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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
PERSONAL.

Senator Chandles says that Senator
Wilson leaks. As Chandler is always
tight it his privilege to rebuke Wilson,
Chicago Times.
A copy of the first edition of Burns
poems, published in Kilmarnock, in 17sG,
brought $50 at an auction in Glasgow the
other day.
The Louisville Courier-Journai says
Barno Steuben was recently inferred for
the fifth time. Thus far the baron's fun.
eral seems to have been little more than a
Steubendous fraud.
Miss Burdett-Coutts has offered to make
over the Columbia market, on which she
has expended sl,25O,O0O, to the corpora
tion of London, under certain conditions
rendering il specially serviccsble to the
poor, fr whose benefit it was created.
Mr.. Anthony Trollope is going to Aus
tralis. He holds an important office in
the surveyors department of the general
post-ofiice, London, and this enables him
to travel to the ends OF the earth on Of
fetal business "all expenses paid" and
write books on the voyage about what he's
seen.
The New York Commercial adcertiser
declares that There is no truth in the
story that Mr.. Greedy provided himself
with a wire shirt before going to Texas.
Though tho Ku-Klux may appear very
formidable in the colums Of the Tribune,
Horace is not second Frankenstcin to be
frightened Al his own bantlng"
There is pleasing little account of Nils
son given by Anderson in The Story of
My Life whom he met in Paris when she
was studying, and afterwards when she
had made her debut. Nilsson tells how
Anderson gave her some figures which
he had cut out of paper, for the
great story teller is a Z" Black Peter" in
his way and improvises little paper people
to the delight of the children.
w. X. Alger has been travelling in the
south Of England with Herbert Spencer,
and at last account was visiting Mathew
Arnold at his old home. Mr.. Alger has
given much study to Spencer's works, and
has a profound regard for his learning and
genius but he says that Spencer's heart
is as tender and tenacious in its affections 5
as woman's Mr.. Spencer says Mr.. Al
ger is the best American exponent of his
system of philosophy.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02

citizens with impunity. The TriJua,
discovered that the murderer Foster
was minion of 1ammany, and pre-.
dictcd that he would not be convicted
or punished. The Times, not to be
outdone in a little matter of lying,
demonstrated that all the murders in
New York city we're chargeable to
Tammany, and that Tammany was
stealthily organizing the street-car sys-
TEN for the purpose Of murderously
diminishing the number Of Republican
voters.
The law has taken its unimpeded
course, and Foster will be hung, as he
deserves 20 be. But the moral organ
lists will not make any retraction of the
libels they have uttered, albeit thus
promptly branded as falsehoods. Their
object is to blacken the fame of Dem
ocratic administration in the eyes Of the
country, and for that purpose an unre-
trac,ed SANDER is as good as an attested
fact Their millions of country
readers will continue to revel in the
notion that Democratic New York is a
sink Of unrcstrained crime, and that
Democracy is but another name for
battle, murder and sudden death. In
order to make the case of Foster con-
tribute still further to enforcement Of
this great moral idea, the Tribune will
discover that he was, after all, politi-
cal enemy of Tammany, instead of ally,
and was hanged in consequence. This
is one Of the favorire tricks Of the moral
organists
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
The DOctOr.v

A recent traveller in Austria thus de-
scribes the performance of u tame cocka-
too by its pet name "The Doctor: :"--"I 1t
pretended to have u violent toothache, and
nursed its head in its claw, rocking itself
backward and forward as if in the great
est agony, and in answer to all the reme-
dies which were proposed, croaking out,
80, it aint bit good? and finally sliding
up to the end of the porch, and crying in
| q hoarse whisper -" Give me q drop oI
whiskey, do?' 1t would also pretend tc
sew, holding a little piece Of cloth under
meath its claw, which rested on the perch
and going through the motions with the
other, getting into difficulties with its
thread, and finally singing a loud
song in favor of sewing machines,
just as If II were an advertisement. The
Doctors best performance is when he i'm
itates hawk. He reserves this acting
until his mistress is feeding her poultry,
then, when all the hens and chickens, tur-
keys and pigeons are in the quiet enjoy
ment of their breakfast or supper, the Pc
culiar shrill dry of n hawk is heard over
head, and The Doctor is seen circling in
the air, uttering scream occasionally
The fowls never find out that it is a hoax,
but run to shelter, cackling loudly for
their chicks, turkeys crouching under
bushes, pigeons taking refuge in Their
houses, As soon as the ground is quite
clear, cocky changes its wild note for peals
of laughter, from high tree, and finally
alighting on the top of a hencoop filled
with trembling chickens, remarks in a
suifocated voice You will be the death
| me.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
murder rs q Pine art

The case of the poisoning of Ruth by
the doctor who loved Ruths wife, and who
had previously poisoned his own on that
account, is one of those examples of the
facilities for committing murder on
scientific principles, which unhappily, are
within the reach Of all who desire to get
rid of movement relatives or dangerous
enemies. In such cases unprincipled
physicians, like Meddlicot, may be effective
allies, and, under the guise of performing
professional service, may drive profitable
trade by signing ''death warrants in
Latin"
The case Of Ruth is very startling
one. His wife, whom he had taken from
. former husband, was unprincpilei and
winning, though not handsome. She had
captured Meddlicot, a married physician,
in Lawrence, Kansas, where she had gone
to reside with her husband. The passion
was mutual. Meddlicot's wife and Mrs.
Ruth's husband were in the way of its
grat,Hcation. Meddlicot dispensed his
own medicine. and administered it TO, a
not uncommon in the West. There was
no check to his pharmaceutical operation
and no preying apothecary to supervise
his prescriptions. His wife, soon after
his captivstion by Mrs. Ruth, became the
subject OF his professional mlnistratlons,
and died. Ruth, while spending pleas
ant evening with the enamorcd physician
avaied himself of the medical services OF
of his companion, and likewise died. The
Kansas people thought the death of Mrs
Meddlicot suspicious. They though
that of Ruth more so. They had become
| reconciled to the former. They concludes
to investigate the latter; and facts wer
ELECTED which may, we hope, add arothe
to the many instances ofretributive justic
| which are on record.
This case shows what deadly deed
may be accomplished by n doctor o
| unscrupulous character, instgated by
woman Of bad passions, and how easy i
is to commit murders through the agenc,
of alkaloids,' skillfully administered
This is one of the few instances which
have been brought to light. How many
take place that are never discovered
NeD York Netcs.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
RUlLOFF'S HEAD.
Examination OF the Brain Thick ness
of the skull.
From the Binghampton Republican,

From the Binghampton Republican
The work of dssecting Rullof's head
was go far completed this morning as to
enable those having 1t in charge to ascer-
tain the weight of his brain. The brain
weighed fifty-nine ounces, being nine and
a half or ten ounces heavier than the ave-
rage weight. The heaviest brain ever
weighed was that of Cuver, the French
naturalist, which is given by some author
titles and some at siXty-four ounces. The
brain of Danial Webster (partly estimated
on account of portion being destroyed
by disease) weighed sixty-four ounces.
The brain Of Abercrombie of Scotland
weighed sixty Ave ounces. The average
weight Of amans brain is about fifty ounces
the maximum weight sixty-ave (Cuviers)
| and the minimum (idiots) twenty ounces.
As an average the lower portion Of the
brain (cerebellum) is to the upper portion
| of the (cerebrem) rs one is to eight and
isht -tenths. The lower, brute portion, of
Rullofrs brain and the mechanical powers
are unusually large. The upper portion
of the brain, which directs the higher
moral and religious sentiments, was very
deficient in Rulloff. In the formation OF
his brain Rulloff was ferocious animal,
and SO far as disposition could relieve him
from responsibility he was not strictly re-
sponsible for his acts. There is no doubt
| that he thought himself not a very bad
man on the morning he was led out Of his
prison, cursing from the cell to the gal
lows. The measurement OF Rullohs head
around at the eyebrows supra orbital)
was twenty-four and a half inches. The
skull was probably the thickest ever
known. In no place was it less than
4 ~. A. 90 ;Vn in oh nd
in most places it was half an inch thick,
The usual thickness of mans skull is less
than one-fourth of on inch.
Rullotf head WAS opened in the usual
way, by parting the scalp over the top Of
the head, from one ear to the other, and
saving off the top. The surgeons who per-
quarters of an hour TO saw around the
skull, and before it was completed they
began to think the head was all skull.
With the protection of n skull half an
inch thick, and scalp Of the thickness
and toughness of q rhinoceros rind, the
| man of seven murders was peovided with
a natural helmet that would have dehed
the force of any pistol bullet. If he bad
been in Miricks place the bullet would
| have made only slight wound; and had
he been provided with curtis very equal
to his scalp his defensive armor against
bullets would have boen as complies as Il
coat of mail.
The cords in Rulloffs neck were as
heavy and strong as those of an OK, and
from his formation one would almost sup,
pose that he was protected against death
from the gallows US well MS by injury &c
his head.
Rullotf's body was larger than it wa'
supposed to be by casual observers. Th'
sheriff ascertained when he took the meas
ure of the prisoner for coffin to bury hin
in that he was five feet ten inches in hight
and measured nineteen inches across hi
shoulders. When in good condition hi
weight was one hundred and seventy-hv'
pounds
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
A GREAT CAUSEWAY.
Com uletion and Test Of the Longes
Bridge ON the American Continen,

Com pletion and Test Of the Longest
bridge On the American Continent.
ST. LOUIS. May pa dispatch from
st. Charles, No, says the excursion party
numbering nearly three hundred, which
left st. Louis this morning has just passed
successfully over the most magnificent
bridge on this continent. The test oI
strength of this bridge was severe one
1t was made with eight locomotives and
nineteen cars crowded with people, al
being on the bridge at once. The total
weight is estimated at nine hundred tons
The citizens of st. Charles and the sur
rounding country received the party, and
are celebrating the event with great cntbu-
siasm. Tho extreme length of the bridge
and approaches Is G,57O feet; of the bridge
proper, 2,l79 feet. The number of spans
Is Sc, en- ranging from 305 to 322 feet in
length. All the piers rest on solid rock,
and range in height from 10 to las feet, ac-
cerding to the depth ofrock under the river.
This bridge was begun on September IA,
1868, under the charge Of Capt. G. Shaler
Smith, Chief Engineer; Joseph Sherrard,
Chief Assistant Engineer; c. c. Ucren-
stall, General Superintendent.
The bridge is owned by company, and
is leased by the North Missouri Railroad
Company at an annual rental Of Sl5O,000.
Its completion will enable the road to
shorten the time three hours between here
and Ottumwa, Iowa.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
THE MURDERER FOSTER.

Without much delay the man Foster,
who murdered a Mr. Putnam on one Of
the New York street railroads, has been
tried and found guilty of murder in the
first degree.
This is unfortunate for the engineers
Of that great moral organ, the New
York Tribune, and for other moral Or
ganists who make profitable business
of traducing the city they live in. Af-
ter the murder of Mr.. Putnam, these
worthy people raised hue and cry
that life was unsafe in the metropolis
that the city government was in league
with the criminal class, and that the
political friends of the government
lwere licensed to murder respectable
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02

MRS. LAURA ID. FAIR, convicted Of
murder, was called at the District Court
in San Francisco on Monday, and a
motion for a new trial was made. The
counsel for the prosecution asked that
the sentence be deferred in order to OBJ
tain the necessary affidavits in reply to
the statements made by the defendant.
The argument was to commence on
Thursday and occupy two days; SEN
tence postponed accordingly.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
my. The New York U'orid relates ths

EsiyD The New York U'orid relates that
'the ingenious and loving wife Of II cer-
tain literateur found that her husband 8
chest was rapidly falling away, and bade
fair to become consumptively inclined,
because, while writing, the said chest
pressed too much upon the abdominal re-
gion; SO she bought corset, and in spite
of all resistance, fastened it upon him,
drawing it tighter every day, till at iast
its ends met behind. She made him work
in this straight-jacket, and nov he
rises up and calls her blessed beyond wo-
men,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02

The town Of Hopefield, Arkansas,
across the river from Memphis, was the
scene Of a riot on Sunday evening,
brought about in the following manner I:
Several yonng men Of Memphis crossed
the river from Memphis to spend some
hours Of Sunday afternoon in the woods
of Arkansas. They amused themselves
with target shooting with pistols in
which they we're joined by Mr. Thomas
Colliers, keeper of the Railroad Hotel
at Hope6eld. The shooting party were
accosted by George Wright, a negro
magistrate, who used some rough lam
guaee to them, in which he was joined
by several other negroes who accompa-
MED him. Mr.. Collins here interfercd
and threatened to "raise some Of the
party out Of their boots?" On this,
the negroes retreated, but fred as they
went and narrowly escaped wounding
some children who were playing abou,
the door of the hotel About half an
hour after, the negroes returned, with o
force of about thirty, and calling Mr.
Golfers, began an indiscriminate firing
Some Of the by ISLANDERS got out of the
way and others returned the shots OF
the negroes. One of them was killed
and three or four Others wounded. Mr.
Golfers received shot in the thigh.
The white residents of Hopefeld we're
in state of alarm and terror all Sun.
day night. On Monday, Mr.. Hardin
sheriff of Crittenden county, with I
number of interested negroes, held al
inquest on the body of Raynor, aftel
which he arrested five white men, as
serting that they were implicated in tn
killing. During the afternoon, the Goa
tug Susie Bigley, which had busines
at Marion, where the prisoners wer
confined, was prevented from making {
landing by armed negroes, who threat
ened to shoot the crew if they persisted
in their attempt to land. Afterward th'
Belle Memphis was boarded by th'
! Sheriff and his negro assistants at Hope
field and Mr.. Dewitt, a Northern maj
and a contractor on the Little Rocl
road was taken from the steamer an
ordered to the Marion Jail, on tn
, ground of being implicated in tn
E shooting, he having been seated nea
the door of Collins hotel when tn
! trouble commenced. The Memphi
|, Apalanche says of Wright, the colore'
4 magistrate
1 ale was last winter deck hand on tn
t Legal Tender plying between this cit
and White river. He is reported TO b
e a very unruly and insulting darkey
shrewd. intelligent and rascslly. 1t
y y said that there is an indictment again'
L him in this city for cattle stealing, an
that he entertains SO contemptuous an opir
i ion of people over this way that he don
visit us ~
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02

with the majority and though it is light
matter compared with the many costly
practices of the republican party, yet it is
one more evidence of necessity for a
change of administration, aud will be re.
membered by the people
ELI MOVES.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02

AoENrLEMAS named Derby, of New
York, worth eleven millions Of dollars
has made will devising the large
amount to the United States, on the
condition that the government pays to
his heirs, FIVE or six in number, a per-
pctual interest of 3 per. cent.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
Ghe Bulletin.
FRIDAY.

M. TRTELHARD, the French Ambas-
sador at Washington has been insane
ever since his arrival in this country
and asks to be recalled on account Of
his malady.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02

back beyond perpendicular you cannot
see the circles of his gold spectaclcs. To-
day he is in charge of several of our most
prominent citizens.n
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
MISSOURI MUTUAL

-4sAAN9Aoo " ISL -AN@ - = - SA-1
Ranks high In the list OF sound, thrifty Western
Life Companies. ,, ,o
II has assets more than enough to cover al lls
Liabilities in addi.iol Ia the capital.
IL mas one hundred thousand dollars depositeu
with the State of Missouri as a perpetual guar.
antee TO IT, policy holders.
IL has complied fully with the new laws OF me
state, which are quite as exactng and more rlgld.
iy enforced than those Of Eastern states.
II invests its funds in the West among the
people from whom they are received.
us management Is vigorous, skillful aud pru.
dent.
Its annual income from the interest alone ~
already more than sufficient To pay its losses.
IL issues policies upon the ordinary life and en'
dowment plans, at the same rate as other first.
class companies.
The policy holders receive all the profits in an-
nual dividends. .lf.- Es#FA
The stock holders can receive osly ten per
cent. OF iaterest on their capital, by the terms o
the charter.
The annual dividends 10 policy holdeIs are al.
ready greater than many old Eastern Companies
have ever been able TO pay, 49,. H
The State OF Illinois paid last year about bur
million dollars for Life Insurance.
Why send 40 much money out OF the state
away TO New York AMI New England for IN Arti0s
that may be produced Just as cheap'y Tor more 40
at home,
| spraGdswtt Agents asCaiSs.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02
FROM SPRINGFIELD.

The Special session Of the General As
emb1y-1he state House APproprn.
The Park uesti0n-PrOposftion 90
Lease the Labor OF Convfcts In Sne
Mate enttentiary-HOW Long Will
the Special Session Last, etc, etc.
c..,x,.,,,, Nav af ls-I
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-02

Senator Chandles says that Senator
Wilson leaks. As Chandler is always
tight it his privilege to rebukc Wilson,
Chicago Times.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-20
Federal Court,

At this court his honor, Judge Trigg, pre-
siding, the criminal docket was taken Ut
and peremptory call commenced with the
following disposition of cases:
United States vs. W. S. Evans, illicit dis
tilling. Forfeiture.
United States vs. Nathan WEIGH, illicit dis
tilling. Jury returned a verdict of not
guilty.
United States vs. James Curlee, illicit dis
tilling. Forfeiture.
United States VS. David LOoney, illicit dis
tilling. Jury returned not guilty.
United States VS. Prettyman Pickett, IL
licit distilling. Continued.
United States VS. John Coldwell, Illicit
diStilling. Jury returned not guilty.
United States VS. Hartman Franklin, illicit
distilling. jury returned not guilty.
United States VS. Ben ROnton, illicit dis
tilling. Jury returned not guilty.
United States vs. Philpot & Mitchell, Illicit
distilling. Forfeiture.
United States VS. Charles Brantly, Illicit
distilling. Continued.
A large number of forteitures, each in
tie sum of $3.50 was taken against witnesses
for non-attendance, and sci fd's issued to
insure their future appearance. All parties
summoned would do well to make a note
of this fact, and govern themselves &C
cOrdingly. The Court meets at 8 O'Clock
to-day, at which time the peremptory call
of the criminal docket will be taken up
where left off at case 401, yesterday, and
the cases tried or continued when reache d
in regular order.