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THE DAILY CAIRO BULLETIN: "WEDNESDAY MOKMNU, NOVEMHEK 13. 1STS. PROFESSIONAL CARDS-PHYSICIANS. yy R. SMITH, M. D. Oftlee ami Residence : NO. SI THIRTEENTH STREET, CAIRO, ILL DENTISTS. 1) R. K. W. WIIITLOCK, Dental Surgeon. ' Omi'l-So. 116 Commercial Aveuue, belwae u KiKlitb aud Ninth Street JU. W. C. JOCELYX, DENTIST. CFFICK Eljjhlli Street, near Commercial Avenue. ATTOUXEYS-AT-LAW. O P. WHEELER, to Attorney-at-Law. OFFK'K-Ohlo Levee, bet. Fourth and Sixth !. J IXEGAIl & LAXSDEX, Attorncys-at-Ijaw. MFFICE No. ItSComincrcial Aveuuc. STEAMBOATS. St. Louis, Cairo and Puducah Packet Lino. SFLKND1D SIDEWHEEL FREIGHT AND PAS SENG EH PACKET, S DE SMET, JOHN Ullt'NER. SlHutcr. JOHN LEAMKN - Clerk. Leavea Cairo every Wednesday at 2 p.m. for Padu tah. Leave Cairo every Thursday at 2 p .m. fur St. Uniii. For freight or paneajje apply on Ilultldcy & Phillips wharf .boat, or to JAMES Bllili S, Agent. !, Ohio Levi-e. FarCohimbus, Hickman and New Madrid STEAM Ell Si T. T. 1IILLMAN, Si JOSEPH AM BUDS Master. LEAVES CAIRO EVERY TUE.SDAY,THURSDAY and SATURDAY Vnr freight or pannage apply on Halllday A Phil lips' Wharf boat, or to JAMES BIGGS, Agent. Ohio Levee. FERRYBOAT. (JAIRO CITY FERRY CO. FKHHYIIOAT L. -A. J- J- V -AJ 1 J S JL -i-V. -I- LKAVEfl LEAVES LEAVE! Fot Fourth at. Misaoori Land's. Kentucky Ld'g. f a. m. Mi a. m. V p. ro. 4 d. m h:30 a. m. 10:80 a. m. 2:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. V a. m. 11 a.m. 3 p. m. 6 p. m. THE DAILY BULLETIN. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY AND COUNTY. Only Merning Daily in Southern Illinois. LOCAL REPORT. RlONAl OWI, I Caibo, III., Nov 1 S, '878. f Time. Bar. Ther, Hum. Wind. Vcl. Weather. 1146 u rn an.os 11:11" Wi.i '.'p.m. :i.M U:46" SUM 44 W 57 84 M W 4.1 W H Clear W 7 Char SW 8 Clear SW 8 Clear Maximum Thermometer. Ululuium Ther mometer, U ' ; Rainfall, 0.00 Inch. W. II . RAY. Surit't SlL'nul Corpn. L'. 8. A. M ATTEKS OF LOCA L I M TOUT. Tlie proclamation of Governor Cullom fixes tltc 28th instant as Thanksgiving Day. Mr. Will Robbing has taken a desk in the Cairo office of the Illinois Ccntrul Railroad. Mr. W. W. Jenkins, of Rlandvillo, and J. Martin, of Bird's Point, were in the city yesterday. Mrs. Charles Corliss, accompanied Ly Mihtt Corliss, is visiting her parent in this city Mr. and Mrs. Ray. The Cuhl homestead, one of the most elegant and comfortable in the city, is occu pied by Capt. Corliss. Samuel Briley, Esq., county commissioner-elect, was in the city yesterday. Ho will qualify and enter upon a discharge of Lis duties on the first Monday in December. Miss Xettie Schuttcr has taken a position as cashier in the mercantile estab lishment of Mr. Burger a position for which young ladies seem specially adapted. - Miss Maggie Loflin, daughter of Mr. H. C. Loflin, is filling the position in our public schools made vacant by the death of Miss Merott PowerH. Although quite young, Miss Maggie has shown herself equal to the demands and responsibilities of the place. The county commissioners met in spe cial session Monday, and adjourned yester day. The chief object of the meeting wan to mature and pass an appropriation bill for 4he fiscal year of 187H. That duty perform m1, the Ixmrd adjourned. The proceedings, in an official shape, will bo published in a lay or two. The Illinois Central Railroad Company own 73,000 or 80,000 acres of land In Alex under county, and the greater portion of it is tillable. Aa farming in Southern Illinois affords a sure competency to those who fol low it, the inquiry " why ate theso lands ro inaining in a state of nature! " U H quite natural one. Tho friend of engiucer l'iorson begin to fuel solicitous as to his fate. When last Leant from, alniut two months ago, ha was quarantined between Pinu Bluffs and Little Rock, Arkansas. Letters written to him re sin unanswered, and nothing concerning tut whereabouts can be learned. If this paragraph should hap)cn to strike his eye, or that of any nursou who can communi cate the desired intelligence,' a linn from him would relieve considerable suspense and anxiety. A. II. Irvin, deputy-warden of the Southern Illinois penitentiary, arrived in the city yesterday to all appearances the same Irvin as of old. Tho average wages received by the employes of tho Narrow Guagc, including otliccrs, train men, lalxners, ct als, for the ft.t six month of 1878, was f 1.70 which is quite a liberal average. To the everlasting credit of the late editor, ail intcrum, of the Cairo Suu, be it noised abroad, that he solemnly protest that he never shook his mothcr-iii-luw. This sets Walt all right again. Mr. John Hart, a resident of the Fourth ward, died yesterday morning of consumption. For many years he had ser ved the Illinois Ccneral Railroad Company in the capacity of night watchman, and owes his dcailt, perhaps, to colds he con tracted whilo hi that service. His re mains wll be taken to Villa Ridge for burial this afternoon. We can say of Alexander county what can be said of no other county of liku pop ulation in the State of Illinois. The cells of her jail aro empty, and have been so con stantly, since the second day of the present month a period' of ten days. This fact tells a story of the moral well-being of our 15,000 people that will do to publish in Gath or proclaim in Ascaltm. -The "oldest inhabitant'' is com pletely headed off in the matter of weather. He readily confesses that he never before saw such Xovember weather. The Michigan or Chicago visitor is thrown back to his early September. The falling of tho yellow forest leaves form nlxmt the only reminder we have that we are on the eve of wintei. Mr. Spears, lormerly in the mail ser vice, hence to Poplar Bluff via I. M. & Southern railroad, has been infoimed of the arrest of the thief, who, on two or three oc casions last summer, made felonious raids U'xm the U. S. mail car in his charge. The guilty party, it is said, formerly served the road in the capacity of baggage master, and might have escaped detection alto gether but for his efforts to sell a draft tak en from onu of the letters. The draft told on him! He was promptly arrested, and will be placed on trial at St. Louis next Tuesday. Mr. Spears will attend the trial as the chief prosecuting witness. There is a very perceptible flagging of interest in the temperance cause in Cairo; but no perceptible increase in drunkenness. Most of those who have been w eaned from their cups for a period of six or eight months, have become fixed in their habits of sobriety, and will scarcely fall back again beyond the starting point, whether the organization remains intact or goes to pieces. During the height of the late ex citement m the city quite a number "took a little wine for the stomach's sake," or as nil to the screw that elevate one's courage; but they stopped there, feeling that the breach of faith was such a small one that it ought not to be remembered against them. Let it be so. In the hope of regaining Ids health, Col. Winston loft for Richmond, Virginia, our Monday last. In the early stages of his lisease, which is of a pulmonary nature, he suffered greatly for want of skillful medical aid. While barred out of Cairo by our quarantine, he was attacked with two or three severe hemorrhages, each of which promised to put a period to his existence. Filially reaching Cairo ho placed himself under the charge of one of our best physi cians, and was, when he left the city, con siderably improved. He has, however, but slight hopes of recovery. Tho disease has secured a fearful hold upon him, and being somewhat advanced in years, he fears that his recuperative energies are not equal to th work oi making him a sound man again. Concerning the Holmaii liver pads a well-known citizen reports that as a pre ventive of fever ami ague and malarial fevers the pad is a great success and an un doubted blessing; but as a preventive of yellow fever he regards it as not a success, by any means. He hail, in his own person, a "auspicious case;" got well, put on a pad, wore it about three weeks, and then fell a victim to a case a good deal more suspici ous than the first one. He is inclined to think, in fact, that the last case partook very largely of the "pernicious." But the gentleniam whose experience wo give seems t) forget that he is still alive. How does lie know but that for the etllcacy of the pad the "pernicious" attack would have proved too many for him? The matter is not yet satisfactorily determined. We must await further reports. Commend us to the operators of the Mound City railroad. They offer induce ment to travelers that are Irresistablo. Testimony in this behalf is furnished by tho Williamson county Free Press, who say that quail und duck ami frogs and llsh, and snakes and blackberries and persimmons and pawpa and hickory nuts abound along the line of the road, ami the passenger who so list steps from the cars, excursus Into tho woods, bags a load ol gaino or string offish or sack of nut, returns at hi leisure to the Mad and Muds the train waiting for him. And yet tho train wa never known to be behind time or to mlrin her reguliir connection. Wo can substantiate theso statements by a wholo armful of document ary evidence; hut tho individual who dis credit them will hcathenlzo himself by do ing go, ami it is a matter of small conse qtience whether the heathen believe or ilisbelievo It. With the exception of a few cases of chills and fever, there is no sickness in the city. Miss Jessie Phillis was expected home from a protracted visit to friends in St. Louis, yesterday evening. Mcrritt Dullard, the colored man who was so seriously hurt in the Illinois Central stock-pens, last Monday, was lying quite easy yesterday, und, although the full ex tent of his injuries i not positively known, it is thought that he may recover. It is a matter of surprise that the fellow was not kilted outright. George Christmnn has been wrestling with a case of chills and lever during the past two months, and a very determined set to it is too. With a heroic determination not to be taken down, Chrislmnn has thrown it off, once or twice, but it returns to the attack with renewed vigor. When we saw him yesterday, he showed evident signs of weakening. We were informed yesterday thut the Fort Wayne Iron Bridge Company defer red operations on the Cache river bridge because of the presence of yellow fever in the country. As that cause no longer ex ists we may reasonably expect a resumption of work at once. Otherwise cold weather or flooded rivers may intervene and delay operations until the end of the w inter. The upper part of the city seems to be more abundantly supplied with tramps than the lower portion. The calls w ill av erage three or four to quite every family in the Fourth ward. A stout, 'usty fellow made a noon-day call on a respectable Washington Avenue family, yesterday, and was supplied with a lunch consisting of tea, bread, meat and potatoes. The edibles he threw piece by piece to the chickens, and the tea he poured upon the ground, and then with a grunt of thanks, departed. As it i; clear that food was not the object of the visit, it would be only a wise precau tion on the part of that family to load up the old shot-gun and keep it where it will le readily accessible any time between midnight and day break in the morning. The trip, most likely, was the fore-runner of a burglary. Although the little Xarrow-Gaugo has had to contend with drawbacks of a very se rious kind, it has, since the 1st of January, last, performed quite a heavy carrying busi ness. During the first six months of this year it transported (we quote from the Far mer and Fruit Grower), of Grain 4.3GS,000 lbs. Flour 1(1,820,000 " Lumber 19,050,000 " Coal 51,400,000 " Merchandise 10,314,000 " Total freight handled .109,160.000 " During the same six months, passenger, trains traveled 05,807 miles; freight trains, 75,874 miles; empty cars, 343,022 miles and loaded cars, 548,927 miles. The aver age receipt per ton per mile were two and two-third cents. Average receipts per pas- J serger per mile, three and three-quarter cents. Total number of passengers carried, 117,012. , Closing our forms somewhat earlier i than usual Monday evening, we were com-! pelled to defer until to-day an account of the difficulty wherein a stringer was shot, and perhaps fatally. Between 7 or 8 o'clock Monday eyning, word was sent to police headquarters that a disturbance was brew ing in the vicinity of the Little Keutuckian, on the Ohio levee. Officers Cain and Axley promptly repaired to tho spot, and found four men on the corner of Fourth and levee Indulging in noisy demonstrations. Officers Axley ami Cain at once arrested one Joe r (his lull name cannot be learned) one on cither side of him, und were about to escort him to jail, when John McCarty, George Springer and another man, who were of tho party, interfered in the hope of lelcasing him. A scuflle ensued in which Axley became separated from the prisoner, leaving Cain to ileal with him alone. At this juncture the desperate man commenced using a knife, which, it seenrs, he had held in his hands all the lime, lie bestowed special and very unwelcome at tentions upon Cain, whisking his knife with fearful intent within an inch of hi body. It is almost miraculous that Mr. C. escaped unharmed. While yet engaged in the attempt to carve the officers, one of prisoner's comrades yelled at him to run. This the prisoner did, starting up the levee at full speed. At a point near the Planter's House ho ran into constable George Wilson, and having the knife still in hi hand, he commenced a murderous assault on that gentleman, evidently determined to "save out; peeler" before ho was captured, any how. From the concussion, or his In secure footing, Mr. Wilson was nearly pre cipitated to the ground, tho would-be-murderer standing almost over him, and cutting away with an intent most murderous. At this point Mr. Wilsm succeeded in getting hi revolver in a position to use it, and seeing that the furious man was bent upou taking hi life, he llred. Tho ball struck the des perado in the lower part of thu abdomen, three or four inches to the left of tho center line. This terminated tho struggle. Tho wounded ruffian fell to the ground, and was subsequently carried m a stretcher to po lice headquarter, from whenco he wa re moved to the general department of the ma rine hospital. Dr. Gordon was called upon to look after tho case, and give it as his v opinion that tho chances aro greatly against tlie man's recovery. Two of his compan ions, John McCarthy and George Springer, were arrested and calnlioosed, and yesterday afterntsm were fined 12 and costs enoli, for resisting an officer in the discharge of his duty. They had no money, and were con signed to the ealabonse for a period of sev enteen days. The fourth man made good his escape. Bast! ball, marbles, hoops and kites have run their courso among the boys of the city, and now comes that graceful and exciting exercise known as "leap-frog.'' It is a sport for which the colored boys have the keenest relish, and for which they seem to have a very happy adaptation, They exhibit more life and earnestness, run faster, jump farther, full harder and plow deeper furrow s in the ground w ith their noses, than any other loys that attempt it. In a game played yesterday by the boys of the colored public school, there was "just lots of fun." A boy w ho had plunged his face against the hard ground, stood con templating a patch of skin about the size of a fractional currrency quarter, that hail been rasped from his cheek, while another boy was nursing an ankle he had wrenched by alighting on the neck of a broken bot tle, yet when their "turns" came they in sisted upon making their hup, the same as if skinned faces and sprained ankles were trophies for which everybody was contend ing. P. S. Leap frog is a healthful game: but not an elegant one for girls to play. The stranger wounded by the pistol ball tired by Constable George AVilson, is, from all accounts, one of the most desper ate men with whom our police have ever had to do, during tho whole season. A short time before his arrest Monday night, ho was refused a drink of whisky" by a lev ee salooon-keeper. Becoming exasperated at the refusal he made a swipe at the saloon-keeper, with a force w are told, that showed a purpose to cut the retail tiealer " in liquid alimentation," into two separate parts. Failing in this, he plunged the knife-blade into the top of the counter, and then with almost superhuman strength he plowed the blade through the wooden counter-top from one end to the other. He kept his knife, it seems, in con stant readiness for use, antl but for tlie timely interference of our police, there can scarcely be a doubt that the blood-thirsty ruffian would have blackened his soul, as he twice attempted to do, with the crime of murder. Should he recover from his pres ent wounds, our officers of the law should see to it that he be held to answer for an assault to kill, made alike upon Policeman Cain and Constable George Wilson. BUSINESS LOCALS. Ciikw Jackson's best Sweet Navy To bacco. Onk Dou.au Brogan shoes for fl.00, at the Xew York Store. Wanted A stout lxy to run a Gordon press. Apply at Tiik Bulletin office. Rkmkmrek the Xew York Store sells goods lower than any other house in Cairo. Bi y your school books of A. W. Pyatt & Co. Their stock is complete, and their prices such us defy successful conipct:tii.n. Fok a good shave for ten cents, a good hair cut for twenty-five ccuts, go to Henry Schick's barber shop, Xo. 142 Commercial Avenue. Baikiains in Clothing, Hats and Caps at the Xew York Store. Where the most good arc sold is where you can buy the cheapest. Smokkhs, if you w iJi a fine "Key West" or "Imported" cigar, call at Korsmeyer's cigar store. It is the only place in the city almost daily in reeipt of fresh goods Ik you would save money, buy your school hooks, stationery, etc., of A. W. Py att fc Co. Their stock is full, and a little inquiry will satisfy you that their prices are as low as the lowest. Stolks Sunday morning, the cloth for a cloak, ripped to be remodeled. The pur chaser of these goods from the thief will have their money refunded and be rewarded on returning tho cloth to Tiik Bcu.etin office. Lost A sleeve button, a round yellow stone set in gold, odd style. The loser thinks the button and cuff were lost to gether. A reward of more than the value of the button will bo paid the finder on returning it to Taber Brothers. Just Aiuuvku Xew Hams, B. Bacon, Buckwheat, Flour, Maple Syrup, Cranber ries, Oat Meal, Prunes, Currants, Cracked Wheat, Dried Corn, Cod Fish, Barley, Canned Goods of all kinds; also finest stock of Tea in the city, at the popular grocery house of Pettis & Bird. Tiik parent and guardians of school children should bear in mind that A. W. Pyatt &Co. keep every description of school book used in the public schools in Cairo, and offer them at prices that should have a controlling influence with economical buy ers. Foil Sai.k. I offer for sale niy confec tionery store, corner Tenth street and Wash ington avenue, together with alt the fixtures ami tho finest soda fountain in the city. Reason for selling is a desire to go on a farm. The business is a paying one. Am willing to teach purchaser how to manufac ture candy. Terms easy, tJ suit the times. Apply ut tho Btore. EMlLK SCIILAMKR. PIKENIX pi-IQlNT 1 X DT1UG STO RK COll. COM MKUCIAT. AV. AND KlallTKMNTII K GEO. H. O'HAJIA, Proprietor, Is applied wllh a rail Hixk of Fresh Drttjfn, T. .tt-. U. II.. .fl. ......... II I... elueVolthedny l"Eii-wlal Care auil Attention tjlveu lo the 4 la. A Titttatf M.lHtlal Pit r IS I lllMt-V Iltiiy)... .tit. 2.23 Xew York Store sidling Good's boots for $2.23 per pair. Go and see them. Hams at the Xew York Store lO'.c per lb. best brands; ulso 12 lbs of choice lard for 1.00. Lakiikst Stik k of lxxts und slnx's in the city of Caini at lower prices than ever sold before, at the Xew York Store. Fi.as.vkls at the Xew York Store from 15 to 23c Go antl see them. Also best Doc skin Jeans for 50c per yard. Xotick. Cranberries, mince meat, apple butter, and the best line of pie fruit, at the Xew York Store. Cloaks: Cloaks! !-Full line of Ladie Cloaks and Shaw ls at the Xew York store. As TIIK (JL'AHAM'I.NK HAS Ol'KNKI), Mrs. Williamson open her store Hgain, and wishes to say to the public that she lias a full line of millinery and notions, and she solicits every one to call aud examine tier sttx'k before purchasing elsewhere. She will display during the wek one of the hand somest line of ladies' trimmed pattern hats ever brought to this city; also a handsome line of hats, feathers, and flowers, and many other things new in the notion line, which she can anil will sell as tdieap i anv dry gisiils hulls! in the city. She is pre pared tn p-iiiodid old IihU into any of the latest styles for the small sum of 23 to !I3 cents each. Hats dyed black or browu Mrs. W. has juitt added to her stock a full supply of different styles ami pattern of jewelry. Go and examine Uiem. , LETTIF. COLKMA.VS LAl'MiRY. Mrs. Lettie Coleman has reopened her lauudry on Fourth street, lietwecn Washing ton and Commercial avenues, und tukes this method of informing her old friends and patrons that she is again at their services, and solicits their patronage. She has re duced prices to suit the times. ' LOUK AT OUR PRICES. 5'i lbs prime Rio coffee fl IK) 5 )M.bt .. no 10 lbs white demera sugar 1 00 11 " bcstX. O. sugar 1 00 Choice buckwheat flour iter In !i3j S. R. B. W. flour per package 35 Yarmouth corn per can 15 3 lbs tomatoes (Star) per can 15 B. bacon, best, per lb 10 Full line of choice groceries at low prices. Gocxls must be sold. Buy where gtxxls are sold the cheapest at the Xew York Stone. BANKS. ALEXANDER COLXTY BANK, Commercial Avenue and Eighth Street, CAIRO, ILLINOIS. OFFICERS: P. TirtOSS, Prealdent. P. NKKK. Vlte l'r.-slti.ct. H. WELLS, Canhler. T. J. K Kit Til, Anitant Canhicr. VI RECTORS : F. lirom. Cairo; William Klne. Cairo; I'et. r .N.'ff. falro; WIMmmi Wolf. Cairo; i M . Oaterloh, It I. liillhn.'i'lev. St. Lonla; K. liuder. Cairo; J. V. Cli-msou, Caledonia. Chue. O.l'atier, 4 GENERAL RANKING IlLSfNESS DONE. Ki X V rhuutc old and houifht. luten-nl paid in the savlui; lK-paruncnt. Collection maae and all Ijusiui'Hii promptly attended lo. rMIE CITY NATIONAL BANK, (,'itiro, Illinois. CAPITAL. 8100,000 WICKUS: W. P. IIALLIIIAV, Prer-Mem. ,11. L. IIAI.I.IHAV, Vice I'n -Idem. WALTER HYSLoP.C'Mi'hler. DIRECTORS: . STAAT TAVI.OB, w. p. IIAIJJIHr, HBNIIY L. IIAIXIIMT, . H, CCS NIMOIAX, U. V. WILUAMitON, TeUKS HIIIU, It. II. CAKIIKK, Exchange, Coin and United SUUs Bonds BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deport received and a generul banking bunlnewi conducted. ENTERPRISE SAVINGS BANK, Chartered March 31, 180. OFWICR IN CITY NATIONAL BANK, Cairo, Illinois INTEREST paid on deposits March 1st and Rep leuiher Int. InteroHt not wilhdmwi la added im mediately t the principal of tho depnalta, thereby giving them couipuuud luterenl. Children and married wonwn mj deposit money and no oa else ran draw it. WALTER LIYSLOP, Trkahtiijir, DRUM STORE. Medicine, and (Vmkal. of undoubted purltv a . iiJ. ..,.1 I.. J ....-! an me popular I'aieut rumll.r v?( fomponntllmrof ili)M,ia' prMi rlpttou. I DRY GOODS, Kir. (jjOLIXSTINE A- ) rosexwatk; The largest wholesale and retail I Goods and Clothing j ,lJs uro, receiving new Goods daily und J offering great bai gains in tlieinostkaii some lines of CARPETS, OIL CLOTJ and MATTINGS;. silks, (Hslinu.r,.NRlr rettex, ail. a lj;Vrit ,.,,. j. w style of Dress Goods, Fans, j;t,..; fuel in every department f tli-it- Iti. iiirss, they cordially invite tin- pub) to call and see their stock. WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETC. ESTABLISHED Ml. 1 Edwakd A. IJude (Hueeeaaor to E. 4 W. Ilud-r., MANUFACTURING JEWELER. , And Dialer la Watches, Clocks, Fine Jeweli AXB-- ; MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. ' Cor. Eighth St. aud Washington Av H. HOITT, t Watchmaker & Jewele NO. 10 EIGHTH STREET, jictwfc-o commercial aod I n., in Wa.hluiun avu... ) OHI O, 11 FINE WATCHW0HK A SPECIALTY auguring iuu an am (if ot rcpiirinz t it UUUf. t4T All kind of Solid Jewelry made to o.tH VARIETY STORE. XKW YOIJK STOKE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. rm - ... ine Largest Urietv Stock. J ay IN TIIK CITY iUUI)S SOLD VEUV CLOSr Cor. Nineteenth atreet and t tl 111 Commercial Ave., I RIIO, ill OO. PATlKll CO. IIOl.MAN'S LIVER PADS. ROMAN'S LIVEK PADS -A T- HARCLAYS' Drag Stores Ohio Levee and Washington Atcbw.