The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-01-24


five Sundays in that short month. This
only happens once in twenty-eight years,
Next February will also be big month for
the party who only has birthday once in
four years This birthday will be cee-
brated on the Goth. There are blushing
damsels over GO years of age who will then
celebrate their sweet fifteenth birthday
Thursday evening n number Of young
children gathered at the residence Of DR.,
| W, II. Smith, to attend party given by
/ the little Smiths. The little folks were
there in large numbers, and found ample
arrangements for their reception and enter
tainmcnt. Dr. and Mrs Smith assisted in
the invention of little devices for the
amusement of the guests, and until late in
the night there was no fagging in the en-
thusiasm. All finally departed for home,
satisfied that a merrier evening could not
have been spent,
The Mississippi River Commission
have been IN session at st. Louis for several
days preparing their report, which will en-
body recommendation of a plan for the
improvement of the river. About $4,000
have been discussed on the surveys of the
river which are going actively on. An APP
preparation of $3,00O,0O0 or S+,000,00O will
be asked for, and every congressman whose
constituents reside in the Mississippi valley
must vote for that appropriation, The peo-
pie Of the Valley States are determined to
have the Mississippi river put in perma-
ncnty good boating order,
The collection taken mp Sunday last in
St. Patrick's church for the relief Of the OPP
pressed and suffering Irish of Ireland,
amounted to the very respectable sum OF
forty.Seven dollars The amount cleared
by the lecture of Mr. T. O'Nei Russell
was thirty-seven doiars-making, in all,
eighty-four dollars This amount, together
with what will tomorrow be raised by the
penny collection in st, Patricks church,
will be forwarded at once and we must say,
that, considering the weakness Of the effort
made, the amount raised speaks well for
the libcrality of Cairo's Irlshmen.
The annual crop Of the State Board Of
Agriculture will contain a table showing
the acreage, yield in bushels and value of
the corn crop of 1879 as compared with
1873, in each county in the State. Adj
vance sheets of this table furnished by Sec
Rotary Fisher, show the following figures:
Total acreage Of corn in Illinois from AS
SCISSORS return in 1873, 1873, 100; total
acreage for 1879, 7,9lS,SSl; average yield
per acre in 1879, 50 bushels; crop in BUSH
els in 1879, 305,9l3377; price per buShel,
Dec. 90, sec value of crop OF 1879, 97.4S3,-
O52; value of 1878 crop, $50, 035,S 4S; crop
Of 1878 in bushels, $50 ,j60,810.
The appeal of the Mansion committee
to the people of the United States says 1t
is now admitted that the distress is of an
acute and uncxceptional character, certain
to involve actual starvation il eXtraneous
aid be not promptly and literally forth.
coming. The distress daily increases in
area and intensity, and it seems almost i'm
possible to avert it until next harvest An
absolute famine in very many places is
feared. The central committee distributes
its relet through local committees, Of
which the clergy of all denominations in
this district and the poor law medical
officers must be members and the relief is
given in kind, and not in money.
A stranger came to this city the other
day and put up at the Sherman house.
He was on his way to visit his father
whom, he says, be had not seen Tor tnr.
teen years. Day before yesterday at $
o'clock p. M he left the hotel with TWEEN.
W dollars and free pass in his pocket,
to take a stroll. He had taken several
drinks before he left the hotel, and after
leaving it took Il few more, and before he
had proceeded many blocks, found himself
near the corner Of Fifth street, on Washing
ton avenue. Here he was met by two
negroes one Of whom gawottad him while
the other went through his pockets. The
pass and twenty doll0rs--alI he had--was
taken from him and he WAS yesterday "on
the town'--haylng no money with which
to pay for board or lodging. He is 4
farmer and a man Of family. having n wife
and six children. The pass was yesterday
found in front Of Aibas barber shop on
Sixth street, near Ohio levec.
Rev. Jacob Bralcy was yesterday
locked up in tine county Jail Tor having
sworn falsely in the case which we publish
ed yesterday, and he will probably have .