The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-25

interesting at first. The Cairo boys had
resolved to score a more signal victory
than ever before. They had agreed to let
the Paducah club make eight or ten talies
during the first five or six innings and make
none themselves, then do little work for
themselves and close the game with bril-
liant victory This was not wise resolu'
ton as the result proved. They carried
out the first part of the proposition very
nicely. They let the Paducah boys make
all they could in the first six innings,
which was nine tallies, and then they be-
gan to play for themselves, hoping con
tidcntly to zee" their opponents nine and
20 them five or six better--all in the last
three innings. 1t is true, they "scooped
in all the tallieS that were made IN those
three innings, but they fell two short Of
making tie and the game closed with a
score of seven to nine in favor of the Eek.
foris. The Cairo boys were too confident
OF success and wanted too much glory out
of one game, Had they begun to play at
the sixth inning instead of the seventh,
they would have come out victorious. But
even as it is the boys did well enough and
the betting man Of the Paducah News will
please bring forth that box of cigars, At
ter the game was over a collection was
taken up to help our boys out in meeting
the expenses of their trip, by way OK re-
turning the Cairo boys compliment and
something over Sl5 was turned over to
them,
Considerable excitement was created
yesterday afternoon by two negro women
who quarrelled and fought over the posses.
sion of child. The parties to the fracas
were Clara Collins, wife Of Jno. Collins,
and Cora Hampton, the former being the
aggressor. The child belongs to Jno. Col
Inns, but Clara is its step-mother. Before
his marriage to Clara Jno. gave the child
to Cora to rear and she has taken care OF it
ever since. But il seems that Clara was de
termined to possess the child and yester-
day evening caught it and was about to
csrryi 1t in triumph to her own domlcle
when Cora came forth and made a grab
for the child and got it back after nearly
pulling it in two. Clara was arrested and |
fined by Justice Robinson for disturbing |
the peace, In case trial is had to decide |
who shall possess the child, a search war
rant should be sent out for man named |
Solomon, called the wise, who 1ourished |
some years ago away out ia the east.
L. w. R bertson cashier Box factory,
this city, received telegram bringing sad
intelligence of the death of his aged grand
mother, his mothers pother, Mrs. A. NJ.
Byers, which occurred the 10th inst. in
Opelka, Ala, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Capt Frank Watkins. Mrs. Byers
vas the eldest sister of Gen. Albert Sidney
last of the family. She was
BORN in Mason Co., KY, May 25th, 1899,
md was, therefore, in her S5th year. Her
ather, DR.. John S. Johnston, pioneer re-
ident of KY, moved there in 1903 from
bringing with him three
ons, older than Mrs. Byers, One of whom
vas the iLustrious statesman, Josiah Stod.
lard Johnston, who represented Louisiana
n the I. S. senate so many years. Mrs.
}yers has witnessed many eras in our coun'
rvs history; the war of 1912; the Black
Iawk war; the war for Texan indepence,
md the last of Civil Strife, in all of which
he has seen her nearest of kin sacrificed to
he God OF War, Mrs! Byers retained her
acuties to a remarkable degree up to her
leath--whlch was quiet and peaceful.
Having reached on life's highway that
stone which marked her highest point and
being weary for moment, she lay down
by the wayside and fell into that dreamless
sleep that kisses down her eyelids still"
The Argus persists in making the
grooest blunders in its figures as to the cost
Of certain quantity Of filing in this city
at a certain price. The Argus publisher
admits that he is mot very good at figures,
but claims that he "can do sums in simple
and then proceeds as fol-
lows;
THE BULLETIN claims On average
ill inside the levees would cost
only eleven and half millions of dollars
This is greatly out Of the way or we are
mistaken as to the area inside the levees
We roughly estimated the cost at $4,000.
600, but since the morning paper has taken
issue with our figures, we have been max
ing calculation on it, and find that our esti-
mate was too low by considerable. The
common understanding Is, that the levees
are seven miles in length, Taking this as
the basis, y twenty-foot fill would make
63,242,66 2.3 cubic yards, This at thirty