The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-05

negro on boat lying at the wharf, and this
was also recovered for him. A man whC
while travelling among strangers will allow
himself to become helplessly drunk and
then lay around on wharf-boats or wander
around depots and permit himself to bt
led anywhere by the first fellow that comes
along, is liable to be robbed even in Cairo
and it was only on account of the vigilance
of her small police force that he retains his
"boudlen
"A boy named Early, relative of Mr.
Moses Foss, aged about ten years, was shot
in the head by the accidental discharge Of
q rifle used at shooting gallery in thu
park yesterday afternoon. The boy was
standing about twenty-five feet from 0
table upon which the gun lay, loaded and
cooked. A man picked up the gun tC
look at it or use it, and in 80 doing touch
ed the trigger and discharged the gun just
when twas in range of the boys head
The ball, very small one, struck the boy
directly in the forehead, but fortunately
glanced off and made only skin wound
Everybody who had anything to sell at
the park yesterday made money. The
weather was favorable for the refreshment
dealers nearly all day. Hackmen and the
street railroad, however, did an enormous
business until after the storm came up.
Few people would venture to get to or from
the park on foot, because Of the hot sun.
But when the dark cloud hid old Sol
and sharp breeze sent clouds of dirt into
the air grand rush was made for down
town, the hacks and street cars were all
packed and the remaining hundreds came
down on foot in great hurry confusion,
and exhuasted-all of which proved at last
to haye been unnecessary.
From the number of letters bearing
only a two cent, stamp that have been drop
ped into the postoflice during the last few
days, it may be judged that quite number
of people here are under the impression
that the law reducing the latter postage to
&c. per half ounce or fraction thereof went
into effect on the lst of July, These people
are mistaken; the &c. postage law does not
go into effect until the 1st of October.
Two cents is less than zone full rate" for
sealed letters and such letters bearing only
&c. stamps, instead of being sent directly
to the dead-letter Office as has heretofore
been the rule, will now, under the new
postal law which went into effect July 1st,
be held at this Office for additional post
age" and either the sender or addressee
will be notified of this fact and the letters
leld until the demand is responded to.
"A want that was again made strongly
manifest yesterday and will be made so
again to-day and tomorrow, is q spacious
in st. Mary's Park. The
shade provided was not near sufficient to
accommodate one-half the people who visit
ed the park and most of them were compel
led to stand or wander around for hours in
the hot sun. The result was that the dane
ing floor was crowded with persons who
wouldn't or couldn't dance, to the exclu-
sion and discomfort of those who could
and would; the race-track was blockaded
continually and the tree-boxes ard fences
md judges, stand crowded, by people who
we're anxious to see the races and were then
Ible to get just glimpse of the horses as
hey happened to pass them. The few
ortunate ones who hads quatted down on the
,rass In the shadow some little tree couldn't
zee anything, and we're continually dis
urbed by persons in buggies who were
determined to get their horses in shady
,laces, The suggestion made in Mayor
Ialiday's inaugural address with reference
o this matter ought to be acted upon by
he council without unnecessary delay, and
he action would meet with general ap-
,roval from the people.