The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-19

travelling for St. Louis houses
Capt. McWlIams, the new civil en-
gineer of the st. Louis Il Cairo road, has
been in the city for several weeks, laying
out the work for changing the tracks Of The
road and laying the new ones TO facilitate
an expected increase of traffic. He is stop
ping at The Halliday and will probably be
engaged here d considerable time. His
home is in Cleveland, o.
Deputy Sheriff Myers arrested col
ored boy named Byd Simmons yesterday,
for stealing horse from woman named
Lucy Penrod, living at Ullin. The horse
was fine animal, worth $l25. Simmons
tried to sell him to Mr.. Lee Boicourt, but
failed, Simmons Il only about fifteen
years old, and Judge Robinson sentenced
the young thief to serve itbree years in the
Reform School yesterday afternoon.
-Bartdn's Free Press "A meeting Of the
Republican Congressional committee of
this District was held at Cairo last Tues
day All counties except Randolph were
represented, Views were exchanged and a
plan Of the campaign adopted. Aggressive
work is to be commenced Immediately,
and nonsense of no description is to be toll
Grated. Blaine and Logan's majority in
the counties of the district WAS fixed st
5000, and efforts are to be made with IN
eye single to those figures.
Tie Prohbitionists of this county will |
probably not take any o-ganZed action in |
the present campaign at least there j. no |
indication at present that they will. There |
is no constituted authority for calling a
county convention and there does not seem
to be any disposition manifested anywhere
to hold a convention. II is probable that
the members of the party here will permit
their brethren in other counties of the dis
trict to set up the men and they will be
content to vote for them.
The Relief Committee of the Odd Eel.
lows Of Illinois appointed to distribute the
funds to sufferers during tue late foods,
reported to grand Master Miller, The re-
port, as published in the Odd Fellows Her
aid of last week, shows that the amount
contributed by the lodges Of the state az
gregated s3,S0lG3; and the amount dis
.ributed was $3,06lO), leaving balance
n the hands of the committee Of $40 GO,
which is subject to the order Of the Grand
Treasurer, Grand Lodge, or other proper
authorities. Cairo Lodge No. 224 is cred
tied with $50 in the report
The Democratic Club Of Commercial
Point, in this county, had y biz time Sat
urdsy. The club is one of the largest IN
the county aud comprises the leading ciii-
..ns for miles around the point. lis menu
)ers are IN e,snest, too, and enthusiastic in 4;
heir efforts 10 effect the supremacy of :
lonest Democracy over corrupt Republi- |
IAN bossjsm, Saturday afternoon the club
urned out in full force and attracted hun
ireds voters who were not members and al
gathered at the school-huu3e u hear Mr..
W G. MuIkey, Of this city, discuss some
OF the lea ling issues Of the campaign. Mr.
Mulkey spoke for about two hours, during
which his audience gave him the clos 4
attention and expressed frequent hearty
approval. The best Of humor prevailed
on all sides, and it is said that
several converts were made from the ranks
OF the other side. The Commercial Point
club are DONG good WORK. Keep i, up,
boys, and we'll get there, sure.
About thirty miles above DuQuoin. on
the Cairo Short Line, is the station of
Lenzberg, a little place of probably six
hundred people, nearly all Germans. At
the last election they poled 127 votes and
they were almost unanimously Republicans,
only three of them being cast for Demo-
Gratis. These Germans had been living
just as they were wont to in the old coun-
try. That Is, otter attending strictly to
their various duties all the week they
would gather on Sunday At a gordcn pro
vlded for the purpose and enjoy a social
glass of beer and lunch. These gather
ings were always orderly; they we're parti-
cpa,ed in by the families of the men, and
all went along in the best Of humor. But
tins state OF things was interierred with
about ten days ago. Several of the Repub-
Ilcan officials having become infatuated
with Prohibition, and burning with de.
sire to lnculcate their ideas Of true good.
ness into the minds Of the joviAl Germans,
they Surrounded" the German camp SIM
day before last, arre,te all that were in if.
and had them fined next day from 81 TO
$40 each. Now for the sequel The same
day these legal proceeding ware had n |