The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-29

been onling around town for some time
have, upon several occasions, figured prom
incntly aud uuonViably in our courts. Tn,
victim Of the intended blackmail was Mr.
Shelton, of the firm Of Shelton & Curry
| About week ago one of these river men
while in slightly intoxicated condition
left forty five dollars with Mr.. shelton ful
saickeeplng; but short time aftcrward
returned and, upon demand, was given back
his money. Subsequently, and while still
drunk, the man lost or spent, OF was
robbed of his money, and when he became
sober, some of his pals induced him Il
make another demand upon Mr.. Shelton
for the money, Mr.. Shelton, Of course
refused to pay the money again, and the
result was a suit from the whilom drunken
man. But while the suit was pending OF the
mans pals, Patrick Hughes by name, who
ls not very fav0rably known, came to Mr..
| Shelton and gave him to understand that if
he would pay the complainant in the suit
ten dollars he, the complainant, would leave
the city aud not appear at tho trial. Mr.,
Shelton refused, and short time afterwards
Hughes came again, and offered to take
five dollars, but Mr.. Shelton refused again.
The trial came off before Justice ]. J Bird
yesterday, Mr.. A. w. Lealle appearing as
counsel for the defendant, and Mr.. shelton
was honorably discharged, there bei", $50
evidence to sustain the charo- 80 '0' "s ''''''
him rL.,r.- ,.uu ms pal deserve to be
prosecuted for blackmail
The year 1882 bids fair to be known
hereafter as the tornado year. There were
several wind storms in 1881, but only 1877
persons were killed by them, while already
during the first six months Of 1882 there
have been 3l5 killed, many hundreds
seriously injured, and millions of dollars
worth of property destroyed. Though the
principal part of this loss belongs to what
may be called the tornado region-namcly;
that section of country northeast from the
northern part OF Texas, including the In
dian Territory, Kansas, Missouri, Northern
Arkansas and lowa-still all parts OF the
south and southwest have suffered severely,
and one severe windstorm swept through
portion of Pennsylvania. These terrible
visitations commenced in March, there
being two in that month-one in Georgia,
involving a loss Of six lives, and one in Da
kota, which sacrificed twentysiX. lnAprll
heavy winds were very prevalent all over
the southern states destroying large
amount of property and killing no less than
llS persons In May there was compare
tive lull, though there was a severe lorna
do in the vicinity of McAlllstGr, Tex,
which resulted in the death Of eighteen
persons, and there were numerous less de-
structive blews in Kansas and Texas which
helped to swell the death roll for the month
to iorty-lour. This seemed to be the sig-
nal for unlOoslng the fury of the winds in
the west, and the present month has wit
riblc tornadoes throughout Iowa and some
parts OF Kansas, the principal ones being
most severely felt at Grinncll, ludcpcn.
deuCe and Emmctsburg, and other parts Of
central Iowa. The. list Of dead already
reaches 1877, and many more have received
injuries from which they cannot recover
The description OF one Of these tomatoes
answers for all Of them, for there is no diff
| ference between them except in the aggre-
gate of destruction they cause. In each
case there is the same swiftly-whriing,
unncI-shapod cloud giving warning of its
approach, not only by Its distinct form and
the Commotion it causes in the atmosphere,
but also by the terrible roaring sound which
preccdcs Its assault. The preliminary
phenomena are always the same. All the
data concerning their occurrence are now
well known, and the experiences of the past
twenty years indicate to an absolute Ger
talnty that the region west of the Missis.
sppl river from the northern line of Iowa
and Nebraska down to Arkansas, the Indian
territory and Texas, must always be ex
posed to them, especially in the months of
May and June. 1t is hopeless to attempt
to stop them by any measures known
to science, but they are now 50 well known
IN their origin, direction, progress and re
suits that the signal scrvice'bureau ought to
be able to give timely warning of their
appronch SO that persons may be able to
protect Themselves if not their property.
II has been proved that the cellar of a
house is the only place of safety. AS it may
not be feasible for every man to casemate
himself by cave on his grounds to which
he and his family could repair, it seems as
one Iowa paper has already suggested, that