The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-08

twenty-five dollars, ranging from seventy
five cents up to three aud a half dollars.
They were much agitated yesterday and
threatened to pursue and mob him. They
did telegraph to Wickliffe to have him ar
rested by officers there; but concluded az
forwards not to go to the expense of having
him brought back, and let the matter drop.
Council proceedings appear elsewhere
In this issue. Some portions of them will
prove interesting reading for most people,
as they give the amount expended by the
city in lis recent fight with the food. The
CLAIMS on this account we're nearly all pre-
sented and aggregate about two thousand
one hundred and fifty or sixty dollars
From Comptroller Foley's report it APP
pears that last year special evee fund of
fifteen thousand dollars was set aside, of
which Sl2,20642 was then expended, leav.
ing balance of only $.,6O3 So, which
much more than covers the amount ex.
pended this year, exceeding such amount
by not less than four hundred dollars.
Verify, the city of Cairo gained GLORIOUS
victory cheaply this year.
The case of Wn. Elliott vs.. Jno.
Hodges, sheriff, came to a temporary con-
clusiou in Magistrate Comings court yes
terday evening, The evidence WAS all
taken shortly after noon and the argument
then began. Mr.. Leek argued for the de.
PENDANT, Corporation Counsel Gilbert for
the complainant. The jlry took the case
about o'clock and disposed of it within
few minutes. 1; seems that the OILY ques
ton 10 their minds, which needed t.eir At
tenlion, was whether OF not the levy made
by the sheriff upon the stock was valid.
They held that it was in 80 far as the Oily
was concerned, because the animal was, at
the time of the levy, in the the hands of
Constable SheehaD by virtue of an execu.
ton. and could, therefore, not have been
sold to Mr.. Elliott by Mr.. Hal. Mr.. Eli
Oft gave notice of an appeal from the YER
dict of the jury.
Several days ago young woman pre-
scented a check for ffty-dolIsrs q. the Alex
ander county bank, signed by Miss Stuart,
who keeps what IS known as the White
House, on Thirteenth street The check
was paid without hesitation aud the young
woman left, Yesterday Miss Stuart sent
fifty dollars on deposite and the paid
check was charged up in her book. This
was the first knowledge she had that the
fifty dollars had been drawn and she went
to the bank and lear led, from the discrip-
ton given Of the drawer, that young girl
known as Belle ST. Clair, who had been
with her for some time, but who had left
Tuesday, was the guilty party-had learned
that Miss Stuart had money on deposit in
the bank and drawn fifty dollars on a
forged check. The officers were at ouce
notified, Chief Myers proceed to work up
the case, and within few hours the
guilty girl was under arrest in Bingham
1t was learned, however, that she had spent
about half the money in this city for dry.
goods, etc, before leaving. Chief Meyers
left last night for bingham to bring back
the girl.
Subscriptions of money and other ne
cessaries continue to flow into Shawneetown
from different direction, and from places
near and Tar, large and small Little DON
COLA, in Union county, even responded with
the handsome little sum OF $62,50, which
was sent here to Messrs. .rclay Bros. and
transmitted by them to Shawneetown. BY
the time the people of Springfield and the
state legislature get ready to do something
the people of Shawneetown will not stand in
need OF any more assistance, either because
they will all be starved 10 death or will be
amply supplied from othersources. The fail.
ure Of the people aud solons of the capita
city, to respond to the cry Of the perlshiug
is not due to lack Of interest on the part o t
the journals Of that city, for the State Jour
nal aud Register have made almost daily
appeals for action of some kind, without
avail. Tie people of Sprin ,deld are too
l much occupied with their daily pursuits OF
wealth aud the Republican Legislature is
too much absorbed with the question of
, how best to dipose of the whisky ques-
ton have to much whisky on the brain -
f to give any heed to the cries of those suffer
Ing from IN over lose of water.
J The 33 | Illinois legislature has now
entered upon it, third mouth and has pass
ed just one bll and no more; and this bill
was an appropriation bill, providing for the
. expenses of the Legislature. TIE United
c States congress has adjourned after ses
y sion Of about three months, during which
time 1t passed only two bills that have an,