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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-03-07
CAIRO,
ILLINOIS.

Tho Trustees of tho Cairo CITY
Property desire 10 call public attention
to the merits OF their property, compris-
ing a considerable portion of the City of
Cairo. in Alexander County. In the state
of Illinois, aud land, immediately adia-
cent thereto.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-03-07
DIR. WHITTIER,
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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-03-07
THE DAILY BULLETIN.

uhiE BULLETIN is published every morning
except Monday IN the Bulletin binding, cor
ner Washington avenue and Twelfth street
lIik HuhLkriS is served to city subscribers by
faithful carriers nj Twenty-Five Cents Week
payable weekly. by Mail, lin advanced, $40 rcr
"hh"'n; SIX months, 50; three months, %; one
month, 81 81.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
The Lost Boy.

Charlie Ross literature is still going
the rounds of the press, and the late ex-
plot of Jimmy Blanchard, at st. AL
bans, has renewed the interest in the
sad tragedy of the abduction. A cor
respondent has been writing to the
Boston Globe, describing the annoy
ances the family have been subjected to
in the matter Of correspondence, and
says:
Letters arrive by the dozen, some of
sympathy, some making inquiries, and
some simply ridiculous. A letter ar
rived written in German, from an ap-
parently intelligent man, stating that il
Mr.. Ross would take young hen that
had never laid an egg, and cut it in four
pieces with knife that was new; lay the
four pieces of chicken upon a newly
planed board at midnight; walk three
times around the board repeating the
words inclosed three times, he would
have Charlie returned to him the next
day. AS Mr.. Ross is the most courte-
GUS Of men, these letters are all answer
ed. Letters of sympathy from Eng
land, Germany, and in fact from all over
the world, have been received. Soon
after the disappearance of Charlie, a
letter would be received from, say Wis
consin-"Come on at once, Mr.. Ross,
we have found Charlie. There is no
mistake" Mr.. Ross would start by the
next train. Upon his arrival, he would
find a boy with red hair, blue eyes, or
perhaps he would have all unmis takably
Celtic cast of countenance. The writer
saw photographs Of over twenty differ
ent different boys who had been looked
up in this manner.
And yet the lonely father and mother
are still hoping against hope, having a
sort of feeling that their Charlie is still
alive, and will some day be returned to
them. How every mother in the land
will clasp her little darling to her breast,
and wish their prayers may be answered.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
Married by Lightning.

Married by lightning" is the start.
ling annt uncement made by a Pennsyl-
vania exchange. 1t appears that Mr..
Jeffreys and Miss Cutler were 10th tele-
graph operators-the one stationed at
Waynesburg, and the other at Browns
vile, Pa. IL is not stated that their
courtship was carried on by telegraph in
the intervals between business messages
of less romantic character, but doubt
less such was the fact. For when in due
course of time the wedding day was fix
ed, they conceived the idea of being
married by telegraph. The parties to
be united took their places in the oper-
ating room at Brownsville in the pres.
cnce of several witnesses and friends,
while the officiating clergyman. with an
other party of friends, was stationed in
the office at Waynesburg. The cere-
mony began by dispatch sent by the
clergyman stating the nature of the mar.
riage ordinance, and requesting the par
ties about to be united to join hands.
This having been done, and the fact
telegraphed, the ceremony proceeded by
means of dispatches until they were
pronounced Husband and wife," Then
followed messages of congratulation in
quick succession from Waynesburg and
various other offices.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
Sad Loss of Life.

The late catastrophe at the Christmas
school festival at Helliken, near Baslo,
in Switzerland, was one of the most fear
full Of the kind ever recorded. In battle
it is estimated that four soldiers are
wounded to each killed; but in this vii
lage tragedy the proportion was sadly the
other way, seventy-two persons being
killed on the spot, while forty were laid
up with hurts and fractures, some of the
latter SO severe as still to threaten DEATH
1t seems that about three hundred of
the villagers and their friends had as
sembled to see the distribution of gifts
and share the supper provided at the
schoolhouse. This was large two
storied building, and all the prepara-
tions had been made in the second floor,
which was the chief schoolroom, and
was approached by stair at one end of
the building, with landing from it at
each story. Stairs and landing, from
top to bottom, were crowded, and the
schoolmaster with difficulty made his
way up to open the door. AS he turned
the key, a crash and cry was heard.
The beams supporting the upper land
ing gave way and fell, carrying both it
and the stairs down with all their occu-
pants, and crushing those on the first
floor, where the rest of the woodwork
gave way under the shock, and preci-
pitated the whole company, mixed with
pieces of timber, into one mass iammed
together at the bottom, and choking the
door. Attempts were first made in
vain to haul out the superintendent
beams by ropes from above, and at last,
ladders being thought Of, the few who
were able climbed up, and escaped by
the windows, after which the slow pro
cess of breaking in and clearing out the
corpses and wounded occupied their
friends several weary hours, some of the
bodies being so crushed as to be hardly
recognizable. OF the victims, only
twenty-three belonged to the children
who were the objects of the most un.
fortunate Christmas gathering.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
Business in Boston.

The Boston Herald publishes inter-
views with a cotton mills agent and an
iron dealer on the condition and pros
poets of their business. In introducing
the interviews it says: 1t is singular
what varietyo of opinion prevails among
business men. 1t would seem at first
thought almost inexphcable, but little
familiarity with the general subject
shows that after all there is not so much
diversity, and that while these opinions
are all the result, more or less, of indi-
vidual experience, they form as a whole
sort of mosaic which, when skillfully
arranged, brings out from dark back
ground a bright and encouraging pic
ture. The cotton mills agent said:
Fear and panic have had no reason
able existence for year past at least in
Boston. AS to general business, it is
not near SO bad as people imagine it to
be. In our trade there has been good
years transactions accomplished, con-
sidering all things. To be sure we have
had to sell close, and our profits have
not been large; but you will notice there
has been scarcely failure in the cotton
goods trade in the city during the past
year. Other trades have not been quite
SO fortunate, it is true; but under the
peculiar condition of things they have
not suffered more than might have been
expected. The depression in business
did not come in consequence of general
poverty or lack of means and supplies,
but from a superabundance and over
supply of everything, including money.
We failed from OVERRIDING everything.
West of Buffalo the revival in business
is apparent everywhere. The hard times
are practically ended there. The best
business ever done by Western agents in
our line was done in Chicago during the
past season. Things are hopeful in that
section and at the South, and a revival
of trade has actually come to them. 1t
will come to us also when we cease to
overproduce and do legitimate busi-
ness. Above all, it will come to us when
we have confidence in ourselves and in
one another.
A prominent dealer in metals said he
also was of the opinion that over-pro-
duction was one of the causes of the
panic. Manufacturers now are careful
to keep their stock low, and if possible
only manufacture to order.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
4 MurderOus Sea Flower.

One of the exquisite wonders of the
sea is called the opelet, and is about as
large as the German aster, looking in
deed very much like one. Imagine q
very large double aster, with ever so
many long petals of light green, glossy
as satin, and each one tipped with rose
color. These lovely petals do not lie
quietly in their places, like those of the
aster in your garden, but wave about in
the water, while the opelet generally
clings to rock. How innocently and
lovely it looks on its rocky bed! Who
would suppose that itcould eat anything
grosser than dew or sunlight But
those beautiful, waving arms, as you
call them, have another use besideslook
ing pretty. They have to provide food
for large, open mouth, which is hid.
den deep down amongst them-so well
hidden that one can scarcely find it.
Well they perform their duty, for tic
instant u foolish little fish touches orc ot
the rosy tips, he is struck with poison
as fatal to him as lightning. He imme
diately becomes numb, and in momen
stops struggling, and then the othel
beautiful arms wrap themselves around
him, and he is drawn into the huge
greedy mouth, and is seen no more
Then the lovely arms unclose and wav,
again in the water, looking as innocen
and harmless as though they had neve
touched fish.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
Another Dynamite Plot.

Apropos of the theory advanced to
show the participation of the dynamite
monster, Thomas, in the mysterious dis
appearance of the steamer City of Bos-
ton, of which not the least clew has ever
been found, we give herewith, says an
exchange, narrative furnished to us
from reliable source. It will be recol-
lected that the ill-fated ship left New
York k in March, 1870. Two months pre-
viously man corresponding to the de-
scription given of Thomas sought and
obtained private interview with Senor
Alfaro, agent at that time of the Cuban
republic, in the course of which he un-
folded most diabolical scheme to in
1ure the Spanish navy by means of
dynamite lodged in thick tubular glass
receptacle, and carefully covered with a
coat of coal preparation. This, it was
proposed, should be placed in the inter
ior of Jumps of coal, bored for the pur-
pose, and the hole imperceptibly sealed
with the coal preparation. These could
beintroduced clandestinely into Havana,
and with great precaution scattered in
with the coal supply of the navy, and in
whatever furnace the Jumps CHANGED to
fall, the ship would be inevitably de-
stroyed, with all on board. The pro-
posal was referred to Senior Morales
Lemus, the general diplomatic agent,
who rejected it at once as q scheme
which would result in the wholesale
slaughter of innocent persons not only
Spaniards, but of other nationalities, as
the coal is kept in large yard opposite
the city, from which all steamers touch
ing there take a supply-English,
French and German, as we'll as Spanish.
The torpedo models were exhibited in
pieces of coal picked at random from a
pile of the fuel. The interior Of the
cavity was polished smooth with emery
20 reduce the risk of explosion by chat
ing while introducing the charge. The
shell after it was filed and closed with o
plug OF brass was dropped into boil
ing mixture of coal tar, pulverized coal
and resin or beeswax, and then instant.
y transferred to a bucket of ice water.
The result was o coating about three
quarters OF an inch thick, and the deadly
contrivance, after the gloss wore off, had
the exact appearance Of coal in weight,
smell and color. A diagram of the pro
jectile was exhibited by the stranger,
and note descriptive of it accompanied
the design. When his proposition was
rejected he left, and was never seen OF
heard of again by the Cuban gentleman,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
The Verdict.

A young man in Chicago was recently
found dead in his bed, and the supposi-
tion was that he had committed suicide
by poisoning; but upon analyzing the
contents of his stomach nothing but th
following were found in it: Pickles,
pound cake, lemonade, cold turkey,
beer, fried oysters, cold punch, ham
sandwich, sponge cake, beef tea, mince
pie, champagne, lobster, game pie, fruit
cake. tea, chicken salad, whisky, coffee,
bologna sausage, port, cheese, sardines,
and sherry. The jury returned YER
dict of "Died through the visitation Of
friends"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05

in the morning. Here they will insist
upon the highest price they think can
be obtained, and for twenty-five or fifty
cents upon the load, they have been
known to drive ten miles further.
1t was always the rule among them to
help one another out of financial diff
culties without usury, and without the
usual documentary forms, their word
being held as good as gold. Instead of
slowing away their money in old stock
ings and salt bags, as was their custom
during hard money times, they now put
their spare paper money in banks, and
draw interest on it.
While they are scrupulously exact in
their dealings, and always insist upon
their own to the last penny, they are al
ways honest. They have not very ex-
alted idea of woman's mission. That is
shown by the fact that they train their
daughters from early youth to the same
drudgery and severe labor that are re-
quired of the males. There are very
few of these farmers who would vote for
a woman suffrage measure. Their high
est conception of womans sphere is the
kitchen, the field, and the barn. The
washboard is their piano, and the hoe,
rake, and milk pail are their croquet i'm
plements.
The religious fervor of the mother
country has been remarkably preserved
in these people. The love of church
going is inculcated in the youth, and
adults who are without some church
connections are stunned as outlaws.
The ancient forms of worship are in a
remarkable state of preservation, but
they love to make public demonstration
of their piety, and are also fond Of
Boosting of it. They are strict observ-
ers of the Sabbath, but for the other
holidays they care but little, excepting
Christmas and the fourth of July. In
this they widely differ from the Germans
of the old world, who are celebrated fol
their many holidays strictly observed,
Deeming the religious training of the
young of the highest importance, they
pay special attention observation-disclosures.
Roman Catholics are scarcely to be
found among them. The sects most
numerously represented are the Luth
eran, German Reformed, Dunkers, and
Evangelical Association. The latter
being of recent origin, and being speci
ally adapted to the reculiarities of these
people, has of late made immense head
way among them. Preaching in these
churches partakes of the nature of con.
slant exhortation conversion takes
place in public amid the widest demon
strations, and as these people are natur
ally fond of show and ostentation, they
take very kindly to this sect. The Dun
kers are also sometimes called "feet
washers" from the fact that at theil
annual camp meetings they go through
a process of "feet washing" in order
to symbolic the cleansing of the soul.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
A Strange Restoration.

A remarkable case of restoration of
speech has recently occurred at Port
land, Oregon. 1t seems that small
boy lost his voice, and was unable to
speak above whisper. Physicians
were consulted, but they decided that
the vocal organs were paralyzed, and
that he would never be able to speak
aloud. A few days ago the boy went
out to skate, and as he arrived at the
ice, he saw some of his playmates, and,
without thinking, attempted to shout to
them, and, to his great surprise, he ut
tered loud "halloo." I" He Immediate
ly returned home and shouted to his
mother, and her delight may be better
imagined than described.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
81 John and l.


Neighbor John has houses and lands
But the earth and sky are mine
He keeps his deeds in an iron box
have a right divine.
The wind that scatters his orchard blooms
Or fills his sails on the sea -.-
Comes over the orchard and over the wood
With q sweeter breath for me.
can lie down on the ferny hills, 81. ~.
Watched by the silent stars -r-H-.
John is afraid because of the gold -.
Under his bolts and bars.
Though the sun shines out, he sits him dow
And reckons it day by day l.| ,a.
But green leaves beckon, wild winds blow,
And am up and away. r"T la-r
I dip my cup in the crystal spring, sr.. . 81.
John drinks the red, red wine
He sits at a feast from day to day,
And the frugal crust is mine.
But, oh the glory of earth and sky
To my free, exulting soul
The world is wide and the world is fair,
And hold in fse-simple the whole.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05
The Yicissitudes of a Life.

A Washington correspondent says I:
Among the spectators at the capitol was
a slight, poorly dressed young man, with
long, yellow hair, combed out into a
great cloud. He is an object of interest
in Washington, and more than that, an
object of infinite pity. His form is thin
and quaint his step nervous and elias
tic; his manner distracted his hands
twitch convulsively when they should
be at rest, and his face, in repose, is like
the picture of Adam in the "Passion
Play at Oberammergau." His days are
spent in the galleries of the House when
Congress is in session I; and during re-
cess at the Congressional library and in
the various newspaper offices. Ere
quently he is seen hurriedly pacing the
street with an abstracted air and l saw
him the other day making queer hier-
oglyphics on the letter boxes that hang
from the lamp posts. I followed him
from the capitol to the treasury, and on
every letter box he wrote different char
acters, crossing the street whenever he
saw box on the other side. On the
lid of one were the characters like these !:
5-62 II 70. 60.
This man has had strange, sad his
tory. Fifteen years ago he was mem
Der of Congress from one of the Western
States, the first Representative the State
sent to Congress. He had risen to that
position from the printers case, having
been compositor and an editor, and
was one of the founders of the Typo
graphical Union. He was member of
the first Territorial Legislature in his
State, assisted in framing the State con-
stitution, and was elected to a position
on the supreme bench, which he declined
in orser to accept nomination to Con
gress. He was man of rare oratorical
powers, but an idealist.
So visionary, so chimerical were his
schemes and theories, SO unsafe his
Judgment, that his career in Congress,
while brilliant from several bursts of elo-
quence, was a failure when judged from
practical common sense standpoint
He was defeated when a candidate for
reelection, and defeat killed him. For
the benefit of his health his friends OBJ
tanned consulate abroad for him, but
his disappointment and the continued
ministry to a diseased imagination un-
seated his reason, and he has gradually
grown from sentimentalism to lunacy.
Several years ago he left his wife and
children, imagining them to be the mill
stone that hung about his neck, and has
since made his home with relatives.
Through the influence of Charles Sum
ner and Henry Wilson, his wife obtained
position in one of the departments,
which she now holds. Two years ago
he became suspicious of the motives of
an ex-senator who had befriended her
and shot him in the street, but the
wound was only slight one, and al
though indicted he has never been tried
for the crime. His history, so sad, yet
so strange and romantic, is known only
to few, but his face is familiar to every
one in Washington.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-02-05

beauty. Into that poor, low room, Eva,
with her somber dress and radiant
beauty, came like pitying angel. She
gave one glance at the invahd's face;
and then crossed the room to his side.
EVA I" said the sick man; " Eva ~
"He knows me-" she murmured,
drawing back. But the young man
moaned her name again, and then broke
forth into wild delirious rawlings.
"Mary," said Eva, send your boy to
me. I will find pencil and paper"
Mary left the room, and Eva turned
to the table to find paper and pencil.
She wrote two hasty notes. One was to
her housekeeper for pillows and sheets.
The other was to DR.. Stanley, who did
not conjecture who was the friend that
sent him SO much practice among poor
patients, and saw that the young physi
clan was well paid.
Having dispatched the notes, Eva
tried to make the desolate room more
homelike. Lifting from the table q
waistcoat, something dropped from the
pocket to the floor. She picked it up.
1t was small miniature case, open; and
painted on the ivory was Eva Marston's s
face.
A smile, gentle and pitying, came on
her lip.
He did love me, then-really love
me-and would not seek me with the
herd of fortune-hunters who followed
me and that is the reason I have miss
ed him for SO long,"
The next day, when DR.. Stanley call
ed to see his patient, Mary, with par
donable pride, ushered him into the
room that had been vacant before. A
soft carpet was on the floor, and fire
in the CRATE. Soft muslin curtains,
snowy white, draped the window. The
bed could scarcely be recognized, with
its pure white pillows, counterpane and
sheets. A little table stood beside the
bed, with the medicines the doctor had
ordered, and a decanter of cooling
drink.
"The lady told you of, that sent
you to Terry" said Mary. "We ar.
ranged the room yesterday, and my
good man and moved him in to-day, SC
she'll find him here when she comes.
It's asleep he's been for better than three
hours, sir"
Two hours later Harold was still
asleep, but then he opened his eyes
The cold, cheerless room was changed
as if by enchantment; and (HarolG
thought he was dreaming) an angel face
bent over him, with pitying eyes, and
smile tender as q mothers over hei
child.
Eva" he whispered. ooh, that
could die in such dream, and never
awake to the bitter, hopeless love | Lei
me die now w
Was it dream, that sweet low voice
answering him9
Harold, you will not die you viii
live-live for me Your genius shall be
recognized, your pictures sought. Nc
more struggling for life, but only fol
fame !" And the tears fell as she spoke
DR.. Stanley, standing in the doorway
recognized the ballroom belle, and the
object of his friends long silent, hope
less love.
Softly he glided down the stairs, fol
he knew that better medicine than ht
could prescribe was within the patient
grasp. -...
And the world said : "Just think O.
Eva Marston, rich and such a belle
marrying Harold Graham, the artist
who was as poor as church mouse |"