The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-09

| lcOn' ms iot OF me mix cows WnlCn
were advertised in THE BULLETIN several
| days ago, were mostly blooded Jersey stock,
which were from stock farm conducted
| by Mr.. A. II. Hall and his brother, in this
end Of the state somewhere. They had de-
voted themselves to the raising Of fancy
stock, aud for this purpose had secured
some of the full blooded Jersey breed at a
considerable outlay of money; but this ex-
traordinary rise in feed of every discrip-
ton and the almost total destruction of
pasturage, has compelled them to abandon
the business rs a loosing one and to dispose
of their stock at figures far below their real
value and original cost The immediate
consequences of this action on the part of
the stock raisers everywhere will of
course be the reduction in the price
meat lard, etc, but the after consequences
will be exactly the reverse. And this, to-
gether with the advance of the other COM
mon necessaries of lite, such as meal, flour,
etc, promises unusually hard times for the
poorer classes of humanity all over the
the land
There is a lot of mutilated coin in cir
culation Just now which most people have
a vague idea is not worth face value. The
people are correct in this, but very little at
tention is paid to it, and very few people
ever refuse n dime with hole in il, or q
battered quarter, the pieces which suffer
the most probably because of their small
value Many persons, indeed, will eagerly
secure and keep dime which has been
bored by some mischievous party, having
heard somewhere, at some time, that II is
lucky The quarter of dollar piece, on
account of its size, is frequently utilized by
ingenious parties for slceve-bultons or pins.
One side is worn down smooth and an mi.
ta engraved on 1t, while shank is affixed
to the other side. 1t is funny how these
relics turn up, generally IN barrooms. The
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ishod, side, placed upward on the counter,
and the relic goes into the till unperceived,
for drink. Then in the course of bust
ness, it passes into the hands of somebody
who wonders who o. T.. @. is who has his
name engraved on it. It is not felony here
to deface the coin OF the realm, The de-
facer or the man who takes the
coin simply loses on it if
he takes it to bank.
The result is he doesn't take it to a bank,
but passes it on the first citizen he can.
When defaccd coins do reach headquarters
the presenter is "dOcked" A dollar with
q hole in It or otherwise slightly defaced is
worth about rs cents; off half and quarter
dollars discount of 80 per cent IS taken,
4 and off dimes and half dimes 40 per cent.
There is some exception to this rule, how
y ever, some of the banks consider the dis
Z counting Of every defaced coin presented as
too small business for them to engage IN
and hence take all that comes if not pre-
: sented in handfuls. There IS no means of
estimating with any degree of accuracy the
i amount of detaccd coin afoat. Whatever
reaches the government is remetcd for cash
j, but the large proportion which goes into
y the hands of brokers goes to jewelers. and
+ watch case manufacturers.
Some OF the incidents attendant u. N
= the Presidents removal from the white
=, house at Washington to the "cottage by
- the sea" at Long Branch will perhaps al
ways be interesting reading and doubly so
:, now,whle the life of the distinguished suf-
ferer is in such serious doubt. The spccta-
Gle which presented itself when the presi-
dent was carried from executive mansion is
said to have been the most mournful and
pltcous ever presented. No more sorrow
:. could have been felt by those who saw the
y suffering president when he was brought
out if the occasion had been his funeral
For the first time people other than those in
- attendance had an opportunity of seeing
y the president face to face. The color Of his
l. face was absolutely gone; he was as white
Z as tho snow-white coverlet over him. His
o lips were pale and his cheeks sunken, and
q he looked as if his life was at the lowest
u ebb, but his eyes were bright. The lower
y part of his face was bandaged covering the
= missions in the infamed gland The pluck
70 of this remarkable man was shown
n as he came out, borne by Drs. Bliss, Rey.
% burn, and Boynton, Colonel Rockwell and
e Warren Young, executive clerk. He actu-
q ally .ased his lean, paliid hand and waved
g. it to tho bowed heads that greeted him rev.
IL erently as the doctors and their assistants
~ slowly walked with him to the wagon.
70 Every eye was filed with tears OF griet at