The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-23

has been raised about two feet in the worst
places with saw dust and scraps of wood
which present a bed so solid that wagon
wheel does not cut down an inch under a
heavy load, and it remains always dry.
Roads made of this material have under
gone severe tests elsewhere and have proven
very satisfactory in every way.
Go to G. W. Henderson, for Ice boxes
and Refrgerators. Ct
The Louisville Courier Journal of
Monday says, "Jas. Bowles, young man
from Cairo, Ill.,, met with piece of bad
luck yesterday. He had just arrived in the
city from Glasgow, and going into store,
made some trifling purchase, after which
he put his purse into pocket with hole
in it. 1t dropped out almost at once, he
thinks, but he did not discover his loss un-
til some hours afterward, when he found
himself minus the contents, $4l.50.
School children will find THE BULLE-
TIN scratch books Nos. and tor sale at
Phil Saup's candy store. If
Magistrate Comings, having been for a
number Of days badly under the weather,
played the part of the Arab early yesterday
morning, leaving no address behind. He
went to take rest somewhere, but where
his own family doesn't even know. His
pulpit was therefore unoccupied yesterday
and no law was dealt out to any one from
there. Justice Robinson had only single
case Of excessive alcoholism, and this was
the extent OF the criminal business done in
this end of town yesterday.
The "Golden Star" and triumph" oil
stoves lead all others. Go to Z. W. Hen
derson for them.
While the government is almost beg
ging for workmen to 60 down to Plum
Point and the emisaries Of railroad com
panies are hunting for laborers to build
their roads, it ought to be criminal
offense for apoor man in good health to lay
about the streets of the city in idleness.
But there are yet few of this class of fel-
lows in the city, principally OF African de-
scent-fellows half clad and dirty, very
evidently in long-conhnued, though nor
NAL, condition of impecuniosity. To enforce
the vagrant act against the lazy pests
would be a kindness both to them and to
the community.
Monday night James M. Gregg, of
Metropolis, cousin to Thomas Gregg who
attempted to drown himself in the fountain
at The Halliday Monday, came down in
response to telegram from Chief Myers.
But when he arrived he was also intoxica-
ted and became disorderly. He was taken
into custody by the officers and jailed, and
while in Jail he worked of some of his
frenzy upon the bed clothing in the cell,
tearing some of il into shreds. But yester-
day morning he was sober and as docile
and gentlemanly as could be. He paid his
fine and took his cousin, the would.be SUI
eide, back to Harrisburg with him.
Some excitement was created in the
neighborhood of Eleventh and Walnut
streets yesterday evening, by the report
that young negro named Dennis Cotton
had wilfully shot his mother through the
head and fatally wounded her. A visit to
the scene Of the alleged tragedy, a small
cottage just back Of the residence of Mr.. $.
p. Wheeler, proved that, while the young
man was fooling with little twenty-five
cslibre five shooter, containing one ball,
the thing was accidently discharged and
the ball struck Mrs. Cotton ia the right
temple, but glanced off aud made only a
slight skin wound.
Painters are at work on Mr.. N. Feith's
house, giving it new dress--Alderman
Blake's force Of painters and paper hangers
are dressing up the interior of Messrs.
Tsber Bros. jewellery establishment hand
somely.-New roofs are being put upon a
number Of houses in the city, notably the
residence Of Mr.. Moses Foss on Seventeenth
street and Of Mr.. f. G. Ford, on Fourteenth
and Washington avenuc.--Mr. Louis Her.
bert has brick and other material on the
ground, and is preparing tho ground for a
new frame addition to his residence at the
corner Of Twelfth and Poplar streets. Mr..
Roth, the upper Poplar street grocery man,
began yesterday moving his stock into the
/ brick building Of JudUe Dross. M tina c,r.