The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-02
GENERAL NEWS.


Confederate bonds are selling in London
at 819 to per cent.
The resignation OF First Lieutenant Fred
d. Grant, Of the Fourth cavalry, has been
accepted.
The Craftsmanship of the republican state
committee of New York is still held by
Chester A. Arthur.
A herd of $4,000 cattle belonging to j..
G. & p. S Jones' Of Colorado, has been sold
to f, l.. Underwood g Co., Of Kansas City,
for $62j,000.
The Garfield monument committee at
Cleveland reports receipts of $3,377. A
false impression prevails that contributions
are limited to one dollar.
Nearly one hundred citizens of Tex
arkana Ark, quietly organized a vigl-
lance committee, and yesterday drove from
the town every suspicious character
The Insh land league will appoint two
tenants in each neighborhood to assess fair
rents, which amount is to be registered by
the branch leagues, and no greater sum
paid.
Mrs Garfield announces her intention to
reside permanently at the Mentor farm.
The sons will return to Williams college
this week The presidents mother is very
frail.
The war department has ordered CON-
pany X. Of the 10th infantry to proceed
from Detroit to Cleveland and guard the
remains Of President Garfield for twenty
days.
The Paris press gives indications of the
impending prosecution Of Rochefort, for
charging that Gambetta organized the
Tunisian expedition for stock ,iobbing pur-
poses.
The Illinois Central road will tins year
expend nearly 100000 for permanent i'm
proycments, including the Randolph street
yiaduct at Chicago, the depot at Hyde
Park and the immense elevator in this city.
The table Of assessments on railroads
made by the Illinois board of equalization
places the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
at the head, with $9,530,3O The Chicago
d Alton comes next, being valued at So
GS1, 1O5
George Scoyille, Of Chicago, will 90 to
Washington this week and undertake the
defense of Guitean, his brother.in-law. lie
states that Guiteau's uncle and two other
relatives died in insane asylums, while an
other is IN the Michigan retreat
The treasury department states that
there are still outstanding over S2l,000,00C
in bonds on which interest has ceased
some of which should have been offered fol
redemption eleven years ago, They will be
promptly paid off when presented, but it is
probable that most of them have been de
stroyed
The perpetrators of the Arkansas trair
robbery have been lodged in Jail at Hope
and have been fully identified. One wa
captured near Sulphur Bluff, Tex, and tn,
other two in the Indian nation. Clarl
Hull, conductor on the Iron Mountain
road, had the satisfaction of taking one o
the robbers.
George Bliss has the star route case
ready for presentation to the grand jury a
Washington. Several of those accuse
offer to give states evidence, but the prop
osition will not be entertained The frs
to be orraigned will be Brady, Dorsey, an
Salisbury. The atterls from Dea1wooC
and married niece of Secretary Blame.
A desperate attempt was made, at Palla
Green, Ireland, to blow up with dynamit
the residence of Captain Thomas Lloy,
occupied by seventeen emergency men an
police Captain Boycott was in Wes,po
Tuesday, and was followed by mob an
burned in efigy, Moffatt, the leader of q
Orange expedition in County Lou,h, wa
fred at and wounded.