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DR. X, BLUM,
surgeon and Mechanical
d q N IT'S IT,
ONCE, Commercial Avenue between Mat,
and Tenth streets, ''''''n
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
DIR. X, BLUM
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

lwould respectfully announce To the CHI
Gems Of Cairo and Surrounding Coun,rv
that ] have opened an Office for the prar,Is,
VI my profession at the above mentions,
place, where.I hope 10 receive u share of IN,
public patronage. All persons wishin, m,
very best dental work hould give me . call
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

CIRCUIT COURT.
Judged. J. Baker. Of Alexander.
Prosecuting Attorney. T. Mccartney.
Of Mas-ae.
shern-A. II. Irwin.
VIM. Nartin-As-@.-or and Treasurer.
COUNTY COURT.
JUDGE. Bros.
Assoeiatss-J. T.. MeCrite and :. NATehil.
don.
Clerk-Jacob g. Lynch.
Coronsr-John n. GO.-uzn.
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DIR. b. &. TABFR

WIN resume the practice Of i- profession
win especial reference To the electrica
treatment OF diseases in all the new and inn
proved methods Of application.
Will be Ia attendance.
omce, Us Commercial avenue, up stairs.
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MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
Mayor-John ". Lzn-den-
Treas1rsr-R. \. Cunningham
CompIvi!er-E- A. B4-L=iI
Clerk-Miehasi HDNs.y.
AarshAl-Andrsw Gain
Attorney-P. II. Prls-.
Police NAZi.trztsA-F. Bro. AMI T. y a..
messy.
Chief o! POlies--L- H. NysF.
.ELyCT COUNCIL
NAyoI-JOhn ". Lan.sien-
Fir. Wart-P. q. -@huh
second Ward. T.. wass1par!.
Third WzYf-Jn1 Wgs4
Fourth Ward STAT. TEy<,r
City-ai-LArzs--H. +. Hati1ay ..c u.
Hurd.
sDAED % ALDKEEys.
Flrst ward Jam. RsiF9sn. A. y. AZ.
lord, l.zze Wz.dsr.
second Ward-k. II Cunningham. T. b.
der, Z. -tanesi. Jane. -Ugyns
Third Ward" 10 -irztSpn, J. h. P1lIE.
Fourth Wsrd-JnD. II. R0D.E-,l. q, ~
Sease, j. II. MeteAh
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STATE OFFICERS.

Goyernor-John NJ. Palmer;
acknowledgements Dougherty;
Secretary of state--Edmund Rummel;
Auditor Of State. Z. Lippincott
State Treasurer-E. y. Bates
supt. Public Instruction-NewtonB atemsn
CoSGRE>sMEN.
Senators-Lyman Trumbuil ani John a.
Logan.
l.. Beveridge.
Representative Thirteenth Di-,rict-.Iohn
VI. Crebs.
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FHYsIsIANs

X. :. BRIGHAM. ND.
Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon. Of
nee lH Commercial avenue. Re.idrure on
Tenth street, three door. west Of 9. n
Woodward. ln.5-.-,,, 80
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MEMBERS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
senators, Fir.t DISTRICT. \. T.. HOlcomb.
D! mon, and :. X. Gibson. Of Gallatin.
Representative, Fir.t Di.trict--H. Watson
Webb.
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NOTICE.
MARSHAL'S SALE.

UNITED STATES MARsUAI,s SAFE
In Admiralty.
By ,irture Of a writ Of sale issued out of
the district court Of the United States, for
the southern district Of Illinois, In admirsltv
dated on the first day Of November. A. d.
is'2. VIII be sold at public sale 10 the
In .aid district, on the Goth day Of November
\. ID, 1872, at 10 o'clock am, the following
described property, to-wit:
The steamboat Glasgow, her boats, tackle,
apparel and furniture.
The same having been condemned and
ordered by the court to be sold.
EDWARD X. ROE,
L. $. Marshal.
Springfield, Ills, November 9Th, 1872.
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%. whiskey. ooc. I; Lumber, - N. o. %;
Heavy freight n cwt.. lac.
TO NEW ORLEANs.-Flours bbl. nOc ::
Potatoes &C.,; Apples, 6Oc. Pork, 10.
Whiskey, 81 %; Hay y ton, d 10; Corn =
cwt.. 25c. Oats. 25c. Tobacco p hid.
20 10 Cotton p bale, u 50 Lumber y
w. Heavy Fl eight, e cwt. Bic.
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strongest man. No wonder that at the
end of the time the performer is in n pro-
fuse perspiration.
We are informed, however, that the APP
pliances at Trinity for playing are very
primitive, and that there is an invention,
using electric force, which renders manag-
ing heavy chime as easy as playing an
ordinary piano.
In clear weather Trinity chimes can be
heard from five to ten miles-the people Of
Brooklyn and Staten Island hearing some
times every sound. The makers know
about what size bell should be to produce
given note, and the admixture Of the
metals composing it has also much to do
with the proper tone; then, after the desir-
ed sound islby these two means approx
matively attained, the finished bell is, by
delicate filing, finally brought to give. the
exact note desired OF conrse, such pom
derous instruments once tuned remain ever
after in tune, unless broken or cracked, in
which case the musical tone is gone for
ever. ...t.
For more than twenty five years have the
pleasant chimes of dear old Trinity every
hour brought better thoughts and higher
hopes to the toiling thousand who have
ever listened to them gladly; let us hope
that they may ring out their welcome
music for SO many years to come, that those
they have already passed shall be but as a
single day in their long and useful life.
n. Y. MnI.
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WILLIAM E. SIMMONS,
Anecdotes Of Scott.

No pleasanter anecdotes have been told
known, but will trust that the following
may be new to my readers. Mrs. John
Ballantyne was just married. She was
young, the beauty of Edinburgh, and half
spoiled by flattery. She was to meet Sir
Walter at dinner, and resolved to put on
airs and show the great lion of the time
that she would not fawn even at his feet.
He asked her to take a glass of wine, and
she affected not to hear him; but the great
man, instead of noticing this girlish folly,
proceeded to talk to her with such polite
ness that she speedily felt ashamed of her.
self. This lady related that ouce, at her
own table, on the occasion of large and
ceremonious dinner-party, there was
scarcity of spoons, and what added to the
awkwardness, at the precise moment when
the servant was washing the spoons for
further use, a most determined pause in
conversation occurred. The silence was
so profound that no sound was to be heard
save the whispers of the servants Just with
out, and the washing of the spoons At
last the blushing lady's husband drank
{. Relief to all in Distress" which broke
the spell, and set all laughing, while Mr..
James Ballantyne called out, with line
of Shakespeare
My lord, my lord, methinks you'd spare
your spoons
"Not |, indeed, my lord responded
Mrs. Ballantyne, "for l have none to
spare "Not amiss," said Sir Walter,
in genial recognition of the lady's hit
Next day parcel came to her, directed in
an unmistakable handwriting, containinga
dozen Of the handsomest spoons that could
be obtained in Edinburgh.
This same old lady relates story which
deserves to be told as one of the most sing
ular among the curiosities of literature.
She relates that once when her brother-in-
law, James. was reading to her, Scott en-
tered, and told him to 90 on reading. As
the reader proceeded Scott at first nodded
appreciation, then said "Good ~ next,
Very good ~ "Charming ~ "Power-
full until at last the upper lip began to
elongate, and even tremble, and the tears
fell. Snatching his staff he strobe across
the room and looked over Mr.. Ballantyne's
shoulder to see what the volume was. 1t
was the clay of the Last minstril" He
was quite in discontinue, dashed the tears
Indignantly from his eye, uttered an impa-
tient "Pshaw - and said Good helm me,
James, am losing my memory"
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..-.'.'5 y '.-' For The Cecil Wing.
THE GREAT BRIDGE OVER THE Mis-.
SISSIPPI, AT ST. LOUIS. t..

1t may not be uninteresting to some OF
your readers to know that the iron caissons
in which the granite piers are built for this
bridge are sunk seventy (7O) feet below the
bottom of the river and secured to the bed
rock by immense anchor bolts, made ex-
pressly for the purpose, and weighing sew
eral tons each. This makes the actual
foundation of the piers about 100 feet from
the top of low water and 100 below high
water. ....
The work of constructing these massive
iron piers has been under the immediate
supervision of gentlemen from Hartford
county, Maryland, by the name of McComas,
who has directed the location of every stone
in the structure, from it's commencement
to its present stage.
Mr.. McComas takes great pleasure in
showing tourists everything to be cen
about his department of the work, but
finds few who are willing to run the risk Of
going below the bed of the river to exam
inc what is to be seen in the dry sand there
to be found. Judge John H. Price, of
Hartford county, while on a visit to this
city, some time ago, accompanied Mr..
McComas to the bed rock, 1870 feet below
the water mark, and carried away from
here some curiosities which he picked up
there.
The bridge, when completed will consist
of three spans, the middle span will be the
longest in the world, except one to he
found in Germany.
The granite of which these piers are con-
structed is freighted from some of the Gel
ebrated granite quarries in Maine, and is
brought to New Orleans as ballast by sail
ing vessels, thence up the Mississippi by
barges; and it is said by the Chief Engi-
neer in hic report to the Board of Direc-
tors, that it cost less, per cubic foot landed
here, than it would cost from any other
quarry in the country.
The superstructure is being made of the
finest quality of steel, which is furnished
by the Butcher steel works, of Philadel-
phia., These men have evinced an untold
amount of enterprise in the fulillment of
their contract with the bridge company,
having been compelled to tear down and
rebuilt almost their entire works in order
to manufacture steel that would stand the
tests imposed by Capt. Eads in his specifi-
cations.
We expect the bridge to be done in this
year, 1872, when the great expense and
annoyances attending the transfer by ferry
will be done away with; and when it is
done it will stand for ages, monument to
the memory of the engineering ability of
Captain Eads, and the public spirit of the
citizens of St. Louis and Illinois, who have
stood so nobly by the great work from the
beginning to the present time. J.c.K.
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Make him believe anything that rests OF

Make nm believe anything that rests OF
sound reason for its acquaintance ?
You might as well try to make sprinc
shoat believe that lightning rod is a bui
ton hole.
few words in conclusion. in addition
to the above remarks on the mode of re pair.
ing country roads .t,.'.
I water bars Or breaks are occasionally
necessary, but very few are needed, ar,!
these should be built by the hand of sound
Judgment at the proper places, and not pu 5
anywhere and everywhere at the suggestion
ton of ignorance ond stupidity. The CHIEF
articles in an ascent very often prove thosc.
which the hand of man has placed there:
If it is feared that the. straight sweep OF
water down an uninterrupted hill side viii!
dig out the trench too deeply, obstruct its
passage by large stone Or other effective
dam, and the slight additional trouble vii
be met by increased facilities for overcom-
ing the ascent.
| Where the road is lowest in the middle.
| and the road bed and wheel rut are allowe,!
to become the water courses, the result is
| frequently deep ditch in the road this
is usually filled up with large unbroke.l
stones, covered slightly with dirt which thu
next heavy rain removes, and then the
large stones offer constant obstruction t.
pleasant travel: by making the water
| courses on the side Of the road, and max
ing the road convex to shed its water or
the sides, this treuching out of the roaG
bed will not occur: where it does, the gully
should be filled with stones not nearer thar
within foot of the surface; the remainder
| should be filled with small stones and dirt.
Where it is necessary for water to eros
the road, it should do SO under the road
through a culvert built of stones or water
box of oak or chestnut plank, two inches
and half thick: the passage should be
not less than two feet square to permit the
easy removal of distractions without tax
ing it up.
A country road from fence to fence should
be thirty-fve feet wide; the worked road
bed (the usually travelled portion) should
be ten feet wide.
have given no directions concerning the
proper grade or arc of the convex road: we
cannot adapt all the modes nor rules of sci
entific road making upon our rural high
ways: what should aim at is the best con-
dition of those highways possible under
the circumstances, and when we see the
high condition of some private roads in the
rural districts, we must be satisfied that
condition is attainable upon the public
routes. know several private roads i'm
mediately around me that are models of
good road making, and the adoption of
the same rules would secure the same ex-
cellence on the country thoroughfares.
Having exhausted my space upon the
mode of repairing country roads, l will
venture few ideas next month on the sys-
tenn concerning which am certain Jakobb
and l will have battle.
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Maud Muller, all that summer day,
Raked the meadow sweet with hay;
Yet, looking, down. the distant lane. e,
She hoped the judge would come again. +
But when he came with smile and bow,
Maud only blushed, and stammered,
s.Ha-ow?'
And spoke Of stpa, F." and wondered whether
He'd give consent they should wed together.
Old Muller burst in tears, and then, ,..
Begged that the judge would lend him
"ten;'' .... ,....,..- ...
For trade was dull, and wages low,
And the craps this year were some.
And ere the languid summer died
Sweet Maud became the judges bride.
But, on the day they were mated =-.-,- 80
Maud's brother Bob was intoxicated; 4
And Maud's relations, twelve in all,A #
Were very drunk at the judges hall.
And when the summer came again,
The young bride bore him babies twain.
And the judge was blest, but thought it
strange &
That bearing children made such change
For Maud grew broad and red and stout;
And the waist that his arm once clasped
about
Was more than he now could span. And he
Sighed as he pondered, 'ruefully, :.
How that which in Maud was native grace
Tn Mrs Jenkins was ont of nlace.
And thought of the twins, and wished that
they
Looked less like the man that raked the
hay
On Muller's farm, and dreamed with pair
Of the day he wandered down the lane.
And looking down the dreary track,
He half regretted that he came back,
For, had he waited, he might have wed
Some maiden fair and thoroughbred;
For there be women fair as she,
Whose verbs and nouns do more agree.
Alas for maiden! alas for judge!
And the sentimental-that's one hall
"fudge;;"
For Maud soon thought the judge bore,
With all his learning and all his lore.
And the judge would have bartered Maud
fair face
For more refinement and social grace.
If, of all words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are, 'It might have been,"
More sad are these we daily see;
cit is, but hadn't ought to be-"
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TRAPPING RABBITs.-Rabbits are very
fond of salt, and they may be captured by
means of sailed string. A box with fall
ing doors is made, each door is held open
by means of a string dipped in salt water
and dried; this passes through hole in
the top of the box and is tied to a peg in
the floor Of it. Another sailed string is
carried from the box and stretched across
the run The rabbit finds the string, and
eats it up to the peg to which it is tied
AS soon as the string is cut the door falls
and is held firmly by hinged leg fastened
to the top of the door, which prevents it's
being opened. The rabbit is trapped
The common steel traps are of little use
for rabbits; their long and broad feet cover
not only the pan, but the jaws also.
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MRS. JUDGE JENKINS.
BY BRET HART.

( Being ths only genuine seque1 to " Maud
= Muller."l
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TRINITY BELLS.

THEIR HIsToRY-wHEN THE CHIMES WERE
FIRST SET UP-How THEY ARE PLAYED.
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PROFITABLE BUSINESS

Will DO given two persons, Of either sex, in
ELKToS and adjoining towns by which they realize
from 5000 81 600 year. with hut little interference
with ordinary occupation. in selling HOUSE.
HOLD ARTICLES of real merit and
universal If the whole time is devoted much
larger may be realized Circulars free giving com
plete list of articles and commissions allowed.
T. s. COOK CO.. Hobokcn, N. J.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-17
DYG. DE FERRET & COLONY G. MON

DYE. DE FERRET & CO.-JOHN G. MON
ID ROSE AuctiOneer-Ohce No. SO Royal street.
SATURDAY, April 6, 1872 at noon. in the basement
rotunls OF the ST. Charles Hotel will be sold by pub
lie auction, by virtue OF a Judgment in partition
rendered by the Hon. Louis Duvi9neaud, Judge of
the Second District Court for the PARISH OF Orleans
on November 9, 1871 and signed on the fifteenth Of
the SAME month and year, the following described
real estate, viz
!. TWO LOTS OF GROUND, designated by the
Nos. | and 3 i'll the Second District of the city of
New Orleans, in the square bounded by Canal,
Gayoso, SalcedO and Customhouse streets, and
suIing as follows:
Lot No. forms the corner of Canal and Gayoso
streets, and measures % feet inches and lines
front Canal street by l2o feet inches i'll depth
and front OntiayOsO street.
Lot No 2, adjoining the above measures % feet
inches and lines front Canal street by l26 feet
inches N depth, between parallel lines; the whole
American measure.
, A LOT OF GROUND, with the buildings and
Improvements thereon, IN the square bounded by
Goodchildr. St. Claude Love or Rampant, Union
and Frenchmen streets Third District measuring
80 feet 10 inches and lines front on Union street
by 81 feet II inches and lines in depth between
parallel lines The improvements consist OF a
frame house containing two rooms two cabinets
and back gallery. cstern privies. etc
rms-Onethird cash and the balance on a
credit six twelve and eighteen months, in notes
drawn by the purchasers to their own order and by
them intlCrsed, secured by special mortgage and
vendors lien. and bearing eight per cent interest
per anniim from the day sale until final pay
ment: the buildings TO be kept insured and policies
transferred Z. +. Geise, tutor of the Minors and
the act of sale TO include the usual penal clause OF
five per cent attorneys commission. The taxes OF
1871 to be assumed by purchaser over and above
the price of adjudication.
Acts OF sale with United States internal revenue
stamps attached before Edward Barrett, notary
public, at the purchasers expense.
mhJ 10 % 80 ap5
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AUCTION SALES.
By G. E. Girardev & Co.
SUCCESSION OF JAMES B. TAYLOR.
Second District Court for the Parish of Orleans
No SOP.

ID tioneers-Nlchoas J: Hoey, Auetioneer-oftce
No. II Exchange piace.-SATURDAf, April
g. 1872 at twelve O'Clock NJ at the eo Mer-
between Canal and CustOmhOuse streets by virtue
of an order of the honorable the Second District
Court for the parish of Orleans. dated the second
of March 1872, will be sold by public auction, for
account of said estate, the following described
The INTEREST OF THE SUCCESSION OF
JAMES B. TAYLOR being the one undivided fourth
interest in the eight lots of grou1t hereinafter
i. TWO LOTS OF GROUND in the Fourth Dis.
trct of this city, in the ua bounded by Eighth,
Levee and Seventh streets and the public road,
rs feet }! lines front Levee street, III feet
inches depth and front on Eighth street, l22 feet
10 inches and lines in depth on the line Of lot
the rear and front on the public road Lot No.
measures rs feet 2h lines on Levee street l22 feet
10 inches and lines in depth on the line dividing
it from lot No. l. ia feet inches the opposite
side line, and 26 feet inches and \ line in width
u ' FOUR LOTS OF GRoTSb H in the same square,
designated by the Nos. l, 2, and 4, on plan Of
Moehausen, January. d; 1916, deposited as plan
lie, lot No. having rs feet inches and line front
the public landing by SO feet inches the line
the line dividing il from lot No. and % feet
inches and y, lines on the line dividing it from
lot No. i. Lot No. has rs feet inches and line
on the public landing by 6S feet inches and line
in depth the line of lot No l, 65 feet inch and
lines in depth on the line next to Eighth street.
and 26 feet two inches and !. lines in the
the line dividing it from lot No. g. Lot No. has 26
feet lines front on Levee street by 63 feet inch
and lines depth On the line next to Eighth
street. 65 feet inches and line the line divid-
ing it from lot No. and s6 feet inches and l :
lines the line dividing it from lot No. q And
lot No. has 70 feet and lines trent on Levee street.
by depth OF % feet inches ard line on the line
dividing it from lot No 3, 90 feet and lines on the
line next to Seventh street and 20 feet inches and
4 lines in the
3. TWO LOTS OF GROUND in the same square,
designated by the letters and A on plan by
Buisson, the lot A r having 81 feet inch front on
Levee street and 80 feet the Mississippi river by
a depth of 203 feet side and 1873 feet on the
other side; and lot having 81 feet inch front
Levee street. 50 feet front the river Missis-
side
Terms Of sale-CaA and purchasers 10 assume
payment of taxes for this wear. 1872.
Acts of sale and United States stamps al the
Pense OF the purchasers before A. J. Ner, notary
public. mh3 10 % 80 apo
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by 4. NJ. & b. J. MONTGOMERY
ID r N. Montgomery, Auctioneer.-Wi be sold
on THURSDAY, April II, 1872, al twelve o'clock NJ
at the st. Charles Auction Exchange, basement
Of the st. Charles Hotel, by virtue and in
pursuance of order Of the Hon. Louis
Duvigneaud, Judge of the Second District Court
for the parish OF Orleans, dated March 6, 1872,
No. - of the docket Of said court
CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND with the build
ings and improvements thereon, consisting of a
two story blick store situated in the First District
OF this city in the square bounded by TchonpitOu-
las GirOd, Magazine and Notre Dame streets, desig
mated as the No. s. and measuring 25 feet inches
and lines front on Girod street by depth of 65
feet and line the side, 63 feet ii inches and
lines on the other side, and rs feet inches and
lines in width in the rear.
Plans exhibited at place of sale
Terms-une-half cash in United States treasury
notes, balance at and two years credit, in
notes of purchaser bearing eight per cent interest
per annum, secured by special mortgage and ven
doris privilege. The building to be kept insured
and policy transferred to vendor.
Act OF sale including the internal revenue
stamps. before ----, notary public at the eX-
pense Of the purchaser NH 10 L "a 81 APP 10 IL