The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-25
CURRENT NOTES.
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roe Mich.
III. Kimball, of Georgia. is the prcsi-
dent Of seven railroads.
The president has recognized LaCa.
than de la Forest as consul-general o.
France at New Orleans.
The editor of the Harrisburg Patriot
democratic, will soon marry Governor
Geary's daughter.
The famine in Persia is described n
extremely fearful. Even worse than wa
at first reported.
"A new Winnie Rcam appears in Mis-
Z Ella Noe of Oskaloossa, who helps he
father chscl gravcstoncs.
The largcs: diary farm in the worlC
IS owned by Hon. Charles Webb Howard
Of California. 1t comprises 1900 acres
An unhappy young man in Charles
| ton, $. C., whose affection for young wo.
men was not reciprocatcd, swallowed laud-
anum, but was pumped out, and the girl
laughed about it.
"A crazy man residing II, Sand Prairie
south of Pekin, labors under the hallu-
cination that he is Jesus Christ Pccuni.
airy embarrassment drove him insane, and
he will be taken to Jacksonville shortly
The latest Mormon notion is n ma
chine to kill Srass-hoppers. Tho contriv-
ancc is an invention OF Salt Lake City
blacksmith can be manufactured for $40,
and two or three could scoop up and
"scrunch all the grpas-hoppers in the
Territory.
The proprietor of the Clinon House,
niagara has been cntcrprising enough to
lay gas-pipe over the new suspension
bridge to light his hotel with, and the
Canadian authorities nrc bothering their
brains to determine how they can levy n
tax on his imported ga.
Measures are being taken ii, Savar-
nah, Ga, to properly inscribn the monu-
mcnt in that city erected to the memory
of Gen. Nathaniel Greene. This monu-
mcnt has stood for forty years without
any inscription, not even the name Of the
departed, whose g,llanlry and patriotism
it wa. designed to commemorate.
George w. Tilt, the Buffalo capitalist,
whn j. about 10 try an experiment in farm
ing with the heathen thinco, is dcvoting
his time and money To- Improving his four
thousand-acre farm in Shelby county, III
He is putting up ten ,wo-s,ory houses fol
| the accommodation of his imported
farmers, and ia having ten thousand acres
of prairie broken. The next thing he vii
have Il hundred Chinese in his houses.
Tho young mems christian asst, iatiJn
Of Saratoga proposed Ia close MorriScey' :
gaming-house, but when they called upon
Morris,"y that gentleman quietly said ::
You have the power to close my doors,
but if yol do ! shall remove my race
course and then what will become of your
town 2 and they being owners of real es-
tate hrsitatcd, and rrtreatcd from the
presence of the chief, and eased their
minds hy ferocious raid upon the smaller
knights of the green cloth.
Just before hc sailed for Europe, Mr..
Thurlow Weed received call from u
gentleman in the one hundred and fifth
year Of his age. He walked three-quar-
tiers ot II mile and handed MIR. Weed two
letters TO friends in England, which lie
penncd himself The old gentleman has
lived in New York since 1912. lie en-.
tered the English army in 1880, and wa.
an officer in most of the memorable bat.
ties from 1880 10 1872. lie is still in the
enjoyment Of good mental and physical
! health.
brigham Young celebrated his 10th
birthday on the "a inst, by royal repas'
IN the Lion house, at which were eighty
| seven men, women and children, all near
relations or connections Of bis family.
His private secretary read an address,
wnich closed with the wish "May you
live Till the rulers of every nation on earth
shall acknowledge the wisdom of God in
your administration, seek unto You for
council, and recognize you, as you truly
ARE, the irlUnl of God and man.