The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-28

AMOUNTING conference, It's business and Mem
bsss.
Bishop Scott will preach on Sunday
next. .--.-
-Bisphop Scott is the guest of Mr..
6. d. Williamson.
Rev. Mr., Eaton preached an excel
lent sermon last night at the Presbyterian
church.
The report of the proceedings OF the
Methodist Episcopal Conference, yester-
day, is published on the second page of
THE BuLLE1xy.
Yesterday afternoon a lot Of delegates
arrived from some place above Alton
probably from near the north pole. They
looked like hyperboreans thawing.
The gentlemen having in charge the
Methodist church building should either
heat The room in which the conference
meetswith fire or furnish ovcrcoats TO the
members and spectators.
| A statistical meeting of the confer.
ence was held yesterday afternoon, with
Rev. Mr. CorriDgton ia the chair. The
business transacted was not of any partic.
uIar interest to The public.
The press Wee, the Sun says, left out
in the cold by Ahe conference Yesterday
morning. The intenlion VIA TO teach Che
san how 30 keep cool, but ,be fiery lille
luminary could not appreciate the lesson.
The delegates to The Southern Illinois
Electoral Conference of Laymen-which
is long name-will meet tomorrow
morning AZ 10 o'clock in The p 'eoby.erian
church, to elect two lay delegates 70 the
General Conference of the NJ. T.. church
to be held next May, in Brooklyn, New.
York
Rev. T. Hitchcock, of Cincinnati, told
the conference that no member should
pray until he had paid his debts. Several
of our debtors have not prayed for sew
eral years, because, we presume they wish
to pay their deb.s before they indulge in
davo.io9s. 1t is our sincere desire that
they may speedily remove the impedi.
ment that stands between them and their
right to pay.
The Rev. G. W. Hughey is on hand
with bugle blast against Catholicism in
the shape OF n pamphlet OF ore hundred
and sixiy-fve pages, which he is selling
for The low price of twenty-five cents.
This blast was fist blown from the
Methodist pulp. of Ibis ely and is both
loud and musical, One ofthe members
told Hughey yes;e day that it was well
enough 10 strike at Catfo'ic ism, but 20
never be rash and'go FOR The Campbelliles,
because said he, "ihe moie you at
tack them The more pes.i;e,ous they
become" r.H.I.i. .H'Hrr ..raI t.t.
For the first time in the Southern
Illinois conference of The NJ. Z. church,
the lay delegation takes its place ia the
annual meeting, now in convention in
this city. At the general conference of
the chuIch, held in Chicago three years
ago, it was resolved Chat thcrs should be
delegations Of lay members meet with all
the confeyen ces of the year 1871. These
lay delegations are empowered to send
two delegates from each yearly conference
to the general conference, which meets
every four years.
Rev, G, j.. T. Tolle informed the con-
ference yesterday that he was possessed
ola boun.iful supply Of " positive cleo
tricity" and was of the opinion that II
Presiding Elder Sears had some of his
positive electricity" and he had some
OF Sears, negative ditto they would both
he better men. by positive. electricity
Mr.. Tolle, who seems to have taken Par
son Bro willow for a model. means the
disposition to have his own way or fight,
and by negative electricity of course
ne means the disposition TO yield
"Nnoal fight, from which construction
/ We araw the Inference that Sears is man
wrath. w
c me hev' ID. b. Turney declares d H.
: Roll Call doggerel. So II ;s-,ho mos,
psfieo' N,ha OF bad doggerel; but it is
innoeen' dosgerel, such az any preacbe,
I might write without compromisino Nj,
reputation for commonplace ability, My
TO The Rev. Mr.. Friend, We mark In. n av
Mr.. Turney for ability. He has ,as
critical sagacity which enables some me
to find beauties and defscts other mo