The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-16
General News.


--Ex.secretary Fish is sixty-nine yeats
Of age.
--Forty.nine people died OF small rox
last week in New Orleans.
Only one tenth OF the people ofNew
York City GO to church on Sunday.
The erection of a new Jusuit college
is to be begun Immediately in New York
City.
The play of "Bluc Glass" draws large
crowds nightly at Days theatre, New
York.
A terrible fight occurred near Jack
son, Tenn, last Friday, between Deputy
Sheriff Russell and three:s.assistants and
four outlaws named Palette. The
sheriff was killed and one of the outlaws
and several OF the others wounded.
-Goyernor Cullom has made the fol-
lowing nominations: For state board
OF education, Il. +. Roots, OF Perry
county. T.. l.. Wells. of Ogle, J. c.
knickerbocker, of Cook, each his own
successor, and }. ID. Cation, of Cook
vice n. f. worthington, and W. l., Belt
wood. of Bureau, vice G.. c. Clark. re-
signed.
The total shipments of petroleum
from the Pennsylvania oil regions during
1876, amounted to $l0,0O0,G00 barrels.
In January the price was Sl.47 per bar
rel i'm March it had advanced TO $500 ;
in August it averaged $3.50. Crude oil
| is now selling at $500 per barrel at the
well. and refined oil at ::Sl2.GO per barrel
at the seaboarl, netting the reilner
5000 per barrel.
Coy. George T. Anthony, of Kansas,
in his inaugural address, made the fol-
lowing statement In his reference to
state matters: The cultivated area of its
soil has spread from 405, iGs acres in lSG0
tn 5,055,697 in 1876 an increase 1.li2
per cent. The aggregate annual yield OF
wheat has reached 14,620,220 bushels,
and Germ 50, $40, los bushels, with all the
intermediate crops of a diversified agri-
culture, in proportion.
Letters from Southern Kansas repre-
sent immigration as very heavy this
spring. and great rise of property
has occurred in consequence. In Neosho
county, for instance, farm which little
more than a year ago was sold for 81 300,
has just been sold tor 5000 cash, and
another which has been held at 81 200,
till within q few months. has just sold
tor 50 600 cash The farmers IN that
section have been busy with their spring
blowing for some time.
Chicago Times special President
Hayes, in continuance OF his plan OF Sc
curing the support OF the South by his
new policy, proposes to DO what has not
| been done since the war, and that is to
give out to the South its proportion OF
first and second class missions abroad.
This he will do In time. He says that he
intends to make only one change at
present abroad, and that is first-class
mission that he will not name as yet.
This appointment will be made from
Ohio.
i $50 g . C.--A ...J T--.--
The mansion OF Hon. Thomas c. Perrin
OF AbbevilIe, 8. c., which was recently
burned. was the scene OF the last session
OF the confederate cabinet. Jefferson
Davis and his cabinet passed through the
town on their retreat from Richmond
and were entertained at this house
where, after final consultation, they de
termined TO disband. Mr.. BENJAMIN
Secretary of State, consulted with the
host. who had been the first man to sign
the South Carolina secession ordinanc,
OF 1850, as TO the disposition to be made
OF the great seal Of the Confederacy
Col. Perrin urged him to cast it into the
Savannah River. which he was to eros,
the next day, and t Is believed that thi:
l WAS done