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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
A LETTER FROM spirit LAND"

About three weeks ago Capt Henry
Lourey. the manager of the 81. Louis and
New Orleans Transportation company,
called on Capt Bill Hamilton with whom
he had a contract for the building OF a
boat. and asked him when it would be
finished, to which Capt. Bill replied that II
the boat was not in the river in two weeks,
he would jump into the river and drown
himself. But the two weeks expired and
the boat was not launched, whercupon
Capt. Lourey telcgraphed to know when
he Cant. BID could take the steamer
Andy johnson out and caulk her, but the
Captain being busy elsewhere when be re-
ceived the dispatch, failed to reply to it,
Capt. Lourey being very anxious tor re-
ply waited patiently tor it for some time,
but not receiving it, he called to mind
Capt. Bills promise to the effect that he
would have the new boat launched in two
weeks or drown himself, and at once con-
cluded that since the boat had not been
launched he had kept his word and ended
his life as per agreement. Accordingly he
wired the following to Capt Bills brother
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
THE BOSS PUMP

l. the best cstern pump ever used. 1t
purifes the water, carrying several gallons
Of air to the bottom Of the cistern At every
turn Of the crank, cannot get out Of order,
is noselcss and cheap Hundreds Of them
are in use and in no case would the pur-
chasers do without them. Send tor price
list or call and examine them, at our lum.
office. LANCASTER q RICE. Agents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07

HowTo GET Expose yourself day
and night, eat too much without exercise;
work too hard without rest; doctor all the
time take all the vile nostrums advertised;
and then you will want to know
How TO GET WELL.-Which is answered
in three words--Take Hop Bitters! See
other column. Express.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
The WAR AMONG Boor AND SHOE DEAL

The WAR AMONG BooT AND SHOE DEAL
ERs is raging but il is generally conceded
that the hes, place to buys at q. Kochs
shoe store, where always will be found the
largest and best stock Of custom handmade
boots and shoes Tor the lowet prices. We
are daily receiving new goods, and doubt
less carry the largest stock of custom.made
goods in this city, Of the best manufacturers.
For bargains call At &. Koch, No 90 Com.
nercial avenue, between 9th and 9th streets
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07

A GIRL was told to put thyme in the soup,
so she put in her mistress watch, that was
the wrong time, if she had had dyspepsia
or indigestion and taken Spring Blossom
that would have been the right thing and
the right time.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
A CARD. !

CAIRO, Ills, September 9th, 1880
Editor Bulletins
Mrs. and Mrs. Walker are said to DC OF.
Tended at my remarks at the funeral this
afternoon. II | have said anything un'
true--not in strict accordance with the gos-
pei of Jesus Christi will PUBLICLY re-.
tract Il, FATHER O'HARE.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
FOUND

A sum of money which the loser can have
by describing the same, and paying for
this notice. Apply to John W. Epperson'
at Mrs. Martins boarding house, near
court house, ~
September 18th, 1880
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07

II Is hereby announced that Miss Flora
Clay Is no longer member Of the Free
Benevolent Order Of America, Lodge No. l..
JANE WINS, President.
AVIS ROBINSON, Secretary.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
CINCINNATI EXPOSITION.
SEPTEMBER 7th TO OCTOBER 9th.

SEPTEMBER 18th TO OCTOBER 9th.
The Illinois Central railroad will sell! ex-
cursion tickets at greatly reduced rates.
This is the only route running two daily
trains The only line that runs sleepers
through from Cairo to Cincinnati without
change. Thomson, Gen'l Agent,
j. H. JONES, Passenger Agent.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
DAY SCHOOL.

Madame Floyd has opened day school
at Turner hall, where she hopes TO be pat
ronized. Special success assured in mathe-
mates, Latin, French and music Terms
low.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
Mrs. E. H. PERKINS. Creek Centre, War

Mrs. Z, II. PERKINS, Creek Centre, War
rem Co.. n. Y, writes She has been
troubled with Asthma for four years, had
to SIT up night after night with it. she has
taken two bottles OF Dr.. Thomas Eccctric
Oil, and is perfectly cured. She strongly
recommends it. and wishes TO act as agent
among her neighbors.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
HEKTOGRAPH.

Just received at THE BULLETIN office a
stock of paper especially for "Hektograph
Copying,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
TO THE MERCHANTS OF CAIRO.

A young man of industrious habits and
good moral character desires situation as
an apprentice TO some good mercantile
business. Drugs OF dry goods preferred,
Certificate OF character etc. furnished.
Address W. r. WILLIAMS,
New Columbus, Ills.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07

WANTED good cook, washer and ironer;
wages S. per week Apply Immediately
at lS4 Commercial avenue, Miss kittie
Miller. d.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07

WANTED.-A first class boot and shoe
maker, Immediately. Apply to W, NJ. C.
Heath, opposite the court house
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
A GRAND BALL,

A Grand Cane ball will be given by the
Delta Fire company, in their hall, on Thurs
day evening, September 10th, 1880 The
public is respectfully invited,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07

UNEQuALED in effectiveness, unapproach-
ed in cheapncss, and unrivalled in popular
ity is DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup 20 cts. per
bottle
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
ATTENTION, HANCOCK CADETS.

You are requested to meet at the armory
Monday evening at : o'clock, prepared for
drill. CAPT. THos. W. SHIELDS.
President.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
ST. LOUIS, No, Aug. 10.

At what point Of the Ohio river did
your brother mJump ini Does his dlsap-
pearance stop all business at your yard can
our new hull be finished without him and
where can you take out the Andy johnson
and when. Console his family Tor me and
tell them he is better off in his new ele-
ment as change will do him good, Answer
quick. H. LocREY'
In reply to the above dispatch his
brother sent the following;
Cannot take the johnson out without de-
laying your other work. Poor Bill Is
dead-he now lies engulfed in the turbid
water of the Miss a sip. He died, as has
long been expected, martyr to his word.
Particulars OF his whereabouts by to.
morrow's mall ST. il
Capt. Bill Hambleton then sent the fol-
lowing letter to Capt. Lourey, which is
post marked in an exceedingly warm re-
zion, and which shows the Captain to be
a poet of no mean order Considering
that it is message from the spirit land
il will be read with much interest ny the
Captains many friends who are still in the
land of the living
| Capt, Henry loerey
In pensiye mood, withipcu In hand,
write you from the spirit land,
Where those who fail to do what's right,
Are plungedin never ending night
I've used you, Us you think quite hard,
| And now I'm getting nv reward,
| This place lie hot, and getting hotter'
There see ms to be derth Of water,
Not single drop has passed nav lip
| Since | came from the Miss iseip,
I've seen old Nick md had talk,
| He swcars he II make me walk The chalk
For my misdeeds aud great dcceivlnRs,
For drunken eprees md mammoth thevings
No sleep at night or rest Of days
All on account Of the nfernalways,
That have run to such disadvantage
Tho ID got me, and the percentage
Comment can add nothing to the rich
ness of the above.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.

Notices in these columns, ten cents per line
each insertion. Marked
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07

Notices in this column, i've cents per line each
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-07
Only Morning Daily in Southern Illinois.

Ernest ii. Thielecke. CITY Editor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20
BOOKS, sTATIDNERY, etc.
JUST KKCEIVRD Al

JUST KKCEIVRD AT
FRENCHrS 99&95 KlNGSP.
A second supply of the most beautiful gift
books Of the ae,son-"INDIAN SUMMKR'-
Autu nm Poems and Sketches, most e1quisitely
illustrated; s..
Coleridzes Ancisut Malisc.; large folio
spiendidiy illustrated; s..
Bible Gallery, large folio, containing one hun.
dred epgIsy!ngs, by Gustava Dore, with descrir-
tive letter prcs7, by Talbot W. Chambers. ID.
$500
Pictures from the German Fs!herlsnd. drawn
with pen and pencil; So.
On the Rhine. by Lady Blanche Murphy.
beautifully illustrated; $3.
a Quarto Tennyson, the Aldwor!h edition,
illustrated by eminent artists IS.
Octave Long gfellow, profussly illustrated; 81 80,
The beat single volume (quarto) Shakespeare
in America; glossary and an index to all the
familiar passages; So.
Very handsome editions OF "Abide with Me-"
"rhe Breaking Waves Dashed High" Drift:
ing" nRock OF Ages" "home Sweet Home" "
"Onti Ora" "Pessephone." SC. These volumes
mako charming Christmas presents.
TO tho bos. selected stock of Holiday Goods In
tho State we are adding novelties.
dec13 GEO. u. FRENCH.
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A,VOGELER e. CO,
baltimore. Md., Z. s. Il

Perry, Houston County. Ga. Jan. % 1882
In 1879. there were two negroS confined IN sit
badly afflicted with Syphilis. In my official cl'
pacity employed @. T. Swift to cure. them u1-
der contract, mo cure no pay.n He admins
tered his, "Syphilitc Specific" and in fe"
weeks I felt baund to pay him out of the county
treasury, IS he had effected coaptstc and radt'
cal cure, A. s. GILES, Ord. Houston CO.. ia.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. II, 1872.
The s. 8. s. is giving good satisfaction. Onn
gentlemen who had been confined to his bed sir
inseks with Sphilitic Rheumsti:m has been cured
entirely, and speaks in the highest praise of it.
CHILE3 S BERRY,
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY,
l. ~ SoId % nv r s. .LEADBEATsR & BRO.
Oall for D copy of young Mems Friend "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

CARLoTTA's WEARY Notwithstanding Oh
tho balconies of Niirauar, whero sight r0amS
over vast cx:cnt Of tho Adriatc Sea, the vi
sion of poor Ca.o!ts il her madness srises ter
ti59 before tho vieR. Hore she kept her
nightly visils, despite the protcsiati0n5 of the
Ql:en of Belgium: who endeaVored to eptice
her from Mramar with assurances that her
husband Would return no moro, to whom she
replied No. vii! wait for MaXlmillisu; he
hss addicted tho throne and departed for Mex
100. The passage from Vera Cruz will tako q
fortnight, and the voyage from Liverpool here
three mora days; therefore. he will be hero 10
less than @ week" On July s, 1867, the birth
day aoDivaTy of th9 Emperor maxiniliau, she
ordered the chg:oau to bs drapsd with f,gs
AID brilliantly illuminated, aod, as the inhabi-
tants of Trieste heard of tho sad death, they
behold OF the samo moment the arrangem snts
for maGlifc ut ioto at tho Castle of Miramar.
Oa that Gay Hhe went to the port and looked
suziousIy aud lorg at the distsat horizon that
formed ths visions bouncs, at times eXc!aimi0g,
III will wait for him sixty years - And she is
WISHING still, but not at Mranar; all plaoas are
DOW alike to her outward gsz;, and the wisdom
that yelled her reason 10 the midst Of such
overwhelming sorrow surely must 60: be q1cs-
toned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

There is no civizad nstioa il tha W1!.@ta
Hemisphere in which the utility OF nos;'Iters
Stomach Bittsrs So o tonic, c2rfaetiye and aa:j.
bilious medicine is not known anl a3pracia.es-
While it is O medicine for oil aoaso1s ani sil
climates, it is especially suited to tho complaints
generated by the weather, bsing tho pures. and
best vegetable stimulant in tba world.
For sale By druggists and deslers. to whom
spplv for Hostettsrs Almanac for 1881.
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RSOFS AND SHOES.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
TO GENTLEMEN:

We hsvl large stock of GENTS Fine BOOTS
sud SHOES ofvery superior quality, made by
hsrt, which csnros be surpassed in style, quail
i!g or price. a man may be decked in good
sui. Of clothes and a new hat, but if he has not
tidy fee: ha is not considered we'll dressed.
These goods will bs sold for much less than
iae7 c:n be bough! Ter in this toIn or Washing
Ton. Ell W. rsk il fcr you to come and examine
hon. W.. 3. EyADDEY, IIO King St.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

IMMENSE Stock ef CLoAKs just o2ened q.
|. EICHBERGs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

GENTS WFAR.-We have received several
neW pieces Of CHARLOTTESVILLE GOODS which
We will close cheap. Suits made to older at
short notice at |. EICuBERG's.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

DON'T FAIL to cl!l at |, E1CHDEaG's 10
look at lis stock OF C!oak5, Domaps, and
UIsteI5.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20
To the Ladies.

Va hsvo GIcs. many naw styles for ladies'
wn'r ths! sre roslly basu.iful. Ladies who haVo
s!G desire to present handsome understanding
viii 30 we'll 70 examine them st
WADDEY'S, EIO King st.
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EOrfurIng q Girl,

A report hcs c,me to US from tho city OF
Cambridge, which TO trust is untrue, that the
Chinese Instructor at Harvard COlege-a dig
nitrary who dresses in silk snd is tho author OF
volume of poems on which 20 American
critic has been able to pass an adverse Juog-
ment, since there is no Western schoiar VINO
can 'interpret lis toa.chess hieroeyphlcs-ls
subj sctipg his little daughter to the foot-6lnd'
ng process, fearful torture in itself, and re-
salting in making the child cripple TOR Ilte.
We have been told thGt the screams OF the
Door child havs been heard by the neighbors
The operation has been often described.
Bsndages ten feet long and two feet wide are
laid 90 the inside of the iustep and carried over
tbs four small toes ard around the heel, draWs
irg tho two extrcmite5 nearer each other,
bul2ing tho ius:ep, and making deep hollow
in the sole underneath. Onoe month or ottener
the bsudage is removed and the feet are soaked
and koeadcd. PaIverizsd alum is put on to pre-
vent tho sloughing und putrescence which often
OCCUR. Sometimes 4 toe or more drops OH
Tho pain, which 10 intense, continues about
car. then gradually dmiuishes, and by the
and of the s,cond year the feet are dead
aud painless. During tho first twelve months
the DOOR girl seaps ouly on her back. lying
cross9iss the bed, with her feet hanging down
over tho side. 50 that tho edge of the bsdstead
presses on the tendons and nerves behind the
knees 10 such way as to dull the pain some-
what. There she swings her teot end moans,
and even in The oldest weather cannot wrap
herself in covcret bicauss every return OF
warmth to her limbs Increases the aching, The
sensation is said to be like that Of puncturlng
the joiuts with needles.
While the biodiDg is continued, es ever after,
the feet ure useless for purposes OF locomotlon.
With dead feet, only tgo inches long. the wo.
man thus "bcauti6ed" is a wretched cripple.
AS Ro havo said, it ia reported that the learned
iostru,!or above mentioned is thus treating his
daughter. Hs has remarked, We are informed.
that wero ho to live permanently in the United
States, he should not bind her feet, but he ex-
poets to return to China in year or two, and
were she then to hevo natural feet her social
prospects, would be ruinad. This may be true.
but for the presen. ho is living in Massachusetts.
and under Massachusetts laws, and those laws
should be iavoked to protec5 the wretched VIC
tim of Oriental fuly.-C Cincinnati Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

BLACK SILK PLUSH jesi opened at ISAAC
EICHBERG'S.
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seplG

HOSIERY, GLOVES, Handkerchiefs, COL
- lars aad Cuffs, in sreat variety at
! AD1ES AND CHILpEEN'S MESlEo
- VESTS and PANTS, al! sizes ana guam
lies at Q. O. BERRY.S.,
ZEPHYR WORSTEDS, Germantown Weols
~ and Knitting Yarns, in all shades and e@oiors' @
80 . at q. y. BhhEI'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

For ONE WEEK IN ALEXANDRIA.-W -Wo have
succeeded 10 getting largo line of Cloaks
Dollmans, Jackets, end listers on consignment
for ono wack, fer our customers to select from.
As this Iios embraces fac goods specially. We
call tho attention OF Ladies 10 them.
ISAAC EICuBERG.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

LARGEST INDUCEMENTS over cffJId yet at
EICuDERG's in Dry Goods. &o.
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PAPER HANGINGs,

CALL at EICHBERGs before purchasing your
presents for the Holidays
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

CHILDREN s AND MISSES CLoAKs at ISAAC
EICuBERG'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

Tho finest 81 SHIRT 10 tho world O! NOSE
WAEERMAN;S,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20

!. LARGE AND WELL ASSORTED
- STOCK OF
MISSES AND CHIbDREN'S SCHOOL
SHOES,
ct every description, which will be sold cheaper
,hsn they can bo bought elsewhere. They are
!tc bes. in the market.
WADDEY, ITO King 81.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20
BOOK DEPARTMENT.

In the BOOK DEPARTMENT. will be found
Histories, Books of Travel. all the leading Poe!s
&C., in fine bindings; elegantly iluitrated
books in Ene bindings for presents.
All The new styles of Photograph and Auto.
graph Albums, Prayer Books and Hynnals in
sets, very rich Bibles, great variety of styles,
in elegant bindings.
Papekeries and Cabinets OF the finest Foreign
and Domestic Stationery.
Accordeons Music Boxes and Mouth Oigsns
new styles and designs for am,teurs ard probes
slonsls.
Il is. OF course, impossible TO call special at
,ioa 10 other than leading articles every way
appropriate for the holiiAy season. The stock
embraces many other beautiful things and il
will afford us pleasure TO shoT our holiday as
eortment 10 all who may favor us with call.
dee8-tD25
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WO5TENH HOLM'S
WO5TENHOLM'S
FINE o6kEr KNIVES,
Beautiful in shape aud aaish.

Beautiful in shape aud aaish.
The BOOK DEPARFMENTfort the LITTLE
FOLKS contains tho largest number OF choice
books in every variety OF orn.mantstion and
style Of binding ever exhibited in this city, and
cheap r than ever.
In addition the GAMES. PUZzLE5. Blocks.
Drums and Tool Chss!s. ara endls,s ia viila.7
WRITING DESKS and CABINETS, every
style, from Is, TO so each; the vary bost goods
made.
Prsns's Prize Christmas and New Year Cards.
In addition all the new and beautiful designs OF
foreign and domestic Silk.flinged and Persume1;
all selected with special reference to beauty OF
design and ornamentation.
Special attention is called to line OF Velvet.
Silk and Plush FRAMES-notably old Gold in
Silk and Plush. These Frames have been Sc
lected with great care and are the very best
quality made in any country. A very novel
Frame Ia Of uncut velvet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-20
FANCY GOODS.
@. M. ADAMS

An immense assortment of Merino Underwear,
showing the largest and most complete stock Of
fsrsd in the city, for lsdies. gents, missts ooys
and infants prices 15c to SIS each.
Ribbons, Corse!s and Hsndkerchiefs.,
Germantown, Saxony snd Shetland Wool :;
Yarns in all coors and qualities; Zephyr Worst
cd, a full supply; always in stock Canvass, NJ OF
!ces, Emoroidering Silks and Needles.
Buttons. Spool Silk. Cottons, Thread Soaps
Pe;fumery,. Jews!ry, &c. c..o, p.,uo,.,
Babrigsan, Merino, Lisle Thread, hourmng
aad Yarn coo dozen Of ans s2d I'd msda ns
price Hosiery; prices from lOc TO S2 9o per pslf'
Wooden Shswls, scarls, Hoods s1d Nuoias:
Gloves in Kid. Buck. Sheep and Dog Skln'
French Gasto Cloth Berlin c RnsTood 81 g nsis
Gents ans Neckwear in Ties, Bows, Rutland,
DeJoinville and handsome assortment OF Clau- .I
dents Scarfs, Shirts, Collars, Cuts ana SiR
Suspenders.
Eeck Kufling. Rufs, Lsces. Kdginss' Veil
ings. Hoop Skirts, &c.
san16 Alexandris, Va.
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

WHAT TO BUY.
Six Pair of Lucca Kid Gloves.
Six Pair of Foster Patent Laced Kid Gloves,
Six Pair OF H5rris Seamless Kid Gloves.
One or Moro Linen Handkerchief, ranging in
prices from IS to $l4 pc. dozan, for Ladies'
and Gentlemen.
One or Moro OF our Handsome Scsrfs.
One OF More Of our Elegant Imp ported SILK Hand
kerehiefs.
A Handsome Silk MuHsr.
A Pair Of Meas Lined Gloves
A Pair OF Ladies' do.
A Gosasrer Water Proof Coat.
Ore Ginshsm Umbrella.
One Alpaca do.
One Silk do.
One Smoking Jacket.
One Dressing Eobe,
Halt doAen Dress Shirts,
a Doll ior each Of the little girla,
A Beautiful Ornament for the mantel, table or
bureau,
And thousands of ether articles.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-05-20
REPORT ON SABBATH SCHOOLS.
BIT O. u. NICHOLS.

It seems TO be the sole duty Of your Sab
bath School Committee to make full report
annually of what he has not done. Hence
the report vii % os
the Sunday School Committee of this Con-
ference. This year large number have re-
ported, 40 10 al, with an aggregate of 16, AIS
members. Last year Qs79) 5000 persons
Of Ohio, and In the fractions of Pennsylva-
mia, West Virginia, and Kentucky embraced
within the limits Of this Conference. The
number now enrolled cannot at present be
ascertained, but It will probably appear in
the Minutes for 1880, In the summary Of sta.
tistics. We have go churches in the Confer.
ence. From just half Of these we have this
year 1SS0) o reported enrolment Of 16,016,
87S conversions within the year.
Your Committe hss enjoyed the rare and
precious privilege of touching elbows with
Ohio Congregational Sabbath School work
ers, and ascertained something Of their spir-
it, their purposes and their needs. The out
look is most encouraging. Among the 100
pastors or superintendsnts heard from there
are no grumblers. Signs Of progress are nu-
merous. Many report encouraging features
and many make valuable suggestions. The
report Of your Committee Is TO large extent
Q report from the wide awake advance guard
Of the Congregational Sabbath School Army
Of Ohio, and to that extent It il most in.
structive, most suggestive and most assur-
edly and couspicuously deserving of careful,
thoughtful, prsyerful confederation.
According to these postal card reportss
these are the new features which have been
introduced during the year: Cartoons; Sun.
day collections for Misslons; the reciting Of
Bible verses ian old feature restored); the
blackboard printed in Clevclsnd;" "class
libraries from Cooks list;" grading of Bible
class scholars; illuminated lcsson cards for
smaIl scholars; monthly reviews; introduc-
ton Of qusrterlles In place Of lesson leaves;
the singfug Of special hymns 70 old music;
springer's ''transfer designs"; the Giving out