The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-13

far below here, brought the news that
LUCKY Bill" had deliberately walked of
the boat into the river and was drowned.
lie mad Kept up nonsensical jabber all the
time Just before leaving the boat he had
sald' almost in one sentence, stink you
kin car me way fun Cairo on dis boat eff
don't want to gol GA guess not; amt
altered O. dis little water (pointing at the
rivers kin walk on de water ssme's
Christ did; sect" and with that he went
overheard and was lost sight of. In view
OF the fact that in the past all efforts to get
rid of Bill have proved futile, the officers
believe that he will turn up" here again in
few days, even though the report of his
drowning bet rue.
Another accident occurred Sunday
morning in the Illinois Central
railroad companys yards in this
city, in which young man named
Thomas Walsh, a switchman in the yards,
was almost instantly killed. Walsh was
standing near car that stood close to
switch, where two tracks ran so close togeth-
er that car coming down the other track
must have nearly struck the end of the
stationary car. He did not notice train
coming down the other track and before be
did notice it he was caught between the
stationary and the moving cars and showed
or twisted along to where the cars nearly
met, crushing his shoulders, hips and head
all out of shape. He was dead before he
fell His remains were conveyed to his
home on Twen,y-seventh street where
Mortified and grief stricken wife received
them. The pressure Of his body between
the cars was so great that the sides of the
cars were cracked.
The officers made a raid yesterday on
pinch" and other neighborhoods in the
city that are Inhabited by men and women
of disreputable character. The very com
mendable object was to rid the city of as
many OF them as possible, and make them
seek their former places of residence, which
they forsook either voluutari y or by com
pulsion, and imposed their very demoraliz-
ing presence upon this long suffering COM
munity. Six or eight of the most trouble.
some females of Pinch" we're ordered to
appear before Magistrate Comings, charged
with various offences Of more or less seri.
Gus nature. Sallie Taylor, Lizzie Norman
and Alice Calhoun we're charged with fight
ing and generally disturbing the peace.
The two first named had called drunken
white man into their den on Fifth street |
and when he became troublesome had fred
lamps and kettles and fat.lrons and bottles
and brooms, etc, etc., at him, most Of |
which he caught somewhere, but without |
sustaining much injury. The target him
self, named Mike Blackwell, WAS also in |
court charged with drunkenness and disor-
derby conduct. Hattie Alexander, Alice |
O'Neal and Eliza Henry we're all charged |
with wandering about the streets late at |
night, etc. The court entered fully into the |
spirit Of the enterprise and assessed fine |
Of 300 aud costs 10 each of the cases above
mentioned, granting them stays Of execu.
ton Of from nine to thirty-six hours, on
that they leave the city each
within the time specified. Several other
cases of minor importance we're disposed
who had come to the city on
purpose no doubt to shave high old
time" Catfish Row" was also represented
in court by several delegates Of the female
who had engaged in warm,
racy discussion and some physical demon
STATIONS, which disturbed the neighbor-
hood for squares around Sunday night.
They too were fined round sums aud given
time 10 leave town.