The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-06

twice, once in the forehead which caused
only skin wound, and once through the
chest. The fact that Kane had a cash in
his back leads to the belief that the negro
drew his knife before the former drew his
pistol. The fight occurred in the car when
near Mound City and when the train arrived
at the depot the wounded man was taken
into the waiting room and Dr. Casey vas
summoned. But nothing could be done
for him and he died about an hour after
wards. The negro jumped from the train
aud saught to escape but was captured
Yesterday morning and is now confined IN
Jail at Mound City. His name is Howard
and he lives at Grand Chain. The murder
ed man is well known here as a quiet man
and good workman. He boarded for
some time at Mr.. Joseph Steagalas and
worked in different parts of the city at odd
Jobs of carpentering. He was on his way
to Carmi to do some work on the Wabash
road there,
Missouri Republican; "An interest
ing illustration, in small way, of the
working of high license is furnished in the
town of Mt Vernon, Illinois, population
5000. For several years the town council
refused to grant licenses for saloons, prefer
ring to adopt the principle Of prohibition.
place, but the drug stores and groceries
sold spirits by the pint to be carried off the
premises and drunk, and it became a prac.
tice al last to sell liquor by the glass to be
drunk behind partition on the premises.
Drinking was not arrested, and the only
effect of the prohibltory system was to de-
prive the town of the revenue which Ii.
censes would@ yield. About six months
ago the council passed license ordinance
fixing the fee at $500 year. One saloon
was opened, and in two months the pro-
prietor had made enough money to pay for
his license aud keep up his establishment
besides, and there was no greater percepti
BILE amount of drinking in the place then
than had been before. Two other persons
are preparing to open Saloons making
three in the town, and this, il is thought,
will be the limit TOR some time to come
The town treasury will be $2,400 year
better off than under prohibition, and no
more liquor drunk under one system than
under the other"
la may be cruel now to undeceive
those who entered so heartily into the festi-
viiies on the 4th just past, and to tell them
that they we're entirely mistaken in the day
they intended to celebrate; but We feel in
duty bound to tell all about it. The 4th of
July is not the nations birthday at ALL the
declaration of independence was not sign
ed on the Fourth of July, and the resolution
declaring the independence Of the colonies
was passed by the continental congress on
the second of July. William S. Stone, in
the July number of Harper's Magazine,
discusses "the declaration of independence
in new hight" The popular conception of
the revered document, to which Mr.. Stone
appropriately alludes as "a shrine almost of
worship at the present day." is that it was
drawn up in solemn and stately form, and
after being duly submitted to the inspec-
ton OF the august body of delegates, was
signed by each Of them with becoming dig
nifty and impressiveness Nothing 1t
would seem from Mr.. Stones article, "could
be further from that which actually took
place Very few Of the delegates, if indeed
any, signed the original document on the
4th, and none signed the present one now
In Independence hall, for the very good
reason that it was not then 10 existence"
The fact is, very little seems so be known
about the original Declaration adopted on
the 4th Of July, 1870, and it was either lost
or destroyed. Congress itself gave the mat
ter slight attention at the time, attaching
premier Importance to the resolution passed
two days before, declaring the united colo
MES free and independent states, and alb
solved from allegiance to the British crown.
This was the real declaration of ndepen-
dcnce, and July 2 rather than July is the
actual natal day Of the republic; but
the passage of the resolution of ndepen-
dence WAS not made public until the formal
declaration had been prepared, adopted
aud read to the people. But to return to
the signing of the declaration. Mr.. Stone
shows that the present venerated document
was ordered engrossed by congress July 10,
1776. The engrosscd parchment was pre-.
sented August 2, and delegates who were
then present, signed it. Many were absent,
and some did not sign for a considerable
time afterward. Matthew Thornton, of
New Hampshire, signed it in November,
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