The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-27

| Will DC instituted by ten members OF tue
old Alexander Lodge, and it has already
about thirty applicants for membership
who will be admitted Immediately after
the Lodge is instituted, making the mem
bership of the new Lodge about forty TO
begin with.
Judge Bross is still away from the
city. He left some days ago for Arkansas
to bring home his daughter, Miss Emma,
who is visiting relatives at Cam len in that
State. But he has been water bound and
could not return AS soon as expected. 1t is
thought that he will reach home by Wed
nesday, however.
REV. W. Whitney will preach at the
Baptist church, corner of Tenth and Poplar
streets, this morning at eleven o'clock and
this evening at 7:45. His theme in the
morning will be, Every Christian u
Priest, and in the evening, "The Image of
the Superscriptlon" Sunday school at 80
this morning. All are cordially invited
An inquest was held yesterday morn
ing over the remains of Mrs. Maria Geek.
Coroner Fitzgerald summoned jury con.
sisting of Mr.. Thos. Keith, foreman, Mr..
Patrick Kennedy, Mr.. Samuel Williamson,
Mr.. Nicholas Williams, Mr.. Nicholas Fifth
and Mr.. Louis Petri Several witnesses
were examined and tie surrounding cir
cumstances were inquired into. The YER
| dict was that deceased died from shock
and conclusion of the brain, the result Of a
| fall.
There was revival of police business
yesterday, which it is to be hoped will not
contlue very long, unless it is true as claim
ed mot entirely without reason) that life IN
police circles is sure indication of life in
other circles of greater benefit to a com
munity. Mat Naughty was fined 500 and
costs for vagrancy; Fillmore Grizzly, S25
and costs for carrying concealed weapons ;
and Anna Littell, Prcilla Anderson and
Nathan Parker, each s. and costs for gem
eral devltry.
Henry Smith, white man picked
pistol up belonging to Constable Martin,
where the latter had accidentally left it
Friday, and went to Mr.. Farnbaker, pawn
broker, and pawned it for s., claiming
that the weapon was his own. The officer
missed his weapon soon after, and it didn't
take HIM long to find it and also the man
who took it. Yesterday Smith was held to
bail by Magistrate Comings, in the sum Of
500, to answer the charge of larceny at the
next term of the Circuit Court. In default
of bail Smith went to the county Jail.
The bank clesrings continue to tell the ac-
customed story, illustrating the special seats
of maximum business depression. This ap
pears to be peculiarly marked in the East.
In New York last week there was a de-
crease in clearings, compared with the cor
responding week of last year, Of 200 per
cent, and in Boston decrease of 81 per
cent. Chicago, st. Louis, Louisville, Mil
waukee and San Francisco show an increase,
the gain at Louisville being larger than in
any other of these ctles-20 per cent. Gin
cinnatl reports decrease of 14.S per cent,
which is the greatest in the West.
Mr., Frank KratkY will leave to-mor-
row morning early for Kansas City, Mo-,
on a trip of pleasure and inspection. He
will remain some days in the city named,
looking around, and then he will 60 to
Dakota, stopping at or near the city of
Bellfeld, where he has considerable real
estate, consisting of several lots IN the city
and about three acres of fine farming land
near by. He goes with the purpose of see
ing what prospects the country offers for a
business of some kind, and if he finds
things satisfactory, he will probably en-
bark. He will be gone several weeks, at
least, perhaps several months.
Mr. J H. Mulcahey returned yesterday
from Hot Springs, where he had gone to
adjust the trouble in his affairs caused by
the recent fire. He found the damage to
be less than had been reported here. Con-
siderable of his stock had been saved from
the flames; but he got six thousand dollars
of the insurance. He has leased the
ground upon which the house stood, tor
term of ten years, and has perfected ar
rangements to begin the erection of frame
building two stories high, forty feet wide
and ninety feet deep. He still has contd'
ence in Hot Springs as good business
place, in spite of the various disturbances
that have occurred there of late. Mr.. Thos
Whitlock is still there looking after Mr..
Mulcahey's interests.
The Alexander County Democratic
Central Committee met yesterday afternoon
at the office of Mr.. NJ. J. Howley to selec
the time for HOLDING the County Democratic