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The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09
Nancy saved:

BY buying your groceries Of II. Mctcalf'
who keeps q large and select stock of the best
family supplies and sells cheaper than the
cheapest, No. 3si Washington avenue, OPP
,,os;,c tho coY~t house. mar5tf
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09
Thomas Kinney came to town yesterday

Thomas Kinney came to town yesterday,
respectfully dressed, and the possessor Of
twenty-eght dollars in loyal currency, Dur
ing the evening, he threw too much |ight-
ming Ay-killer" behind his countenance, be-
came timber drunk, and passed into an inter
val Of utter obliyiousness, H. ended this in
terval by waking up in the calabooso this
morning, his hat gone, his money gone, his
clothing muddy and feeling most wretchcdly
suatched-apart himself. Wherohe had been
what he had done and suffered, he had no
idea. lie awoke to consciousness in the Gala.
boose, was taken before old Dick, who fined
him 81 and trimmings; but let him OIL on fair
promises. And thus ended Tommy Kinney
days experience in the city of Cairo.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09
Hotel Arrivals.

trhs 81. Charles Hotel. Monday. March 81
W Jones, Chicago; CR Rogers, Ohio
LtHoodall, Cincinnati; AN Clayton, Miss;
J. Jones, - Louis WE Norton, Du Quoini
J Davis, st Louis Geo Ruddiestein, Chic ago;
b Rich, Illinois, Geo Bull. %"
J Rector, Mrs Blake
Garland, Cincinnati; JR smith,
w II Chapman, Ientralia; A Windram, city;
u ssllman, Ark; wv KniekerboGkeT " III;
n WhilmOTo, ST Louis; u Is Sttie, Paducah;
w Elder.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09

Two gentlemen Of the city whose business
q :, ouock beeyos in the head, attempted "a
practice Of their calling, upon one another.
They are strong, well-muscled individuals.
and exchanged a few very hearty blows, when
an officer intcricFrod and separated them. By
mutual consent they sailed into on" another,
each determined to give the best he had in hi,
shop-to give vigorously and receive gra.
Ciously.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09

4 few day. since a grain of corn was re-
moved from the ear of little son Of ". T.
Howe, oc Noun. Sterling, which he slipped
INTO ,na, organ four ycorsago Tie strangest
case Of corn ia the ear on record.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09

In Pennsylvania India rubber shoes are
sometimes called gums" A gentleman from
Philadelphia, with his wife, was on visit to
New York, and on returning the house Of
their host, one evening, the gentleman en-
tered the parlor alone. "Why where is
Emily He answered. sob, Emily is out
side cleaning her gums upon the mat"
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09

VI three applicants for the postofdce at Du-
buque, one claims it because his wife is cous-
in OF Grant, another says he can Ego him two
neiees better and the third wants it because
he il tanner.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09
RIVER NEWS
Port List for tho ~ Hours Ending NJ
Two o'clock, r. M. :

.aarrr ARRIVALS. rp-rEfkrt
Gan Anderson Column; VIM. White, Paducah;
(oosa Memphis; swallow, CINCINNATI;
Cornea. N. b.; Thompson Dean, ST. Louis
.H" WV DEPARTURES. a# W
90, Anderson. Column VIM white Paducah;
Coosa, Evansville; swallow, n. VI
Cornela, st. Louis.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09
LOCAL NEWS.


Time OF Arrival ana departure VI
ccoiro Post Office, February 9. 1902
ARRIVES DEPARTS
Time Of closing
,,.,t fbrough .....,.,., $50 am. :. 300 pm.
North (vayl..... -. .... $50 pn"''',,i@P m'
sov,b MenrhisS n Of, 400 a m.... 400 pm
.OhiO River route b;U pfn.... oiV Pun
Mississippi River route $50 .....
Tuesdays and Fridays. $500 pfn'...' HoV pm
Charleston, Mo, Tuesdays
Thursdays & Saturdays. HOO am ..ll'U "m'
Thcbes, Goose Island and a.
santa Feo.-.......... 6:0Op.mrri' INV am oa''
sDbio Rive route departs every day except Mondays
JIM. GRAHAM, y. NJ.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09

a day ortwo ago AL individual by the name
" Gibson arrived in this city from Columbus.
KY with woyokc Of cattle which he sold to
Me-,rs. KOaher 4 Co., butchers. Thi. morn,
ing gentleman from the same place arrived
an the city in pursuit of tue cattle, claiming
that Gibson had stolen them from his prem
Uses. In due time officer. Hogan and ArnolC
found the purchasers, who are of course limo
cent Of any completely in the affair, and pu
the owner in q way 10 recover his own. IL,
Immediately returned to Columbus TO caus,
G.bson's arrest for larceny.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09

The impression seems 10 prevail that all
the raupcrs Of the county are cared for in the
1t. Mary's lnfrmary. This is mistake.
Only the invalid paupcr.--such as require
medical attention and nursing, are admitted
into that institution. The care of these in
wolves cos, Of % cents per day per pauper,
in scrip. This is equivalent to ~ or - cents
per day in cash. and is very reasonable
charge. The lnlrmary is an institution tina,
merits the encouragement OF all unparalleled
people 1t is - refuge for the unfortunate.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09
FOR SALE.
WANTS.

WANTED-Alexanderc County Orders, at so cts.
w ON the dollar for all kinds Of Lumber and Bull.
ders Materials. WV. THORNTON.
anlalu
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-09

MASTER
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Han,y MASTER
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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02
Death of the oldest Mason.

The Erie Dispatch states that Joseph Metcalf, who died in that city on Wednesday the 3d inst, at the age of ninety-four, was the oldest Mason in the United States. Is says;
 MT. Metcalf was born in Massachu- setts, but early in life he removed to Vermont in which State the prime of his life was spent-remoying to this city about twenty years ago. His mind was clear and bright to the last, and his recollection of the past was ex- ceedingly vivid. His "reminiscences extended back to the days of Shaw's rebellion, in l79I and had all the fresh ness of a narrative of yesterday. <, His venerable figure. will be missed from the meetings of the sachems of Ma sorry, where, as among the extensive circle of his acquaintances he was held in the highest esteem,
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02
The Jamesto.vn Colony.

It was our good fortune to worship on Thanksgiving day with our breth- ren at McKendree. The pastor, Dr. Young, delivered an eloquent and appropriate discourse--a few para graphs of which. of peculiar historical interest, he has kindly furnished at our request, for the readers of the Advo- cate. It concerns the first colonists of our country:
 Northern writers have furnished our school books and histories long enough. They have related the story of the Pill grim Fathers with such great length and nice particularly that many of our children think that the Plymouth col ony was not only first in point of im- portancc, but first in point of time. Such is not the fact. It is our duty to correct the error. Virtue is not q commodity but if it were, we do not think the puritans used it all up. There is some left.
 The English made permanent set- clement at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1907. The Dutch settled on the spot where New York now stands in l614. The Puritans landed on Plymouth Rock just as the year 1920 expired. So the Jamestown colony was on the soil of the New World thirteen years before the Plymouth.
 "But the settlers in virginia had no religion :. so the New England histor- ians would have us believe. Because the ePilgrim Fathers came over for "freedom to worship God" they seek to leave the impression that the James town colonists came over to worship no God at all. The truth of history reverses this impression. Even in the Articles Instructions and Orders oi the charter, granted by James l. for tho settlcing of virginiu, provisions was made for the due carrying out ol that which is the highest end of every Christian colony. For it is expressly ordered that, 'sThe said presidents councils and ministers should provide that the true word and service of God be preached, plantcdsand used accord. ing to the Rites and Doctrines of the Church of England, not only in the said colonies, but also as much as might be amongst the savages border ing upon them ;"s and "That all persons should kindly treatthe savage and hea- then people in those parts, and use all proper means to draw them to the true service and knowledge of God"
 ,. The Plymouth colony had no chap lain.-Their pastore the Rev. John Robinson, remained in Holland.g Ths The Jamestown colonists brought over their chaplain, the Rev. Robert Hunt This pious clergyman, with the zea land earnestncss of apostolic times, ac' companied the first expedition. Ant he had the joy of administering thu
 Lords Supper to the united company
 on the l4th of May, 1907, the day aftel
 first landing. Here, on peninsula
 upon the northern shore of James riv
 CT, was sown the first good seed o those Englishmen, who were, in sfte years, to grow and multiply into th'
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02

FOOTSTEPS OF NATuRE.-"All things are engendered in writing their own history. The plant and the pebble go attended by their own shadows. Tho rock leaves its scratches on the mountain side, the river it's bed in the soil !; the animal leaves its bones in the stratum, ths fern and the leaf their modest epitaph in the coal The fall- ing drop makes its sepulchre in the sand or stone ;not footstep in the snow or along the ground but prints its character more or less lasting, a map of it's march every act of man inscribes it's memories on his fellows and his own face, and every object is covered over with hints that speak to the intelligent .54 lsi 5si,8i
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02

great and numerous American people. It was an omen for good, that almost the first act on reaching land was to offer unto God this appointment "sacri- flee of prayer and thanksgiving. The first house completed by the Jamestown colony was 'the Church and temple of the rising settlement. Hunt was succeeded by the Rev. Mir. Whitaker, son of the celebrated mas ter of St Johns College, Cambridge
 As early as 1913 he was established 'in handsome church," With the name of Whitaker is joined the roman tic story of the first Indian convert, Pocahontas. In the year 1913 she made profession of faith in Christ, and was babtized by MT. Whitaker. The font use on tho occasion was hewn from the trunk of tree.
 It is related of Lord Deleware, one of the early governors of the James, town colony, that on the morning af- ter his arrival he began his adminis- tration with religious exercises; after which he caused his commission to be read. He made it the first business of each day to assemble early in the nor ming in their ''little church, which was kept trimed with the wild flowers of the country" and there to invoke the presence and blessing of God; after which they repaired to their daily labors. - a..4
 In the year 1920, the year when the Puritans of New Englaud landed, this Virginia colony numbered one thou sand, eight hundred and sixty souls. These were divided into eleven par ishes, and served by five ministers of the Gospel.
 The quill drivers of the North have taken great pleasure in stigmatizing the Jamestown colonists as 'svagabond gentlemen" rakes and libcrtines," etc. k We read these epithets and smile. like the English nobleman does when he reads that his Norman ancestors of 1066 were "a fcet-load of thieves and pirates" For, from that little James town colony descended the George Washington, and Patrick Henrys, and John Karshals, and Henry Clays, and Robert E. Lees, and the long list of patriots, statesmen, and jurists, and generals, and scholars, and Christians, that have adorned our Southern soci- ety, and made it illustrious forever.-- Nashville Christian Advocate.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02
How to Court in Church.

A young gentleman happening to sit at church in q pew adjoining one in which sat young lady for whom he conceived sudden and violent attach mcnt was desirous of entering into a courtship on the spot, but the place not being suitable for formal declaration, the case suggested the following plan.
 He politely handed his fair neighbor a Bible, opened, with pin stuck in the following text Second Epistle of John, verse 5-"And now l beseech thee, not as though I wrote new com mandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another
 She returned it, pointing to the sec ond chapter of Ruth--tenth verse ; .Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself 10 the ground, and said to him. Why have found grace in thine eyes, seeing am stranger Pm '1s8 He returned the book, pointing to | the thirteenth chapter of the Third Epistle of John: "Having many things to write unto you, would not write with pen and ink, but trust shortly to come unto you and speak face to face that our joy may be full" o aoaa
 From the above interview a marriage took place recently. 4sifi lsiasa s
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02
An Important Discovery.

A gentleman in town has received let ters patent foran article which, if it does all that is claimed for it, is destined to pro. duce an entire revolution in the fishing and provision business. The article in question is soluble in water, something similar to salt, and has the peculiar proper ty of keeping fish, meat, poultry Gc;, per fectly fresh for any length of time. It is almost entirely devoid of smell or taste and scientific men who have examined the article pronounce it success, and wonder why some one did not discover its remarka- ble properties before. We have seen cod which have been in this solution seven weeks and the flesh was as hard and the generalappcarance of the fish equally as fresh and good as if just taken from the water A porgie which had been in soak ten weeks, presented the same, remark able appearance: These fish were cut in our presence, and the flesh, was as solid and as good as any fresh fish that may be found in any market. If this discovery should prove as expected, salt and ice--
 large items of expense in preserving pre- serving provisions--will be superseded
 and poultry, meat and fish can be carried
 to every part of the world ina fresh state.
 Sailors vii! no longer complain of "salt
 horse,' and scurvy will be among the
 things that were. It is not very expen- sive; and does not contain anything dele terious, and as soon as practicable will be
 introduced to the public Gloucester l Advertiser. i stfti
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02
How to Break q Mule.

The following suggestions about break ing the mule are from new and iteresting book on the subject. by Harvey Riley Esq, Superintendent of the Government corral, ut Washington, and published by Dick & Fitzgerald, New York. sDont fight orabuse him. After you have har- messed him, and, he proves to be refracto- ", keep your own temper, slack your reins push him round backward and forward, not roughly; then if he will nut do what you want him to, tie him to post, and let him stand there a day or so without food or water, Take care also, that he does not lie down, and be careful to have a person to guard him, so that he does not foul in the harness. 1.-The will not go after a day or two of this treatment give him one or two more of it, and my word for it he will come to his sen. ses and do anything youwant from that time forward. M s ~
 The only way to keep mule from kicking you is to handle it great deal when young, and accustom it to the ways and actions of men. You must through kindness, convince t that you are not going to harm osabuse it, and you can do that best by taking hold of it in a gentle manner every time it appears to be frightened. Such treatment I have always found more effective than all the beating and abusing you can apply. The mule is peculiar in his dislikes. Many of them, when first harnessed, so dislike bliad bridle that they will not work in it. When you find this, let them stand for a day or so in the blin- ders and then take them off, and and in forty-uine cases out of fifty he will go at once"
 San Francisco supports dfty-five s s4I ls5 Sst1 ssk
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02
ACheap stump Fuller.

There are good many stump pulling machines. All of those which are manu- factured for sale, being secured by patents, are very expensive One of them, how ever, is so simple that it's construction is within the means of every farmer, and if we wanted to use it we should take the risk of the patentee's giving us trouble It consists simply of long, stout pole, say twenty-five or thirty feet long. with three strong chains attached to it one at the but-end, one about three feet farther up, and the third about three feet above that. Each of these chains should be fif- teen or twenty feet long, and armed with good hooks. At the smaller end of the pole there is another chain to which to attach the team. In use it is laid upon the ground with the fastening of the se- cond chain opposite to the middle of the stump, the beam lying, say five or ten feet distant fromit The middle chain is then secured firmly to any tree or stump with in reach behind the beam, and the chain at the butt is fastened around at the back side of the stump to be drawn. sao e'
 The team is then hitched to the smaller end of the beam, and is driven forward so as to produce strain upon the stump. When they have gone as far as possible the third chain is carried around the other side of the stump and made fast, and the direction of the teams pulling is reversed, When they have pulled as far as they can in this direction the first chain is drawn taut and made fast, and the strain is ap- piled to that. In this way, by successive pulls, first on one side and then on the other, very large stump may be drawn out siE
 When there is no object sufficiently near to which to attach the second chain, the first and third arc simply secured as described above, and the team is made to rack the stump, first in one direction and then in the other, until it is looscned.- New York Evening Post ad
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02

posel"
 Before Harry could reply, Stanley stood at his side and awakened him by saying:
 li' "Come. Harry, you will be too late The brotherly, disinterested zeal of 6 second is worthy of all admiration How dispassionately he tries the flint How coolly he .squints along the bar. rel to ascertain if the sight is in order How carefully he graduates the pow der, and with what touching con- noissenrship he chooses a ball X! Ob- serve, too, with what stately air he paces off the ground-from the pride of his step you might imagine he was Ia prince or q conuueror marching to receive the reward of his greatness -God in heaven is that man arranging the ground where his frieud is to be shot-shot in cold blood-and he, a silent, premeditating witness of the deed? sa sY
 At the hour designated, the parties were all in attendance the ground was measured and the pistols were loaded.
 Harry now interrupted the proceed ings saying:
 "Gentlemen this affair has gone far enough
 "It is too late now, sir !" said Wilson's second, haughtily my friend refuses to accept an apology"
 'sHe had better waltz said Harry, until offer it. I accepted his chal- .lenge under a misapprehensiou of my obligations to my friends, to society, and to what are called the laws of honor. Inow retract that acceptance. He insulted me and struck him the reckoning of revenge was thus closed as soon as it was opened. If he .dares to repeat the offence, I shall repeat the punishment; without holding myself liable to be shot at like wild beast of the forest. You are all welcome to put your own interpretation on my refusal to fight. My conduct will justify itself to all those whose opinions are truly worthy of regard; and as for the bullying denunciation of those few miscreants whose highest ambition is to be known as the lamp-lighters and candle-snuffcrs of mortal combats- combats which the laws of God and man pronounce to be murder--as for their denunciation, my now wishing you good morning shows how thoroughly dispisc it..
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02
How John Wilkes Booths Re-
 mains S4OOkd.

, A. | Washington special Cincinnati Enquirer, 17th.J
 Special dispatches from Baltimore state that the remains of Wilkes Booth were placed in q vault to-day in Green mount Cemetery, in tho presence of his friends and relatives. The body, or skeleton, rather, was taken from the box in which it had been buried, and placed in a, splendid metallic coffin.
 There was but little of the remains left, the flesh having disappeared, leav- ing nothing but mass of blackened bones. Uponil one foot was an old shoe and upon the other a boot cut open at the top this covered the left foot the leg having been broken in the leap from the stage-box of the theatre after he had assassinated President Lincoln.
 The remainder of his dress consisted of n rough brown coat, black pants and vest, all of which were rotten and decayed. The hair all remained, and and the silken curls of glossy black re- minded one of the face once so much admired. M
 During the afternoon and night hum dreds of people visited tho place, and some were allowed to view the re- mains. Aftera short time it was found that the curious crowd had cut the blankets almost to pices to get sou- venirs. Many persons also visited the cemetery during the day, believing the interment would be made there, but came away disappointed. Tho interment will be made hereafter se- cretly. W fuA 9ll
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-02
B. IF. Johnson D RU GGI s T
 DIES ARC, ARKANSAS.

H EEP on hand alargeassortmento of Drugs, IN Medicines Paints, Oils Perfumery, Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies. Whiskey, for medical purposes, which he will sell low. Prescriptions and orders filled promptly Terms cash. feb l5, le6s