The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-02

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which lss good result; all liquor lrgisIa
tion ought to aim at that object; but Will
the people of Decatur and Joliet gre No
tempted By saloon on every corner an
one between, those who drink can secur
their beverages without serious nconveni
ence. and then the revenue yielded
10000 for Joliet and $4,000 for Decatur
is not TO be overlooked.
Three young fellows who fingered
over the flowing bowl and the billiard tabl'
until early yesterday morning and thet
and then started on their several way
home up Commercial avenue, wert
scared out of their wits when they
got to Burgers dry goods store by the
sudden appearance OF what they believed
to be real, live ghost. They SAW the
figure of man dressed entirely in white
Standing on the side walk right ahead Of
them The sight frightened them end
caused them 10 scatter and scamper at a
break.neck rate down the avenue, His
ghostship seemed to be Satisfied with his
work and crossed deliberately over TO Mr..
Neffs uew building and disappeared,
When one Of yousg men returned few
minutes later, armed with seven shooter
and accompanied by two or three friends,
the sppsrition could nowhere be found.
The Missouri Pacific aud St. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern railways have
Issued a new trough freight tariff between
St. Louis, Hannibal, Csrondelet and Bel
mont, No, East St. Louis and Cairo, H.,
Columbus, KY, and points in Texas and
Louisiana, which takes effect to-day. To
the principal points in Southern Texas the
rates have been considerably reduced. On
some classes, where the charges were here
tofore 81 so per hundred, they are now
only 81 25 and there have been proper
Tomato reductions to all points in that part
of Texas. The new rates TO San Antonio
from points named above are as follows:
Frst-rlsss, 81 40i second.class, 81 IS;
third 81 Is; fourth 81; carloads, class A,
50 cents; class B, II cents; class C, Go cents;
class D, 65 cents, and class E, So cents.
The frst-class rate to Laredo is 81 80; an d
class A-cr-loads-to the same point has
been reduced to 81 0s,
Another party OF excursionsts came
DOWN on the steamer Guiding Star Wed.
lesday aud while the boat was wing at
our wharf, delegation of ladies and
gentlemen came ashore and took view of
he town. They rambeled leisurely through |
he principal streets and unlike such parties
IS rule, the expressed themselves in |
terms of the city's fine
business houses, paved streets aad sub
tmlial walks They had seen some of
he almost bottomless streets OF Springfield |
md the mire covered psvements of St.
Louis and Memphis and other cities, AND |
we're ableto judge Of Cairo without preju.
lice. One gentleman who had been here
TX years before expressed surprise at
Yearly every step he took, at the important
improvements which met his eyes every
where. The Opera House and The Hall.
lay and Custom House were objects Of
peciai interest to them.
The case Of G. r., alias "Bui" Brandon,
or vagrancy, was tried in the court of JUS
ice j. H. Robinson yesterday and took up
bTee or four hours. Defendant had en-
'loyed Mr., Geo. W Hendricks to conduct
lls side Of the case and City Attorney W.
:, Hendricks conducted the prosecution
jury was asked for by the defense aud six
urymen were selected. Testimony was
AIKEN on both sides and able arguments
we're made by counsel. About six o'clock
.he jury, after half hours consultation,
ound verdict of guilty and placed the
at a fine Of ten dollars and
costs, total Of Sl7.35. Brandon of
course paid this little sum aud is at Liberty
70 continue bis peculiar, simless and law.
less mode OF life in this city Ten dollars
IS the lowest tue permitted to be assessed
Tor TIM otfense OF which Brandon was
Iound guilty, and the highest fine is one
hundred dollars The object of giving SO
woe range was 10 give courts and juries
40 opportunity TO assess foe according
10 the gravity Of the ofense, The courts
nave been entertaining and acting upon
The opinion that the more grevious the Of
tense the heavier should be the fine; they
nave looked upon an able bodied vagrant,
such as is defined in the laws, as very un.
desirable citizen, as one whose mode OF
lie must lead to some crime, or implied
every crime--as man who preys upon the
results of the honest toll of Others and may
be or may become gambler, thief, high
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