The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-29
there was absolutely no truth In the re-

there was absolutely no truth In the re-
port.
THE INDIANA MOTORS.
The visit of the Indiana editors to our
city was a great success. and seemed to
| be thoroughly enjoyed by them. They
were accompanied by their wives, and the
question naturally suggested itself, did
they bring their spouscs because they
loved them, or because they were afraid
of them; or was 1t the editors who
brought their wives. or the wives who
brought their cditorsy BE this as 1t may
they were cordially received, and had q
reception at Willard hall last Friday
night. at which Senator Mcdonald pre-
sided. and speeches were made by Scna-
tor Morton, Speaker Kerr. Mr.. Pratt, and
other distinguished lndianans. They
will return 10 their homes tomorrow
morning. bringing with them. trust,
pleasant rccolcclions from the national
capitol.
rat NosLGAN-,
The noscgay business. by which |
mean the temporary excitement caused
by the discovery that bouquets were fur
| nisbcd to senators AMI members of the
house from the botanical gardens, has
about blown over. These gardens. loca.
ted Immediately west of the capitol, are
the finest and largest IN the country, and
capable OF supplying ten or twelve large
bouquet, day. Ihcsr have been uni.
formly distributed among the senators
and members but recently applications
for the floral favors have bccn rather
more numerous. than the conservatory
could supply, aud 1t became necessary to
devise some means by which the hvors
could be equally and fairly distributed.
Under the new order oi things the house
is entitled to seven and the senate TO
three bouquets day. which must be APP
piled Tor beforehand by those who desire
them. This nosegay bnslnes, has been
the cause OF much comment, but a long
~ the conservatory is there. IN ,intaincd
at public expense, the flowers may rs
well he utilized ~ permitted To fade and
rot on the stems and who would he bet
ter entitled to them than the representa-
tives OF the people in congress:
Among the distinguished visitors at.
present in Washington are Baron Roths-
child. youngest partner in the banking
house Of Rothschild & Co.. aud grand
son OF of Ansclm Roth-child; and i"'o
real english lords. Sir Robert h1crcom-
bic and the Hon. VIM. Hope. son OF
Lord Beresford Hope. These three
s.ions of nobility attended the reception
given by Mrs. Dahlgrccn, WIDOW oil !
Admiral Dablgreen, last saturday even
ing. and were. of course. the lions OF the
occasion. \ olive English lord is al
says q source of immense satisfaction
md qualification 10 us Washingtonian.
although, since we were so badly taken
n by the bogus Lord" Massey, some
wo years ago. we have become more
,arcful and .kcptloal. These, however,
ire real ones. for Sir Thornton has
'OucIieu lOI li'iii atu. ~ ~ "ci'' fht
his seal upon them.
Yesterday Sunday evening, Madame
indcncooic, wife of the
Danish ministcr) better known as the
ate Mrs. Moulton. whose sweet voice
'aincd for her so many admirers, both
m this and on the other side of the
wafer Uayc n musical, 10 invited guests |
f the diplomatic corps. Her voice il a.
harming rs ever, and she, as well as her
husband, is great favoritc and much
ought in society. A Boston paper
hort time ago. made the assertion that
His EXcellency, MIR. Hagerman, enjoyed
onnubial life highly, and might be seen
very morning regularly vending his way
zone from the green-groccrs with a
'ound OF butter and a bar OF soap. for
he Use Of his domestic establishment;
much 10 the disgust and envy Of his
ormcr bachelor chums. Ncctin. the
minister at the Stevenson gallery on
'howed him the paragraph.
which Ia, been going the rounds OF the
papers, and asked him if II was true;
,u: he ilatly denied the soft impeach-
nent as lar a. the butter and soap story
goes. | promised to make his denial
public. and, roi'a, have kept my prom
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