The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-10

about $4 jim suddenly darted into the lit
tie eating stand below Mr.. Igle's place on
Ohio levee, grabbed a revolver from be-
hind the counter and came forth with il
leveled at the man who had extorted the
money from him threatening to blow
alch-ee-double-ell out any one wfo came
near him. But looking up the leyee he
saw Officer McTigue coming along and
taking the hint he made break for safety
He ran down Fourth street followed by the
officer who had suspected deviltry of some
kind and was captured on the premises OF
the Sherman House, pistol and all Magis'
trate Comings fined him one hundred dol.
lars and costs, and he went to Jail for about
three months. Slim is about the hardest
citizen we have amongus.
The assessments of property in the
several counties of the state have all been
sent to the state auditor. The results that
iifty-iive counties show an increase OF as
sessment over 1882 aggregating ST., 523,273,
while the remaining fort-seven counties
show decrease aggregating $ll ,74Oi
net increase in 1888, $5,7s6,533. The to-
tails for the state in the last two years are,
1882, S7jO,63j,75S; in 1888, S756,492,20l'
In Alexander county the assessment tor
last year is $3,130, 03l this year, S2,9'0,'
35l, or an increase of $l40320 In Pu'
laski county this years assessment is $780,
1853; last years was $77S,6j2, decrease OF
Sl1,S90. In Union county last years as
sessment was $l,S25,7l8; this years, 81
963,9Sl. In Johnson county last years
was 1891, 240; this years is $G02,S 24.
The publisher of The BULLETIN will
make one more attempt to set the editor OF
the Argus right as though he believed
man stricken with m incurable Dampho1I-
ishness could be set right in anything. He
has personally, in answer to the Argus
mans question and without thinking it was
any of the Argus mans business, told him
that the sole interest he had in Dixon
Springs was the privilege OF receiving
$500 month for Advertising priv
eege of paying $500 per week for board
for himself or members of his family while
there, and the pleasure of being related to
the landlord of the said Country HOTEL
When the Argus man by inference or other
wise tries to make this interest appear
greater than as above set forth he simply,
and Intentionally lies with the
hope that he may injure the business of
The BULLETIN or of Dixon Springs. So
far as The BULLETIN is concerned we are
willing to stand all the injury the Argus
can do US, and as for Mr. Lemeu we great
ly mistake his temper If he does not play
tune for them that will make the Argus
people dance livelier than they ever did in
their youthful days.
Hon. S. p Wheeler returned to the
city yesterday after an absence of some
weeks. Mr. Wheeler is attorney for the
Wabash road and as such has been active.
Is connected with the negotiations pending
between the company aud Col, Taylor,
with reference to strip of land which the
company needs, and has been trying to
procure, in order to reach its Mississippi
levee right-of.way without crossing the
Illinois Central track second time. A
number Of property owners are very anXi-
ousy awaiting the favorable conclusion Of
these negotiations, 10 order that the road
may transfer its freight traffic from Com
mercial avenue, where it is often very an
noying to them, around to the Mississippi
leyec, aud they have waited long in vain
and have become impatient to know what
the state the these negotiations and the in
tcntions Of the company are. Therefore a
BULLETIN representative made it his duty
yesterday to interview Mr.. w heller at The
Halliday with reference to the whole mat.
ter and he learned that the company had az
yctnpt -igniied It's intention to accept the lib.
eraI offer made by Col. Taylor, Mr.. Wheel
cr thought the company could come in on