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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13
TIE MAILS.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
City Officers,

City Officers.
Eayst--S. b. ThistlewOoG.
l'f4ae 4ref- Edward DezouA
8ierk-Dennis J, Poley
Counselor WIN. n. Gilbert
Harshal-J c LSIiue
Attorney william Hentrics-
hoard on AIDKENES
fret Ward 81 VI. !. Howley.
second WncDSyid T. Idnegari {, u Woo
ward.
Third wMd-W P. Wright, Rebort Smith
F0arsh Ward -ChsIiep o. Patey, Jsnee HynAst6n
s1te ward TT " HslidAy, Ernest n Petit
County Officers.
circuit Jgdgc--D j. Bake
Crcrit Cielk-J 4 Reeves
Coanty Jfdge--R. :. i0cGn.
Comfy Clerks. J. Humm
CUvnty Ati0rnsy-W. G.. halA,y
Donn,y Treas aror--Miies " Parker
sheriff John Hodge,
COrOner-R Htzgera.c.
Comfy Commissioner " hS.ldAi, A.
H. Gibbs, Samuel Brilcy
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

~ ollNE Az NO' lhhC Aoho
IN oPFioE up Cry CLsRW
CIIRo. LIS, Oct. %, 1897,
Sealed proposals. will he received at this Office
directed to the City Council Of the city Of Cairo
until o'clock p, m of Tuesday, November 18th,
1880, for furpishiLg the material and doing the
work, or doing the work necessary foe
the construction End reconstruction OF
the following siGevelks, viz: To be
constructed Of wood; On the northerly side Of
Twelfth street, from Wellington avenue to Wal.
nut street; on the uofthery sido Of Fourteenth
street, in front 81 lots No So a. IS, 50 ana n iu
Oek No. 10 To be reconstructed Of wood On
the westerly side o! WasAiogtor avenue from Pifh
10 SIKH streets
70 be constructed OF hrick: On uosthe'ly side Of
Eighth 'uasI from CONNER Gl to Washington ay-
enne; On both sides of Sixth stsee! from Leyec
street 10 Commercial avenue. To he reconstruct
ed Of clRders or gravel, IN lien Of Old wooden
walks, on the south side OF Thirty.fourth street
from Commenced avenue TO point rs feat east
from Sycamore street; as provided by ordinance
No. 81, approved September 9Th, 1897 which Ia on
file IN thls Office and subject 70 examination a. any
time
Tie rshit 10 rejee. any and all bids reserved by
the city. d J. FoLYY, City Clerk.
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NEW YORK GRAIN

NEW YORK UkAIN
Nav YORK, November. 10 1901, I'M
Wheat quiet No. 2 Chicago,
81 1901 90; No. 2, Milwaukee 81 81
red winter, 81 lr@l IS; No . red
winter, 81 19h.
Corn easy-No.2, SOC,
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GOOD COMPANY, NUMBER FOUR.
TEEN.

IEEN.
Good Company, Number Fourteen, has
the second installment of Rose and the
Doctor, the serial story by Ellen w. Olney.
Organization in Charity is timely article
by Dir. d. o. Kellogg, of Philadelphia,
where the associated charity reform was
first put into practical operation in this
country few years since. There is q
readable account Of the origin and work
ings OF the interior department, which
includes larger part Of the practical
details Of the general government than
many are aware Of doubtless. Ny
House and my Handmaiden gives some ex-
periences in Germany. Pcnnyroyal Church
and An Ezceptiopable Case arc two of the
stories The remaining material includes
An Episode of the Modern Egypt, Boarding
Round A Day IN the Ruins of Carthage,
What She Lost at the Foltune-tellers The
BouQuiniste, Calls Head en- Tortue, al &C
count Of the Horace Mann School for the
Deaf il Boston where the deaf and dumb
are taught to speak; besides contributions
from hrs. Lizzie W. Chsmpaey aud Miss
Dora Read Goodale.
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RAILROADS.
OHIO d MISSISSIPPI R'Y

TINE TABLE OF PASSENGER TRAINS PROH
vINCENSEs fNo7. 80. 1879
EAsrwARD.
No. , Day Rxpress Except SundaJI. 90. 30 p. m
Night Exprees DAILY ......--. =. 80 =. N
Westward
No. Express Except sunday. .,,,.... sos g. m
" Day Express Except sunday. $3.50 p n
" Night Rxpress DAILY. ....". - u IN
j. r. CLARK, c. s. CONF, in,
Agent vinconnes Gen Ticket Ag't Cincinnati
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LIST on LETTERS REMAINING uNCALLGD
FOR m THE PosToFFICE AT CAIRO, ILL.,,
FRIDAY NOVEMBER ~, 1880.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-06
BulIdOzing I'm Washington.

A special to the Baltimore San says the
few Republicans who remain to give Mr..
McPherson's committee the benefit OF
their advice manage to find time to worry
members of the cabinet about small APP
pointments for some of their favorites.
Occasionally a clerk is found who admits
freely that he has Democratic tendencies,
and a vacancy generally occurs shortly
afterwards Numbers of clerks who have
held their positions for upwards of ten
years have been removed merely because
they have expressed the hope that General
Hancock would be elected over General
Garfield at the approaching election.
AS yet the thumbscrew has not been
applied to the clerks who refuse to con-
tribute to the Republican committee, but
it is certain that it will be before the cam
paign comes to an end. Republican man
ayers here say that all clerks who are en-
titled to vote must either contribute to
the State committees or the Congressional
committee here, or they will be made to
suffer for their delinquency. 1t is claimed
that there are hundreds of clerks who
have lost their residence in the States
from which they originally came and as
they have no vote they will be expected
to contribute to the Congressional com
mittee No decisive action will be taken
in regard to enforcing the call for contri-
buttons for month or two yet, but it is
understood that employees who fail to re-
spond before the first of October will have
their cases Investigated to see why they
do not come down. with the cash.
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Major w. f. Halleck, United Stat,

Major w. f. Halleck, United States
Army, thinks that Hancock will carry all
of the Pacific States.
Minnesota will gain two members of
Congress in the next appointment. Her
gain has been seventy-seven per cent. IN
ten years. The figures are 100000
against 1000 in 1870.
Lima, the capital of Peru, seems to
be doomed, as the CHILEAN admiral has
threatened that the city will, when taken,
be given up 70 destruction. The present
population is something over 10000,
and its generally splendid public build
ings entitle it to the distinction of the
handsomest capital in South America.
Standing on an extensive plain, which
rises gradually from the sea, it makes a
magnificent appearance, as viewed from
Callao, with its many domes and spires
glittering in the sun. The Rimac flows
through the city, and is crossed by su-
perb stone bridge of six arches, built
more than two and half centuries ago.
The bridge connects the city proper with
the suburb, San Lazaro, containing two
delightful promenades, bordered by doub-
lie rows of trees. Lima is surrounded by
brick walls Is to 25 feet high, and feet
thick at the top, their circuit being some
9 miles. The streets are 33 feet wide,
cross each other at right angles, and di-
vide the town into about 200 squares. The
common houses are low and irregularly
built Of adodes, with partition walls and
roofs of cane and plaster, preferred to
more solid material on account of the fire.
quency Of earthquakes and the extreme
rarity of rain. They have, for the most
part, no windows towards the street, the
smaller houses having only door, and
glass lantern over it. The larger houses
have great folding-doors opening into the
street and leading into the courtyard, (pa-
tio,) after the manner of houses in South
ern Europe. Through the centre of the
streets flow small streams, drumming paral
lei with the riverO and along their mar
gins are thrOngs of buzzards which act as
scavengers. On the east side Of the city
stands the massive stone cathedral in
which Pizarro was buried after his assas-
sination. The city was founded by him
January 6, 1885, the festival of the Epiph-
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citizens. Had you heard Mr.. Bloxhams earnest
appeal and tribute TO the Northern settlers max
Ing home here, you would feel, as do, that ne
spoke In truth and in earnestness- He is no adj
venturer, but closely identified with the State
and her progress, feels her poverty and the nee.
essity for few more years Of low taxes and
faithful administration to get the people out of
debt. Had you been, as / have. in the homes OF
hundreds once atluent, s,l suffering afier fifteen
years of privation. you would realize the un.
manliness, at least, Of this senseless bug-bear.
The issues of the past fought, settled and &C.
cepted, in behalf Of common country. If the
machine has not patriotism enough to sce the
duty Of the hour, to project and build up pros:
tratc section, then :" By the Eternalr' il must
be busted If II takes all summer to do II, and
give way to those who are striving for an ex-
istence and only want fair play.
AS for you. Mr.. PatrIos, unless you want
mansard roof put on you, keep STILL IprOpose
TO vote and talk as deem proper. Bottle up Till
November when you will receive Quietus from
friends Of The EDUCATED HORSE.
! TOWNSVILLE, GA, August 2, 1880.
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The admirable letter of General Han
cock, printed in the FLoRIDIAN of Tuesday
last, accepting the Democratic nomination
for the Presidency, is followed to-day by
the publication of private letter from
him to General Sherman written after the
election of 1876 but before the exciting
questions to which that election gave rise
had been settled. This letter has been
spoken of by the stalwarts with many
dark hints and surmises as to it's contents,
and their amazement at finding the actual
fact so different from what they had hoped
is unbounded. There is not an utterance
therein which does not commend itself to
the soundest judgment. AS the World
says, such letter as this, which unbos-
oms in the confidential counsel of one
soldier with another the inmost convic-
tions of the writer-a letter which its au-
thor when he wrote it had no reason to
dream would ever become public-the
real man appears and commands the in
stinctive confidence and respect. of every
honest citizen of the republic. This letter
was written not on the eve of nomina-
ton but on the morrow of an election.
No spirit of selfseeking, no desire to win
notoriety or to attract the attention of
politicians as an available" candidate,
entered or could have entered the writer's
mind. He was thinking neither Of Mr..
Tilden nor of Mr.. Hayes, neither of party
ends nor personal ends. He was thinking
only of his own duty as an American SOL
der and of the maintenance of liberty and
the laws. This letter, which, within the
the next fortnight, will be read by every
voter in the United States, will lend as
bright and as enduring lustres to the
name of its writer as his most splendid
achievements in the field. :
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First Gun.

The election in Alabama Monday last
was for State and county officers and mem
bers OF the Legislature. The Republi-
cans and Greenbackers attempted a fusion,
but succeeded in doing so in but one por-
tion of the State, and that was in the
counties composing the district now rep
resented by Representative Lowe, Green
hacker. Madison, Limestone and Morgan,
which gave him majorities two years ago,
gave handsome Democratic majorities
this year, and the Greenback State and
county tickets will probably be defeated
in every county of the district. The Dem
ocrats will elect all the Judges and Chan
cellors, and nearly all the legislators and
county officers. Their majority in the
Stoto will reach the noighhnrhood of
10000.
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The county convention OF the Conservative
llsm0cz1c party Of jackson county will meet al
NariEnnas On The 12th day of August, TO nomi-
rGie candidates for the State Legislature
The county convention Of Marion county will
e heid ~ Ocala on The 18th Of August.
The county convention of Madison county will
ise he'd e Madison on the 7th Of August.
The county convention Of Sumter county will
- beld ~ Leesburg on the 14th Of August.
The oOunsF convention Of Manatee county will
is lid - Pine Level on the Sd of August.
Tie county convention Of fernando county
Ein be he'd II Tampa. on the 18th Of August.
he county convention Of Orange county will
- bed II Orlando on the 10Th day Of August
Ths county convention Of 6uwannee county
an 10 hsld ~ Live Oak on the I'd Of September
Ths connfy convention Of Alachua county
IN BE- led - Gainesville, August 20lh.
The county convention Of Franklin county
WIn be hel6 On The 1elh Of 6epiember.
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The citizens on the line of Leon and Wakulla
counties organized Bloxham and Davidson
club, June 90, 1880, with B. F. Page, President,
and s. s. Whitley, Secretary, with thirty-two
members.
After the club was organized there were stir
ring speeches made by ]. r. Blocker, s. s Whit
ley and others. The following resolutions were
offered and unanimously adopted:
l. Res0lUed. That this club endorse the Con-
sentative Democratic platform.
2. Rcaosced, That the members of tie club
pledge themselves to vote the Democratic ticket
(whoever may be nominated) from Alpha TO
Omega.
8. RssOlOed, That these proceedings be ordered
published in the FLoRIDIAN.
The club then adjourned TO meet again on the
1st Saturday in August at 4 o'clock P. NJ
s. s. WHITLEY, Secretary.
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In his "history of cotton" Mr.. E. j.
Donnell says: Con the 18th of Septem-
Der, 1910, ] first visited cotton planta-
tion and learned something of the vicissi-
tudes to which the cotton plant is subject
then heard from the planter that the
crop was exceedingly promising until the
last week in August. On the goth of Au-
gust he considered it past all danger ;
and, to use his own words, he would
not have given ten dollars to have his
crop guaranteed. Within three days one
fourth of it was entirely destroyed. The
result proved that this was general
throughout the whole cotton-growing
country. The crop showed falling off
from the previous one of about one
fourth" The crop now maturing in the
field seems to us In fair way to illus
trate some of the vicissitudes of the cot
ton crOD.
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The State Executive Committee, COM
posed of Messrs. S. Pasco, of Jefferson,
(chairmanO Hon. r. B. Hilton, of Leon,
Hon. John A. Henderson, of Leon, Hon.
VIM. Scott, of Jefferson, and Hon. f. p.
Fleming, of Duval, met atITallahassee on
Monday last.
e. NJ Cheney, Esq, has resigned as
Chairman of the Republican State Central
and Executive Committees and General
H. jenkins has been elected in his place.
Why is this thus? The absence of Che
ney from the manipulations of the party
in campaign will be a circumstance
which calls for explanation. Is it true
that he is "agin Simon," or is the other
rumor, that he is about to devote himself
" to religion and farming" the more reli-
able We pause for reply.
The New York World says: "Of the
six New England States not more than
one 10 really safe for Garfield, while in o
second the chances are strongly and in q
third slightly in his favor. As for the re-
naming three, Connecticut is reasonably
sure for Hancock, New Hampshire be-
longs to the party which fights hardest,
and IN Mains, according to the HsralTs
correspondence the situation i decided
y lhniayosnble - ths Repnblioana. n
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A Washington dispatch says: "The
Republican leaders in this city are quite
jubilant over the reports which reached
them from various sections of the country
regarding the effec: of General Grants
order to the Boys in Blue They say
the telegram from General Grant has been
electrical, and has aroused up a degree of
enthusiasm among the ex-Union soldiers
in the North which could not have been
done by any other man in the Republi-
can party A Republican of some prom
inence, and personal friend of General
Gar6eld's, said on Thursday that this or
der from General Grant was worth many
thousand votes to the Republican nomi-
nees, and that it would call into prompt
action every Grant man in the Republi-
can party, and effectually silence the story
that General Grant did not desire the
election of General Garfield There are,
however" says the correspondent, Re-
publicans who comment with considera-
BILE freedom as to the good taste of an
ex-President of the reputation of General
Grant going into Presidential canvass
as the leader of subordinate political
organization. In this light the course
pursued by General Grant is considered
as a very serious mistake on his part, and
one which detracts from his present fame "
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Hooker ON the Value OF schurx
az q Soldier.

WASHINGTON, July sl.-The following
letter has been unearthed as pertinent to
Secretary Schurz's recent declaration At
indianapolis that soldiers were not fitted
for the duties of statesmen, and a. illus
trating that in one case at least the con.
verse of that proposition was tenable:
HEADQUARTERS Army OF THE PoToMAC,l
March 90, 1888
Hon. Elssin H. Stanton, 6scrstosy Of Wor:
Has the resignation Of Major. General Higel
been accepted or IL that officer 70 be removed
from the command OF the Eleventh CoEpsI
desire 70 ascertain, In order that II 20, Major.
General Howard, the highest In rank IN this army
for advancement 10 corps commander, may be
assigned TO It. General Howard 10 40 offlCer Of
uncommon merit, b fasorably known 70 this
army, and Il fully identified with lie history. ]
would consider the services Of an entire corps a.
entirely loet were II TO fall into the hands a
Hajor-G General Gchurz, the senior 0flceF now %
duty withgit It u highly importanl that tho
commxD6ox pf Ne Eleventh Corps should he
named Ant iAat ~ ahonId - a dalF nth n
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On Monday DIR. Tanners symptoms
were very much worse than on the pre-
vious day. Nausea and fever showed that
his stomach was greatly lrritated. For the
first time he admitted that he was grow
ing weaker, but expressed confidence that
he would hold out until the end of the
forty days, which will be at noon to-day.
On Tuesday his condition was declared
by attending physicians to be much i'm
proved. On Wednesday he had large
number of visitors, and, although he had
several attacks of nuasea, his condition
was about the same as the day before,
and he seemed in good spirits.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
; NI-WEEKLF FLORIDIAN FOR FIFTY
CENTS.

lie FLORIDIAS will be sent 10 subscribers,
ID ihe Isl Of August 10 the 1st of November,
3 Fzflg Cat. August, September and October
embrace the most active period of the pres
campaign, and persons who wish TO keep
lraiely informed Of The progress of the Demo
.lic cause should avail themselves of this op-
-tuniiy 10 secure irst-class newspaper for a
g. re frife
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Mr.. T. J. Edmondson, of Double Oak
Plantation, LeAore county, Miss, gives
the YasoO TaHey Flag an interesting de-
tailed report Of an experimental crop Of
cotton grown by him on Eve acres Of land
in 1879. He made 1926 pounds seed
cotton, from which 4,sl4 pounds Of lint
and 81 tons of seed were obtained, the
former realizing &5s0es, or an average of
ll.o2c. per pound, while $5 per ton was
obtained for the seed, or 4s2.6O His ex-
penses were as follows: Cost ofpreparing
land and cultivating crop, (ls4 days of
hand at &l5 dollars per monthly &lO.s4 /;
board of hand, team, and wear and tear of
tools, estimated at $12.ss; expense of
picking cotton, ginning, bagging and ties,
ETC., $ll847; rent of FIVE acres of land,
at % per acre, $40; expense of shipping,
selling, ETC., &S6.O9-.making total ex-
pense of SPLITS, which, deducted from
the total receipts, leaves a net profit of
$S45.4O. This, says Mr.. Edmondson, is
a clear profit per day of 1892, and a
clear profit per acre of $69Os. He fur
Their states, however, that, though no fer
tilizers were used in 1879, they were used
literally on the same ground in 1878.
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mo nA1HS 'em again. ma rays Bn1H
Respects 10 the E'atriOt.
Mr. Dyke: / was mtey proud that you print
ed my letter, and 1t was the first time anything
rote was printed. think thare was some coll
ored men read the letter which will do them
good for herd about it. One said he was goin
to vote for Conover but he hated 1t mitily,
Anuther said that Conover treeted the foxes thas
went to Jacksonville nifty bad !; that he hired the
cars for three hunderd dollars and got over 800
10 20 at dollar apeace. and made 500 dollars BY
the operation and yet he made all the colored
men who helped sci the tickets pay thare way at
dollar ahead. has ways 10 hear these things,
and knO how cOlored foxes talks. herd an
uiher man say that Conant came to board at
Tallahassee so he could boss the votes of the
workmen at the car shops too, but don't kno
how that is. He had no other call to he liveA
in Tallahassee that anybody knos Of.
see a copy of the Patriot loo that was printed
Satterday, and il had a lot about my letter. 1t
said something about New Jersey and justice
and so on, but / never was in New Jersey, 50
they are on the rong track that time. Conover
come from New Jersey so they say aud mabey
he IS the one they wus alludin to- Mus be fraid
l wus goin to tel something bad about what Con-
over done in New Jersey.
The Patriot must been badly hurt about my
teln so much about the way the radikles done
TO the colored man, for they got whole lot
about colored mems letters aud make lots of fun
as they call it about coored men ritin letters.
Well mabey they think il will pay them TO make
fun of the colored man and make out like he
amt got sense to rite letters but thale find out
how it pays at lection time. They say that no
INTELLIGENT colored men will rite letters to say he
is tired and ashamed of the company he been
keepin with the radikles. Mabey not but they
don't do Conover any good sayin SO or by
sayin that any cOored mans vote can be bought
by drink of boorbon whskey That is the
only hope they got mabey to get votes, but
it amt like it used to be and they cant get votes
that way by tellin how they used to do it.
Colored men amt saYin much but they is doih
heap of thinker about now, and when lectioa
time comes the radikles will be convince how bad
they are fooled.
| l am done now, and no more 10 rite now
but mabey I will have something else before
very long.
With my respect to you and to friends who arr
hepn me to get an honest living,
MALAKI Moss.
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At the recent Democratic ratification meeting
Bloxham made different speech from what he
did in 1873. But Call made up for it, BlOxham
said, when here before, If Drew appointed Re-
publican he would resign. Joseph H. Lee.
In political apeOOh, reported in the
Republican organ of this city, Mr.. Lee is
said to have used the above language. 1t
is not true. Mr.. Bloxham never said in a
speech here or elsewhere that if Governor
Drew attempted to appoint Republican
to office he would resign. Mr.. Bloxham
did say in speech in this city, after Sc
verely criticising the course Of Mr. Hicks,
that if Governor Drew should appoint
s1ch Republicans to Office he would re-
sign. But this is quite different thing
from saying that if Governor Drew ap-
pointed Republican he would resign.
Mr.. Bloxham is known to be liberal and
progressive, and no one is aware of this
better than Lee. Some time since he him.
self wanted an appointment. To whom
did he apply? Why, he wrote to Blox
ham, and Bloxham endorsed his applica-
ton and requested Governor Drew to ap-
point him, which was done. 1t was not
much of an office, to be sure-that of N O.
tary Public-but Mr.. Lee wanted it and
applied to Bloxham to get it for him. He
is, therefore, the last man who ought to
appear before an audience of colored peo-
pie and endeavor to prejudice them against
Bloxham by repeating that which he
ought TO know is untrue Union, I.-
W2 81.