The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-21

camplign the Republican candidate for
Congress kept carriage waiting for him
over half an hour before saloon kept by
regular mossback bourbon, while he stood
inside clinking glasses at the bar, and fur
ther the head henchman of that campaign
paid the same Democratic saloon keeper
$50 to influence votes for the Republican
candidate. Further the $50 didn't secure
vote or do any good"
On the night of ) a turd ay, May
3lst, A. D. 1884, (Which will be just about
ten hours before the dawning of SUNDAY,
June lst, A. D. 1884, which latter is the
day fixed by the knight, Templar of Cairo
for the annual memorial services at Beech
Grove Cemetery the Cairo Commandery OF
Knights Templar will meet in their hall on
Eighth Street and confer the order of
Knights Templar upon Hon. Geo. W. Hill,
Democratic candidate for the State Senate,
and upon Capt, W. S. Murphy, Il promi
nent citizen and banker of Murphysboro.
In the Circuit Court yesterday George
Davenport, one Of the burglars who enter
ed Fosters store at Commercial Point,
pleaded guilty, and VIM, Woodward
another of the same party was tried, found
guilty and sentenced to one
year IN the PenitentIary. Rich
ard Elliott and Henry Beede, who
stole lot of clothing from the painter, j,
W. Short, pleaded guilty and were given 3
and years respectively in the Peniten.
tisry. A negro named Brown charged
with stealing q pair of pants from Mary
Simpson, was fined $50 and given seven
days in the County jail. To-day the first
case will be that of p. Murphy, charged
with "holding up and robbing conduc.
tor on Missouri railroad, while in tins
city some time ago The case of Kate Cot
ton will be called up Thursday morning.
AT the recent meeting of Southern cot.
ton manufactures at Augusta, Ga, forty
mills were represented and capital to the
amount OF si6,000,OOO The determination
Of the manufacturers was that there is TOO
much overproduc,ion and that check
should be placed upon it. This has been
the trouble with cotton manufacturers in
Northern States, especially those who
make the eoarser grades of cOttOns. The
Southern mills have the monopoly Of that
business now, and the mills have increased
50 rapidly that it is overdone and profits
have fallen from twenty to twenty five per
cent to six, seven, and ten per cent. The
ouly remedies for oyerproduction are peri
odicsl terms OF idleneSs for the mills and
operatives or the acquisition OF foreign
markets for the goods. OF course, the lat
ter is the most profitable and heathful for
the manufactured
An old white man named Bolin died
in fist-boat lying near the Elevator, early
yesterday morning. He was ship carpen-
ter and his home wss in New Albany, Ind.
he had insisted upon accompanying two
young men who owned the fiat boat, and
who were bent on 8 roughing tour down
the river in search Of work. The young
men had objected on account Of his old
age, expressing the fear that he would
sicken and die, but he had declined to be
influenced by their protestatons. The fat
arrived here Monday aud the old man was
sick. The young men, learning that he
was Mason, notified some member Of the
order here and the lodge at once took
charge Of the sick man, gave him medical
attendance and were waiting for Cncin-
natl boat to send him back home yesterday
Blu, they had to content themselves with
sending back only the remains, which was
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