The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-13

avenue and we're captured by Ofhcer Ma
nanny. While they we're being escorted to
isil, one Of the fellows dropped the watch
from his sleeve, which act was seen by OH
GERS Cain and Boughner. At the prslimi-
usry examination both denied the charge,
but they we're bound over, the court taking
charge of tho watch and binding the victim
over also, for his appearance at this term
of court to testify against the robbers.
Kellys partner refuses to plead guilty and
will be tried. The court disposed OF no
other cases yesterday, but decided several
motions of more or less Importance.
Some days ago THE BULLETIN ven.
tured to express briefly its displ'asurs at
hens that stood around idly in barn yards
while eggs were fuctuating between thirty
and forty cents per dozen. In proof, new,
that the paragraph was too general in its
application, Mrs. d. Green, of Cache, sent
US yesterday some very convincing testi-
mony in the nature of eggs. One Of these,
laid by favorite brown Cochin China hen,
weighed three and half ounces and meas
ursd seven and five-eighths inches one way
and six two .eighths the other. The other
was as little as the first w1 large. 1t was
also hens production, but seemed, at first
glance, to bs birds egg, for it was not
any larger. The two were remarkable
specimens of their kind, and We are willing
To modify the former paragraph.
Fire was discovered in the floor of 8.
Mann & Bros clothing stsre, corner of
Sixth street and Commercial avenue, about
II o'clock last night The alarm was
promptly given aud the fire department
rushed to the aescue; but before the engines
got to work the fire was nearly extinguished
with buckets Of water which were brought
and judiciously used by men first on the
spot. There is every reason to believe that
the nre was set by some one Of evil design,
for when hole was chopped through the
floor from above chsrred fra
grants of kindling were dis.
covered lying on top of dry goods boxes
in the basement and close under the floor.
The floor underneath Was also charred for
q considerable space, showing that the fire
had gained good Roadway before breaking
through the floor. As it was very little
damage WAS done to the floor and none to
the stock and fixtures. The basement is
unoccupied and contains several feet of
water.
States Attorney Leek has laid himself
open'ts the grave Suspicion Of having sue
combed to the wiles Of some bewitching
fairy, or fairies, who has or have designs
against him and others who, like he, are
still willing or unwilling worshippers at
the shrine of csibacy. This grave sus-
picion is justified by his announcement last
evening, officially made I've are reliably in.
forme0 10 company of young men, that
the state law prohibits stays from running
at large, and that it is his unslterable pur-
pose to cause indictments to be found by
the grand jury now in session, against oil
animals of the species named, above GER
tain age, found running at large in the
city to-day. 1t Is understood that concert
ed action was agreed upon and inaugural
cd at late hour last night, by the victims
of this plot Of the states attorney and his
secret allies; but what the nature of the
measures decided upon is we were not per-
mittsd to know. There's music in the air,
though, in the sweet purity quick, and don't
you let it escape your ears.
Capt. W. P. Halliday has returned
from Washington where he attended the
Mississippi river convention as delegate
from Cairo, He is satisfied with the work
of the convention, believing that under all
the circumstances it WAS the very bsst that
could have been done. He does not con-
cur in the views expressed by Ct. Louis
papers of the resolutions adopted by the
convention, and he does believe that these
expressions are prompted, to q certain ex-
tent, byjsalousy. The convention, says Capt.
Halliday, was large body of representa-
tive men, as fine looking a body of men as
he ever saw, and they were guided in their
deliberations by wisdom. He believes
that strong impression was made BY the
convention upon congress, as many men,
bers Of the latter attended the sessions Of
the former and cultivated mutual acouain.
tancss. The object of the convention was
to arouse congress to realizing sense of
the Importance and necessity of improving
the Mississippi river and this object was
accomplished. If, incidentally and indi.
rectly, it was admitted by the convention
that the Mississippi was net the only stream
| in the country worthy of notice nv tbe