The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-23

however, deprecates leaving the matter to
be settled by formal tenden of the nomi.
nation after the convention meets. He ad,
vises that each state formally pass on the
subject in State Convention, so that Mr..
Illden's decision may be made known be-
fore the assembling Of the National Conven.
ton.
"A clearing sale is in progress at Mrs.
S. L. Williamson's, of Children's School
and Sun Hats, and great reduction of
prices is made in all the shapes and styles.
She is determined to clear out her stock by
the first of June, at which time she intends
moving into the building now occupied by
S. II. Taber. Any one desiring anything
in line of Millinery or Notions will do well
to call at once and examine stock and
prices, as she means business. 81
"A negro tiend who bursts into the pr-
vate apartment of an aged woman at mid.
night and with brutal force overpowers the
decriped old creature and robs her of what
little money she has concealed upon her
person, is sent by jury of his peers (his
peers, lndeed) to the Penitentiary for one
year. Another negro who steals COW is
sent for four years. In one respect, and
only one, some juries are like Providence
their ways are past the comprehension of
men of average intelligence.
Calhoun Anthony was sentenced to
four years in the Penitentiary, in the Cir
cult Court yesterday morning, for having
stolen COW from Pulaski negro and sold
her to Mr.. James Gresney in this city. The
case of Kate Cotton, for murder, was then
taken up and occupied the court all day.
The jury was obtained early in the after
noon and one witness, Mrs. Thompson, wife
of Jerry Thompson the murdered man, had
been examined when court adjourned to
meet again to-day. Mr.. w. c. Mulkey is
defending the prisoner and Hon. D. T.
Linegar and Mr.. Geo. Hendricks are prose-
cutting.
A wagon load of fish was brought over
from the Missouri bottoms by negro
Wednesday. They had been caught In a
slough that had nearly run dry by reason
Of the fall in the nver. But this is nothing
compared to what they do in some other
places in the way of fishing, as the follow.
ing item from the Milford (Del,) Chronicle
Of recent date, will show: "One hundred
bushels of bright shimering fish hauled up
tbs oesch, at drawing in one seine, is
certainly sight worth seeing. This num-
ter 81 bushels of fish were landed Oh Tues
ttF -I;c At Bowers Beach, by Mr.. Galloway.
7; Il v+ry rare to have SO many fish taken
Il 1ae asul this early in the season."
Circulars have been issued by the Wa
bash Railroad Company to the employees
here, notifying them that hereafter SOC. per
month will be deducted from the salaries Of
all receiving $50 per month and over, and
Csc. from those Of all receiving less than
$50 per month; and the money 80 retained
will be used to maintain q hospital for the
employees Of the road here, who may at any
time need hospital service. The company
maintains its own hospitals at various
points along its lines and no doubt finds it
profitable to do So Where the Cairo hospital
VII be located, or what manner ofstructure
il will be- or whether it will be an adjunct
of some one Of the other hospitals in
the city, are matters that have not been
| made known here.