The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-14

ored Baptist bishop, or something like that
but of considerably more book knowledge
than some of his sable brothers of the cloth
in ''these diggins" have: ~ Was Missing
money out of my Pocket Finally had to
lock My Pantoloons up Nights the Way
She Would Talk about folks Was Sin to
david Crockett the Six Weeks We Ware
together 1t Was Come and 90 you Shant
She Never Called me Geo or mr. Little il
Was 60 Come or Shant."
The city council met last night in sec
ond regular session this month. bare
majority was present and the business was
not of extraordinary interest. The appoint
ment of clerks and judges OF election in the
several wards for the coming municipal
election, and the adoption of a resolution
to raise the new levee one foot higher and
repair what little abrasions were caused
during the late flood, were the only acts of
any note aside from the regular routine of
| business.
-"Yes, sab, beliebs we cullud folks
ought to hab better teachers. Dey amt
one Nv 'em got fust-class cetifcate.
Pufesso Paka amt got tust-class certi6-
cate. At de meetin wha we 'dopted dat
petition to de school bod dey said it would
cass reflection ub presumption on Puffesso
Paka, an dafo dey hadn't ought to dept
de petition. But tole 'em, "let it cass
reflections Nv presumption on de purtesso;
OATS jes what we wants to dove wants to
cass reflections Nv presumption on Pufes-
80 Parka."-Elder Rix to BULLETIN Man.
AT Jackson, Tenn, ON the 5th inst, a
quiet wedding took place at the house of
Mrs. Copeland, aunt of the bride, the con-
tracing parties being Mr.. c. H. Thrupp
civil engineer on the southern division of
the Illinois Central, and son of Mr. Chas
Thoupp, of this city, and Miss Maggie w.
Bottoms, of Atlanta, Ga. No cards. The
groom was born and raised in this city, is a
very promising young man, and Is held in
high esteem by all who know him here.
His happy union will be regarded with
pleaeure by his many friends.
Postmaster Murphy has on hand
quantity of garden seeds, of various kinds,
sent to him by the agricultural bureau at
Washington through Congressman Thomas,
for free distribution among the gardeners
of this county. The seeds are believed to
be of the best quality from this and other
countries, gathered up by the department
and sent out among the gardeners 10 every
county, for the purpose of testing the land
and the seeds and the climate. Gardeners
and farmers should apply at once at the
post-office for samples of the seed The
seed is given free of charge; the only con
dtion imposed is that if the recipient uses
it, he shall give it fair test and report to
the department concerning the result of
his labors.
"A little boy named Loud, living in
Metropolis, was walking down a popuous
street in Paducah Monday, was met by a
negro named Jerre Miles, tempted by the
boys watch and cham, who, under the
pretense of leading him to a hotel, took
him to lonely part of the town
and showed him into well. The boy, in
falling, caught the negro and pulled him
down also. His cries for help were heard
by officers and citizens, who came in time
to see the negro hanging on to the side Of
the wall, and with his foot showing the boy
under the water. Both were drawn out
and when the boy regained consciousness
he told of the negroes devilish act. The
latter had left the neighborhood, but was
hunted up, arrested, and barely csc capped
being hung by mob. Loud Is but about
sixteen years old.
"A day or two ago General Harris and
Mr.. G. W. Parrish, of Washington, and
Mr.. j. H, Keller, Of Memphis, were at The
Halliday. General Harris is vice-president
and Mr.. Parrish is secretary of the Pacific
e. Great Eastern railway company, which
proposes to build and form new line of
railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts. They were on their way south to
make a trip Of inspection over the portion
of the new line that remains to be built
and to hold meeting of the principal
stockholders. The road will start in In
ian territory, run clear through the state of
Missouri cross the Mississippi river a. Cot
ton Wood Point, and continue on it's way to
Norfolk, Va. The route has been laid out,
and Gen. Harris said the road would GER
tainly be built soon.
Yesterday again the colored school was
open as usual, with teachers all at their
posts, the rooms all warm and dry, and