The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-01

OeOefHi News.
A number OF troops which have beer
stationed in Washington for some
time will soon be ordered
to stations in other portions Of
the country, some Of them to Fort Mon.
roe and Governors Island, and others TO
points in the West where their services
may be in demand in the spring campaign
against the indians.
Cardinal McClosky, by a circular, in.
vites the faithful of his archdiocese to
unite, according to their means, with
their Catholic brethren in presenting q
worthy testimonial Of their filial HON ge
and affection TO our most Holy Father on
his golden jubilee, or fifteenth anniver-
sary of his Episcopaie. which will be on
the 2lst OF next May.
The Grand Duke Alexis has aroused
much enthusiasm IN the mind OF Mrs.
Mary Clemmer. She says that In height
in shape, In face, he is the consummate
Hover OF q great historic race. "His
hands and feet remind one OF Polar
bear 's-how:-"They take nothing
from the golden splendOI OF his head nor
from the lustre OF his large, ever-chang-
ing eyes"
A small eight year old granddaughter OF
the late n. r. Willis has written without
the least assistance a play In four acts.
She calls it The Play of the Two Low.
ers, and takes the leading character her
self. She has written it all In printing
letters, and the language is exceedingly
funny and conventional. Tie perform
ance IS said to equal the quaintness of
"Pet Marjorie"
Little girls are employed as pages in the
Kansas legislature. and lady correspon-
dent of the Topeka paper protests against
it on the ground Of their tender age.
There is nothing narrow about the retor
which she wishes to set in motion. She
recognizes the fact, that "in the progress
Of civilization, in the march of the organi.
zation OF labor, it is right and it is newt
able that all avenues Of honorable and
profitable labor shall be open to girls and
women as we'll as to boys and men," just
so. But she does wish, il nothing else
can be done, that the little pages can be
induced to throw away their chewing
gum, inasmuch as il is offensive to PEG.
pie Of good taste.
The health of Plus N Is failing rap
idly. He is now in his eighty-fiith year,
and in the thirty-first OF his exaltation to
the papacy. 1t is believed that the pope
has authorized the cardinals to proceed
to an immediate election OF his successor
in the event OF his death, as did Plus VI
in 1891, and Gregory XVI. These two
pOntifis lett written instructions
to that effect. The object of
this is to prevent any interference
with the election. as Plus TX. believes
that Bismarck, in some way, will seek to
seat upon the papal throne some man OF
anti-ultramOntane views. II the cardi-
mails elect successor at once the prerog-
atives and policy Of the present pontiff
will be established. That successor has
doubtless already been selected by the
pope, but he carries the secret in his own
breast, and has probably prepared in.
structions for the cardinals to he used
after his death.
IL is stated in one OF the English pa
pers that the children OF George Mac
donald are given dramatic representa-
tons at the Town hall, Bournemouth.
Their repertoire includes charades, pro-
verbs. and Juvenile plays, and the broth
rs and sisters form numerous corps
dramatiqus. When Mr.. Macdonald was
married, about twenty seven years ago,
he was supposed to be in fatal de-
cline, and his friends feared his life
would not last above three months.
His wife once remarked to friend that
she hastened their marriage In order to
have the privilege Of nursing him In his
last days. and added tenderly, "a have
nursed him ever since" The devoted
woman has cared for her invalid husband
rs mother cares for an aiiing child, ana
has meantime borne him eleven children.
Many OF the novels Of George MacDon-
aid have been written In bed, where he
has been obliged to lie good part Of his
lifetime. A lung difficulty has troubled
him from his youth.