The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-10

suasin crowded around, wrapped in ad'
mration of the dlsgraceful scene, without
attempting to interfere. Such of the ring
leaders of the fun, as could be identified,
were suitably fined by the court.
An attempt was made Sunday night
to burglarize the residence of Mr.. Henry
Halliday, on Twenty. ninth street; but it
appears that the would-be burglar was in
terrupted in his work before he had gained
an entrance, and was scared off. The shutter
on the dining room window had been the
point of attack and had been considerably
damaged, evidently by means of pocket
knife.
Attend Miss Laura Lees benefit at
the Theatre Comique to morrow night and
give her the rousing farewell that she
merits 10y reason of her fine talent. Among
her renditions will be "The Last Rose OF
Summer" "The Old Folks at Home"
"Within Mile of Edinburg" and "Coming
Through the Rye'-songs which every
body knows and admirers and which, rem
dered by Miss Lee, have invariably cap
tured the house. 1t
"A new sewer is being laid bya force
of men under Street Commissioner Baird,
by direction of the street committee, on
Commercial avenue, between Ninth and
Tenth streets. The sewer is an improvement
that has been very much needed for some
time. 1t connects the square lying between
Eighth and Ninth streets, on the westerly
side of Commercial avenue, with the sewer
outlet at Tenth street and affords this
square the drainage 1t has hitherto lacked
entirely.
"A negro named Thomas Minor at
tempted to kick in the door of house at
the corner of Fifth street and Commercial
avenue yesterday, and when interferred with
by Constable Sheehan became awful angry.
He protested that as freedom African
American citizen he had a constitutional
right to kick in all the doors in the whole
- town; and when the officer persisted
in his efforts to prevent such catastrophe
and to take the offender to Jail, Thomas
showed fight and gave tho officer healthy
tussle nearly all the way to Justice Robin
sons court, where he WAS fined five dol
lars and costs, in default OF which be was
sent to Jail.
EFF its de last act o. my life I'll kill
dat man. Ef moneyll fotch fm-don't
care eff he's widin hundred miles O. Cairo
i swan I'll bring i'm here and kill i'm eff
l have to 'croak' fur it myself. amt got
but free chillun and TO- o. dem is dead
and dat man cummn to my house in de
da'k OBJ de night and stealth my daughta
way fom me.-He shan't do it an live eff
die for it. III kill i'm! III kill i'm de min
ute l slsps my eyes onto i'm" Thus fervent-
ly ranted colored man named Nath Lee,
at the corner of Eighth street and CONNER
clal avenue, yesterday afternoon, and all be-
cause some young buck had "made mash"
on his daughter Belinda and taken her to
parts unknown.
An aged white woman who has for
some time been a confirmed invalid; and
cripple, living with family named Cottil,
la on Thlrty-second street, came near being
burned to death in bed yesterday. It's
thought she had been smoking and that the
bed clothing caught fire from her pipe
while she was asleep. There was no one
in the house with be- at the time and when
she awoke the fire was burning in huge
flames all along one side of her. By an
unusual effort she rolled herself out of bed
and in her fall to the floor sustained serious
injuries. She cried for help and the neigh.
bors and others near at the time came in
time to prevent conhsgration and the
probable burning of the poor woman. Al
derman McHale was on hand IN time to
render some valuable service.
Sheriff Jno. Hodges yesterday con-
cluded the sale of property in this county
upon which the taxes had not been paid.
Every piece OF property found ready
buyer, which is in marked contrast to the
sales of this nature in Pulaski county and
other counties, where but few buyers are
found and the taxes 60 by default. AS
collector of taxes Sheriff Hodges has few
equals, and as payers of taxes our people
are A /. Next year unless our Republican
state administration shall sum up some
excuse for again leyying an outrageous
state tax as it did this year, though the
state be entirely out of debt, or il the PEG.
pie will Dust the Republicans and place
honest and capable and economical Demo.
Gratis in their places, the state taxes will be
less than one.half what they were this year.