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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-10
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
THE FRENCH CIVIL WAR.

FALL OF FORT d IssY-FORT vANvREs IN FLAMES
AN ATTACK ON FORT MoNTROUGE-PARis
CoMpIF rEIY INyEsTEp-A GENERAL ASSAULT
IN CONTEMPT ALTON.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-07
Treatment of Hams.

A valued correspondent sends US the
following recipes clipped from some
journal, what one we do not know
Make number of cotton BAGS, lit
tie larger than your hams after the
hams are well smoked, place them in
the bags then get the best kind of
knife, and with your hands press it well
around the hams in the bag tie the
bags with strings, put on a card Of the
year to show their age, and hang them
up in garnet or some dry room, and
they will hang five years, and will be
better for boiling than on the day you
hung them up. This method costs but
little, and the bags will last forty years.
No flies or bugs will trouble the hams if
the hay is well pressed around them !;
the sweetening of the hams will be
taken up by the hay, the hay will i'm
part fine flavor to the hams. The
hams should be treated in this way
before the hot weather sets in.
After hams have been soaked, take
them down, and thoroughly rub the
flesh part with molasses, then imme-
diately apply ground or powdered pep
per, by sprinkling on as much as will
stick to the molasses, when they must
be hung up again to dry. Hams treated
in this way will keep perfectly sweet for
two or three years. This must be done
before the fly deposits its eggs, for after
that is done, nothing will stop their
ravages. The above has been practiced
IN our section for twenty years. No
smoking is necessary. One pint Of mo.
lasses and one and halt or two pounds
of black pepper are sufficient for any
ordinary family.
EPILEPSY IN PIGs.-The Irish Farmers
Gazette says: Commissions occasionally
accompany different diseases, but they
are likely to be the effect of epilepsy
Cold water kept constantly applied to
the head is essential. Also bleeding
and purging, followed by low diet, per.
feet quiet and cooling medicines, such
as nitre, one or two drachms. in the
water the pigs drink. The causes of
epilepsy are sometimes obscure, but in
digestion and intestinal irritation from
worms or other sources appear to hurry
it on.
Lameness in hogs is caused sometimes
by the large pores in the back part of
the leg getting clogged. They are a
little above the knuckles in the back
part of the legs. Wash the lame legs
with soap and luke.warm water, using a
stiff brush and rubbing hard till the
pores are open, when the lameness will
leave.
A correspondent of the american
AgricuttriSt dissents from the now com.
mon advice to kill pigs at eight and
nine months old. He says if there is
profit in keeping a pig nine months
while he is making his frame, there
must be more profit in keeping him a
second nine months, when you have
nothing to do but to lay the flesh and
fat on.
" You say" said Judge to witness
" that the plaintiff resorted to an lngen'
ious use of circumstantial evidence
state just exactly what you mean 10y
that" Well" said the witness, "my
exact meaning is that he lied
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-07

To CLEAN FuRxITURE.-The following
is recommended by one "who knows"
Cold drawn linseed oil, one quart; gin
or spirits of wine, half pint; vinegar,
half a pint: butter of anthony, two
ounces spirits of turpeentine, half
pint. This mixture requires to be well
shaken before it is used. n little of it
is then to be poured upon rubber,
which must be well applied to the sur
face of the furniture. Several applica-
tions will be necessary for new furni-
tine. or for such as has previously been
French polished or rubbed with bees
WAX.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-07

REyovATING FEATHER BEDS old
feather beds and pillows are greatly i'm
proved by putting them on a clean
grass plot during heavy shower; let
the beds become thoroughly wetted;
turn them on both sides; let them lie
out until thoroughly dry, then beat
them with rods; this will tighten the
feathers and make them much more
healthy to sleep on. 1t removes dust
and rejuvenates the feathers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-07
Foreign.

The speech delivered by Theirs in the As
sembly on the 2lst, denounced the policy of
Napoleon as absurd and the real cause of
the disasters which have befallen France.
The course pursued by Gambetta was ex-
cusable, though peace ought to have been
made with Germany when success on the
part of the Army of the Loire became hope
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-07

A MANS HEAD Cur OFF BY Now
ING MAcHINE.-A farmer, whose name
our informant was unable to give, was
decapitated by moving machine with
which he was at work on his premises,
near Southport, last Tuesday afternoon.
At the time of the accident the farmer
was examining some portion of the ma.
chine that had got out of gear, when
the horses attached suddenly started,
causing the blades to revolve, one of
them striking the man in the back of
the neck, severing the head from the
body as clean as though guillotined. a
youthful son of the deceased witnessed
the terrible accident, and, dumb with
horror, grasped the head by the hair
and ran with it into his mothers pres
ence.-IndiaaapoGS Sentinel
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-07

BEssEMER STEEL.-Experiments with
Bessemer steel show it to be one Of the
most plastic and manageable of metals
more so even than copper. An ex-
change says it can be bent, Hanged, or
twisted, either hot or cold, without an
healing, and over considerable range
of temperature, which is not the case
with ordinary steel or copper. A plate
Of eighteen inches diameter was forced
through a series of dies until it formed
a tube thirteen feet long and one and
three-fourths inches in diameter, with
out any crack or flaw. A ring of metal
can at one heat be hammered into die
to form locomotive engine chimney
top. In drilling a circular hole into a
Bessemer steel plate continuous shay
ings are formed, whereas in the copper
plate or other metal the shaving breaks
into pieces one-tenth of an inch long.
Thin sheets of the Bessemer soft steel
can also be bent backward and forward
hundreds of times without a fracture,
and are almost as malleable as paper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-07

" You say" said Judge to witness,
" that the plaintiff resorted to an lngen-
ious use of circumstantial evidence {;
state just exactly what you mean 10y
that" WELL" said the witness, my
exact meaning is that he lied"
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

WHAT HE SArs.-Sweeney says be had
no intention of either numbering or rob
bling Judge Bross--that he accidenily be-
camo little drunk aud without knowing
where he..was going 70 wandered into Bross
house and under the Judges bed. So In
nocent' Sweeney loves Bross, fact
known to McHale who has often heard
him declare that he would burn the
Judges house. cut the Judges throat,
shoot the Judges head of, and make other
playful and friendly Remarks, Of this kind.
A Hnt-elass hanging would do Sweeney
some good probably, but nothing short Of .
strong rope will meet the require ments Of
his case. ~ .,r
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

A"CLosE SHAvE.'-A friend of ours
swell-known citizen--narrowly escaped a
dangerous accident yesterday while pass
ing along Sixth street, between Ohio
Levee and Commercial avenue. When
he arrived opposite the finely furnished
barber shop of Brown & Edwards--the fla
nous Fred Theobold stand-ho stepped in,
and stalking a chair" was soon undergoing
the delightful operation of being shaved
by that prince of BARRIERS, Gus Hine. If
he had not done this it is altogether
probable that the fatal accident
would have carried him of. From this
fact reader may draw the inference that
their only safety from accidents on Sixth
street 10 to stepin the tonsorial muggery
Of Brown and Edwards and &c. delicious
shave. Every person who shall refnso or
neglect to do this will do so at their peril,
and we wash our hands of all responsible
ity for their sudden taking Of. ap7ml
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

LAroSics.--Jewett WilcoS departs for
st. Louis nextweek. --.~n. c-sr- F--s' ~
The Silver show Is al the 60, and TO the
Silver Show all go. Go, too.
Sam. Sharpley is a Ars'-rate fellows
really clever and most genial gentleman
RID what 10 more prOprietors an excellent
show Of Its kind. F,
High winds. yesterday. ~
Al TINS BuLLKLIs office, all kinds Of
bodybuilding. "a q
The Dslta eociaI Club will meet to-day.
By order nj viss.President Winston, 70
make arrangements to attend the funerel
Of the late Mr.. Scott White.
The Commerce mo- D;qstcA rejoices
at the establishment of storm signal
station at this city. "As We expect" says
the DsspassA, 40 b In, teieyrsphie cqIs-
unication With Cairo before very long,
the establishment Of this may b Of some
benefit 10 US, for hurricanes sometimes
como upon US evitho4 much warning
or course.
.Shefi6 Irwin Il in the country precincts
after the country portion Of the County
Court-giving it notice OF special term
~ be hsld on the 2sth Inst. IELIQ3tJ
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

THAT everybody in Cairo may sujcy the
delights Of ice cream, lemonade, and soda
water, during the warm weather whiehCis
nOS close upoa ~ P. ssup has fitted up
his rooms at lo2, Commercial Avenue,
With all the oonvsniences Of a hrst-class
saloon. ladies, ladies and gentlemen,
and fauilies can be accommodated at all
hours and may visit the saloon with no
fear ofbeing disturbed by improper char
acters, as all such viii be rigidiy excluded
from the rooms. Ssups ice cream is al
wsysthe coolest and the beat his lemon
ade lemonade delicious and his soda-water
beyond comparison. Those who don't
believe it will be convinced by a trial.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20


The undersigned will sell at auction, OF
his store, No. los, Commercial avenue, on
Saturday, April %, 1871, the following
nnclaired baggage from the ST. Charles
sole leather trunk, Prof. Owens,
marked y. o. N; ! truDk, marked S. r.
g.; ] sole leather trunk, no mark; sole
leather do, r. X. W.; trunk, no mark /;
\ do, B. & B. trunk, no mark; I box
mdse., Mrs. II. w. r.; large trunk, Mrs.
H.; l blk bag, { B.; bag, No. Al; bag,
F. w, H.; black bag, HIS; / bag, no
mark; II leather bags 1gst
Also large assortment OF family gro
ceries, iurnitures feather beds, and ooWs
nearly new Florence sewing mschine
Sale positive and without reserve. - i'''
-EgH DAN. HARTMAN,
Auctionesr
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

THE GRAND MAY-DAY PIcNIc.--Jack
Winter and the other managers Of the
Tennesse river May-day Picnic, are re-
solved to make it a grand success. Jack
has had printed a unique programme of
t.e affair, in which he informs the public
that the steamer T. +. Eckert has been on
gagged to take the eacursionists to the picnic
grounds, three miles up the Tennessee riv.
er, etc. Y"All persons DESTROYS eff going,p
says the handful, 'csn rest assured that
tho mapagers will spare nc, expense or
pains to make the trip pleasant and agree
able to all, and that the boat will make
ths different landings punctealiy, ascord-.
ing to the time table below, so as TO arrive
at the beautiful and grotesque groves at
tho time named,giving the cursionhts
two hours to rpsticste amongst the foliage
and dance upon Ao green swsrd.sS :
The boat will. leave Cairo ut o'clock
am; Mound City, at 3 O'Clock, am. |;
Caledonia, at q o'clock, a,m. Metropolis,
at 10! O'clock, /. am. ! Psdueah, ~
O'clock m. AT o'clock, pm, the boat
VIII arrive at the grounds. Returning, the
boat will leave the gsounds at . p.n, and
arrive 'at Cairo at Q! o'clock. ., =,
B The fare for the round trip vii b as
foiiowsiD .,9uolH biX 90
From Cairo Gents, y 9 Ladies, 50 chadren
From Mcaad oiiy y le.nt., o. ladies, soc ;
From Caledonia: Gents. u ladies, so Chill
From ~ Spols s'esasy az Ladies', 3apc.
From Psduesh Gents, 7sc; Lsdes, 2'c Chill
I{al4W91 BLOOD 70
IJaGRcvis sCoURT.-The Russell vs.,
/ Waplnspcase came to \ Sudden conclusion y,
yesterday. ThspMfntff tocx i noh-'dit'
And now the county must be. put to hun-
dreds ss e. dollars expenses y 60 oyer all
the we'll sNodden ground assin'a aBot jusl
lice, YOU Know, must be done, etc.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20
R0RhENTE.,

The house heretofore occupied by Pat
risk, Fitzgerald, on ohioi.evee between
Fourth and Eighth streets This house. If
not the best business house 10 certainly
one of the best stands in Cairo. Ii fronts
the principal steamboat landing and is
near the ! Illinois Central abroad depot
Apply ext door at Robert Smyth & Co.'S.
wholesale grocery store.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

TIE CAIRO AND ST. Louis RAILROAD.
owe learn says the Memphis Appeal,
shat the St. Louis and Cairo Railroad
Company have agreed to consolidate with
the Memphis and Iron Mountain railroad,
and to bridge the Mississippi at Commerce
at cost of ono million dollars. G. p.
Cboutcau is President of tho
company, and the contractors for
the completion of the whole road are
The Western Construction Company,
OF which the famous railroad builder,
Charles Moore, is Director General. Dur
ing the week a large force of laborers will
again begin work in Hopefeld.p There
Is not word Of truth in this report. The
Cairo and st. Louis Railroad company
have already CONTRACTED for the construc-
tion Of the read, and IL will be built from
Cairo TO ST. Louis, II the County Court of
Alexander does not get a legal twist into
its head and, refuse 10 subscribe to tho cap
ital stock OF the company as directed by
the people. If it should, then the console
dation spoken Of ABOVE will be effected
and Cairo be left out In the cold. q.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

L win sell, on reasonable terms, my
three story hotel and grocery building. and
lot, looated on thc Ohio Levee, opposite
the Central Elevator. This is avery de-
sirable property being close to the new
manufacturing establishment now being
erected In the Fourth Ward, and is pafs
ticularly adopted TO the uses Of any per-
son desiring a stand for either the hotel
or grocery business. Apply, either by
letter or personally, TO
MICHAEL HOURIGAN.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

ATTEMPTED RoBBREY-SHoT At AND
HIT hut Nor ARREsTEp-WHo WAS
He H-Quince Stsncil has grocery store
on the corner of Comm ercial avenue and
Ninth street, and having reason to sus-
Pect that IL would be entered on Tuesday
night and robbed, he armed himself, and
locking the door carefully on the inside
turned the key and stood $ entihel Of his
goods and chsttles.. The hours passed
slowly along and Ounce began to
believe that his lsbors had
been lost, when, about three o'clock, he
heard footsteps approaching from the
south. The night-walker was whistling a
tune, and was walking briskly like man
whose mission abroad at that hour of the
night was somathing else than robbery.
When he got opposite Stsncil's door he
stopped walking but not W hitting, md 10
a business-like- ,nanner opened thedo Of
thestore with o nieely-ftting key, and
walked in, taking tho key from the key
hole and potting il in his pocket, and thus
closing the door behind him, he took sevc-
raj steps toward the counter, behind which
Stancil was hid, watching the would-be
robbers actions. Then Stancil took sim
and lred. The rot ,er shrisked and fell
to thefoor, but arose quickly, and before
Stancil gould Eighth gas escaped from
the room. What became of him, or how
badly he was hurt SLnncil could not tell,
although he pursued him Immediately,
and Ared another shot outside the house.
Who was the would-bo robber, is now tho
question of the hour. 1t must have been
some one familiar with the premises he
intended To rob-somc ono who had
made preparations, and perfected his
plans for the robbery. stancil says he
was in his shirt sleeves, but that he did
not see his face plainly and could not reg
nizc his voice, That be WIS wounded
uere4is every reason to believe, His
Shrek for mercy and marks or blood on
the floor prove this, and " Is to be hoped
that the WOUND inflicted was SO severe that
he wiHIDe compelled 70 call In medi-
cal advice and inthis way be pprshsNsed.
THE FErroN CoRN MITc--Thiy estab-
lishment, corner Of Commercial avenue
and Twentieth street, is now in charge If
MIN. d. Gunter, who having purchased
and thoroughly reGlteIAt, pyiss The at
,-nsisn ofthe public tothc fact That he Is
now prepared to furnish dealers and fami-
: lies with tho very best Article "fcs,rn meal.
orders left at the mill or sent through the
pNosstof1ce will rsSslyS prompt attention.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20
Funeral NStiee.


The funeral Of seo't white, Esq Who died
yesterday morn ns. will take place a the family
residence .te.d.y at, TX o'clock, pm. Rev.c.
II. Foo's, Pastor Of tho Peosby tensn Church, will
conduct the services. Al the close Of the SER
vices, the remains will DO carried 10 the station
OF the Illinois Central r. r., from whence they
Will be taken oa the $50 trsiu 10 Pittsburs. Pa,
for sepulture Friends end acquaintance are
invited.
The deceased was borf, Ia Ireland In
1873; in 1882 he came to the United
States, and in 1886 located IN Cairo.
During the sixteen years Of Ms resi-
dence in Cairo he acquired the reputation
OF man of strict integrity. Those who
knew hin, Best esteemed him most. In his
composition there was little Of that diplo-
matte skill which refuses while seeming 10
assent, and repels whilep pssessiag to en-
brace. He said "IDp,, We ~ j0dg-
ment dictated ~ nd rsssrdies ~ ths
lcSusequences Siich ,,might foalew, an
never compromised viii sttnA b his In
tercourse with htstsllow men Stern, -
sometimes brdeqds i1sAia depQrtmsst, he
gave what he owed "a tsok cha hswas
entitled 10 receive. He asked from no
one what he was not willing to give,
and in former no years, while he
was in tho visor Of hss business life, moved
about the world as If IL were q great dry
goods store, in which lwerc sellsrsand pur-
chssers; bdt ID late years the flush of bus
ine's enthusiasm having given place to the
more kindly influences of social life, he
had laid aside many Of the ''cares Of
trade and had given encouragement to
efforts to create in Cairo condition of
society in which the "social graces" as
well as virtues might take rost ana under
genial influences grow into vigorous
strength. .sI EaG -
But, IN the moment of his greatest useful
ncss--Aftessle bsdwe the bsetlcof success
In life Just at the moment when his hand
endowed by fortune With ability 70 do good
was being stretched out in tho noble work
Of helping % msxc ths world better BY max.
ing it happier, ne was attacked, by mortal
illness, and died. But he met the. King, of.
Terrors witbou. tfemor, and passed from
life into the mysteries Of eternity satisfied
with theverdict Of fate Ard relying with
confidence on the hope of happy immor-
tality. To DR.. Dunning, his attend
ant physician, he 1e1prssssd in
the early stags II his in
ness the beliefthat Be had reached athe
end. p and surrendered at discretion before
the dreaded enemy was in sight but in,
bis surrender he exhibited so many oft
characteristics Of noble manhood was so
kind TO the woman who had been bis COM
panion Through lifs--so cgeatls tnchs in
tereourse with his friends-so confident Of
happiness in the life to come--so thor
oushly recnnciled to the fate which babe
him enter the turbid and chilly waters oe
the river Of death, chat he turned defeat
into victory, snd relying on the goodness
of God, who Is the Father Of All, and say
ing "Not my will but Thine be DONE"
took his chamber in the silont hsl,s Of
death. VI .l-r.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

The FouRTH WARD.--One OF the most
popular institutions of tho Fourth Ward
Is Ehler's shoe store, where he makes TO
order all kinds of shoes in the most work.
man-like manner. The citizen who uses
his goods will never pstronize any other
shoemaker in the city. His shop is on
Twentieth street. nearly opposite the
court house. tf
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20
|NlAX PURCHASER'S NO.
l. TxCE. ,WTf2n1q CiA W

To Charles Kurtz You are herebv noti6.d that
At sale offea estate msde by tho sheriif OF Alex.
Ander County, Illinois, at the door Of the court
ouse. IN the city cf-csirc. County Of Alexander
d. 1863, the understlDs1 porchassd Ina y, iSx,..
dsscrbs real e.tsSS shssSsd IN ssid CoSnsv III ~
year A. ~ 1865. to-wit; Lot 10, Block IS. Civ ol
CSlro, taxed in the name OF ChArlss Kufts. md
that the time allowed by lAw for The redsrs piisn
July, A. ID. 1871. ~. y. olLBERf'-
Cairo, Illinois. April v, III. ~ furckss::..
aprlSd3t N@4-l-l "a t.1t = TH-4
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

FRIaHrESED.-On Tuesday evening the
family of John Antrim was alarmed by
an unusual nsiss ipi ths hspseI 7spd
raised analarm, MefN. Baii fsylcr
and ,Chas,, Thrspp responded promptly,
but could not find thsiaAwslcQ~S ia.ssd-'
sr., He had evidently escaped from the
back door ofthe houso and scaled the fence
in the rear. Nothing was stolen from the
house, but the inmates were badly fright
-eSed - 80 rhir2
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

THE FIRST OF MAY, Mrs. c. A. Meyers
will open a grand lunch, including Book
Beer. All those who are disciples of King
Bacchus will partake of her hospitality.
Old King Colo was merry old soul, aInersy old
soul was he
He called for mis- pit cs, he called for his be-r he
called for his fdders three. q
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-20

Rxsisrrse> - Robert johnson tcolorcd,
Was fined $40 and coats yesterday, for re.
sisting an officer, and In default OF pay
ment, was turned over to the tender mer-
cies Of McHale.