The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-11

human foot had sprouted from tue io"er
end Of the peg and was giving evidences OF
life. Another, who had long been all lc'ed
with sore eyes, bathed his face in one OF the
springs for two mornings in succession and
was entirely cured
In addition to the nne display OF ssh
yer, gold and precious stones in the WIN
dow OF Jno. A. Miller's jewelry store, there
are number of photographs of the beau'l-
full scenery round about Dixon Springs
that are worth studying. II
--Cairoites and all others are invited to
attend the grand barbecue and bran dance
at Birds Point next Thursday 0he 10TH.
The fun commences at 8 O'Clock in the
morning, and the gentlemen in charge know
how to get up an old-fashioned barbecue
dinner.
"A yellow negro named Lovers stole a
keg of gun powder from the stable OF
Messrs. Stratton & Bird about seven o'clock
last night and at nine O'Clock Officers Ma
hanny and Tyler captured him and the
powder He was jailed and will be exam
med to-day.
"A large stock of pianos and organs to
be closed out for cash or on monthly pay
ments Each instrument will be sold at
reduced price and easy payment guaranteed.
Call at once on w. c. Jocelyn or at Taber's
jewelry store. II
Two members of the Chicago Clothing
House nine, Mr. Yeackle, pitcher, and Mr..
Moore, short-stop, went by invitation to
Tiptonville, Tenn, Tuesday to play in a
club there against Union City club. The
game was played at TiptonJlle Wednesday,
and the Union City club was beaten thirteen
tallies.
An old negro named Page Wallace,
climbed the slender flag pole extending up
from the belfry of the Delta engine house
Thursday, and adjusted rope in the little
pulley at the extreme end thereof. Here
ceived $500 for the perilous JOB, md offers
to do the same thing for the same amount,
for the Hibernian engine house. Wallace
is about seventy years Of age.
Charles Allen, the negro, who some
time ago shot into a crowd of white men on
Commercial avenue above Thir,y.second
street, wounding one OF them in the thigh
in a manner that might have proven dan
gerous, but who made his escape at the
time, surrendered himself yesterday after
noon. He says that the men he shot came
toward him with the evident intention Of
doing him bodily injury, aud that he shot
in sef-dcfense. lie will be examined be-
fore Magistrate Comings to-day, Mr.. Geo
Hendricks appearing for the defense.
Thursday night Officer Mahanny ar
rested a man named Sullivan, at the instance
of young man who was on watch in the
shoe shop of Mr.. Mark Cain, on CONNER
cia avenue, just above the Vicksburg
house, who charged Sullivan with having
entered the shoe shop during the proprie-
tors absence and after Re himself had re-
tired, and taken from the showwindow two
shoes belonging to two different pairs,
went forth without needing u request to
stop, and made away with the shoes in some
way unknown. Sullivan was jailed until yes.
terday when Magistrate Comings, dcemlng
the evidence as given above sufficient
ground for presumption of guilt, bound
him over in the sum Of 5000, to answer
the charge of burglary before the circuit
court Sullivan went to the county jail.
Yesterday morning early four or five
tramps boarded the o. & NJ. train at
small station in Indiana, called
Water Valley aud made desperate efforts
to takes free ride The conductor, with
some assistants, put them off rs the train
went out, but they got aboard again on the
next car and when the train was stopped to
put them off they showed fight They got
fight, too, They were put off again with
much difficulty as they ran from one car
into another and hid in every available cor
ner, When all were of the train the con
ductor stationed himself where he could
watch them all as the train went out and
cover them with his pistol. AS soon as the
train started the tramps began to fire upon
il with pistols and the conductor returned
the compliment. About six shots were eX-
changed without serious injury 80 far as
heard from, The result Of all this WAS a
delay Of the train for about two hours and
the delay for a similar length Of time Of
the Illinois Cantral train due here
about II o'clock yesterday, which had to
lay over at Odin waiting to make conncc.
ton with the o. g. NJ. train.
, | -Marsh BROWN Waa nm amin hnfnr,