The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-05
NEW SERIES---NO. So.
NOTES OF THE DAY,

Inc .'routn IS becoming very serious in
pennsylvania. Trains on the Pennsylvania
railroad have been delayed through the
iaiiure OF the stations to supply water to
the engines. The principal water station
on this road for western bound freight trains
Is located at New Florence. The water ia
the tank is so low, owing to the continued
drouth, that it requires not less than forty
minutes to fill the engine tank. This
caused q massing of freight trains, and
plocladed the tracks for passenger trains,
Which could only be raised by using the
east-bound single track for trains in both
directions. At one time on last Friday
night the freight trains were stretched along
the track from New Florence ten miles east.
The Ohio river at Pittsburgh is seven inches
lower than the record of its lower stage last
year But four inches of water ripple over
the pipes OF the Allegheny river from
which Pittsburgh gets its water
The society of "Americanistsn met in
Brussels on the 23rd of September. 1t is
composed of eminent men from all coun
lIes whoaeither devote their entire time to,
or occupy o part Of their leisure with,
studying the pre- Columbian history of the
American continent. For some years the
society has been engaged in decipbering
me mysterious inscriptions on the ruins in
iucatan, and has published various note
worthy books. DR.. Virchow is tho German
delegate.
The Halka instruction in Hainan. Chi
ma, is at IN end. The rebels, after having
sustained several disasters, finally laid down
their arms about month ago lust outside
the city Of Kiungchow, after mercy had
been promised to them. Numbers Of them
were deported TO Wychow, Hof On, and 9TH
er places, in order to scatter them and pre-
vent their future corcert ration in force, but
none were executed.
a machine i'll a Holyoke, Mass, paper-mill
eats up seven and a half cords Of poplar
wood day, and this makes between three
and four tons of pulp. After coming from
the machine the wood is put into watts and
reduced by the action of chemicals. 1t is
used for the manufacture of news and book
paper.
New Hampshire Is now two hundred
years old, the union that existed between
that state and Massachusetts for thirty-eight
years having been dissolved by Charles II,
sept. IS, 1879. The state became then
royal province, with John Cults, of Ports
mouth, for president, and council of six
TO advise him.
A Siamese embassy is in London to open
up new line Of connection between India
and CHM which will shorten the voyage by
500 miles, and, it is hoped, increase the
commerce. The digging of canal to con-
nect the two rivers which traverse the Mala-
yam peninsula is their special object.
Six hundred New Britain, Conn, voters
| have signed petition protesting against the
school committees proposal to extend the
town SCHOOL, system to the Roman Catho-
TIC cenvent-alowing the Catholic church
authorities to select the teachcrs-as lille.
gal, and contrary to all precedent.
The London critics speak very highly of
the ballads and songs of Alexander Andcr-
son, Scotch railroad laborer, who, after
mending roads all day would come home in
the evening and read Petrarch, Schiller,
Victor Hugo, Dante, Goethe and Beranger
and write verses.
The grand jury of Stanislaus county.
California, has ignored the charge against
James Speakman, Of Suffer Creek, for kill
ing John Kelly, in Modesto, few weeks
ago. Kelly was gambler who seduced
Speakman's daughter.
Phillip Labar and Walter Barker, two
Priceton college students, were arrested in
Trenton, N. j., this week for smashing the
door OF house Of illfame. Five students
were in the disgraceful row, three of whom
escaped.
Thomas Wilson, while mining on Skies
river, Curry county, Oregon, found under
ground an old pickaxe of awkward pattern,
worn OFT nearly to the eye, and small un
known coin, composed of gold and copper.