The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-21
Local News.

law by selling liquor at retail without pay
ing the special tax. He entered q plea of
guilty, and was hued 500 and costs.
"A family came to this city yesterday
from Louisville an took up their residence
In Mrs. Courtwayt house on Tenth street
near Walnut. They are ten in number,
husband, wife and eight children Of all
ages They are English people, having
but recently come from the old country and
they are much in need of aid. One of the
little children is very sick and they have
not even the means to procure the neces.
ssries of lite, much less medical aid for the
little one. The husband 10 said to be an edu-
Gated gentleman, thoroughly posted in the
dry goods business and a good book keeper;
but as stranger among strangers these
qualities do not enable him to supply the
immediate wants of his family The chart.
table people Of the city will find this
case worthy Of their prompt attention.
The impression that prevails among
some, that a special election must be held
in tnis Senatorial district to fill the vacancy
in the general assembly Of the state caused
by the death of Hon. Sidney Gresr, is er.
roneous. Members are elected for two
years, it 10 true, and only one has expired of
Mr.. G,ear's term, but there is but one ses-
sion of the assembly and, practically, an
sssemblymans term expires With the ad-
journment Of the meeting OF the Legislature
which he attends, unless special session IS
called afterwards before the expiration of
the two years. 1t is not probable that
special session of the Tbirty-third general
assembly will be called, hen ;e the vacancy
need not be filed until next November
when Mr. Linegar's term also expires and
when the Thirty-fourth general assembly
is to be chosen by the people, to meet iu
January 1885.
The committee OF police, Jail and FIRE
department has engaged Mr.. Charles Fare
with the Arabs steamer to fill the public
cisterns that may need filing. An exami-
nation OF the cisterns Wednesday, on lower
Commercial avenue, revealed the fact that
there were about five feet of water in the
one at Sixth street, measuring in the centre
OF the bottom. This cistern is thirty.Hve
feet 10 dismeter, arched at top and bottom,
and from two to five feet OF water covering
this bottom is by no means q email guam
tity, Furthermore, it is the opinion of
those who examined it Wednesday, Mr.
Quinn and Alderman McHsle, that the
sides OF the cistern arein good condition and
that only the arched top is damaged. The
conclusion will be tested by filing the cs-
tern with water to point where the arch
begins and watching it. The Ninth street
cistern is believed to be damaged on the
sides and will be repaired before being
filled.
Last night again a disturbance was
created on lower Commercial avenue by q
number of railroad men, the same who have
figured In the former disturbances there, led
on By young Milan and Clavin, who were
but recently fined for similar offenses.
These young fellows seem to be encouraged
in their spirit of disorder by the leniency
shown them in their former scrapes, and one
or the other of them has for the last three
nights, in succession permitted bis con-
tempt for the law and its representatives to
manifest itself in public disorder, which
was only prevented from breaking forth
either by the timely appearance of officers
or by the efforts Of the keepers of business
houses IN the vicinity. 1t is believed that
they have a hidden, evil purpose in Great
ing q disturbance in the neighborhood of
Sixth street and the way to thwart them in
its execution suggests itself to the minds of
our intelligent and generally vigilant of.
hcers.
Some one asked Gen. Ben. Harrison
how Indiana would 60 next year, and he
replied Republican, hope; but 1t is
doubtful yet. 1t will take several years for
our scheme to work% Being aaked what
scheme be continued. zone that will
make Indiana as safe as Vermont if every
Republican does his duty The boys are
doing pretty we'll already, though. Have
you seen thisi' and he handed over tile fol.
lowing item from the indianapolis Jour.
nal; more thsn $1,000 new babies have
appeared in Indiana during the past year,
and over 10000 of the number have Rspub.
licAn fathers But Indiana boys must be
made of different stuff than Cairo and
Southern Illinois boys are composed Of, if
the generals calculation ls to prove correct.
During the lost few elections in this vicin.
ity the uuapimity with which the boys and
young men shouted and voted and march