The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-06-26

were by suicide. One of these was that OF
4. Jump, the noted st. Louis artist and car
icaturist. In the list of beneticlanes is the
name of Walter II. Davis, killed by the
Kentucky Congressman, Phil. Thompson,
Jr, Twelve OF the deaths were by pneu-
monia.
Both houses of the Pennsylvania legls-
lature have resolved that their members
shall not draw pay for the days they have
been at home. If such rule had worked
against the members of the Illinois assem-
bly, this year it would have saved about one
third the per diem paid out by the com
monwealth across the river.
Sunday nights strong wind or some
other cause opened the front doors of sew
eral OF the business houses in different
parts Of the city. The doors stood wide
open and Officers Hogan and Boughner were
several times induced to believe that they
had "big case" only to be soreIy disap.
pointed upon investigation,
Wash Turner, the negro who was bad.
ly cut in fracus that began in Catfish
Johnny's palace Saturday night, was still
alive yesterday and in fair way to recover,
He has a stab in the breast that exposes the
heart to view and a slight cut in the right
arm. 1t seems that he was employed in
the Illinois Central railroad company 3
yards at the time he WAS cut and is consid.
cred hard worker, at any rate the com
pany has employed DR., Parker to attend
him.
When the steamer Thomas Sherlock
was between Hickman and Columbus, KY
on her way up Sunday night, two negro
deck hands, named johnson and Burnside
quarrelled and the latter cut the former q
throat with razor. When the boat land
ed at the Cairo wharf Burnside, fearing ar
rest, jumped over board and in spite of ef-
forts to save him was drowned. Johnson
WAS taken to the Marine Hospital station
for care, where he was yesterday in a pre-
carious condition. Johnson is Cincin-
natl negro.
There are thirty-one professional base
ball clubs in the United States, numbering
about three hundred and fifty players. The
salaries of these professionals range from
twelve hundred to twenty-five hundred dol
lars season. Some frst-cass players have
received as high as three thousand dollars
for eight months work. One of the best
players in the Chicago nine was a short
time ago working in paper mill on salary
Of ten dollars week. He this season re-
fused to play for twenty-five hundred dol
lars, because he could do better.
Sunday last Mr.. A. L, Homer, G. W.
Ristens, general manager; W. j. Jordon,
general managers secretary; F. W. Para
more, purchasing agent, and G. W, Pres.
colt, superintendent of motive power and
machincry-all Of the Texas & st. Louis
road, were at The Halliday, enroute for
Gatesville, Texas, seven hundred and
twenty two miles from Cairo, and to make
an inspection of their road. The company
has already three sleepers ready at St.
Louis and is only awaiting the completion
Of the Arkansas river bridge when it will
be fully supplied with rolling stock Of
every description.
jackson County Era; "A man i'm
proves by going away from home. There's
Linegar one of our Legislators from this dis
ret; at home he is simply Dave Linegar;"
when he attends court in an adjoining
county he is I'D. T. Linegar, Esq" in
Springfield he becomes Colonel Lnegar,"
md when he wandered off to Chicago lie
was forthwith dubbed Judge Linegar"
Another legislative term will make him
Colonel" and if he can persuade his old
enemies, the Democrats, to elect him Sena-
or he will come out a full tledged "Gener-
H." Go it, Dave"
"A white man named Eliza Williams, a
esident of Birds Point, Mo-, is wanted for
IN indecent assault upon woman Satur-
lay evening He had engaged to row the
woman from this city to Birds Point, and
le assaulted her before leaving this side,
The woman escaped him and went home
m the ferry boat AT home she told of
Williams dastardly attempt, and after bru-
ally beating another woman for repeating
he story Williams came back to this city
nd crossed over to East Cairo. A party of
men we're here Sunday from Birds Point In
earch of Williams, and with the assistance
VI Chief Myers the city was searched, but
Without avail.