The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-23

I
gal over 5000 persons are starving In
cabins the only food sa mixture Of Indian
meal and seaweei. Relief is arriving very
slowly. The almost total failure Of the
potato crop throughout the North Of Ire.
land has caused the suffering. Alas, poor
Ireland
News came here yesterday, brought
here by man direct from Texas, that VIM
Howe, formerly an employ in the Illinois
Central railroad Office here and brother
in-law to Mr., Joseph Lufkin, was shot
dead in Texas few days ago by Pink
Mayfeld, who killed Capt. James Biggs,
here. The cause of this second killing is
said TO be sn uld quarrel which began in
this city, when both were in the employ
of the Illinois Central company,
The contract for finishing Mr.. Jacob
Kline's arteson well has been let to Mr..
Freeman, the Washington avenue lightning
rod man, Mr.. Freeman has had experience
10 this kind OF work, He has different
method of sinking the pipe, from thst EN-,
ployed BY Mr.. Gsrould. His method is es.
pecially adapted to sandy bottoms, and with
sll necessary appliances, wells have been
sunk at the rate Of seventy feet per day,
Mr. Freeman has sent away for the neces-
sary machinery, some OF which is already
on its wsy here, and he will begin work as
soon as it all arrives.
A general rise took place in the Their
mometer north and west of US during the
twenty.tour hours ending 2:il o'clock yes.
terdAy afternoon. The resu,, was that the
number Of points at which the thermometer
was below zero, was reduced from eleven on
Saturday, TO only three namely, Dubuque,
La Crosse, and St. Paul. The wind also
had changed from north or northwestery
direction to the southwest aud southeast.
As this point the thermometer stood at 20
above zero yesterday afternoon yet, on the
sunny sides Of streets the sleet and snow
melted. Unless another cold change takes
place 10 north and west the weather here
will moderate.
The QUARREL which is reported to
have resulted in the death Of young VIM
Howe took place in the Il.inois Central cf.
ice here while he and Mayfell were clerks
here. Howe was obout to strike Malfeld
VIXEN the latter drew revolver and Howe
saying that he would thrash
Mayfeld AT some future time. Howe went
10 Texas and Mayfeld is supposed to have
net with the result as stated elsewhere.
What lends a color of truth to the report
5 that Howe has not been heard from FIR
'ome time either by Mr, Luikin or any of
rs friends here, and none know where he
went. Mr. Lufkin has been in the city
making inquiries, but without reward
Judge B ker held court in the Office
Of Messrs. Green and Gilbert yesterday,
for the purpose of continuing the taking
Of testimony in the proceedings pending
between the CT y of Cairo an tie Ct. Louis
and Cairo railroad company. Court opened
about 2 o'clock Afternoon, and con-
tlnued until about FIVE. Three witness.
es we're examined forthe city, Messrs r. II.
Cunningham, Peter Saup and Richard Fitz.
gerald. Mr. S. c. Judd, of Chicago, ap-
peared for tha company. This morning at 8
o'clock the proceedings will be resumed and
thus through every day this week probably
Thus far but seven or eight Of the most i'm.
portant witnesses have been examined, and
there are large number yet to be heard on
both sides.
In view Of the several great hotel fires
Of late it will be Of interest to know that
on Friday a bill was introduced in the
Illinois Legislature which, if passed, will
require all keepers or persons control-
ing hotels, seminaries, colleges or other
places where persons are lodged to provide
and keep IN repair fre.escapes, should be-
come law, and then should be rigidly en-
forced. The bill provides that it shall be
the duty. Of the city marshall or chief of
poic9 OF cities, and president OF board of
trustees of villages, to enforce compliance
with its provisions, and also to personally
examine such hotels, inns, or other public
buildings named in the act once IN every
six months. for the purpose of enforcing
the act. This bill is an important one.
"A bill has been introduced In the Hi
nos legislature, by Hon, T. L. Mathews, of
Cass county, providing that all the laws Of
the state, rs they are passed by the legisla-
ture, be published in one or more papers in
each county Of the state. It is intended to