The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-07


Riley, in charge of Mr.. King, of New York,
at whose house the captain was visiting
when he died. The remains arrived at
Pittsburg yesterday morning; Mrs Riley
and daughters arrived there last evening.
The funeral takes place to-day at Bridge.
port.
Yesterday morning while a train was
being let down the Birds Point incline on
to the steamer Morgan, the advancing car
jumped the track just as it came upon the
boat and tore away couple of log-chain
braces as it went along. Beyond this no
damage was done; butconsderable difficult
ty was experienced in replacing the car on
the tracks
To-day Sheriff Hodges will sell out,
under an execution, eighty thousand feet of
lumber belonging to Mr. Bernard up in
this county. The lumber is at Demands
ssw-mill, where the sale will take place.
The execution was issued under judgment
rendered against Mr.. Bernard and in favor
of Mr. Jerry Brown, of Anna.
Friday negro named Lud Fitzpatrick
living at Columbus, KY, left his home to
90 on hunt. Not having returned Satur-
day search was made for him and his body
was found lying in Tense corner near the
city, with the gun lying by his side, minus
one charge. 1t is believed that in climbing
over the tense he accidentally discharged
the gun, the load passing through his head.
BY means Of two empty soap boxes,
placed one upon the other under a back
window, some sneak thief entered the
boarding house Of Mr.. Patrick Malone, at
the northeast cornor of Tenth street and
Commercial avenue, Sunday night, entered
the sleeping apartment OF Mr.. Malone,
carried that geuteman's leg-gear out into
the hallway, extracted theretrom a roll of
greenbacks amounting to Sill, and made
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party had been obtained yesterday evening.
A fire occurred at Bernsrds mill, in
this county, early yesterday morning, that
proved very destructive 1t broke out on the
lower floor of two-story frame building
belonging to Mr.. Bernard, but leased 10y
Messrs Chester & Harris. The upper floor
was used by the firm named as a boarding
house, for the accommodation of the men
at work in Mr.. Bernard's mill. The lower
floor was used as a general store by Messrs.
Stewart & Brown. The fire consumed the
building and nearly all its contents, caus-
ing loss estimated at $1,000. is be-
ieved that Mr.. Bernard had little insur-
ance upon the building. The tire was still
| burning as yesterdays early morning St.
Louis s. Cairo train passed the place
MIR. Michael Hoar, division road mas
ter Of the Illinois Central at this point, is
in the Old country for health and pleasure.
He left on the 2lst of June, arriving in
Glasgow, from whence he went to Dublin.
During his voyage across the oceans he be-
came so weak that he could hardly walk
when he arrived at Glasgow, and promin.
ent physician there whom he consulted,
feared that he would lose his voice. Mr..
Hoar has been connected with the Illinois
Central for thirty-one years, during all that
time not an accident occurred on the divis-
ion Of which he had charge, that wa, the
result Of any disorder of the track or road
bed The company has repeatedly mani
tested its appreciation of this good service
in various ways. During Mr. Hoar's ab-
sence, Mr., jerry Donahue discharges the
duties Of his position.
The Jonesboro Gazette wants to bridge
the Mississippi river at Thebcs, which it
says is the only practicable place for such
astructure. It says that "the survey of the
Jonesboro and Cape Grardeau railroad be-
gins next week The route by the Dug
Hill seems to be the one preferred, although
persons perfectly acquainted with the
country between tins place and the Cape
contend it is the most impractcable route
that could be selected. TO begin at point
about one mile south Of Jonesboro, and 90
down what's known as Sugar Camp Hollow,
the bluffs would be missed, and only one
hill of any size would be to cut, and that
not over fifty feet high 1t has become
more apparent each year that the Mssisslp-
pi must be brdged at some point in south
ern Illinois, to afford an outlet for the hun
dreds Of miles of railway in this section.
THIS bridge will be built at Thcbes, the
only practicable place for such a structure.
by an addition OF few miles Of track, this
new road could reach the bridge, and in
tersect the Paramorc system at point
farther on. Everything is in good shape
nj present, and there is no doubt but fine