The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-06-30

tue residence of Mr.. @. r. Woodward, given
by Miss Tennie in honor of her young
friend Miss Emma Mitchell, Of New Or
leans. Both were largely attended, and, in
nature, were Of the most pleasant OF their
kind that have taken place here for some
time.
d. G. Gully, who was reported in the
dispatches Of yesterdays BULLETIN to have
committed suicide in Ballard county KY,
was not the Gully who was at one time
compostor and river editor in The bull
LETIN office, but brother of that eccentric
individual. The BULLETIN Office Gully
was NJ. f. Gully and he is probably stili
alive and singing type in some country
printing Office, or gospel from some camp
meeting pulpit, or temperance from some
back woods rostrum.
Yesterday afternoon in the office oi
Mr. s. P. Wheeler, before Judge Harker' a
motion for new trial in the case Of Golngs
vs.. Roy was argued. The case arose out OF
one tried in Pulaski county before Judge
Harker, and is suit for damages lot
malicious prosecution and false impTlson-
ment. 1t was decided in favor OF the PLAIN
tiff before, the damages being fixed by the
jury at 81 ,272. The attorneys in the case are
Messrs. Mulkey & Leek for the plalntin ana
Messrs. s. p. Wheeler, Joseph Rooarts ana
Judge Smith for the defendent
The colored editors are to hold a con-
vention in st. Louis, beginning on the loth
of July. The convention is expected to be
one of the greatest importance to ina col
ored race, and besides most of the leading
editors of the country there will be present.
aud take part in the convention Fred
Douglass, ex Senator Bruce, the Rev. Dr.
Crummell and other notable colored states
men. All the arrangements have been COM
peted to make the convention success.
Our VIM. T. will, of course, be there also
and take prominent part in the proceed
ingS of the convention.
One of the Critchow boys yes
terdsy swore out warrant before
Justice Osborne for the arrest
of Lace Hamilton who keeps house
of doubtful character down town, charging
him with keeping gambling house
Critchlow took the warrant and used it.as
an instrument in an attempt to blackmail
Hamilton, by telling him that if he would |
return IS which younger brother had lost
at gambling in his house the night before
he would not be prosecuted and the warrant
would be destroyed. Hamilton refused to
lcceed to the demand and there the matter
rests
The extraordinary demand tor informa-
ion relative to the Summer Resorts of the
Northwestern States, including Wis consin,
Iowa and Dakota territory, has
induced the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway to issue large edition OF its
illustrated book, entitled "a RecOnnais-
sance of the Golden Northwest" copy of
which will be sent to any address upon
forwarding six cents in postage stamps to
A, V. II. Carpenter, General Passenger
Agent, Milwaukee, Wis, Copies of this
Look, together with list OF Summer hotels
and boarding places, can be obtained at
the ticket office of j. H. Jones, in this city,
where Excursion tickets can also be OBJ
tanned at reasonable rates.
Mr. Jno. Gates returned yesterday
rom Commercial Point. He has been hard
At work saving what he could of his fine
wheat; but in spite of all his efforts he
will lose about fifteen acres. The river is
falling there now; it fell one and half
uches during Thursday night, and as it
falls, it takes large patches of ground with
It sweeping it down the current. The
warehouse and dwelling OF Mr. Foster has
been swept away by reason OF the earth
caving away from under it; and the prem
ses Of County Commissioner James Null
cahey has also been attacked and is
'uccombiug rapidly. Mr. Mulcahey saw
himself compelled yesterday to begin tear
ing down his barn IN order to save it from
falling into the river.
1t is understood among railroad men
generally here, that there is soon to be
consolidation of the Cairo division and the
next above, Of the Wabash road. There is
as yet no official basis for the understand
lng," but utterances by ppder-officials
interested leave no doubt of
The near advent of the change. 1t is under
stood that the Cairo division will be mer-
ged into the one next above and that Super
Moore, Of this division, will give
place to Superintendent G. f. Stevenson,
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