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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-01

The Hon. j. X. Suttrell, Of Cali
fornia, has appeared before the house
committee on post offices and post
roads and made number Of charges
against the post Office department. lie
states that Bradley Barlow, c. c Hunt
ley, Owen Fuller, S. s. Huntlcy, j. L..
Sanderson, S. W. Parker, and others,
have the entire monopoly Of the mail
contracts in the Far West, and receive
nav for services never rendered, and
that they have manipulated and con
trolled other bidders 80 as to withdraw
their bids. 1t is also charged taat i.
P. Sawyer controls most Of the valua'
bic routes in Texas, having bought Of
other bidders. Mr. Suttrell claims
that the government is swindled year
ly out Of very large amounts through
sham bids and fraudulent practices, and
that an organized combination is now
formed by which the government is tc
be swindled out of millions OF dollars
The investigation is determined on and
another rotten limb Of the admin.
istration will be uncovered as was the
treasury in the Sanborn case.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-01

tho fees he pockets fog trying
them. Sbmc Of these people are in
| our own line Of business. We don't
quarrel With their admiration for the
General. He isa very remarkable man
lin one or two respects probably the
most remarkable man now upon the
public stage. Many man, who alb
hors his politics and dctcsts his NOR.
ais, is yet conscious of secret pleas
ure in seeing tho crittsr closs around
But we cant help thinking, when we
here the Generals admircs running
over the catalogue of his qualities. of
the address of the Pcnsylvania judge
to the prisoner at the bar. "Young
man. said his honor, "a Providence
has blessed You with health and
strength, instead Of which you 60 about
the country stealing sheep
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-01
A JEALOUS CRUSADER.

a zelslous crusader, up on South HUI,
has c,t oil her husbands whiskers, and
says she'll razor rumpus with his beerd
the next time he comes home with Il on !;
nobody Is going to come around that house
beered. Sho whipped one Of the boys be-
cause she saw him whisk around the cor
ner OF the house, and then shut him up
in the closet because he wined about Il.
The other night her husband offered "a
supporter, and she SAID he'd better let her
catch him at it, She'll break up this
guzzling If it ge.s her at lagerheads with
every member OF the family. That,
the KIND of Y man she is.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-01

New Orleans has had another affair
Vi nonor nearly as laughable a. the col
Ugreu'oenate tight of few weeks since.
Two petty tradesmcn quarrcllcd-ovcr
Inc price Of tea, or moiasses, or some.
.nlng' Of course, it became necessary
ivi each TO ornament the vacant walls Of
'he city with posters denouncing both
Is plockguards liars, towards, thieves,
everything but murderers The par.
" aegrleved thereupon challenged the
1,her party TO fight with pistols. Mr.
bachemin, the challenged party, sud
oehiy found him selidrawn Tor IN,
Hrand Jury, and therefore could no
night. When he found himself Will
out othor excuse, he caused the ARE
of both himself and his opponent, NJ
Wood. Even this would not salts
honor, The parties had to fight. A
cordingly, a remote place in Mississi
pi, Touline, 43 miles from New O
leans, was chosen and there the "
raging tradesmen fought for honor, NJ
Bachemin receiving a fresh -wond
the hip. 1t became evident howeye
that some body had endcvored to pr
tect himself, for after the first shot
party, headed by the Sheriff, surrou
ded the party and arrested them all :,
principals, seconds and reporters.
course, no Mississippi sheriff would i
tcrfere'in'a duel without being W
paid for it. Previous efforts to ave
reformation point to Mr.. Bachem
the valiant corner grocer, as the he
OF this threadbare stratagem. Fro
tragedy. to comedy, dueling in {
South 10 rapid degcnerating to
proper level-farce.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-01
MISAPPLIED GIFTS

Iron the Springfield, Mass, Republican
Certain people Of our acquaintanc,
are never tired of wondering at Gencr
81 Buffers pluck, shrewdness, audaclty
prodigious faculty for hard work, til,
number Of cases be tries, and bipness Q,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-01

REPORTS from the agricultural de-
partment show that the season has been
extremely favorable for wheat through
out the whole country, though the re-
cent sudden changes have done some
injury in the Northern States. The
Weld in the South will be very
large. In California it will amol n TO
fo,tv millions of bushels.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-01

A VERY peculiar condition of things
exists whereby the public are threat
ened with the loss Of the postal-car ser.
vice-now grown to be a necessity to
the business community. The railroad
companies now running postal cars
have determined that if congress makes
no provision this session for payment
for this service, they will withdraw
them and substitute the ordinary bag
gage car as heretofore, The railroad
companies were promised pay by the
post Office department for this add =.
tional service, witch was introduced in
1864, but have never yet received one
penny though application has been
made every year since its introduction.
The loss to the companies for running
these postal cards yearly is between
$4,000 and $4,000. They propose
to continue the service at the bare cos
or to submit the question to arbitra
ton. The whole question has beer
thoroughly discussed before the pos
office committee by Isaac Hinckcly
Esq, President of the Philadelhia 4
Baltimore railroad company on bchal
Of the companies, Simple justice .asid
from the wants ofthe business commun
i'y, demands congressional action $
mat we may not be deprived of the grca
advantages of the postal cars.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-01
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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-01
SUMNER.
A SOUTHERN NAN PAYS AN
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO
HIS MEMORY.

Among the speeches made in the
s,nate and house of representatives on
Tuesday, commemorative Of the life
and services of Mr. Sumner, none
equaled in eloqueuce or depth Of feel.
ing that delivered in the house by Col.
Lamar, Of Mississippi. Col. Lamar
said
Mr.. Speaker rise TO second the
resolutions Of the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts. l believe that they ex-
press sentiment which pervades the
breasts of the people whose represcn.
tatives are here assembled. Strange
as in looking back upon the past the
assertion may seem, impossible as it
would have been ten years ago to make
it, it is not less true that to-day Mis-
sissippi regrets the death of Charles
Sumner, and sincerely unitcs in paying
honors to his memory. Not because
of the splendor of his intellect, not be.
cause Of the high culture, elegant
scholarship and varied learning which
revealed themselves so clearly in all
his public efforts to justify the appli-
cation to him Of Johnson's felictous
expression, Gle touches nothing which
he did not adorn." Not this, but be.
cause of those peculiar and strongly
moral trains of his character, which
gave coloring to the whole tenor of his
siugularly dramatic public career
making him for long period, to a
large portion of his countrymcn, the
object Of as deep and passionate hos
tility as to another he was one Of en-.
thusiastic admiration, and which are
not the less the cause that now unites all
these parties so widely differing in a
common sorrow to-day over his lifeles:
remains.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-10

How TO DESTROY GRAssHOPPERs.-
The grasshopper deposits it's eggs al
the roots of the grass in the latter part
of summer or early in autumn. The
eggs hatch ont early in spring, and
during the months Of April, May and
June, according as the season is early
or late; they are wingless, their sole
power Of l0comoti0n being the hop.
To destroy them all that is needed
is for each county, town or district to
organize itself into a fire brigade,
throughout the district where their
eggs are known to be deposited.
This fire brigade should see that the
prairies are not burned over in the
fall, and thus they will have the grass
for use next spring, and to be employ
ed upon the pests while they are vet
hoppe1s, the mceSs Of sure death. To
apply It, let all agree upon a certain
day, say in April or May, or at any
time when they are sure all the hop
pers are Matched, and none are vet
winged. All being ready let every
person, man, woman and boy turn out
with torches and simultaneously fire
the whole prairie, and the work, if
well done, will destroy the whole crop
Of grasshoppers for that year, and
none will be left to oscar their gossa-
mcr wings" Or lay eggs for another
year.
This plan has been tried in Kansas.
md works like q charm.-Nt Paul
ETeSS. feEr
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-10
NOTICE TO MlNERx-

:, U. .. LAND OYYnr
HELENA. n. r., March u. M.
GORGE II. HAvERSTOCK, whose No..
address Y Central Park, tjaIlstn easss, o1ee
agricultural land, under the Homestead srsssr ~
tatlon laws the s0uthe ast quarter of the a-
Oh section and the south halt Of s
tsr OF the northwest quarter or section - " gs
Is s,,s nU SCUM range No. easi, which I.s
" Notice s"1ten1 is h from entity: ''" '''~
hid ~ ~. - hereby given that hearing will h.
m;nc M at 10 O'Clock M, to determine y. :. a., a:
ken bsso1yo g " used upon said hearing viii ir r..
the ah dsI Cy, alIatin County, r. r. "s
y. m. 80 ~ Ao'1, II ~ O'Clock
Il 10 alleged there are no known m;r.r. nov
INNING improvements upon SAID lnni. "o'
II tS;gnedl W. c. CHILD, Register.
.Sva
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-10
" 10 KS
FLORAL GUIDE
For. 1874.

z0o Pa1es; 500 Eaoraylsss, and cslersd
rsa'e. published osasteriy, at 3 csala Z
yeee tirse No. Tor 1874 just issued. A
German edition at ths sane price.
81 Address, JAMES WICK.
DoeAoetae. New York
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-10
A WONDERFUL RIDE

The night train LEFT St Louis for
this city Thursday night about seven
O'Clock, with . good load Of passen-
gers who were Comfortable and warm
in tie sleeping coaches, although the
cir without was father cool and chilly.
Before the train started, AID bstween
sixteen aud seventeen years Of are
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-10
LAND ENTRIES
NOTICE TO MlNxu.
NOTICE TO NlNEns
U. 8. LAND Oryrcr
Ix"lonQ. nj r. Ae...

q. p. LAND OFrnr
Helena, NJ. T., March ~ ,~.
~ FORGE l.. GORDON. whose NO.. .o.s.
~ dress IL Willow Greek. Callatin so once u.
T.. !.as fled IN this office his application \
the southwest quarter of sec. 4 in t"w.ssa:d laws
north Of range No. east, which land Il .! No.
from entry Notice Is hereby given ;h., 'aspead.
s d.. " Of 9i MAJ. .t is s. o hi q, ~
or non mineral character Of said land 49," mners
~ to be used upon sa'd hearing will he ssti'o.
fore O. L. Duke, Justice of the reac. on uaxsn Be.
e. In ss.l county, ON the I'll day Of An "'es
IL 10 alleged there are no known m,r.-.
Ing improvements or claims upon SAIL is.d nof aia
n ~ W: Z. CHILD, kc~.,..
MUrChZ7 -5w
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-10

4 THE Pope has proclaimed, upon an
appeal from the decision of the local
Priesthood, that the Grange is an or.
ganization which Catholic may ioin,
"if he finds nothing therein conflicting
with his conscience OF the creed of the
Catholic Church,
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-10

stole softly under one of the sleeping
coaches, straddled himself across q
truck about five inches wide, and lying
on his stomach, his hands clutc2ling a
/ cold iron bar above for support, and
his feet entangled in q chain below, he
prepared himself for an all night free
ride over more than 800 miles of road.
Did he think that any moment he
could be jostled off his insecure hiding
place and perhaps left in some unin-
habited portion Of the country through
which the train passed, alone to die !
Did he consider that sleep might over
come him while on his peril0us trip
and death ensue, or that numbness
might creep over him, and his hands
thus fail him as a support! Doubtless
not; he was only thinking, probably,
of reaching his destination, which was
his home, and which he had but lately
left.
The train moved on, the boy clutched
the iron bar tighter, and Rugged his
support more closely. OFF shot the
train, the iron horse screening its
loudest; faster, until it's speed reached
mile minute, but still the boy, only
about four feet from the ground, kept
fast hold, never closing his eyes for q
mllte. What thoughts must have
flashed through his mind, young as he
was! Minutes musthave seemed hours,
and hours weeks. But the night at
last was done; the first streaks of
dawn Illuminated 1.-The horizon, and
when the reached OtiscO, Indiana,
about twenty miles from Jefersonville,
the boy was still safe and sound.
The glorious god Of day had thrown
it's gladdening light upon his eyes.
Some of the chains of the brakes had
become broken, and repairing them
the men found, to their establishment,
the boy still lying there, unconcerned
and even laughing. He was taken off
By the conductor, stiff and cold, and
covered with dust from head to foot.
The conductor questioned him as to
why he attempted such ride. He re-
piled that he lived in Jacksonville,
md that short time ago he went to
st. Louis with an elder brother, who
an away to California, leaving him in
! large city alone, and with no money.
That wishing to get home he took this
novel method; and said he: II didn't
mind it much except for the dust"
The conductor said that as he he'd |
idden thus far free he might take the
vest seat inside the cars and ride the
asst Of the way at the same cost.
On the back of his coat were little
ents which had been made during the
light by the slight pressure Of the car
n his back. Expressions of sympathy
vere rendered by the passengers as ,
DON as they heard Of his perilousl
many of them saying they
1ould have been willing to have paid
is passage had they known of his
eckless determination. It was, indeed,
wonderful ride, and betOkened anex-
raordinary courage on the part of the 3
0y.-LOMisrile Courier Journal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-18
MEMPHIS TENN. WEDNESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER l8. 1874

upon the latter appealed to the Bishop
DIR. Wordsworth, who passes for sensi'
bic and able man, but he sided with the
vicar Mr.. Keet then went TO the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, who condemned
the wears conduct, and addressed Mr..
Keet as "Rev and very courteously.
The Bishop, however, stood his ground ,
and Mr.. Keet then went before the pub
lie with the correspondence. The Bish-
ops position is that Rev" is a title
which belongs exclusively to the clergy
OF the Anglican church, and that it is
therefore wrong and inexpedient to give
it to ministers of any other denomina-
ton, and he persistently addressed Mr.:
Keet as Mr.. Keet, Wesleyan preacher. "
The public appear, however, to have only
one opinion about the matter, and that
is that the conduct OF the vicar was AFRO
CANT, i'll bred and unlawful, and that the
Bishop is all at sea in his logic, law and
social philosophy. A whole band of
writer's have rushed into print, showing
that nobody is entitled legally to the
prefix Rev." and that it is purely
title of courtesy; that its application
even to Episcopal clergymen is of com
paratively recent date; that it is officially
given to ministers or religious teachers
of all denominations. and that the vicar
had no right to NEEDLE with the head
stone on this ground. The case is going
into court, and there have been plenty
of warnings addressed to the Bishop on
the danger to the church establishment
of exasperating dissenters about matters
which are of no real Importance to the
church. and in fact to furnish materials
for nothing better than petty insults
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-18
The Rising OF the Nile.

A correspondent of the London Times
writes from Alexandria, October 10: At
length the Nile inundation is slowly but
decidedly subsiding, and although ex-
cessive, it will leave blessing behind Ii
far outbslancing any losses IL may have
caused. 1t was hoped that the river had
reached its highest point twenty i've
pics seventeen kerats) on the 2Sth OF
September, but it soon began to rise
afresh, and, finally, making in one day a
sudden start of eight inches, it reached
on the 9TH of October the hight of twenty
ak and a half pics. At this point it
remained stationary for two or three
DAYS, and is now gradually sinking. For
nearly City years (perhaps even more J
no such inundation has occurred, and it
speaks well for the care and energy Of
the administration that it has been kept
within bounds. OF course the widest
and most exaggerated rumors were cur
rent here, but every morning public Oil
oial notice OF the state of the river was
given. and the authorities do not seem at
anv time to have lost heart On the other
hand. il is useless to depreciate the
danger escaped. Had not all those con
cerned iellahs" and officials alike, ex
erted themselves strenuously, very great
losses would have occurred. AS it is,
Upper Egypt has suffered severely, but
Lower Egypt has escaped, and, though
much Of the Indian corn is damaged,
vet the cotton crop is intact. A large
dixie on the Great Canal Of Iagazlg
gave way on the 4th Of October, and a
breach OF eighty metres was formed, but
by next morning twenty four metres OF
ithad been repaired; on the morning Of
the 7th it was entirely closed, and the
waters that had forced a way IN we're
oircumscribed. Not less than 10000
we're occupied IN this work. In a lew
other places slight breaches we're made,
and everywhere much inhltrsuon oc-
Cured. AT Kssrel-Eni, near Cairo, the
khedive in person visited mensced
spot, and was present while the earth.
work was strengthened. The arrival OF
new cotton has naturally been retarded,
aud nov that the river is sinking an
abundant supply viii soon arrive. As
vet there is 10 certain information to be
obtained respecting The damage done in
Upper Egypt but it is said to be great
and the railway for many miles has been
rendered impassable
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-18
SPECIAL NOTICE.
SoHEYCK's PULMoSIc SYRUP FOR THE CURE OF
CONSUMPTION. COUGHs AND COLDS.

SoHEYCK's PULMoSIc SYRUP FOR THE CURE OF
CONSUMPTION. COUGHS AND COLDS.
The great virtue Of this medicine is that 1t
ripens the matter and throws 1t out of the sys-
TEN, puriies the blood, and thus effects cure.
ScHEytK's SRA WEED ToEIc FOR THE CURE OF
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, Ere.
The Tonic produces a healthy action Of the
stomach. creating an app tite, forming chyle.
an curing the most obstinate cases of indi-
gestiOn.
SoHEsOK's MANDRAKE PILLS FOR THE CURE OF
l. YER COMPLAINT, ETC
These Pills are Alternative, and produce n
healthy action of the liver. without the least
danger as they are free from caiomel and yet
more eilicacious in restoring healthy action
of the liver.
These remedies are a certain cure for Con-
sum piiOn, as the PulmOnic Syrup ripens the
matter and purifes the blood. The Mandrake
Pills act upon the live, create healthy bile.
and remove all diseases of the liver, often a
cause of Consumption. The Sea Weed Tonic
gives tone and strength to the stomach. makes
a good digestion, and enables the organs to
fOrm good blood, and thus creates healthy
circulation of healthy blood. The combined
action of these medicines as thus explained,
will cure every case of Consumption, ii taken
in time. and the use of the medicines perse-
vered In.
DR.. Schenck is professionally at his Drinci-
pal office corner Sixth and Arch streets, Phil
adelphia, every Monday, where all letters for
advice must he addressed
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-18
mississippi River scenes.

Edward King in Scribner.l
Whcn the rains have swollen its tribu-
tary rivers to more than their ordinary
volume, the Mississippi is grand. terrible
treacherous. Always subtle and serpent
like in its mode Of stealing upon its
prey, it swallows up acresl at one fell
swoop on one side, sweeping them away
from their frail hold on the mainland,
while, on the other, it covers plantations
with slime, and broken tree trunks and
boughs, forcing the frightened inhabi-
tants into the second story of their
cabins, and driving the cattle and swine
upon high knolls to starve, or perhaps
finally to drown. 1t pierces the puny
levees which have cost the States border
ing upon it such immense sums, and
goes roaring through the crevasse, dis
tracing the planters and sending dis
may to millions of people in a single
night. 1t promises a fall on one day;
on another it rises SO suddenly that the
adventurous woodsmen along the bor-
der have scarcely time to fee. 1t makes
lake of the fertile country between the
two great rivers; it carries off hundreds
of wood piles, which lonely aud patient
labor has heaped, in the hope that a
passing steamer will buy them up, and
thus reward a seasons work. Out OF
each small town on its western bank,
set too carelessly by the water edge, IT
makes pigmy Venice, or floats il of
altogether AS the huge steamer glided
along, on the mighty current, we could
see families perched in the second
stories of their houses, gazing grimly
out upon the approaching ruin. At one
point man was sculling from house to
barn yard with food for his stock. The
log barn was dreary pile in the midst
OF the food. The swine and cows stood
shivering on pine knoll, disconsolately
burrowing and browsing Hailed by
some hustered paterfamllias or planta-
ton master bound to the nearest town
for supplies, we took him to his destina-
tion. As we passed below the Arkansas
and White rivers the gigantic volume OF
water had so far overrun its natural
boundaries that we seemed at sea, in
stead of upon an inland river. The
cottonwoods and expresses stood up
amid the water wilderness like ghosts.
Gazing into the long avenues of the
somber forests, we could see only the
same level, all enveloping food. In the
open country the cabins seemed ready
to sail away though their masters we're
usually smoking with much equanimity,
and awaiting fall.
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MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.

MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
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