The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-18

grain distilery which has been produc.
Ing great quantities Of spirits steadily here.
totore, but which il now shut down. AS
much the larger portion of the internal
revenue comes from liquors, this stoppage
OF distllleries affects the amounts Of the
collections very much.
When the new evee was in progress OF
construction, on the upper erd as, far down
as the old graveyard, Street Commissioner
Baird covered the outer slope with Bur
mudAh grass which spreads rapidly and
holds the earth down almost as firmly as a
rock revetment would; but below this
point, the graveyard, the slope is not pro-
tected in any way. 1t would be desira-
ble. however, that this protection should be
EXTENDED clear down the embankment to
where 1t joins the old evee. We under
stand that 1t is the intention to do this in
spring. Grass would doubtless he the best
and cheapest protection for the bank that
could be procured and would probably
prove all sufficient. But there is another
method, suggested by Commissioner Baird,
which would furnish additional protection
against the action of waves, drift-wood,
etc, which is TO plant row of cotton wood
trees ~ close intervals along the base OF
the levee. These trees grow rapidly and
when grown could serve in an emergency
which may-and probably will not arise, as
posts for boards to break any waves before
they reach the levee. The trees could be
planted at small cost aud would certainly
protect the embAnkment in manner.
The passenger train due on the Wabash
road at 0 80 o'clock Tuesday night, did
not arrive until about o'clock yesterday
morning, which satisfied all who noticed it
that another accident had occurred on this
division of the road, which caused the
delay, and wild rumors we're at once set
afloat. A passenger and freight train col
lded, it WAS said; three killed aud one seri-
ously wounded cars and engines shattered
to splinters; track torn up for half mile or
more. The facts were not in keeping with
this rumor. A freight train, or oonstruc
ton train rather, which had been at work
on the track near Olmstead, backed down,
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hand-car loaded with men coming toward
it at full speed. The men abandoned the
haud.car by jumping off and allowed It to
continue on its mad career. The caboose
of the train aud the hand car met and both
taking several other cars along and doing
some damage to the track. One OF the
section hands VINO was In the caboose re.
ceived slight injuries about the head and
one hand. This occurred near Olms,esd
Tuesday evening and the wreck wss re-
moved and the track repaired in time to
allow the passenger to come In but few
hours behind time
The case of Wm Fischer Va. Farnbaker
came up in the court of Magistrate Com.
ings yesterday forenoon. Mr.. Fischer was
here to attend the suit; Messrs. Fsrnbsker
s. Co., were also on hand. Both had coun-
sell Mr.. Geo. w. Hendricks appearing for
the defendants aud Mr. Angus Leek for the
clmpainant. A motion by counsel for the
defense, for continuance OF the case for
the purpose of PERMITTING rie procurement
Of witnesses, was argued at some length by
both sides and was finally granted by the
court, the day for the trial being further
postponed until the 81 Of February. This
was An uufavorable turn Of affairs for Mr..
Fischer who had been to the expense Of
coming here twice without accomplishing
ANYTHING and who would then have to come
again on the date named. Besides, the
trial of the thief, Feste, Is set at st. Louis
for the Goth instant aud in order to convict
him it will be necessary to produce some
Of the property stolen, Mr.. Fischer con-
GUIDED against the advice OF counsel
compromise the mater with Messrs. Farm
baker, paying them fifty dollars and the
costs of he proceedings 80 far as they had
gone, in settlement Of all matters at issue,
and receiving the watch aud chain, and
also locket which had heretofore not been
mentioned. Thus the watch and chain have
cost Mr. Fisher for the second time fully as
much as their value; but he was determined
to have them, chiefly perhaps in order to
convict the scamp who put him to all the
trouble and expense.
Some strong additional evidence
against the two black scoundrels, Williams
and Washington, was discovered by Chief
Myers yesterday, 10 the form of several
scraps of newspapers, lying on the ground