The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-22

--Nicc-Prcsident CollaX camo from
South Bend, Ind. The place also has 1877
families without the Scriptures, siXty-onc
refusing to receive copy.
What has become of our excellent ex-
Presidentess, Mrs. Lincoln, since this
"crucl war commenced? Kind Prov-
dcncc protect her from needle-gurs and
chnssc-ppts.
Tho hutton Mount Washington, known
a. the Tip-Top house, rents for 81, 600 the
scason--about six weeks usually.
"A new dance /. to be introduced into
society next winter, which is said to be
something between II Highland fling and
an Irish Jig
-Forney says it is not true that Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln will rcfu.c the pension
voted To her by congress, and so warmly
advocated by Mrs. Grant.
Tho New York Post thinks il wa,
shameful for Napoleon To leave Eugene
and go to Nancy, seeking another engage
ment.
The republicans Of the nth llinoi.
district, opposed to the denomination of the
Hon. +. &. Ingersol to Congress, will hold
II grand war-talk at Peoria on the 23d
Remington, II Dubuque gunmakcr, and
w. w. Webh, Of Buffalo, y. Y, have ar.
ranged a shooting match for - 800, to take
place at Albany, n. 4, some time this
month
When General Blanks voice failed
him in his Cuban speech, an outsider was
| cruel enough tomakc n remark that 'an-
other of the National Banks had bus
ted
When death occurs from natural
causes In Tennessee, il is customary TO
| append to the newspaper notice the words
| politics has no agency in the difficulty"
| Sulphur IS highly recommended MS n
dcodorizcr. The Maine Farmer gives an
instance ofi,s effects in removing the oflcn-
sivc odor from dairy house whore skunk
had been killed.
In 1868 the mercury in New York
rose TO 90 deg. and upward eight times, in
1859 five times but during the present
year il has reached that elevation thirty
| one times and the season is not ended yet
Locke says the faster man writes, the
slower others read what hc has written
Napoleon could write fourteen pages a
minute; unfortunately, however, each page
consisted OF eight blots and splatter
Some of his lines to Maria Louisa appear
rs ifscattcred over the paper by the cSplo.
sion Of u bomb.shcll.
"A man named James Jason, who wa.
sentenced to the states prison in tho year
lsi7, from Poscy county, Indiana, re.
turned 10 his former residence Oh the 30tf
ult., and found il occupied ly his grand
son and great grandchildren. At the
time Jason was sentenced, twenty tire,
years ago, he was fifty two years Old.
"A pre.iden. Of one Of our popular rail
roads once wrote TO an old farmer request
ing him To remove some shedding along
the line. The old farmer could not max,
il out, and bolicyoing it to be free pass
used il rs such for year, none Of the con
ductors presumng TO dispute the cons,ruc
ton put upon the scrawl
The New York Tribune especially DO.
walls the defeat Of Harris, Of North Caro-
lima, the negro candidate for congress. II
thinks him the "ablc,i and most eloquent
candidate nominated for congress in that
state for years; and ability, it add-, "i'
not 80 plentiful in congrcs, that any can
bc spared without regret This SOFT oi
talk Is not very complimentary 10 radical
congressman from n loyal brother.