The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-18
Tho Rios nj Princeton.

NEW lOKhi Ocl, ~, Later DETAILS OF
the fight between the students and towns.
people at Princeton, ~ j.. are exceedingly
interesting, The university clock had
scarcely chmed s O'Clock when the
"Wlzard Onv Advertising Combination,
with lis band OF colorcd variety arlisls,
seated In gaudily- painted vehicle,
took up position on Nashua street,
Just above the poStolicc, in front Of the
PRESBYTERIAN church The banjos and
yiOns oil the troupe were tuned up TO a
high pitch, while glib individual In a
polkl-dot collar and a tooth pick suit cx.
hortod motley crowd TO test the wonder.
full curative powers Of his remedy, The
medicine orator, after he had succeeded IN
inducing several to tly bottle Of his mix
ture, warbcd to the beautiful air "Only
Pan,y Blossom" As he was struggling
through the first verse the crowd became
suddenly augmented by large
body OF students, principally sopho.
mores and freshmen. The last line OF the
first verse had scarcely been reached when
a student threw an ancient egg, which
struck the singer between the eyes, and the
"Who frowd de egg?'' This provoked
shouts Of laughter, in which the town PEG.
Die Joined After the soloist had cleaned
| his face be struck the beginning note Of the
| second verse, He had no sooner done so
| than another egg came dying from the hand
OF student. This one, however, missed
! its mark, and the egg destroyed
the high bat Of townsman.
The ''snob' made rush Tor
the students, and Indignantly demanded TO
know who bad thrown the egg, securing
no satisfaction he struck freshman named
McLaren a savage blow in the face, nearly
telling him to the pavement. The ALTERS
companions rushed TO the rescue and were
rapidly ,poiling the good looks OF the
"snOb' when relnfOrcemcnts arrived tor
the enemP and the fight became general. In
the niece which followed hats were
smashed, clothing was torn off, and
many o the party suffered serious
injuries from showers Of stones which fell
on all sides. In the midst OF the contest
the mol!cfic man and bis assistants drove
away at a breakneck speed, The students
were rapidly getting the better OF the
"snobs,' when further reinforce ments OF
the town toys arrived on the scene and
Joined their brothers in knocking the stu
dents out. soon the after began to weak
en-, and finally were compelled to fly. \
majority OF then hurried TO he college cam
puS, while others ran up Nassau street,
and ,ough refuge in the University build
ins. A sophomore named Decamp, whC
j. a rIsher on the University
foot ball team, and who is known
by his college mates AS "Reddy," wa,
chased a considerable distance by the mol
and badly Injured about the head by
stones Freshman McLaren sought refuge
in the First Presbyterian church, was pur.
sued by "snobs' and Knocked down, and
IN struggling with his assistants suffered 4
GislOcalion Of the collar bone, A consid
cradle number OF the Town boys were badly
used up, students being uniformly success
tuI Ia individual encounters. The col
legianS were followed to the campus gate
by their pursuers, but Wer
met there by the proctor, MAT
Goidie, and the college police, arme
with clubs, and were forced to retire.
; | half hour later the students were in the
rooms aud quiet reigned again. Both pal
ties are to-day nursing swollen heads an
s bruised limbs. 1t Is feared hostilities vi
be renewed in a few days. Great emit
exists between the town and college boys, All
these collisions always occur once or twc
) during the college year. Last nights 70,
WAS the first Of the season, however
= About 10 freshmen and sophOmores ant
, between 400 and 500 "snobsp particip stet
in the hgnt.