The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-17

Shall grace the OCCASION NY tuclr PresenCe'
Every needed comfort 10 provided in the
park. Let there be large turnout.
The river is doing considerable dam
age again at Birds Point and threatening
to do serious damage to the railroad prop
erty there. The Texas & st. Louis railroad
incline is rendered useless and is threatened
with total wreck in spite of Capt. Hiram
Hills efforts to counteract the action of the
water and repair the damage already done.
Passengers on this road are compelled to
change cars at the Point before they can
continue their trip either way. The other
incline is also threatened, but not seriously.
The negro, Jno. Williams, who stole
the chickens from Mr.. A. j. earle some
days ago, pleaded guilty in the circuit
court yesterday and was given one year in
the penitentlary. The case of Jno A.
Ziegler was then taken up. Zieger is the
man who is accused of having stolen a,
watch chain from Dir. E. A. Builder, while
pretending to select lot of goods to buy.
He also selected goods at the Novelty Iron
store and at Messrs. Barclay Bros Ohio
levee store. The case was on trial when
court adjourned last evening. There will
be probably twelve or fifteen criminal cases
tried at this term OF the court.
Capt Thomas also had good audi
ence at Mound City yesterday-it was q
better audience than his Cairo audience
the night before, in respect to quality, but
not so large. He made substantially the
same speech he had made here, with all
its gross mistatements of fact. He Dragged
again of letter which he claimed to have
received from D, 7. Linegar, which the
latterIgentleman never wrote and which the
Capt. does not and can not produce. He
claimed all the credit for work done, which
would never have been thought of or done,
but for the efforts of men other than Mr..
Thomas work which left to Capt. Thomas
alone would never have been proposed
much less accomplished. The Capt thinks
he is playing a very smart trick, but-he
will not have the last laugh. Wait and see.
Warren Wins and Jno. Sides were on
trial in the circuit court yesterday, on the
charge of perjury. Some time ago when a
burglar named Stevens was on trial for
breaking into the house of q Mrs. Baker,
up town, the defendants testified that Mrs,
Baker was in the habit of living with ne
groes, and that the burglar, Stevens, was
in her house by her permission. 1t trans
pires that the defendants were mistaken in
the woman when they testified as they did
and they admit that they were. The evil
dence taken yesterday proved CO nclusively
that Mrs. Baker was not guilty of the
charge, but it was not possible to prove
that the defendants had sworn as charged,
hence the case was dismissed. Judge Yo-
cum appeared for the prosecution and
MesSrs. Mulkey and Leek for defendants.
A representative of The BULLETIN on
Monday visited Clinton, KY, a thriving
little city of about 1900 inhabitants. 1t
being first day OF circuit court, he had the
pleasure of hearing a joint discussion be.
tween Hon. Oscar Turner, present con-
gresham, and Capt. VIM. Stone, of Lyon
county both aspirants for congress from
the First congressional district of Kentuc-
ky. He reports an able talk from each.
He also made the acquaintance of Mr.. Z.
E. Bowers, polite and courteous gentle
man, whom he succeeded in getting to act
as agent for The DAILY BULLETIN there
Mr.. Bowers can always be found at the
post Office, ready and anxious to supply
all with our paper, which contains the tel
egraphic news twelve hours ahead Of all
other morning dailies that reach this city.
The N. Y. World says: "A Connec.
ticut admirer Of Ben Butler, writing to
the Sun, speaks of his hero as "Honest Old
Ben" This might be considered a piece
of humor were it not that the writer i'm
parts IN air of sincerity to his eulogistic
contribution. To speak of the man as hon
est who pilaged New Orleans, who traded
in countraband goods during. the war; who
voted for the salary grab, who fought in
Congress for the Union Pacific railway
steal, who defended Cakes Ames, who is
tho advocate of monopolies and the friend
OF every known fraud, is the height of
irony. Butler is honest in that he does not
attempt to hide his knavery with hypocrisy
and cant. He is as bold and uublushinp
as second Robin Hood, but he differs
from that predatory citizen in that he does
not divide with the poor the proceeds of
his vigorous forays agai INST commercial So
ciety."
Alta meeting of the Arab fire compa.
ny Monday night it was decided to dis