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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-21
FIRE.
Disastrous COnHsx ration at SD Johns
0oebcc -TOtal Loss Perhaps
s1.5OO. qUD One Life Lost.
Two Hundred Fanatics Homeless.

BosToN. June lS.--St. Johns, Quebec.
was visited to-day by most disastrous
conflagration. Territory COO feet wide
and a mile in length. embracing the en-
| tire business portion of the town. is
burned. Seven hotels, nine churches, the
custon-house, the courthouse, the post
office, the United States consulate, two
banks. the docks. vessels In the river. a
portion of the bridge over Rclelic,l
river, st. Johns wooden mills, stone
chinaware rooms and $50 stores and
houses are reduced to ashes.
PROGRESS OF THE CoNFLAGRATIoN.
"A fire broke out this morning at the
head of Richelieu street, i'm Bosquet's
steam saw mill. A strong southwest
wind caused the fire to spread rapidly.
The aqueduct water had been shut Off to
repair the engine. necessitating the fire
engines to draw the supply from the
river, which added to the delay. A
steamer arrived from Montreal at 1l:3O
am, and engines and hose company
IRON Statham at | o'clock, but the fire
had swept the entire length of Richelcu
street to the locks, and through cross
streets st. George st. James. st. Charles.
st. Paul, and Midget street to Cham
plain, burning all the buildings on the
east and some on the west side. The oc-
cupants of the houses had barely time to
escape with their lives. st. Johns bank
saved its paper money and everything
else in the vaults. The Merchants bank
lett everything in the vaults.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Miss Lay, milliner, in endeavoring to
save goods. was burned to death. Mrs.
Lynch. young man named Borin, .Jo-
seph w. Thomas. and Charles Arpaud
were badly burned. Mayor Rossiter,
whose house and tanncry were DIES troyed.
was severely burned. a stone building
with iron shutters, supposed to be fire.
proof burned like finder. The Wooden
Company had $4,000 worth OF flannel
burned. The houses were mostly of
brick and stone.
THE TOTAL LOSS.
The total loss is estimated az high as
81 5000
TWO HUNDRED FAMILIES HOMELESS
About two hundred families are home
less. most of them losing everything.
The st. Johns Ne'cs building is burned.
The Franco Cdnddian Office is saved.
INSURANCE.
iHc property - StneTdHy Wei insured,
mostly in English offices. The .Ttna.
OF Hartford, is the only American com
pany known to have risks.
SPECIAL POLICE.
A large number of special police have
been appointed to preserve order to-
night
Arrangements are being made to take
care of the destitute. Business men say
that the town will be rebuilt at once.
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GEN. HANCOCK.
4 strong Feeling ia Favor Of his \ ON
tnatiOn AZ ~. Louis.

WAsHINGTON, ID. c., June lS.--It is un-
deniable that the Democrats are working
up good deal of enthusiasm for Gen.
Hancock as presidential candidate
lie has very great strength ~ the South
IL Is noted that some of the more promi-
hent Southern men say that he combines
more elements OF success than any other
candidate. They argue that he is a life
long Democrat, an able, pure, resolute,
anu lirm man, quick to discern and
ready to execute his conclusions that
the old line regular Democratic party
cannot elect any one that TO defeat the
Radical nominee they must have a
candidate that can attract largely the
Union soldier vote; that the candidate
shouldbe "A man who was full identified
with the Union cause at the beginning
and throughout the war, and against
whom no charge of rebel or rebel sympa-
thy can be produced. A Democratic
paper has taken the pains to gather from
some OF the representative men at the
capital their views with respect to Han
cock. The iollowingar are
ABSTRACTS
OF some of these views, and sufficiently
show that Gen. Hancock is becoming a
very formidable candidate with The
Hancock is coming forward f,yora-
bly,. Tom Ewing OF Ohio.
"lhe best man we can get IS Hancock "
Gunter OF Arkansas.
Hancock is our man." Senator Ram
som OF North Carolina.
Hancock Is the only man the Repuh-
cans lear John Robbins, VI. e.. of
Pennsylvania. VI
Hancock ought TO be the man with
OUT doubt" Charles IL. Morgan, NJ. C..
| Of Missouri. e''' '''
lie Is good man and the best candi.
| Gate we can GET" Boone, OF Kentucky.
| Hancock Is and has always been NV
| hrst choice" Ex-Governor Throckmor,
ton. of Texas.
| III Hancock is nominated | will take
ti~ stump for him." Henry A. Wise.
| -, with Hancock We can sweep East
tennessee like a tornado William NJ
farland, Nj. e., OF Tennessee.
| A brave soldier. good man, n pood
Democnt, let Us have him." Bradford
| Of Alabama.
"Hancock's civil record in Louisiana
has endeared him 10 the entire Sonth !,
forney, OF Alabama.
Nominate Hancock, and the bloody
shirt will be folded away" Represents
1--we Hooker, Of Mississippi.
ITO beat Hayes our capdidate shout d
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undoubtedly be Hancock" William M.
Robbins, NJ. e., of North Carolina.
1--WE are for Ohio's chioce first, ana
then for Hancock. With Hancock as our
candidate, the bloody shirt won't count. y
Gen. Banning. of Ohio.
II regard Gen. Hancock as The most
available man we can nominate at st.
Louis" J. NJ. Glover. NJ. c., of Wiscoil-
sin.
I'VE cannot be defeated in Pcnnsyl-
vania with Gen. Hancock" william Me
Clelland, chairman of the Democratic
State Committee of Pennsylvania.
Hancock was brave soldier and
good man lie is certainly the man for
the race Scales, of North Carolina {:
Vance, OF North Carolina Davis, of
North Carolina.
"If1 could name the president would
say Bayard, but see his election is I'M
possible. Hancock seems to be our only
way OUT George "A. Jencks. NJ. c., of
Pennsylvania.
"The nomination of the soldier, Gen.
Hayes. leaves the Democratic party no
other alternative than the nomination of
Gen. Hancock. With him. victory will
be ours William b. Spencer. NJ. c., of
Louisiana.
''The nomination of Gen. Hancock
will drive the Republican party into
bankruptcy. Its entire stock in trade
the bloody shirt-will not be an available
asset to the event" James ii. Hopkins.
NJ. c., of Pennsylvania.
''Gen. Hancock combines good mill
tary record with respect tor the para
mount authority OF the Constitution and
laws in time Of peace. His nomination
would be acceptable to Texas" John
Ii. Regain. Nj. c., of Texas.
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The New Orleans Times regards Gen.
Hancock as first of all those named tor
the St. Louis nomination as to the avail
ability and second to none as to charac-
ter." The Times strongly fayors
the nomination of Gen. Hancock because,
as it says; "We believe him to be a
man capable OF rising to the height OF
the great argument and so ordering and
administering the affairs of government
that he will break down sectional feeling
by removing the cause of it: and so lead
on to condition of affairs in which par
ty lines shall never again be co-incidcnt
with sectional lines.
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HOW 1T WAS DONE.

PHILADELPHIA, June ia Washing
ton special to the Erening Telegraph SAYS
1t can be stated on unquestionable author
ity that the cable telegram purporting to
have been sent by Mr.. Caldwell from
London, was never sent by him, although
Ii was actually sent from London with
his name as the signature. 1t is not GER
tain that the thing started from New
York, but ii is pretty certain that it pass
ed over the wires from New York, hay
ing been started from that city or from
some point between New York and
Washington, either Baltimore or Phila.
Ielphia. Ii was embraced in cable tele.
gram sent from the starting point On this
side Of the Atlantic to an assumed ad-
dress in London, which had been
agreed upon previously. probably
through the agency OF the cable, and the
exact words were then sent back to this
country through the confederate in Lon
don. in pursuance of the instructions he
had received.
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The North has its fair, pure women
and brave men, its orators. statemen and
poets but we of the South claim with
them common heritage, and it strikes
us, from a practical standpoint. that il
peace Is to dawn again and unite d.
vided country, the bloody shirt should be
washed and hung out TO dry; lecherous
preachers yilloried, innocence and virtue
respected, and vice aud crime put down
by the strong arm OF the law. A little
attention to these material points by the
advanced free-thinkers Of the North will
lniuse new and fresh blood into that sec
tion. and give an additional impetus to
the speedy coming Of a brighter and bet
ter existence.-LynchbHg Virqinian.
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THE Democratic party, when 1t comes
into power, will not have discharged
more than half its duty In the line of re-
form II il tails to check the sinful extray-
aganee, the shoddy display of costly
silks and diamonds. the aping of my
LORD and "My Lady. which prevail at
pie Influencing society ali over the COM. conn.
Try, This reform is to be brought about
by no law but by the example Of leading
Democratic officials. their wives and
daughters. --CoringtoH Journal.
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Of Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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DR. HAWLEY the
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We fully the above Wotot.
H., N. NJ. ID.
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Blue Lick Water, IN ITS therapeutic aspects is q
purifying and enriching the blood and stimuli ting
DR. linber Peter the dis ,inguished analyst say
Saline and sulphur waters quite frequent, cop
al the Springs OF this nature, known at present ot
remarkable, in many respects, those Of the lower
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southern TrOubies-I.aWle ssness aud
Murder by white and Negro '.Rcgu-

BATON ROUGE, La. June l9.-Disturb-
ances reported as riot occurred at Mt.
Pleasant. near Port Gibson, on Satur-
day. Negroes, following the example OF
whites. organized q band OF regulators
and ordered Democratic negro to leave
the place. Refusing TO leave he was at
tackled by negroes and killed. A consta-
Bile and posse attempted to arrest the
murderers but were driven of. The
sheriff OF Baton Rouge with posse went
to Mt. Pleasant on Sunday and captured
fourteen negroes, including the murder.
ers. A party OF armed negroes passed
Baton Rouge on the opposite side OF the
river, going toward Plaquemine. When
they reached Brush landing they were
disarmed by the whites. The sheriff.
posse making the arrest at Mt. Pleasant
| report being fired upon by the negroes,
two of them being wounded and two
horses killed.
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examination at the patent Office, and II we thinl
it patentable, will send you papers and advice
and prosecute your case. our Tee will lie in or
binary caaes 60
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Chattel Mortgage Sale.

Rf virtue Of chattel mortgage, executed by
IDA. b. Stafford and II. l.. Morrill, a. receivers
of the Cairo and Nincennes railroad and The
Cairo and Nincennes railroad company, to
the undersigned, bearing date February LIST,
1873, we Will, on the "a day Of july, ls7G at
the hour OF 10 o clock a. M, at the round house
of the Cairo and Nncennes railroad, in Cairo,
Illinois, proceed 10 sell. at public yendue 10 the
highest bidder, the following described proper
", being portion OF the rolling stock of the
said Cairo and Nincennes railroad, and por-
tion of the property described in said mortgage,
to-wit; Box cars numbered ten (l0). twenty
l2Q, twenty-five (22J, twenty-iour ca, thirty
go, thirty-two tiZl, thirty-fOur (3D, thirty
eight (3s), forty-six 40, iifty-two (j2) fifty-s
(5C), seyenty-two az seyeniy-four 90. eighty
two lo2), one hundred and six 200, one hundred
and fourteen Oii) one hundred and twenty q POI ,
one hundred and twenty-five 0s2l one hundred
and twenty-eight U2s) one hundred and forty
two U42) one hundred and forty-siX QiG ana
one hundred and sixty (lG0).
Flat and coal cars numbered twenty seven (20 ,
thrty-nine (39) and forty-iive 40 that the
terms of said sale cash in hand.
Dated june Eth, 1916.
DIRE XTEL, MORGAN eco,
d-2O-d-eod. Mortgages.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-01

A patient has q dull, heavy feeling about
the head, with q dizzy, whirling sensation
when rising up suddenly, a bad taste in the
mouth, with foul breath, q feeling like a load
on the stomach after eating, with q faint,
all-gone sensation at the pit Of the stomach
that food will not satisfy, pains about the
side, back or shoulder, hands and feet some
times cold and clammy, alternating with hot
Pushes, sour eructations from the stomach,
eyes tinged with yellow, blood thick and
stagnant, with costive bowels, and all at
tendant symptoms. One doctor examines
the case and calls it Hver complaint, another
kidney disease, another dyspepsia, and still
another impurity of the blood. Now the
fact is all of these doctors are right and they
are all wrong, because such patients have
all Of these diseases combined, and the
reason such diseases are not cured is because
the custom is to treat one of the diseases at
a time. While one is being cured the other
gets worse. We should treat the disease
with . remedy that will act upon all at the
same time. The SHAKER EXTRACT OF RooTs
mot patent medicine) is SO made by the
Shakers as to cffectually remove all of these
distressing symptoms. Sold by Al. White,
10 Pearl st'eet. N. Y. Agents wanted
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-01
Extraordinary Hunting Exploits of a
Canada Woman.

OBSERVING in the last number of your
paper a short Geographic announcement
of the arrival here of three tame moose,
en- route to Europe, in charge of a widow
lady named Jane Williamson, their cap
tor, it strikes me that a few facts in con-
nection with her and her exploits i'm the
forest may not he uninteresting to your
readers
1t seems that four years ago, on taking
up her residence at Beach Meadows about
eleven miles from here, Mrs Williamson
(who, by the way, is bright lookinp
neat, 1ady-ike woman below the medium
size) conceived an idea that it would be a
profitable business to capture young moose
and rear them until they became salabIe
age; and all the ridicule of her family
and friends failed to shake her determine
ton. In the season of 1878, about the
middle of May, Mrs. Williamson, with
her dog Watch made her first hunt
for them, and, after one or two unsuccess-
full trips, during each of whichs he had
travelled from daylight to dark over dis
lance of from twenty to thirty miles, she,
on her last trip, succeeded in capturing
two, and triumphantly returned home
with them. The next season, 1874, she
captured three and the past season five.
When about five months old they have all
been sold. Two of them were purchased
by Mr.. Calvin Appleton and shipped to
the United States-the others by Mr.
Downs, of the Geological Garden, Halifax,
and sent 10 crowned heads in Europe-tw0
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-01
OwEARIsoME condition of humanity

How many wretched homes in our land
How many heart-broken invalids, Life with
many signifies o mere onerous existence.
All are subject to disease, but when health
Is removed the hope is nearly gone out.
Sickness is usually incurred through expo.
sure or carelessness. Especially is this true
with those diseases peculiar to women.
Through her own imprudence and folly she
is made to drag out a miserable existence
a source OF annoyance and anxiety to her
friends, and anything but a comfort and
pleasure to herself Exposure to the cold at
times when she should be most prudent, and
ovcrtaxing her body with laborious employ
ment, are both fruitful causes of many of
ually the bloom leaves her checks, her lips
grow ashy white, her vivacity departs, she
continually experiences feeling of weari-
ness and general languor, and altogether
presents ghOstly appearance. What does
she need! Should she take some stimulat-
ing drug, which will for the time make her
Z" feel better" or does her entire system de-
mand reparation. She requires something
which not only will restore to health the dis
cased organs, but will tone and invigorate
the system. DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton will do this. 1t imparts strength to the
diseased parts, brings back the glow of
health, and restores comfort where previous
ly there was only suffering.
Every invalid lady should send for " The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser"
in which over fifty pages are devoted to the
consideration of those diseases peculiar to
Women. 1t will be sent, postpaid, to any
address, for $3.50. Address r. V. Pierce,
Y. Agents wanted TO sell this valuable
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-01
Something About the Dynamite Demon.

THE latest reports from Europe in re.
gard to the identity of the man William
Henry Thompson, who. had taken passage
on the steamship Mosel at Bremen Haven
with the intention of leaving her at South
ampton, England, and having her pas
sengers blown into eternity by his villain
GUS clock-work for exploding dynamite
after the ship had reached mid-ocean,
seem to be we'll founded. That he resided
in Germany during the last few years is
shown by the testimony of various tour
lists who met him in LEIPZIG in 1871, 1872
and 1878, and afterward in and near
Dresden
He was known as a blockade-runner
during the late war as Master of the
steamer Old Dominion-a name not rec
ognized by the Shipmasters' Association
of New York, but well known to the
coast residents of the Southern States as
one of the boldest vessels in the fleet be.
tween the Bahamas and the Atlantic ports
of the South. After the Woodruff Broth
ers, Capt. "Bill" Thompson carried the
highest head among the blockade running
Captains and made the most money by
his adventures.
A reference to the " Record of American
and Foreign Shipping" compiled by the
American Shipmasters' Association, dated
Jan. l, 1871, shows the name of William
Henry Thompson, holding certificate as
Captain, No. 1858, but without ship.
The record so continued until 1873, when
his name was dropped. The Captain
was then on the other side of the water.
Yesterday morning a Herald reporter
met an old associate of the dead Captain
and in the conversation that ensued OBJ
tanned the following facts: " His real
name was William King Thompson; he
was a man about forty five years old and
wore full red beard his eyes were very
small and quite blue; his temperament
was of the nervous sort, and at times his
anger was terrible in its expression He
wore glasses over his eyes whenever
saw him, and think he wore them
habitually, because he was so near GIFTED
l should think, from what remember OF
his size, that he weighed fully 275 pounds
l was intimately acquainted with him dur
ing his residence in LEIPZIG in the fall OF
1871 and until the summer of 1873, when
he lived there with his family. After
that he moved to Strehla, near Dresden
and lost track of him. In conversation
he often told me of his friends in America
and said that he was born in Brooklyn, l.
L. know very well of his marriage. He
welded a beautiful woman from Louisi-
ana, l think, a native of New Orleans
She is living yet and has four children to
care for. / hope that the sins of the
father will not fall upon their heads, fol
they are innocent. The Captain resided
in Virginia from 1862 until 1865, and his
rapid accumulation of wealth by blockade
speculations was very familiar to me."-
N. Y. Herald, Dec. 10.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-01

so desirable result. Was it owing to a
previous iudicious rotation of crops? Was
II the application of barn-yard manure :?
or what was the cause? Perhaps it may
have been carly fall, late fall or winter
blowing the land. If so, what were the
conditions of the soil at the time of plow-
ing?
1t is great point gained when one sets
himself about the task of observing close
ly and makes a careful record OF such OBJ
servations. 1t is by observation that we
learn and that progress is made We
should not only read and observe, but we
should take advantage OF what we thus
learn, and at once make such knowledge
available-for it is in this way that sue
cess in farming or any other pursuit is
assured.-COlmdn's Rural World.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-01

DR. ROBINSON, of Port Jervis, has for
more than twenty years been experiment
ing with flying machines and now he
thinks he has found the secret. g Yes,
sir" said he in an interview with a re-
porter, 81 have the correct theory, and it
is the result of twenty years hard study.
| have made study of the hawks wing
until can make an artificial wing on eX-
actly the same principles. The motive
power will be steam, and with the ma
chine man can travel 100 miles an hour.
l wouldn't give anything for a machine
that wouldn't go IL hundred miles an
hour. l shall beat the birds easily. Oh,
it can be done. Man has surpassed ma
ture IN traversipg land and water, why
not in traversing the air? But | am not
ready yet to give my experiment to the
public. l have not even made a model. l
am now negotiating with some capitalists
and shall probably be in Jersey CITY
within II month or two at work on the
machine / want 10 have it done i'll lime
for the Centennial There's money in il,
he continued. ." 4 wouldn't take 800, 900
for my idea now, and when it is com
pleted can get millions of dollars from
France or Germany for the patent. You'll
know all about it in good time, but l
cant tell you anything more at present
on the l76 new members Of the House
% are LAWYERS
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-01

ONE of the best practices is to keep a
record of such facts concerning farm mat
tiers as may have come within the limit of
ones observations. One of the best ways
To get at the truth is to meet with ones
neighb"rs and compare notes. This is The
proper season of the year for doing this,
and we hope it will not be allowed to pass
by unimproved. A neighbor may have
grown an unusually fine crop of grass or
grain. If so, inasmuch as the soil on
which they were grown is similar to that
On your own farm, it will pay you to in
quire into the causes that have produced