The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-23

freight trains, 3sl,sO6, Total receipts,
$685. "a; expenses, $249, 1856.
"A well-known carpenter entered the
butcher shop Of Louis Koehler, on Eighth
street last night aud abused young Louis
J. who happened to be behind the counter.
He got healthy knock down for his little
verbal pleasantly.
Two gentlemen representing the com
panes in which the stock of Messrs Hinklc
& Son, lately damaged by fire, WAS insured,
arrived yesterday and went Immediately to
work to adjust the damage. They will
probably reach conclusion to-day,
The Randolph county grand jury is
after the saoon.keepers with sharp stick,
Forty indictments were returned against
them by the late grand jury for violation of
the Sunday law. Twenty saloon.keepers
in Red Bud, all the town contains, are
among those indicted.
Charles Throckmorton, the upholstoror,
had his hand badly torn by the teeth of
cotton picker which he was feeding in his
shop on Sixth street yesterday forenoon
DR.. Parker dressed the wounded limb. The
injury Is very severe but, of course, not
fatal under the care of such able surgeons.
--Bartons Free Press (Rep) charged the
defeat of the Republican party in Ohio, to
"women and cranks," and for this he was
wrapped sharply over the knuckles by his
temperance correspondent" last week.
Barton hasn'ta word to say in reply, which
may be assumed TO bean acknowledgement
of error.
--Carbondale Criterion Democrat: ga
Republican supreme court refuses to give
the colored man civil rights under the con-
stituton, The Republican party also de-
clines to give the colored man office to any
great extent 1t would seem, therefore,
that the colored man does not bask in the
smiles of the Republican party as he did"
Corn was injured most by frost in
Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and New York.
1t was also severely injured in Dakota and
Minnesota. The general average of condi-
ton is rs per cent. The aggregate product
will be 600,0000O0 bushels. Wheat ave.
erage 1l.3 bushels TO the acre. The ag-
gregate may reach 100000, 900 bushels, and
the quality is not up to the average.
The official returns of all but ten coun-
ties have been received by the secretary of
state of Ohio These and the estimates of
the ten give Hoadly amaiority over Foraker
of 12,507, and majority over all of about
1000. The greenback vote is 1880 and
the prohibition vote 1899. The majority
against the prohibition amendment is about
$4,000; it was lost without the vote of
Hamilton county.
Mr.. George f. Olmsted arrived yester-
day about noon from Kansas City, Mo.
where he has been living for several years
He appears to have been we'll taken care of
during his stay there, for he looks the very
picture Of health. He went to Olmsted tc
see his father and returned in the evening
He will remain here for several days, shak
ing hands with his many friends and ther
return to Kansas City.
If young married couples would follow
the domestic plan laid down by Sen atol
Vance, of North Carolina, there would bt
less in contentious in household and per
haps fewer divorces in courts. He said tc
his second wife shortly after marriage
"My dear, I'm stubborn fellow and you
may anticipate trouble. Now, in the be.
ginning, while am submissive, want tC
give you one piece of advice. If you fol
low it, we'll get vn mighty well. 1t is this
"Make me do just as darned please"
Five more innovations in postal reform
are talked Of, viz: Postal telegraphy
postal savings banks, money orders for 81
at 8 cents, uniform 1-cent rate for drop
letters, and the raising Of the limit of one
ounce. There is much to be said in favor
Of each of these changes, while the latter
three can, perhaps, be safely adopted with
out much ado. Most letters weigh less than
half an ounce, so that an ounce limit, which
would do away with certain hardshlps,
would not seriously affect the revenue.
-Vennor, the weather prophet says
November will probably continue open and
warm until the latter part OF the month
when a rather severe and wintry period is
likely to set in with hard frost The fore
part of December will probably continue
cold and may lead many to look for an
early setting in of the winter of 1884, but
as in 1885, all will be open again during
the latter part OF the month and close OF
year 1888. THIS year will 90 out and the