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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

THE plan reported for reorganization
of the army, by the Burnside committee
will not be accepted by the public as salts
factory, although in some respects it is bet
ter than was anticipated. According to this
plan, the offices of General and Lieutenant
General expire on the death of Sherman and
Sheridan; and when casualties reduce ouI
stock of Major Generals to two, and oui
Brigadiers to four, the vacancies will not be
filed; but the number remain at the re.
duced limit. A great and much needed
reduction in staff officers is also contem.
plated; but the retired list will be so ex
tended as to embrace many Of those who
may be mustered out under the provisions
Of the bill, Upon this last clause, part
cularly, there vii! be warm discussion
Where the saving of money is to come in
so long as General, Lieut.. Gen, Major and
Brigadiers stubbornly refuse to die, is not
apparent The staff officers will simply
pass from active service TO life of ease,
and nowhere Is there even the intImation OF
a purpose to save money, either by lessen.
ing salaries or dismissing officers. To sug.
geSt II lessening Of the force---a cutting
down of the army, was beyond the scope OF
the committees courage. The most eiiec-
tive way to accomplish that end would be
to get up light, and let Burnside lead the
army.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

"DIck" TowNsHEYD, Of the adjoining
congressional district, is making record
of which older members than he would
have occasion to feel immensely proud. lie
is unqucstonably one Of the ablest men in
the House. lIc made short speech on
Saturday last, on feature of the Pension
law, which feature he properly dcnomi-
mated, ~ relic Of Republican barbarism."
One provision of that law is, that if an ap-
plicant for pension fail to complete his
case within five years, and there shall be
found no army record of his disability, he
shall, after that time, be declared the right
70 complete his case at all, or to urge his
application at any time thereafter. Upon
this text Mr.. Townshcnd delivered what
might be called ''scorcher" In glowing
terms he showed the injustice Of the pro-
vision, how it operated most harshly
against the poor, the obscure and illitcrate,
and how, on the other hand, not one single
sensible reason could be given for fixing
such tyrannical limit. More than once,
because OF the applause, the Speaker
threatened to clear the galleries
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

The public will not fail to notice the ad-
mirable steadincss with which the House
Democrats push on the public business.
Evidently that body will not be in fault if
important legislation is left to be crowded
through in the last hours Of the session, or
if an extra session is necessary. Taking
nearly all the appropriations substantially
al the reduced sums named by the radical
secretaries and promptly passing the bills,
it is certain they do all that can be reason
ably required Of them If the Senate
chooses to add amounts not asked for by
;hc secretaries, nor considered necessary by
The House, there is no doubt where the pub
lie will put the blame of wasted time, and
increased expense.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

The BuCREYE.--It Is a well established
act, hat Tablcr's Buckeye Pile Ointment
will cure, if used according to directions,
the Esculus Hippocastanum, or Horse
Chestnuts, commonly known as the Buck
eye, has been highly esteemed for many
years, owing to the fact, that it possesses
virtues, lying in the bitter principle called
Esculn, which can be utilized for the cure of
Piles. If affected with that terrible dis
ease, use Buckeye Pile Ointment and be re-
licved. Barclay Brothers, agents, Cairo Ill.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

DR.. BLOCK, one of the deacons Of the
Atlanta Presbyterian church, was suspend
ed, not long since, for permitting dancing
in his house. DR.. Leftwitch, the pastor, de-
tended Block before the synod, making a
speech eleven hours long. AS soon as this
fact became generally known, the first
Presbyterian church of Baltimore, deter
mined, at all hazards, to give DR.. Lcftwitch
its pulpit Whether it was the length of
the speech or the spirit that moved the
Dr. to make it, that excited the admiration
If the Baltimoreans, is left to conjecture.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

DURING the past week the hum of bust
ness was heard in the House Of Congress,
and the humbug of political discussion in
the Senate. One reason for this is readily
seen. The Democrats of both Houses went
to Washington to do the necessary work of
the country, and those Of the House of
Representatives, used to victory, have stead
lily retained control of affairs and directed
the cause of legislation, while those of the
Senate, invariably in IL helpless minority
for half generation, and without the self
confidence that distinguishes their brethren
at the other end of the Capital, have humb
ly followed IN the course marked ont by
Blaine and Edmunds The speech of Blaine
on Wednesday, on his resolution directing
inquiry into charges of intimidation Of
voters at recent elections needed no answer
but denial and proposition to amend In
such way as to include investigation into
the systems OF bull doing generally be-
lievedto prevail in all the States. Mr..
Thurman, indeed, proposed proper amend
ment, but his speech, able and suggestive
as il was, was not so much in support OF
his amendment rs it was an attempt to ex-
pose Mr.. Blaine's falacies In short, Mr..
Thurman and Mr.. Lamar have enabled the
Radicals Of the Senate to prolong discus
sion sure to be Improbable 10 the Democ-
racy, and TO dictate its course. More
speeches will be made next week, and then
Democratic Senators, though still at dis
advantage through their early fault, will
come to the contest prepared, it is hoped to
return blows as telling as those they have
received from the Senatorial bruiser.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

THE Pope county board of commission.
ers has fixed the salary of the Sheriff at one
thousand dollars year The Pope County
Democrat, referring to this allowance, says
that it will afford the incumbent bare liv-
ing; but that in poor county like Pope
nothing more than living should be given
TO the public servants The wisdom of such
policy is by no means established. 1t is
not calculated to bring good, efficient men
into official traces; for the men who are com.
petent to fill the positions of Sheriff, County
Clerk and Circuit Clerk in manner ac.
ceptable to the people, can readily and
with much less labor, anxiety and response.
oility, make more than living outside of
such offices.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18
4 GARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions Of youth, nervous weak
ness, carly decay, loss of manhood, &c, |
will send recipe that will cure you, FREE
OF CHARGE. This great remedy was
discovered by missionary in America
Send half.addressed envelope to the Rev.
JOSEPH T. lNMAS, Station d. Bible House,
New York City
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

WICKED FOR CLERGyMES.--"l believe it
to be all wrong and even wicked for clcr-
gymcn or other public men to be led into
giving testimonials to quack doctors or vile
stuils called medicines, but when really
mcritorious article is made up of common
valuable remedies known to all, and that
all physicians use and trust in daily, we
should freely commend it. | therefore
cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bit;
tiers for the good they have done me and my
friends, firmly believing they have no equal
for family use. will not be without
them Rev. -, Washington, ID. G..
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

such an intimation. fit does notincludc that
plan, the adoption of his own or of any
other that is not in harmony with Captain
Els, will only postpone the contamination
which is devoutly wished by every inhabi'
tant of the lower Mississippi valley, viz.
twenty feet of water from Cairo to the gulf,
at all seasons of the year, and the land on
both sides reclaimed, not by building up
high banks to the river, but by lowering
the bed over which its waters flow.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18
NJ. Is. IIarrell, Editor.

THE mania for killing eminent people
has extended to Peru. Ey-president Pardo
was recently shot down, by what was at
first believed to be crazy, vindictive rs
sassin. 1t is now known however,
that this assassin had powerful backing.
lie was the instrument of an organization
but as 10 who is in it, and how far it eX-
tends, the authorities have been unable to
determine. With the view of finding this
oat, Lima has been placed under martial
law. Pardo, King William, Alfonso. II
will be 'our turn" after awhile.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

Mr. GUESTS, Of Louisiana, may mean
well enough; but he is certainly rendering
himself stumbling block in the way of
the adoption of sensible and scientific
scheme for the improvement of the naviga-
ton Of the Mississippi river. Basing his
conclusions upon the reports of the army
engineers, which Captain Eads has shown
to be not only false in theory, bet false in
their facts and conclusions, Mr.. Euslis
spoke at length to his bill asking for an up
preparation of S5,000,00O with which to re-.
pair old lcvcesand build new ones, wherever
needed, along the banks Of that great river.
From the tclcgraphic synopsis Of Mr.. Els
remarks, we are forced to conclude that
the protection Of the contiguous territory
from overflow is the gcntlcman's prime oh.
ject, the improvement of the navigation II
secondary object, provided II follows as a
natural consequence Of the former. That
Mr.. Eads has suggested the only feasible
plan for the achievement of both these aims
simultaneously, snow u conviction with d
large majority Of the eminent engineers Of
the country, whose Judgments not dwarfcd
by prejudice or influenced by self interest
II Mr.. Eus,is' plan covers that Of Captain
had'' all right; but he nowhere gives gu,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

THOSE who have watched the celebrated
McGarrahan case in its long and tortuous
course through courts, departments and con-
crosses, will not be surprised that the great
McGarrahan is not cast down by the recent
decision against him by Secretary Schurz.
In fact, he is never unduly exhilarated by
temporary success. or depressed by failure.
Promptly, when Schuz decides that the
immense property in dispute belongs to the
adverse party. McGarrahNn gets through
the House Committee on Public Lands,
which is investigating the case, resolution
requesting that no final action be taken I'M
til the committee concludes its inquiries. l
have no doubt this case will be undecided
for generation more. For more than a
dozen years committees, courts, depart
ments and presidents have been annoyed
and perpleyed by it. Perjury and bribery
are freely charged on both sides, and
proved, beyond reasonable doubt. The
value Of the disputed property is not
known. 1t is simply lncalculablc. The
lonely, but terriblyrcsolute Irishman, seems
to have In him all the vigor now, in fight,
ing one of the richest corporations in TIE
world that he showed when in his younger
days the contest appeared to be a more
equal one.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18
THE bill of Senator Edmunds, prescrib

TIE bill Of Senator Edmunds, prescrib.
ing regulations for the counting of votes
for president, has passed the Senate by a
vote Of 80 to 26. The Democrats voting
for it were Messrs. Bayard, Merriman and
Morgan. If proportionate number of
Democrats in the House vote for it, and all
the Republicans, the bill will become q
law. It's most earnest opponents in the
Senate we're Messrs. Eaton, of Conn, and
Jones, Of Florida. Senator Hoar, Of Mass,
was not satisfied with the bill, but voted
for it. Its passage through the House, is
extremely doubtful.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

IT is absolutely disgnceiu to us as a m.
Ion that somebody is not put in charge of
ihc work Of completing the Washington
monument. With boards of commissioners
societies, associations, individual army Of.
hcers and citizens, holding but questionable
authority, oil jealous of each other, and all
ouarreling, the quarter Of u million Of dol.
lars voted by congress, two years ago, is ".
ing idle, and the work, meanwhile, stand
ing still. Work upon the tower of Babe
was arrested through the confusion o
tongue sent upon the builders. We don
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

SOUTH AMERICA AND SOUTHERN UNITED
SrATEs,--Owing to the warm and delight
full climates, their Inhabitants grow salIow
from torpid Lvers, Indigestion and all dis
easos arising from disordercd Stomach and
Bowels. They should OF course, at all
times keep fine liveractivc, and to our read
ers we would recommend Tablers Vcgcta-
bic Liver Powder. Taken in time, will of.
ten save money and much suffering. Price
so cents. Barclay Brothers, agents, Cairo,
Ill.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18
WHY DOESN'T HE LET HIM ALONEl

WHY DOESN i HE LEI HIM ALONEf
We don't know; but we are inclined to
believe that if we were in the shoes of the
editor of the Paducah Daily News, we'd
"let up" bit on the Hon. Oscar Turner
The election is oyer, Turner insists with
great earnestness, that he is Democrat,
the News does not pretend that he advoca-
ted during the canvas, any measures that
the most eyacting Democrat could not en-
dorse--thcn why the persistent effort on the
part Of the News to place him in antago-
nism with the Democratic party2 If, ac-
cording to American logic, the people e. c.
majority can't err, Turner was right in
ignoring the action Of the last Democratic
congressional convention. The proposition
that came from his friends, to place cand-
idate in the field through the means of
primary election, was fair; and certainly
should have encountered no opposition in
quarters that desired free expression of
popular sentiment. That conventions are
more readily manipulated by designing men
than the whole people, will not be
denied; and that there was widespread
dissatisfaction with the convention system,
as lately applied in the first Kentucky dis
trict, is fact that is notorious, even on this
side Of the river, and has been thrice proven
by the votes of the first dstricters them
selves. In view of all this, Turner can and
does make q strong defence of himself; and
claiming as he does, that he is an unadul-
tered Democrat, the News can afford to &C
cept the assurance, and let him alone. In
this matter the Democracy everywhere has
right to IA say" as our majority in the
next congress is 50 small, that the disafoc
ton oc Turner ANA one other, standing in
the same relation to the party that he does,
would destroy that majority, and place the
Democracy ut the mercy Of the faction Of
Greenbackers, that would, in that event, hold
the balance Of power. The Democratic
party has not single member that it can
spare, and even Oscar Turner. insignificant
as he or any other single individual mem
Der may appear, might destroy Democratic
ascen'ancy in the next house, and render
futile and abortvc all the attempts of the
party to work out the great reforms it has
promised, and from the wasn't of which the
country is 80 seriously suffering. Where
fore, we think, that although the News po-
litical blunderbuss is usually pointed in the
right direction, the man who handles it
should, in the present juncture of affairs,
Turner in different direction.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

know of anything that would be more like
ly to make the monument work go on, than
like curse upon the Washington mana
gers. Take away their ability to quarrel,
and the shaft will have some show.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

Unable family medicine and safeguard
against disease, which is, moreover, most
agreeable and effective appetizer, and cor
dial peculiarly adapted TO the wants of the
aged and infirm, delicate females and CON
valescing patients, II is, besides i'm
mcnsely popular as an antidotc to malaria.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18
DIP'THERIA !

Johnson Anodyne Iinment will positively pre-.
nlno cases In ten. Information TINT viii snye many
ives I've. sent ircc by mail. Don't delay a moment
nuidN,sV sltsr lhhn cure. sold everywhere.
- 'ohNsoN CO., Bangor, Maine
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18
LEGAL.
NOTICE

N olloh
Is hereby given that default having been made for
more that sixty days In the payment Of portion OF
the amount secured TO be paid by mortgage exc
cuted by Max Kuchne and Michael Jungmeier, to
Samual Stats Taylor and Edwin Parsons, Trustees
OF the Cairo City Property, dated August 9Th, A b.
1873 and recorded In the Recorders Office In and for
Alexander county, In the State OF Illinois, In Book
u Of Deeds, on page ~ The undersigned. the sue.
cessor OF said trustees will Saturday the 18th day
of January a. D.. 1870, ut 10 o'clock In the fore.
noon of that day, under and by virtue Of the power
of sale contained in said mortgage, sel! at public
auction to the highest bidder, for cash ut his Office
corner Of Washington Avenue and Eighteenth
street, In said City of Cairo in Alexander county
and state of Illinois, all the right title and interest
Of said Max kuehne and Michael ,jungmeer, or
their assigns, in and to lot numbered 8, nine In
block numbered 3, (seyeny three. in said City OF
Cairo, according to the recorded plat thereof with
the appnrtcnances, TO satisfy the purposes and con
ditlOns Of sad Mortgage.
Dated, Cairo, ILL.,, November 9th 1873
$. STATS TAYLOR,
Trustee Of the Cairo City Property
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

CART loads OF medicinal rubbish are
swallowed by invalids, and their physical
troubles thus kept alive for years, when
that peerless tonic stimulant and corrective,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, would speedily
set the disordered and worn out mechanism
OF the system in active and hcathful opera
ton again. II has been demonstrated over
and over again that the requirements of the
sick are answered far better by the Bitters
than by majority Of the mlscallcd rem
edies Of the pharmacopGia. The stomach
is strengthened, the liver regulated, the
bowels put in proper order, the blood en-.
richcd and purified, and the nervous system
rendered tranquil aud vigorous by this ines.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

WANTED GOOD AGENT to CANVAS,
.. Cairo and tho adjoining towns,
Ip Top profits write at onceto World Manuinctur
ips Company Clinton Place, ~ Y.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18
INSURANCE
| INSURANCE AGENCY OF
WELLS e KERTH,
B2IIIEsgSTISo TIE

BzITEsESTIso THE
lunnnc (Of LiyerpooD
Royal Canadian ca lSn a? ss55So Se Goa
British America A. .ot.or: 81 iSs Gss9 %
NilIvilIo Fire and Marine CNillvIllc, n. ~
MillNIilc Assets, si4as97.Gi.
commercial Assets N '".' 'o'N . s
I'n;on (ot Philadelphia; established In 1901
'iIoi Assets, SSti, 1890.
Ltro,nop',l (Of Dayton. o..
lIcllldil > Assets .....'..... siiO,424.oe.
Eo,p,on (Of Freepor,, NJ.
IVA hittii Assets. S45j.ST7.S,
RISKS WRITTEN AT FAIR RATES.
Ofticc in Alexander County Bank.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18
A GENTS READ THIS.

Mewil pay hgcntsa salary Of 800 per month
gnd expenses or allow large commission 10 seu
olr Ne" ana wonderful Inventions. We mean what
"shy Address, without delay.
SHERMAN Il co, Marnhall Michigan.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18
NEW ERTIsENENTs.

I6,r,AaNCf CARDS with name loo. Plain or god
E"sVeS' Agts ournt l0c, Hull 4 Co Hudson,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

Largest Circulation OF ANY Daily in
Southern Illinois.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

euly Morning Daily in Southern Illinois
ogFICAi. PAPER oP ALEXANDER COUNTY.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

Omce in Alexander County Bank
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-18

Deposits received aud general banking business
conducted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-03-09
STdTE VS..

mischievous boy in Hslowell stood an um
bfella with cord to it, in public doorway
Eleven persons thought that umbrella was theirs
ard carried it with them the length of the string
They then suddenly dropped it aud went off with
out once looking back.
In December last the farm buildings of Stephen
Chick of Shspleign village were burned. Officer,
have been working up the and have arr steo
Calvin Day and wife, Chicks neghbors. They
have been committed TO Jail in default of $1,000
bonds. young man named Chick testified that
be saw Day fire the buildings, but many believe
Chick is the real ince ndisry. In default of bonds
IS witness, he too was taken to Jail.
The receipts Of the Knox & Lincoln Railroad in
1877 were SllS,07l, and the expenditures SIS, l2S
The company ha. now no floating debt.
The Psrktr's Bay Ice Company have loaded 81
vessels since the opening of the season. Other
vessels are expected, that should have arrived two
or three days ago. For the past few weeks the
lee has averaged about - inches in thickness. The
company have worked over only about one eighth
Of the pond, operations being deferred great
deal by lack Of vessels.
Mr.. Isaiah Woodbury., father Of the young mar
who was killed in Linus mills Hsrtsnd, was al
work in the woods at the time of the accident and
on the same day had pre.entiment of his SON,
death. The effect upon bis mind created consid
cradle alarm among the men at work with him
He left his work and arrived at home just as the
messenger cane to communicate the sad intelli
gence Of his sons death.
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1ailn 3irnnrbet sournal.
From Appleton's Journal for December
A CONTRAST.

If we were to he asked to say in one
word the quality that more than anything
else marks English towns and all public
places as compared with our own, we
should have To say nealness. English
streets are well paved and clean; English
roads are well kept; English railway-sta-
tons are in perfect order; English fields
are trim and neat; English gardens, hedg-
es. fences. lawns. all exhibit care and over
sight English smoke and fog blacken and
stain all the buildings. but English care
more than compensates for this unavoida-
BILE evil. We are not so particular here
We have a clear atmosphere and brilliant
skies. but we are all. So far as public places
are concerned, sons and daughters of
Shabbyvile. This is the more strange, be-
cause in our households no such reproach
is true. There are no heater or better
kept homes anywhere, than Ameri
can homes, nor are any people cleaner or
heater in their habits. 1t is wholly in pub
lie matters that this shabbiness we con
plain of exists. and this arises, of course.
first from the neglect OF the official persons
we endow with handsome salaries for
leaving undone the things they should do;
and next. from strange indifference on
every body part to everything of public
nature, TO everything that is not within
his own private administration.
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Nem a0Bfrrlsfmgnss

Dl VIC Retail price $500 only s2GO. parior
UGO organs lric, $I75 only ares. laper
snnR free. d. =. Beatty, Washington, N j.