The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-02-17
FIFEMs FROM cAIRo!....BY NOSE.
CAIRO, Ill. Feb 10. 1884.


as The submarine cable used at the St. .
Louis and New Orleans telegraph crossing Of a
the Mississippi, is the longes, in the United 6
States and the strongest in the w orld.- tt,
contains four more -wires-,hsR. the cable used s
in crossing the English c:iannel. .
~ There are now only four or five hum
bred emigran,s at Cairp-a great number
having started several days since Tor st.
Louis. No sickness prevails among those
remaining, and they are, generally becoming
veil uleased with Cairo Seyeral families
have bought houses, gone into business and
are making money. That's loss to Iowa.
~ There is German in town who says
he is going to Evansville. Girls set your
caps for him, an if he is strapped" the trap
per can truthfully boast of the ugliest hus-
band that ever was husband. HumPback,
red hair, hame legs, one eye, mouth resem-
bling cash IN pumpkin, heshy as Q snake
That's the man exactly. He asked me TO
give this description, to state he wants 10
marry, and to solicit an answer from the nus
bandless ladies'. Address, for two weeks,
Heinrich observation-disclosures, Cairo, Ill.
T Raned some here yesterday. Pros
poets of an early re sumption of navigation
in the upper Mississippi good.
BoArs AT CAIRo.-St. Louis, Michigan,
St. Nicholas and Henry Chou'eau. Quite a
number of boats left here last week, and are
now at Cape Girardeau, awaiting a breakup
in the river.
J nT-It is said that the Mobile and Erie
Railroad company, which road, by the way
terminates at Cairo, have purchased two or
three thousand acres os land opposite Cairo
: in Kentucky, and near the termination of the
road. A, effort was made short time since
to lay off town there, but fuiled, believe
entirely. ,-.-t. al
~A lot of Germans have hired the use
/ of the cabin of one OF our wharfboats at two
hundred dollars per month; and an inteiiec-
tual q gentleman told me the other day that
, it was ''very low conside rim" I'm certainly
+ much obliged to him.
10 A verdant youth from Paducah crep'
: into n old ice house here the other night and
went to sleep. About o'clock next morn
ing town chap repaired to the place, walked
4 him up, and actually convinced him he hae
{ slept there three days! The poor fellow
thought himself quite starved, dead of thirst
/ and almost too weak to walk. When pro
vided with something to eat and drink, tel
you he illustrated the capacity of the human
stomach to charm. .H-'
e. rough looking customer was max
, ing considerable fuss, to-day, about neigh
t Dor stumbling MIN.
.How did he swindle you!" asked one o.
the crowd.
t allow! Why, by Cd sir, he ran away
( with my wi.e!'' -1r>tsss ir1a0o
o. Lots have been donated by the tus'
tees of the Cairo property to the Methodist,
. Baptist and Catholic Churches. The Cath
d Ollie Church has been commenced under the
superin,endence of Father McCabe. Ihave
: heard that similar donation has been made
: to the Presbyterian persuasion, but cannot
say that such is the case, positively.
Is The material for large printing Of
fee in Cairo, is now being delivered. The
house will be put up in couple months, and
|, the publication OF paper commenced imme.
). diatey thereafter. | am not able to say
= what its political complexion will be or who
:, will control it. Don't think these things are
are decided yet. +.pF14f
y 0T 1t is said that the people of Paducaf
are suffering dreadIuly with the itch! They
take it "turn about" scratching one anoth.
er's backs. rs
@ A beautiful pair Of goggles will be
n given to any one who, after reading the fol.
;, lowing lines over twice, will repeat them
,, correctly from memory. Try it:
"Who sets there!" says she;
. "Who's there then" says 1;
"Then," says she, "here sets l."
o From the san Francisco Commercial Adverser.l
Later News from Lower California.
:, Arrival OF COL H. p WA TKINS.