The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-14

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while yet and he may be called upon
to figure very prominently in some very
important business, in his official capacity
before he will bid aregretful adieu to hi
high Office Grand juries will some times
do their duty regardless of person or posi-
ton and the next one may be just The one
to do ACKNOWLEDGMENT thing. And i(ii
does, the states attorney will have his hands
full, we may say very full--we may even
say considerably, very considerably more
than full.
Hon. John NJ. Hamilton, who by the
election of Gov. Cullom to the United
States senate Gf he is elected) will be pro-
noted to the governership, is aged butthir-
ty-fve, and will probably be the youngest
governor of Illinois. He is the son OF a
worthy resident of Wenona, Marshall coun.
| ty, Ill.,, and is self made man, He grad.
uated from an Ohio college, and married
the daughter of professor in it, who is a
very pretty, entertaining and engaging
lady. He came to Bloomington about
twelve years ago poor young lady, and
has steadily risen to the top of his profess
sion, and to eminence in polite. The law
firm of Rowell & Hamilton, of which he is
junior partner, will be dissolved as Capt.
Rowel has been elected to congress on the
Republican ticket, and Mr.. Hamilton will
remove to Springfield when he as umes his
duties as Mr.. Culom's successor.
Friday evening the school board en-
gagged Mr.. Prescott, of Boston, to give a
series of instructive lectures at the High
School room, upon the subject OF reading.
Mr.. Prescott has made reading practical
study for years. He has been in this state
for about year, delivering lectures upon
and giving instructions in the art of read
ing, before some of the principal educa
tional institutions Of the state, and has
given great satisfaction. The attention Of
the board was called to him by Mr., S, p.
Wheeler, who heard one of Mr.. Prescott's
lectures and was very favorably impressed
with it. The instructions here will be
given at the High School room at 3 80
o'clock every afternoon Of this week, ey-
cepting Saturday, The schools will be
dismissed an hour earlier, so that all
scholars and teachers may attend. The
lectures will be free to all and it is es-
pecially desired that the public should at
tend them and derive profit from them,
for the art of reading properly is
one of Importance to all and there is
probably no subject upon which there is so
little practical knowledge. The first lee
ture will be given tomorrow afternoon
and the high school room ought to be
crowded.
Thieves again entered the store Of
Messrs, Haythorn & Sloo Friday night and
succeeded after dlligent search in carry
ing off about twenty-seven dollars in cash.
They gained entrance by window in The
rear end They first pried open the wood
en- shutters, breaking off an iron bolt which
held them together then raised the window
and by means of a piece of timber which
they used as a eaver, succeeded 10 break
ing off one of the half-inch iron bars which
were fastened across the window on the
inner side. This left hole large enough
for a man to pass through without diff.
Guilty. Before leaving the store Friday
night, Mr., Hsythorn had taken something
over $17 and placed it in a drawer under
the shelf, and Just before closing the store
Mr.. Sloo put another 80 under quantity
of goods in another drawer. Yesterday
morning every drawer under the entire
length Of the shelf was open, the goods in
them were turned over and all the money
was gone. The money drawer had not been
disturbed, nor had another drawer from
which money had been stolen on previous
occasion Nor were any goods taken so
far as the proprietors were able to dis
cover. These facts indicate that the thieves
saw Messrs, Haythorn & Sloo put the
money in the drawers, probably from the
sidewalk in front oft store, and knew
exactly where to look FORT when they gain.
ed entrance, and also that they wanted only
money. No clue to the thieves had been
discovered ast'night
--Bartons Free Press: "THE CAIRO
BULLETIN wants Senator Lemma to rise and
explain why he voted with the Repubi-
cans and against the Democrats in the or
ganization Of the Senate Mr.. Lemma is
not the kind that rises to explain, and will
probably not pay much attention to The
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