The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-21

came of her you will greatly obligc me by
doing so. She is sister of mine and I
haven't seen her or heard
from her for eighteen years.
Yours Respectfully, F. NJ. Blakemorc."
If this item should come under the eye Of
the lady above named or any person who
knows of her whereabouts, q favor will be
conferred by communicating the fact to
Squire Osborn
During the storm Of yesterday after.
noon two men, named G. Goldsmith and
Chas. Fowler, who were employed on the
Office Of the upper elevator of the Illinois
Central railroad, received very severe
shock OF lightening-Fower receiving the
greatest injuries The bolt struck him in
the foot and knocked him insensible, and
for time it was thought that he was
killed, but he was soon resuscitated and
able to resume work. 1t seems
that he was on the top
OF the building setting q plate at the
time OF the occurrence. Goldsmith
was in the lower part Of
the building putting away some tools and
was not so severely hurt. The lightning
tore off the entire southwest corner Of the
first story of the building and caused con-
siderable damage. Quite a number of
other persons employed in and about the
building felt the shock but none of them
were injured.
The demand for a national bankrupt
law is increasing. At the Bankers con
vention at Saratoga. a resolution was
adopted, favoring such law. The resolu-
ton recites the necessity Of bankrupt law
''of such character as to discourage fraud
and afford ready and efficient reliet to hon
est debtors, and place all creditors, where
ever located, upon an equal footing with
a uniformity of administration throughout
the country, and to secure prompt and
equitable distribution Of assets Of insolyent
estates at the lowest possible cost; also, to
include judicious system Of composition,
whereby the settlement may be effected in
proper cases upon terms satisfactory to a
majority of the creditors, without the delay
and expense incidental to full bankruptcy
proceedings" A bankrupt law, containing
the above features, is what the country
needs. No doubt strong pressure will be
brought to bear upon congress at its next
session to secure the kind Of bankrupt
law wanted.
There is not yet, it seems entire har-
mony between the Tilden and Kelly fac
tons of the New York Democrats There
is one state officer to be voted for this fall,
viz chief justice of the court of appeals,
to Gil the vacancy caused by the death of
Chief Justice Church. The REGULAR Demo
cratic state central committee doesn't want
to 90 to the expense Of calling conven-
ton TO nominate one candidate, and it was
the intention Of the committee to select a
candidate for the party To this Tam
many objects. aud has called convention
10 meet in September. Boss Kelly fears
that the committee, majority being Til
dentes. will select a Tlden man. The
regular central committee will now be
forced to call convention or rest under
the imputation Of putting up star cham
Der candidate That dramatic scene at
Cincinnati between Colonel Fellows and
Boss Kelly appears in the light Of subse.
quent events to have been farce.
Quite a number of our citizens availed
themselves of the cheap fare on the Illinois
Central railroad to Chicago, and went there
for various objects-pleasure, business, etc
Some Of them have returned, and the sigh:
they tell and the tales they heave is re-
ally interesting to perceive. The affair
they say, was the grandest that was ever
gotten up; the display was magnificent and
the crowd was simply beyond all human
calculation. But few Of the returned visit
ors indulge in very complimentary com
ments upon the affair. The management
was NOT as perfect as it ought to have been
But this is not TO be wondered at. Mr.
DePue, the general agent of the Illinois
Central railroad, was there, gave somt
idea Of the immensely Of the human ocear
that sweled through the streets Of Chicago
and relates some interesting facts connected
With the affair He says that many Of tn,
people had taken trunks aud other baggag,
= with them, and as these arrived they
were stored away in the depot 70
, delivery to the several hotels
Ten thousand trunks were still at the de
pot awaiting delivery to the hotels wher
the time of departure came, and remaineC
? there undelivered, after their owners ha,