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The Russellville Democrat., 1878-05-16
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02

official statement from Mr.. Webster. the
Clerk, was filed with the State Canvassing
Board, for the purpose of showing that thu
returns from Archer Precinct, Box No. 2,
were false and fraudulent. II also appeared
that Mr.. Bolton, Justice of the Peace, has
not signed the return filed with the Sccre-
tary OF State and Governor. One of the
duplicate returns was sent back to Alachua
County, and Bcltons signature WAS obtained.
Moore was also induced To make o counter
affidavit denying the truth Of this former
affidavit. A counter affidavit was also OBJ
tained from Floyd Duke denying his for
mcr affidavit. The Grand Jury Of Alachua
County investigated the Archer Precinct
matter, but failed to find any fraud, and
passed resolution to that effect. whcreupon
Mr.. Webster was induced to withdraw his
statement and make another to the effect
that he was satisfied that the return was all
right. Then afidavits and statements were
laid before the State Canvassing Board, and
the returns were counted. This result gave
the Hayes Electors 2l9 votes more than were
pollcd for them have never heretofore
made any written statement or given any
evidence regarding this election in Alachua
County. (Signed l.. g. DENNIS.
The above was sworn to in Florida before
Justice Of the Peace and is certified by
the Secretary Of State.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
COMPOSING MUCK.
County Gcntelman.l

To increase the manure pile is the object;
how to do it is the problem. Muck is found
in suaken places in woods, fields or swamps
where the water runs off slowly. 1t is
gathered there by washings of leaves and
mellow soil from the hills, together with
coarse grass, weeds leaves and fallen wood.
which for ages have grown there, fallen
down and dccayed. If the water could have
run of freely the land would have been dry
and productive. Now it is cold, sour and
unproductivc, II can be utilized with pro-
fit but II takes time and money. If you
cannot get on the bed with team in win
ter, wheel it out to the bank in summer or
fall, then YOU can draw it to the barn.yard
at your leisure, Spread thick coat two
feet deep over the entire yard. Throw all
the stable manure made upon il, either from
horses COWS Or hogs. Feed your hogs on Il
pile OF it daily, and there should be dozen
or more pigs TO work it over cheaply. Mix
refuse dry salt, plaster, coal ashes. in fact
everything to increase It's bulk and value.
Your yard, OF course, should slope slightly
inwards, to retain and catch all surplus wa
ter and wash Of the grounds. Increase this
pile by this method one year, and then com
mencc drawing to the land. 1t will be fine
dccaycd, and well mixed Spread it evenly
over your meadows, your wheat fields, and
land designed for corn or potatoes, about
ten or Twelve loads per acre. BY this course
you will reap the best and only paying re-
suit from the use OF muck.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
GRAPE CULTURE.

The following brief practical and con.
dcnscd rules for the management of grapes
were given by DR.. Whiting, at the Farmer.
Institute, recently held at Saginaw, Mich
The soil best suited for the grape is de.
composing shalc but any good clay soil
thoroughly drained will do
The ground should be carefully prepared.
and only wel-rotted manure used.
Dccomposing turf is one OF the best fert.
lizcrs; when il can be obtained. no other
will be required.
The vines selected for planting should be
good one year old layers or cuttings. They
may look small, but will make the best
vines.
Good culture is 4, necessary to the vine
as to corn or cabbage.
Mulching and Watering the first wear
should not be neglected if drouth is eyces
sive One good soaking is better than
many sprnklings. More water can he
saved with hoe than can be put on with Il
sprinkler
In planting cut the vines back to two
buds, whatever its strength or age.
Summer pruning consists in pinching off
weak an struggling shoots in order to con.
fine the sap to the main branches.
The first summer allow but one main
shoot to grow. In the fall, after the first
frost, cut all the summcr'growgth back to
within two buds of the ground.
The second year conhne the sap to two
branches, and in the fall cut back to three
buds each.
The third year, if your vine has made
vigorous growth, few stems Of grapes may
he allowed to mature, but better take off
all the fruit than suffer too much 10 grow.
Too heavy bearing while young will
weaken the vine for all future time. The
trimming now depends on what kind of
trellis work you wish TO cover.
After you have obtained good, vigorous
root, you can make it grow in almost any
place or shape you wish, by keeping the
branches desired tied up, and all the Others
pinchcl back.
Each year few Of the strongest branches
should be allowed TO grow as bearers of
fruit the following year.
In trimming, cut away rs much of the
old wood ms possible and save the new. AZ
all the fruit buds are on the new wood
You can easily tell how much to cut
away by holding your new wood up to the
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
WHAT A TOTTERING FABRIC


l. system depleted Of vitality and irregu-
lar in its functions. 1t is only judicious
and prompt medication which can save it
from a speedy and total collapse. The tonic
and regulating properties Of Hostctter's
Stomach Btters particularly adapt that be-
nign medicine to revive physical vigor and
reform those bodily Irregularities which are
a barrier to its permanent restoration.
Biliousncss and constipation are totally over
come by it, and the digestive activity and
thorough assimilation which it promotes
have the effect OF increasing the vivifying
and nourishing qualities Of the blood. The
Bitters are also an excellent detergent of
the vital current since they communicate "a
healthy stimulus to the bladder and kidneys,
which are the most important channels for
the escape Of its impurities. Pure, agreea-
bic, and of botanic origin, thorough and
prompt, but never violent in its action, the
reasons for the transcendcnt popularity OF
this medicine are both cogent and apprccia,
bic.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02

trcllis and imagine branch with three
stems Of grapes for each bud.
II you do not cut enough off in the fall,
and you find that the vine Is going 10 be
too thick, don't fail to attend to it when the
new shooscs are from three to six inches
long, in the spring, or while in blossom.
As SOON as the fruit is set examine the vine,
spread out the new wood so that each
buch OF grapes will hang free and clear;
pick oil all the small stems of fruit, and
fasten the vines securely, so that the wind
will not destroy your crop by breaking the
young and tender branches.
When the wood has grown 50 that there
are three leaves beyond the last bunch of
grapes, examine the vinc select the branch
esyou wish to1 save for fruitsbearing the
coming year, and keep them tied up UNI
nj they have grown as long as you wish.
The ends Of the other bearing branches
should be pinchcd off rs soon as they reach
this point: three leaves beyond the last
stem Of grapes.
Break all shoots ami latcrals as fast as
they make their appearance, and on no ac-
count injure the leaves on the bearing
canes
The fruit will color but not ripep if the
leaves are destroyed.
Grapes for fall and winter use should be
packed as soon as ripe, and when perfectly
dry, should be packed in fine sawlust.
Select your box or jar, cover the bottom
with saw-dust, then put layers Of grapes and
saw-dust alternately until full Keep them
in the coolest place you can find, free from
frost, until wanted for use.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02

in their wind-pipes, and we give them cam.
phor, in their drinking vessels, strong
enough 10 make quite taste of the cam.
Eal0r. Then, If any get the disease quite
badly before We discover it, We force a pill
OF gum camphor down the throat about the
size Of small pea, and the fumes of that
dose will kill the worms. No kind Of
worms can live in camphor, hence, cam
phor must be Il powerful vcrmifugc.
Next to fruits and vegetables on the
farm, honey is one Of the rarcst luyuries,
but since nature has provided flowers SO
beautifully for the busy bees to gather
their rich stores Of honey, and since few
stands Of bees require SO little care and
trouble, we wonder why it is that every
farm does not have bees. A stand of com.
mon bees costs but little and by getting an
improved bee hive they are easily handled.
Then get an Italian queen by mall dol
lar queen will ltalanize the colony, giving
half bloods, being fertalizcd by the droncs
in the hive; tested or fertalizcd queen
Will In less than two months rear full col
ony Of pure Italians. The Italian bees are
lighter color, more beautiful, more pro-
Life, more hardy, more Industrious and
more peaceable than black bees. Thcrcarc
not few minor points in which they are
also superior. With the improved movable
frame hives the moth is readily kept out,
and We are inclined to think that the des-
truction of bees by these pests was the
greatest drawback to bookkeeping in form
cr times when the old box hive gave them
their own way. Transferring should be
done early and the bees will go right to
work and gather honey.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
GUILTY By CONFESSION.

From the y. Y. sun
TIE story Of the hcnious crime by which
Mr.. Hayes was made President of the United
States is now being told by those who knew
il all and committed great part Of it. We
print batch Of startling confessions in
to-day, Sun. They relate to the fraudulen,
return Of the vote Of Florida in favor Of
Mr.. Hayes when it belonged to Mr.. Tidcn.
An effort is made to disparagc the value
Of these confessions by assailing the motives
OF those making them. The motives of
these men is matter Of secondary impor-
lance, which but little concerns anybody
but themselves matter mainly between
them and their Maker. If we should refuse
to recognize and punish crime except when
proved from exalted motives, pirates, burg
lars and murdcrers might often 90 scot free
There is but one question Of any signiii-
canoe, and that is are the confessions true
If they are true, we have in the office of
President a man placed there by frauds to
which he was a consenting and active party.
There is good reason to believe the con-
fessions to be true. They are abundantly
confirmed by other evidence. 1t is hardly
possible for them to be untrue.
The frauds alleged are true. There is no
room for reasonable doubt Of this.
Was Hayes a party to them:
Judge McLin, who knows, is clearly of
the opinion that he was 1t is impossible
to believe that Mr.. Noyes. the leading pro-
motcr of these frauds, and the right hand
man OF Hayes, acted without Hayes full
knowledge and appreciation Of what was
being done. Hayes was in reality as guilty
As Noycs. If Hayes was innocent his first
act after the discovery OF the crime would
be TO resign. If he is willing to retain an
office acquired by fraud, he i. willing 10 ac-
quirc the same Office traudulenty. For
him to hold on in the face Of these confess
ion, is in effect ion him 10 plead guilty.
1t Is Of no use for any one to deny any
longer that We have an incumbent of the
highest Office who has no right there. Tn
der these circumstances the question arises
whether this State is represented in the ma
tional Legislature; and if it is, whether we
have member Of either House who is not
blind. or deaf, or dumb
II we have such man in the Senate or in
the House Of Representatives it is time he
should be heard from.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
AGRICULTURAL.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Patronize home industry.
Prosperity j, measured not by exports but
/ by home consumption.
The farmer near a market is ALWAYS en-.
riching his land.
Farm laborers get largest wages in man
utacturing States.
Buy nothing abroad that can be produced
at home.
When the land is of even texture and
moderately loose it may be considered tina,
tile drain will drain ten feet of land for
every foot in depth that it is laid. So if the
drains he laid three feet and half deep.
they should be put thirty-fve feet apart. If
the land is stiff the distance must be re.
duced.
Any farmer who has small pond or lake
on his farm, or nevertaling spring. so
situated that by damming up the gully or
hollow below it pond can be formed,
may make an acre or two thus located the
most profitable part of his premises by
stocking the water with fish.
1t is claimed that the sweet rum Iionid.
ambar Styraciiua), so plentiful in all
Southern forests and swamps. is even bet
ter destroyer Of malaria than the Eucalyptus
Globulus. 1t cxudcs a sweeter basamic
odor and has also the additional advantage
OF being IA native tree of rapid growth,
while the gum it supplies has marketable
value.
Mulch is placed about plants to prevent
the sun from cooperating the moisture. In
many cases it takes the place of cultivation.
No doubt, if it were not for the expense
and trouble, it would be more extensively
used about hcrbaccous plants. We have
found, in our trying climate, that fine
mulch Of manure completely covering the
ground is an excellent thing for bedding
plants.
NO medicine is such complete specific
for lice and other PARASITES on animals
and fowls as the dust and finest dust that
can be procured, coal ashes being excellent
for the purpose. Nothing is more prcscrva.
tive Of the health Of animals than dust, and
in summer, when it can bc procured by
them without the aid Of man, they always
do best. II should he sprinklcd and freely
scattered from the head to the tail, along
the backbone, using an abundance of this
most excellent and cheapest of all cattle
medicine.
AS soon as we discover any symptoms of
gapes among our chickens We know that
there are worms-very small red worms
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

To whom IL may concern
'I'HE undersigned, administrator OF the estate OF
1 Joshua ). Yates, deceased, hereby gives notice
that he will make final report of his acts and do
ngs ~ such administrator TO the County Court of
Alexander County, at the May term thereof A. D..
1873, to wit: On Monday, May aFh. 1873 and will
then and there ask for full and final settlements of
hi accounts. and for discharge from all further
liability as administrator of said estate.
THOMAS MARTAIN.
April ~, 1873. Administrator.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
LEGAL.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

To all whom II may concern
'I'IlE undersigned administrator of the estate OF
i james II. RdgcwHy deccuscd hereby gives mo-
tcc that he will make final report of his acts and
dong- Qs such administrator to the County Court OF
Alexander County at the May term thereof. a. d.
1873, to-wit: on Monday May a0th 1873 and will
then and there ak for full aud final settlement Of
his accounts and for discharge from all further lin
bility administrator of said estate.
X. A. EDMU NDSON, Admir-.
April Il 1874
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
OFFICE OF CRY CLERK.

OFFICE or CITY CLERK.
Cairo, H., April 3, 1873. \
SEALED proposals will be received 1t this office
- until o'clock p m. of Tuesday, the 9TH day Of
May. 1879, for the hing and grading Of 600 cubic
yards OF earth on Commercial avenue between Thr-
iieth and Thirty-fourth streets the westerly side
of the c. and V, X. II, track. The work IL to he
done under the direction and approval Of the Com
mitec on Streets, The right 10 reject any and all
bids l. reserved. j. u. PlIlLLIS. City Clerk.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
ADVERTISING nATEA

One square, dr.t insertion ....,,..,.........S %
Each subsequent insertion Observation-Disclosures. ~
80 Postage prepaid. Specimen c0pic. mailed
free, All communications should be addressed to
the Cairo Bulletin, Cairo Illinois"
JNO. II. OBERLY, General Manager.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
OFFICE or Cry CLERK,

OFFICE OF CITY CLERK,
Cairo, H., April 10, 1873.
SEALEB proposals will be received at this office
- until p, m, Of Tuesday, the Tth day OF May, A.
D. 1870 for the hllihg and grading Of 800 cubic yards
OF earth Thirteenth str Il, between Walnut street
and Washington avenue, The work to be done I'M
der the direction and approval Of the Committee on
Streets The right to reject any and all bids Is
served by the city
j. =. PIIILLIS. CITY Clerk.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

1t will embrace the News of the Day,
Politics, Finances, Commercial Intelli.
gence, Local Events, Social Gossip and
General Miscellany. Especial attention
will be given to the public affairs of this
division Of the State, and to fully ac.
complish this end arrangements have
been made securing a regular weekly
budget Of correspondence from the vari-
Gus centers Of intelligence Of neighbOr.
ing Counties.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
RAILROADS.
Shortest and Quickest Route to
st. Louis and Chicago

THE only road running two daily trains from Cairo
i making direct connection with Eastern lines
TRAINS LEAVE CAIRO-l: 10 p. M: Fast TX
press, arriving in ST Louis I:55 p. M; Chicago 8ab
4. m: 10 p. M: Cincinnati and Louisville Fast
Line, arriving In Cincinnati at sos a, m; Louisville
$40 a. m; indianapolis 4;lj u. m Passengers BY
this train arrive AZ above points
- TO SO HOURS IN ADVANCE
OF any other route.
10.1 a a. m. Fast Mail. with slccpcrs attached. for
-'l' ST. LOUIS and CHICAGO. arriving In st.
Louis AT 80 M: Chicago AT 900 p m. connect
ing ut Odin or Efingham for Cincinnati, Louisville
aud indianapolis.
FAST TIME EAST,
AoSLNuEhc to th ".i Fan ,',c x II h,oas
Gc'ay cause! % Sunday Intervening. The satur
-y afternoon train from Cairo arrives In New Yorl,
Monday morning at lO:!5. Thirty.s!y hours in adj
vance of any other route.
-" Advertisements of competing lines TINT the,-
make better time than this one are issued either
through Ignorance Or desire To mi-lead the public
For through ticket. and information apply inf Illi
nol- Central Railroad depot Cairo
TRAINS ARRIVE AT CAIHO:
c'''''""tu5It.tiI.lIi,.,. pm
JAS JOHNSON t;tii'i Southern Apt.
j. II. JONES, Ticket Agent
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-02
THE GREAT FRAUD!
FLORIDA STOLEN BY RAD
lCAL RASCALS.
THE CRIME CONFESSED BY TWO
OF THE ROBBERS.
McLin and Dennis Made Tell the Story
the Filched Presidency.

The confession Of the men who were par
ties to and concerned in the frauds bv
which Florida was made to return the
Hayes electors as elected, are as follows:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-31
NEEDED IElTSLASION.

Brownsville Suites: Hatchie river
has been deep enough for the past
twelve months for nayigable purposes,
and had it been re-opened by the last
Legislature it would have been by this
time source of valuable revenue to
the people of this section.
This subject should not be allowed
to slumber through another term of
the Legislature. Our worthy repre-
sentative, Capt. Manson, did all he
could do to institute proper legislation
in its behalf, but the opposition it pro-
voked was too strong to be overcome
by any one delegate. The antagonism
of the railroad ring has made the State
statute declare the Hatchie river to be
unnavigable. This legislation must
be cancelled and the river declared to
be navigable, and the United States
government viii make al survey of it
preparatory to its receiving an appro-
priation for the removal of distractions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-31
PRWTER.

A leading Eastern bullion organ
makes contemptuous sport of silver re-
monitization by recommending the
coinage of pewter into currency mt par
with gold. Not able to silence by
ferccful argument the voice of the sill
verites, the opposition would resort to
absurd recommendations hoping there
by to influence people to believe that
the restoration of silver would be a
debasemcnt of the country. The fact
is that the act Of Feb. II, 1873, omit
ting the silver dollar of 412i grains
abrogated the right Of the minis to
coin such dollars, and this was the
very essence of reputation by the bul.
lionists. They destroyed the current
value of oliver, driving it from the
nmercial mart as q circulating me.
T., Of equal honor, and to this ex.
-. iced the value of gold. So
IIosted .yith riches had these men be-
come th~t the, esteemed it beneath
their dic,Shx 10 receive silver in
n.vn,nt II interest on. the bo1ds they
held, thoush fhe fsce d. eacH poho ono
said Il was ASeasemsisle NJ co'N'
They dethronea it. t<eMgsed it IN The
dust. and so directed Federal Ies1sla'
tion that by law they received boz
the principal sum and interest in gold
alone. The people feeling the sgsTs
injury done their interests by thas beg
islation arc moving to undo the lasNs
furthering this sehsme. They viii ss'e'
csed because the very right Of the ease
is with them. 10