
two feet at Louisville, six inches, and at
Nashville three feet nine inches. The
Mississippi was stationary at st. Louis.
"A man-hole at the foot of Fourth
street and Ohio levee is in condition,
which might cause serious accident to
horses travelling over it, unless it is soon re-
paired. The cap seems to have been so much
worn as to fit the hole imperfectly. Speedy
attention from the street commissioner is
| desirable.
Because of failure to make connec-
tions, Judge Green and party having in
charge the remains of Mrs. Green, did not
arrive in the city yesterday as expected.
But it is thought that they will arrive here
to-day, and services will be held at the
Church of the Redeemer this afternoon,
about 2 80 o'clock.
A committee appointed by the Choral
society at its last meeting, to see what
could be done toward securing meeting
place for practice, are negotiating with the
Temperance Reform Club for the use of
their hall and organ one night each week,
with fair prospect Of obtaining it. The
matter will be decided tonight at the meet
ing of the club.
Some criticisms are being INDUCED in
concerning the action of Bailiff Guy
Morse in summoning candidates for the
Jury in the case of Mr.. Richard Fitz.
gerald, for which there appears
to be no good ground whatever.
The fact that the court, after hearing all
the facts in the case, not only refused to
sustain the motion of the prosecution for a
change of bailiffs in his case, but also or
dered the vanire for the second panel to be
placed in his hands for service, appears to
be as strong declaration that he perform
ed his duties conscienciously as can be
made.
The subject of much comment in the
city yesterday was the failure of the jury
in the Richard Fitzgerald case to agree
upon verdict. The jury was out for near
ly twenty hours without anything to eat,
and from about nine o'clock Wednesday
night, until eleven o'clock yesterday morn
ing when it was discharged, it stood nine
for acquittal to three for conviction, and it
would have stood the same way until
dooms day. Each party was satisfied that
it was right, and that it could not con-
scienciously change its opinions upon the
questions involved.
-Some important additions and changes
have been made in the Cairo Box and Bask-
ct factory within the last few weeks, among
! which may be mentioned a new boiler, q
new and enlarged machinery, new engine
house, new road ways and an ingenious
continuance for carrying all ofal from the
saws to the furnaces for consumption. The
facilities for work are thus, of course, con-
siderably increased, and it is probable that
this increase ofcapacity will be convenient
when the fruit trade of next spring begins,
if not before.
1t appears from subsequent develop
ments that the negro Stephenson, who was
shot by the white man, Willis, near Mr..
Thomas Porter's farm, about one mile
above the city, Wednesday evening, was not
quite so severely injured as was first sup
posed. He is not dangerously hurt at all.
The shot was fired from gun, and one
shot passed through his throat from side to
side and another struck his right temple
and glanced off without causing more than
a slight skin wound. 1t is likely that he
will be laid up for while, of course, but
there is no doubt of his entire recovery.
He remained in the house of Mr.. Thomas
Porter during Wednesday night, and was
taken to his own home yesterday. Willis,
the would-be murderer, has not yet been
captured. Immediately after leaving Mr..
Lum. Styers house, he made for the Singer
sewing machine company's grounds and to
the box factorys lumber yard, where he
hid until after midnight, and then left the
city. His whereabouts had not been heard
of up to yesterday evening.
Gen. Lewis B. Parsons was surrounded
10y St. Louis Republican reporter the
other day and was compelled to surrender
considerable information, which will be Of
interest especially to our farmer readers
The general lives on large farm neal
Flora: and. in spite of the almost fora