The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-27


cessfully coming forth with flying colors,
and her people were justly
proud and in tit mood for a
public demonstration of joy. They had
also done much to relieve their suffering
neighb0rs, which was an additional source
of pleasure and enabled them to enjoy
themselves without any computations OF
eonscience-and besides all this, the
weather was fine. The Krew had antic-
Ipated large attendance and had secured
the Temperance Hall in addition to their
own spacious hall. They had appointed
committees for both and secured bands for
both, and both halls were thronged with
people all shrouded in white, minghus to-
gerher in the intricate forms of the popular
dsnces, or joining in choruses of hilsrity.
The balls were in every particular all that
the Krew ami those who attended could
have desired.
The corolers jury in the case OF the
death Of the old negro, Archie Robinson,
returned verdict yesterday afternoon,
which Was to the effect that deceased came
to his death by burning, or some other
cause to the jury unknown. The theory
that deceased was murdered is entirely dis.
csriei by the Jury and Coroner, and only
4 few naturally superstitious negroes in the
coun;ry believe that he Was. 4 letter writ
ten to deceased By his wife several days
sSo, and was said to have contained SIS,
the possession OF which by deceased WAS
urged IS probable incentive to the muir
der, simply informed deceased that the
writer would be ST home in few days and
gave not the slightest intimstiou OF any
enclosure, nor wss s1y evidence brought
be:oIs the Jury ths, the old msn had
received sr hal possessed any
moasy, or any thing Of value tha, might
have tempted villain to 50 black deed.
Tie mos; reasonable theory is that deducei
from the circumstances by the coroner.
He believes ihst the old man was sitting
IN the chair 10 froa, of the fire place, vss
taken with {, Of soma kind, fell into the
IRE Gai burned 10 death before be recover
ei Consciousness. The wound on the hsui
as 20; CT, IS first stated. bu, burn or
o,c.se, Sal j. seems tas, il bis fall be
grAs2ei the leg Of the chair with hi.
bruised hsni, lesviug blood spot On tie
char. bit released his hold immediately
i:tsr Is. ing And il the throws Of the i:
of01c1si ~ close il corner Of the ire
place. TIE Old mans remains we're buried
yes;e'ds! eTsa.ng.
The is: copy Q. tie PAicesh News
tll; rachel LIE BUuETIs's e1chsrgs
table w.s dated tie 20.h, since =alch tine
ne hsve been compelled TO fo,sgo the
pleasure o. 7srQ:iag ne Interesting COL
unns Of tbs; pspsr. BIT from gentlemen
who we're in P.iucsh Sunday re learn that
the youth who is permitted 10 preside over
the local department Of the Ns-. Continues
to heap abuse upon Cairo generally and
upon the meek young man of TEE BULLE-
TIN particularly. We are also reliably In
formed that the representative people of
Paducsh have repeatedly protested against
the young mans u1justifable conduct but
to no effect, and whatever the people of
Cairo may think Of the irresponsible young
slanderer and those who stand at his back
and are responsible for his vilainous Trades
against Cairo, they entertain only the high
est esteem for the people of the stricken
city and the deepest sympathy for then in
their sore affllctiOn. AS for The BULLETIN,
it regrets sincerely that the imaginary pic.
lures OF Psducah, which it presented as an
offset to similar ones given Of Cairo by
the News, should have been 50 nearly and
S o quickly realized by those against whom
it had no Ill will, and who were not parties
to the News vile emissions, nor approve.s
thereof. 1t is in the most sincere and
kindliest spirit, therefore, that
The BULLETIN suggests to those
having in charge the distribution of the
proceeds of the charity concert given at
the Opera House Monday night, to not
forget our suffering sister city of Paducah
in their humane ministrations, but permit
a liberal slice of the fund to find it's way
into the hands OF Mayor Reed. A few
words more. Not long since, momentarily
aroused from our characteristic eyepness of
temper by personal thrust given US by the
rash youth of the News, we so far forgot
oursef as to give publicity to the private
opinion that the said youth was a "scorbu-
tic ass" In the light Of what we have
been told Of the young mans conduct since
the full force of the food was felt IN Pa
ducah we have become convinced that the
foregoing somewhat inelegant term ough,
to be expunged; that when we APPLIED it &c