The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-31

i 'N"' "" wv "OsSi iP'iou tclls tuat tuc)
are mates to the many crates that are sent
here from her wberry field and sell on
arrival at a third higher price than car
be obtained for any other.
| Gov. Hamilton has rewarded the tive
convicts, Raab and Moan, who came TO the
rescue of Keeper Mcdonald, of Joliet Pen
itentiary, when that officer was murderous'
ly attacked IN the prison by the notorious
desperado, Frank Rinde. Rssb WAS sen.
fenced in 1880 from Vermillion county, 10
serve for life for murder. The sentence is
committed tosa term ending February 1,
1887. James Moan is serving sentence Of
ten years from July Sth, 1850, for arson in
Cook county. He will be lo, otf October $,
next, the date of the expiration Of = shorter
term now being served by his wife in the
same prison.
-Barton's Free Press pays HIN. +, f,
Albright the following compliment; But
Albright is young sad vigorous, and is no
baby politician. Without doub, he Will
make the most thorough canvass ever known
in this part OF tie country. While he is not
favorite with the leading Bourbons, he
has q strong following among the younger
members of the psrty, snd has many friends
among the Republicans. Mr.. Thomas
friends must do some good work, or their
champion will fare badly. We know Al
bright, and know his methods, and We may
say frankly that he is no means weak
man"
There is nothing halfway about the
fashions. When they conclude to mske
jump in anew direction il is usually clear
bound to the extreme end of the line. Not
long ago there were not varieties enough in
the animal creation to satisfy the demand
for something odd and new for ornaments
and trimmings. This season the vegetable
world is to be depleted to furnish fashion
able head gear, What with grass bonnets,
thistles, mushrooms, berries, fruits, grains
and garden truck, an assemblage of bon
ne ed women looks like an extremely varied
country landscape. The birds and beasts
have everyiresson' to be grstiied' for the
rule of the vegetsrisns.
A man named Jacob Hollocher who
came down from St. Louis on the steamer
City of St. Louis yesterday, cOmplaine to
Chief Myers that he had been robbed of
$115 on the way down. The Chief and
Constable Sheehan investigated the case.
Hollocher claimed to have placed the mon
ey under the pillow in his berth, had gone
out on the boat and, returning to his room
In about half an hour, could not find his
money. The officers arrested the negro
who had charge of the berths, but he
denied all knowledge of the money, in fact
nothing could be discovered that furnished
any ground for his detention and he was
released. Hollocher is bound for New
Orleans.
The New Orleans Times-DemOcrat
says Col. A. W. Rountree, an old railroad
man, formerly agent of the Illinois Central
Railroad, who now devotes his entire at
tention to bis magnificent orange grove and
truck farm, on the other side of the river,
above Gretna in conversation with some
railroad friends stated that he had six acres
in cucumbers on his iarm, sold to Chicago
| parties at 81 per dozen, and expected to
| get from 900 to 900 barrels from the six
acres. AS there are fifty dozen cucumbers
IN barrel, the Colonel's sales would
amount to fully $4,000 on this vegetable
alone. He said he paid no attention what.
ever to the New Orleans market, but made
all bis sales to Western markets, where
greatly advanced prices rule. He also ship
cabbage to Chicago.
Id the circuit court yesterday Frank
Irwin pleaded guilty to the crime of ma
hem, or, to be more explicit, to biting off a
mans ear. He was sentenced by the court
to the penitentiary for five years. Patrick
Murphy, indicted with Jno Kelly for the
robbery of a conductor on Missouri rail
road some time ago, pleaded guilty to thu
charge and was given one year in the pen
itentiary. In the case OF the People VS.
Jacob Brady, States Attorney Leek entered
a nole pros, which was done because thu
witnesses for the prosecution all "wen
back on The People, and upon the adyic
, of the court. To-day the Runner case viii
probably be taken up and as the court de
; signed from the first to try only the case
of those who were confined in Jail, this vii
probably be the last case this term.
About week ago an inmate of tn
i Southern Illinois Insane Asylum at AIMS
a named James Bradley made his escap