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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-24

Before the era Of Railroads, Cairo had q
commanding position rs centre OF com.
merce and navigation. This Importance of
position she .till Possesses, but has now the
additional advantage Of being great rail-
road centre, q number OF the most import.
ant railroads 10 the Valley Of the Mississippi
converging 10 and having their termini
there. Among these, coming from the orth
are the great Illinois Central Railroad.
which traverses the entire state of Illinois
from,its extreme northern and north eastcr I'm
to its southern limits, and by Its conncctio
extends into all the great northwestern
grain producing State. the Cairo and Vim.
cennes, extending from Cairo to the City OF
vincennes, in the State Of lndisns, where
its come ctions afford direct railroad com.
munications with all Eastern cities; and
the Cairo i st. LOUIS Railroad, afiording Q
direct railroad communication with the
City OF st. Louis and all the railroads cen.
tering there. The roads coming from the
South are the New orleans, Jackson and
Great Northern and the Mobile and Ohio
Railroads, which give direct railroad CON-
munication with the cities OF Mobile and
New Orleans, and other Southern Atlantic
sea ports, and by connecting roads with all
the country south of Cairo; and coming
from the southwest Is the Cairo, Arkansas
and Texas Railroad, which sffords similar
communication with Southern Missouri.
Arkansas and Texas. and the principal cit.
les Of those States. This lsst.naIned road
will give, also. direct connection with the
Texas and Pacific Road when IL IL com le.
ted, thus giving direct communication with
the principal ports OF the Pacific Ocean
These railroads, terminating ut Cairo, are
now all completed and in tnccessful opera
ton, those In Illinois coming into the city
on bank OF each Of the rivers, Ohio and
Mississippi. and terminating III their confil.
ence, thus encircling the city. The Holly
Springs, Brownsville and Ohio River Rail-
road, and the Cairo and Tennessee River
Railroad, which will both terminate ct
soon be completed, and other railroads both
In Illinois and in States south Of the Ohio
river, which will also terminate at Cairo,
are projected. ana arrangements made to
build them. The construction OF these
will greatly increase the riilroad communi.
cations Of Cairo.
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Cairo has a moral, intelligent, liberal and
ehterprising population OF about II, OOO-has
superior system Of public schools, which,
prise, afford unsurp's sed educational adj.
vantaees--ls Possessed Of well-established
churches OF nearly every denomination
mas puDnc and pri, ate buildings of supe.
ri3r character-has climate, which for ia.
mDrty ana healthful influences cannot be
surpassed,has a well-regulated and ef.
mcieht municipal organization, Its streets
vantages, which make II highly desirabIe
aud In reality not to be exceilcd as a place
ofpermanent Residence.
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This city, A. Is well known, is situated at
me confluence OF the ohio and Mississippi
,, Al the head OF uninterrupted naviga-
structions by ice In The winter and low
water In summer. and Il us has clear and
open river communication at all times over
the Mississippi and It's tributaries, with all
the country south. TO the Gulf OF Mexico
and the Atlantic ocean. Cairo has also the
same character OF communication with all
the country north over the streams flowing
by l.. when those streams are not iBnsyi-
gable by teason OF ice or low water.
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conductors TO regard 1t with justifisble com.
placency. 1t also entities them to u great
claim upon the public gratitude. The
Magazine has done good and not evil all,
the days OF its life.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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LOIS and land In Cairo are now offered at
tunitles TO purchase, and the owners pre-
cent the location to the public as Offering
uhrNaled advantages tor the successful es-
IDisnment OF commercial or manufactur.
Jug enterprises, and tho best locality IN the
country ior profitable investment OF capital.
5. STAATS TAYLOR,
EDWIN PARSONS,
rustoes, etc.
CAIRO, ILL.,, May LIST, 1879.
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THE WEEKLY BULLETIN.

Published every Thursday morning a, q 2,
pc ahnum' Invariably in advance. The postage
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CAIRO,
xx.r.rNox9.

Tho Trustees Of tho Cairo City
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10 the merits Of their property, compris-
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-01-05
Whole No. 2aO.

of the man he SO long regarded q:
mere butterfly of fashion, one o.
fashions spoiled children. AND
learning to respect his worth, he
had also learned to love the frank
bright face, and clear ringing voice
and the ever ready courtesy of tn,
young clerk. 1t grew to be a very
frequent occurrance for him to ask
the support of the strong young
arm when the streets were slippery
and at the door to ask Raymond to
dine, sure to be q beeming look ol
pleasure from Bertha.
There came a day, after two
long years of faithful service, when
Raymond was informed in the pri.
vacy of the counting-house that Q
junior partnership was his, if he
would accept it. Somo emotion
checked the utterance Of Ray.
monds heartfelt gratitude. He ex.
tended his hand, to meet a cordial
grasp, and hear:
eyes, yes! / know. And now
if you want to tell Berthy the news,
you may take a holiday"
"May / tell her morel May
tell her that l love-that the one
hope of my life is to win her Low.
in return ?"
You may tel her that / have
been your most sincere friend and
warmest well-wisher for two years
You may tell her." and the old
mans eyes twinkled, "that ! have
looked upon you as a son ever
since the day she met you driving
an express wagon" ..l
"And behaved like an angel"
eyes, yes, of course, they al
ways do, There; get along will
you, I'm busy. Take my love tc
Bertha, if you are not over burden
ed with your own"
And so you know the rest. There
was wedding, and Amabel gave
the bride parure of diamonds
and owned, when in a burst of con,
fidence Bertha told her the whole
story, that, after all, Thurston''
pride was not so good in the end
as Raymond's pride. '.'il
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-01-05

my accounts and settle my books,
as you know more about them than
any one else and let Mr.. Rawlins
finish recording my letters which
he has begun" Late in the after
noon he said to his physician -
"Doctor, die hard, but / am not
afraid to CO." Still later he said to
the same gentleman: 81 feel that
/ am going, / thank you for your
attentions, but I pray you take no
more trouble about me let me go
of quietly; l cannot last long"
A few moments later he made his re-
quest concerning his burial, and on
receiving the assurance of his
friend that he was understood sim
ply said: at is WE'LL" and com
posed himself for his final depar-
ture from this world. 1 lo -.
ms was the quiet, eventful
death scene in the career of the
first president. There was no
startling death-bed utterances that
men might learn as last words of
the Father of his Country. There
was no message sent out to the peo-
pie he had loved so well and served
so faithfully. He had done his
whole duty by his country and his
fellow-man, and now in this su-
preme moment, his thoughts of
eerth were confined to his own do
mestic circle, or wandered beyond
his home only to contemplate his
meeting his Divine Ruler of the
universe. Washington died like a
brave and good man, but the ex-
ample he set before his country
was in his life, and not in his death.
His death belonged to his God,
his family and himself; his life was
his country's.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-01-05
George washington.

Seventy-siX years ago Tuesday,
Dec, II, died George Washington,
first president of the United States.
On December -, he noted in his
diary that "about one o'clock 1t be-
gan to snow, soon after to hail, and
then turned to settled cold rain"
He had gone ont in the morning
mounted on his horse to make the
round Of his estate, and notwith-
standing the change in the weather
he continued his ride until after
three o'clock in the afternoon. On
the following morning a heavy fall
of snow prevented him from taking
his customary ride, and he COM
planned Of sore throat and a cold
he had taken the previous day.
During the ensuing night he was
taken extremely i'll, and by day
break his condition excited the
most serious alarm. Although able
at times 10 speak during the day
Of December IL, he breathed with
difficulty, and continued to fail un-
till between ten and eleven o'clock
at night he calmly expired. 1aDla'
There was nothing remarkable
about the death of George Wash
ington. The manner of his death
was like the manner of his life,
strikingly illustrative Of his char.
acter. Other great soldiers have
died in their beds surrounded by
their friends and families, but with
their own minds filled with the
visions Of glorious war, or the ter
rible recollections Of defeat while
great rulers have diedin retirement
but with the fancy that they were
still welding the rod of empire
shutting out the view of death
George Washington died, as any
Virginia country gentleman might
die, with his last thoughts given tc
fthose who were dearest to him, and
TO the settlement of his own tenn
poral and spiritual affairs. His
last act was to feel his own pulse
and his last word was a reques
that he might he decently and nun
ostentatiously buried. "A q few
hours before his death he request
ed Mrs. Washington TO bring hin
! two wills which she would find II
his desk. On being brought 4
, him he directed her to burn one, a
It had been superseded by tn
} other and was of no further use
} After this he remarked to his frien'
, hMr. Lear |: III flndi1 am going
my breath cannot last long. | be
loved from the first that the dis
! order would be fatal. DO you al
I range and record allmy late mil
4 tary letters and papers. QCArrsng
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"For nllsTin,e."

Go, 90 thy way hold thee now,
But as the memory Of the vanished DREAM
A vision of bright promise that awhile
Around me shed its tender, TRANSIENT eham..
And 50 'twere that we two should dwell
Far from each other through the coming years
The future still some happiness may hold.
Though now tits shroudsd in a mist Of tears.
Thine was but women's love,-a vow
Made lighuiy, and lightly broken, too;
All, how my soul with bitter scorn is stirr'd
To think that / had ever deemed thee true.
care not what the future holds in store
For darker than the past 1t cannot bel,
So that the passing days but teach the heart
A hate as deep as was its love for thee.
IT'S ever thus. Life's fairest pleasures fade;
Our fondest hopes are doomed 10 slow decay
We dream, and from our dream enhalowed wake
To find at last our ideas are but clay.
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How She stopped Her Paper

She came through the sanctur
door like a cannon ball, and with
out pausing to say "How do yo,
doS" she brought her umbrell
down on the table with o might,
crash and shouted: .,
81 want to stop my paper"
GAIL right, madam" tee.
"Stop it right of, too," she per
sisted, whacking the table again,
"for | waited long enough for you
to do the square thing" a1
She quieted down for moment,
as we run our fingers down the
list Of names, and when we reach
ed hers and scratched it out, said:
"There now, mebbe you'll do as
you'd orter after this, and not
slight a woman just cause she's
poor. II some rich folks happen
to have a little red-hesded, bandy-
legged, d,squinted-eyed wheezy squal-
ler born to them, you puff it to the
skies and make it out an angel
but when poor people have a baby
you don't say a word about it, ever
if 1t is the squarest-toed, blackest
haired, biggest-headed, noblest lit
tie kid that ever kept a woman
awake at nights. That's what,
the matter, and that's why 1 stop
ed my paper" 11
And she dashed out as rapid,
as she came. aai.l or 3a-il
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Wnter Tight Roots.

/ have stood in mud and water
two or three inches deep, for ten
hours a day for q week, without
feeling any dampness or having
any difficulty in getting my boots
on or off. If you would be equal.
ly successful, before wearing the
boots give the bottoms. a good
coating of tallow and tar and dry
it ini then oil the uppers with
castor oil about one tablespoon.
full will be sufficient. If the weath.
er should be rainy, or you are COM
PEELED to work in water during the
day, wash your boots clean Mt
night, hold them by the fire until
quite warm, and oil them while
quite wet, and you will have no
trouble about your boots getting
hard and shrinking up SO that you
cannot get them on. If the leath-
ed should become red, give a coat
of ordinary sLoe-blacking before
oiling. The effect of castor oil i
TO soften the leather, while II fin.
the pores and prevents the wats,
from entering.--Indiana Farmer.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-01-05

A large sleeping room is but Iit-
tie better than a small one, unless
there is a supply Of fresh arr forit,
and egress for spoiled air on the
other hand, small room where
there is constant change OF air is
nearly as good as a large one Tho
supply OF air without draft Is more
important than the size of tho
room; stilia a large sleeping room,
well ventilated, is most desirable,
and children should not be tucked
away in small unveptilated rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-10
ALEXANDRIA.

L. s. PRISONERS CHARGED WITH MIR
DER AT SEA.-Arthur Randall and William
Lawson, both colored. were brought 10 this
city this morning by the steamer LADY, of the
Lake, from Norfolk for trial before the n
-. Circuit Court, now in session here The
former is accused OF the murder of a sea can
tain in Hampton Roads, sometime since and
the latter OF being an accessory to the nur-
der. Three Of the witnesses are also in iail
here.
CONSTABLE ARREsTED.-RichardP Parker.
the eolOTed constable. VINO was engaged i'm ar.
resting the parties implicated in the row
across the canal, mentioned yesterday, was
arrested to-day, on complaint of Henderson
Dudley, for shooting at him. Justice Whit
tlesey recognized him for his appearance on
Monday morning. Gazette, Sh.
A FRACAS-A personal difficulty occurred
a cay or two ago between two Alexandrians
employ ed in the Republican Office. in Wash
lngton. growing out of some late pu blications
relating TO the pretended meeting of an inn
agfnary club in Alexandria. 1t is said the
jolly printers went for each other wit lively
y! and used their EF-eF well, and their ( I
were so strong it was with difficulty they
were brought toa.
CHIP THOMPSoN.-The condition OF Chin
thompson, which was reported as improving
yesterday, has assumed an unfay orable
phase, erysipelas having set in in the broken
ann. Amputation may become necessary.
though his physicians do not fear anything
OF the kind. His confinement to his bed will
be protracted longer than was Indicated yes
terday, hOwever.-Se1ttinei,S h.