The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-10

ton of the vote cast upon the refunding
| bill taken in the Legislature, will pay her
state debt dollar for dollar, with three per
cent interest. The honest people of Ten
nessee were wild with Joy when the vote
was announced.
The fifty-frst conference of the Nor
mon church is in session at Salt Lake City.
A few days ago thirteen thousand people
were gathered in the tabernacle to hear
Geo. @. Cannon deliver sermon. Dele
gates from Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and
Wyoming were in attendance.
There was man in our town,
He was 30 wondrous wise,
He thought his business would run itself,
And he didn't advertise.
| Well, bu siness was dull at first
But better times came, and it's queer,
One day with rush he sold all his stuA,
But the sheriff was auctioneer .t-Ex.
The escort for the remains of Senator
Carpenter left Washington for Milwaukee,
on yesterday morning All but one of the
senators are republicans, but they will of
course be paired with democrats so that
their absence will not effect the pending
contest so far as the relative number Of
votes is concerned.
Two hundred thousand dollars are to
be raised for the Atlanta Cotton Exposi-
ton, which takes place next October. Of
this sum Atlanta has already subscribed
$4,000, New York $4,000, Boston $25,-
900, Baltimore $500 and Norfolk $2500,
making in all $4,000, and still the work
goes bravely on.
The anti-monoPoly union Of New
Jersey numbers in its rank merchants,
lawyers, physicians, clergymeD, tradesmen,
mechanics and workingmen. In Hudson
county alone the membership is over 5000.
1t has square, standup fight with the
railroads, which it claims has got New
Jersey by the throat.
The spring municipal elections have
resulted in many unexpected victories for
the democratic party, and only few de-
feats. If these successes are an augury of
the future we may hope to reap a large
crop of still more important triumphs IN
the state elections next fall There is life IN
the old party yet, and great deal of it.
"A Los Animas, Colorado, letter of re-
cent date says that the region of country
from Dodge City to Los Anlmas, crossed
by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad, distance of one hundred and
seventy-five miles, is great cattle grave
yard. The road runs along the bank of the
Arkansas from Dodge to Granada, the first
station in Colorado, where It crosses to the
north side. 1t is in sight of the river near
| ly all the time, aud from the car windows
can be seen not less than one hundred and
fifty thousand dead cattle
New York is still slow about the
worlds fair enterprise, though newspapers
there express fear that st. Louis may yet
get the prize, and there seems to be any
thing but accord among those who have
the management Of the big undertaking
II is admitted on all sides that while il
would be great thing for New York to
have the fair held there, il would be less
Tor the general good of the country than
were II held in st. Louis, and it is of much
greater interest to Cairo that 1t be held
within hundred and fifty miles of us.
AT the beginning of the last week
Chicago elevators contained S,065,5lS
bushels of wheat, i,l55,SO4 bushels of corn,
1,44S,452 bushels of oats, 133,iG0 bushels
ofrye and 20s,l95 bushels OF barley, max
ing a grand total of l3,0G5,s50 bushels
against 1i,04s,G55 bushels a week ago, and
l5,554,473 bushels at this period year
ago. In addition to the above, vessels in
the harbors were laden with 673,10S
bushels Of corn. The toa amount of
grain in sight in the United States and
Canada on the 26thult Wheat, 21,4l3,O0O
bushels; corn, ii,206, 900 bushels; oats, B..
$4,000 bushels; rye, $4,000 bushels
barley, 2,l30,000 bushels.
"A very good suggestion is made to the
people Of Springfield, Ills, by the Register
Of that city, which, If acted upon, would
sorvea double purpose pleasure and chart
ty. II is to inauguratc the custom of
electing May queen by ballot. The plan
suggested is to open poles during the
month of May to vote Tor a queen and
with each vote Of ten cents, give the name OF
the candidate and the charity for which the
fund is intended, and the the vote an.
nouncod each day on the candidates, but
not tho object of charity. In this way the
interest Is kept up in the election. and the |