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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
Killed by q Tram.

URBANA, ILL.,, August IA desperate
affair occurred this evening ten miles east,
in St. Joseph Township. Mr.. Alexander
was drawing load of brick, when tramp
came out of the NOUS and asked to ride.
When on the wagon he demanded Alexan-
der's money, and in the resulting contest
shot at Alexander twice. The second shot
pierced Alexander's bowels, and he will
die. The tramp fled into the woods and
has escaped. Sheriff Oldham, of this city,
has started for the scene of the murder
in pursuit of the fend. Alexander is an
old man. No other particulars are obtain
able tonight.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
The Water Famine at Decatur.

DECATUR, ILL.,, August 17.-This after
noon Gilbert Howell's pasture was set on
fire by sparks from an Illinois Central 10.
connective, and it burned savagely for near
thirty minutes. There has been, no rain
since July Is in this neighborhood. Ram
now would not save the late planted corn
which is hopelessly fired. Tbecisterns and
wells are getting lower every day, and .
serious water famine exists in some quarters
of the county.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
STATEMENT UNDER
\, OATH.
A Startling Revelation
Of Suffering.
"Oh, My God, How / Did Suf-
fer.
II Earnestly Prayed to Die"

VT have been afflicted for twenty years with an
epstinate skin disease, called by some Nj ID.
. Psoriasis, and Others Leprosy, commencing on
my scalp, and, In spite all could do, with the
help Of the most skilful doctors, It slowly but
shurely extended until year ago this winter 1t
the last three years have been unable to do any
labor, and suffered intensely all the time. Every
morning there could BIO nearly dustpanfnl OF
Scsles taleu froso the sheet on my bed, some Of
them aafas large as the envelope containing this
letter In the latter part OF the winter my skin
commence cracking open. 1 tried everything,
almost, that could be thought Of without any re.
lief. The 18th OF June started west, in hopes |
could reach the Hot Springs. reached Detroit,
and was so low thought should have to 90 to the
hospital but finally got as far as Lansing, Mich,
where had q sister living. One DR.. ----- treated
me about two weeks but did me no good. All
thought had but short time TO live. earnestly
prayed TO die, Cracked through the skin all over
the back, across nv ribs, arms hands limbs, feet,
badly swollcn, toe nails came of flngernails dead
and hard as bone, hair dead dry and lfeess az old
straw. o, my God, now did suffer.
My sister, Mrs. u. H. Davis, had small part
of box of cutcura in the house She wouldn I
give up; said We will try Cutibura some was
applied on one hand and arm. Eureka! there was
relief stopped the terri BILE burning sensation from
the word 90. They Immediately got the Resolvent
| Cutcura and soap. | commenced by taking one
tables poonful OF Resoven three times day, after
meals; had bath once day, water about blood
heat used Cuticura soap freely; applied Cutcura
! morning and evening Result returned to my
home IN six weeks from time left and my skin az
smooth az this sheet OF paper
HIRAM r.. CARPENTER,
| Henderson, Jefferson county N. Y.
| Sworn 10 before me this 18th day Of January
| 1880 A. NJ. LkFFINGWELL,
| Justice of the Peace.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

is one OF the biggest schemes for St. Louis
that you az anyone ever heard about. Do
you knowwhat all this consolidation busl-
ness rneansi'
The reporter frankly disclaimed any pre-
Gent knowledge, and asked to DO enlipht.
ened. sSf i 40
IT means that after spying out the land,
Jay Gould has come TO the conclusion that
st. Louis offers better inducements as
shipping point than either Chicago or To-
ledo. 1.-The overlooked st. Louis as term
inal point for his Southeastern system and
the Wabash, st. Louis and Pacific Railway,
he would have to move his grain to New
York or some other Eastern port, paying
heavily to carrying lines for transportation.
Freight rates are drawn so low now that he
could not contemplate such possibility
with any chance Of profit. Now the Mis-
sissippi relieves him from the dilemma, and
he improves the occasion, as he always
does, by securing control of its carrying
lines"
I'm the winter season, when navigation
is Suspended, bow will the trade be carried
orr
by way of Belmont, Mo-, aud Cairo, Til.
AT the former place an elevator has been
built, not so much for storage purposes as
for transhipping from the cars to barges.
The Missouri roads will send their cars
direct into the elevator, which will have
facilities for unloading SIX cars simultane-
ously. The capacity Of the bins is estimat-
cd at 100000 bushels, enough for
l. ALL PRACTICAL WANTS.
The Wabash during the zero term will
find similar outlet at Cairo, where, l un-
derstand, the Illinois Central will soon
commence TO erect commodious eeva
tor"
\ r"What is the cost compared with the over
| land route"
AT presens the rates are from 81s@s
cents bushel, and as the barge men admit
they could carry on the same trade at 8
cents and book profit. BY these figures
you can readily appreciate the value of the
river as cheap carrier"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

CHICAGO, GRAIN AND PORK. \"
CHICAGO, August IS, 10 A. NJ III,
Pork-Sep. $l7 95.
Wheat Oct, 81 93ss; September,
81 AN. eaa
Corn-0ct, 374c' Sep, 37ssc, Y
oats--Oct. 37ss; sep361s.
CHICAGO, August IS, 19M
Pork--Sep II So;
Wheat Oct, 81 1914 September,
81 231.
Corn Sep, 64lic; Oct, 62%.
oats-oct, 37ls; Sep. 3s1s
CHICAGO, August IS, P. M
Pork Oct, slS O21a@5; September
$l7 co.
Wheat OCT, 81 sssss Sept,
81 225s.
Corn-Oct, 64l4c; September, Gaze.
0ats-Oct 304; Sep, 3S4'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
NO HUMAN AGENCY

Can so speedily, permanently and economically
cleanse the blood clear the complexion and skin,
restore the hair, and cure every species itching
scaly and scroulons humors OF the skin, scalp and
blood as the cuticura remedies, consisting Of Cut
cura Resolvent the new blood purifier, and Cut
cura and Cuticura Soap, the great skin cures
Ask your druggist about them. Right here in this
town you may And evidences OF their greet healing
powers.
For sunburn. tan and greasy skin USE Cuticura
Soap an exquisite toilet bath and nursery sanative
fragrant with delicious flower odors aud healing
balsams.
Cuticura remedies are for sale by all druggists
Price of Cuticura u medicinal Jelly, small boxes
5Octs large boxes 81 Cuticura res0lvent, tn.
| new blood purifier, 81 per bottle. Cuiicura Medi
| large consumers 5Octs Principal depot
WEEKS IL POTTER, Boston, Mass.
EE-All mailed free on receipt of price.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
IA Liberal Offer.

Wagner B. ca. Michigan Ave. s. jackson
st. Chicago, offer to send Electric Belts,
Bands, etc. for the cure Of Nervous Debili-
ty and other diseases, free, for examination
and trial before purchasing. These Elec-
tric Devices are the invention ofDr. ID. A.
Joy, Of the University Of Michigan, and are
claimed to be the only Electric Devices or
Appliances for the cure Of diseases that
have yet been constructed upon scientific
principles. See their advertisement in this
paper.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
Bruised and Almost Suffocated.

DECATUR, ILL, August l7.-Samuel Per
kins, aged fifty years, while digging in a
tile ditch eight feet deep, north of this
city, had his right collar bone broken in
two places and was nearly smothered to
death by the sides of the ditch caving in on
him. He barely escaped with his lite.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
Bucklen's Arnica Salye,

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulsers, salt rheum, tever sores,
etter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and
all kinds Of skin cruptions. This sslve is
guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction in
every case or money refunded Price, 25
cents per box For sale by Gro. E. O'HARA
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

A new field for woman's enterprise has
been developed by Quincy lady, Miss Lii
lie Slocum, who manages a livery stable
and bus line in that city, and has pushed
ahead, in the face Of many obstacles, until
she has invested sec, 900 in stock and styl-
ish turnouts.
Miss Kittie Haller, Of Nokomis, was
married Monday, to DR.. George 8. Easter
day, Of Albuquerque, N. M.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
Horribly Burned.

CHESTER, ILL, August 17.--Mr. Henry
Wagner's son, a child two years Of age, was
horribly burned yesterday afternoon, by
pouring out bottle Of carbolic acid over
its face and chest, The child is in great
agony, but it is thought he will recover.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

Let the poor sufferers from female COM
plants take courage and rejoice that pain
less remedy has been found. I'VE refer to
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable compound.
II is prepared at 233 Western Avenue, Lynn,
Mass. Send to Mrs. Pinkham for pamph
late
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
Love Your Neighh0ls

When your friend or neighbor is laborlng
under bodily affection, indigestion, bilious
ness, constipation, caused by impurity of
blood, or disorders Of the kidneys or liver,
don't fail to recommend Burdock Blood
Bitters, asure and safe remedy Price
800, trial size 10 cents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
Badly Bitten.

Peter Kieffer, Cor. Clinton and Bennett
Streets, Buffalo, was badly bitten by a morse
and applied Thomas Eclectric OIL, which
immediately relieved the pain, and In four
days the wound was healed. Paul g.
Schulz, Agent.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

o. Bortle, Manchester, N, Twas troubled
with asthma for eleven years Had been
obliged to sit up sometimes ten or twelve
nights in succession. Found immediate re-
llef from Thomas Eclootric Oil, and is now
entirely cured.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
A Serious Runaway.

ODIN, ILL.,, August ia horse belong
ing to Shell Dsce took fright while being
driven through the street and became un
manageable, running away. He made tot
al wreck OF the buggy and badly bruised
Mr.. Dace about the head and face.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

Mus. A. N. FRANK, III West Topper
Street, Buffalo, N. Y, says she has used
Thomas Eclectric Oil for severe toothache
and neuralgia, and considers il the best
thing she knows Of for relieving pain.
Paul g. Schulz, Agent. t'el
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

The ONLY absolute specific we know of
for sneezng, snufiling and choking catarrh
or head colds is Sanfords Radical Cure,
which for the small sum of 81 affords in
slant relief and invariably cures. Medical
Times.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

HUNDREDS of men, women and children
rescued from beds Of pain, sickness and
almost death and made strong and hearty
Nv Pwkers Ginger Tonic are the best evil
dences in tho world of its sterling worth.
You can find these in every community.
Post. See advertisement. gat,e,f
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
City Omcers.

City 0fhcers.
Msyor-N h. Thistlewood.
TreAsarer-T J Kerth.
Clerk-Dennis. ], Foley.
Counselor--Wm. B. Gilbert.
Marshall. II. Meyers,
Attorney William Hendricks
soAKD OF AiDRBnES
First ward--Peter ssup. T. N. kimbroqgh
sacond Ward--Jesse Hlnkle, G. N. Hughes.
Third Wsrd--B. Y, Blake, John Wood. Co..
Fourth wsrd--Charles o. Pstier, Aooiph o"o'
'y FI,h wsrd-T. W, Halliday. Ernest B. Petit
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
County Officers:
CHURCHES.


<,AIRo BAPTIST. Temperance hall on Tentn
1 street: preaching drst and third sundys ln
sseb month, II q. m. and 1870 m. prayer mect
Inc Thursday, 7:30p. m sunday scn9ol' y.ov s.m'
<-,uuRcu or THE RKDgEMER-(Epi
I rnn,teenth street; Sunday 7:oOa. m, Holy
Eroh sssf. q:yD a. m, Sunday school lO9b a. m,
Morning prayers; s:0op. m, evening prayers r.
p rsyeniort, S. II, II. Rector.
r,ypsT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
reaching at 10 80 q. m, p. m, and I;5e p. M
sabbath school st 73O p. m rev. IL d. Snores'
phstor n.
. urpKRAN-Thirteent street; services sab
hath / 80 q. m, Sunday school Up m. Rev
Knappe, pastor.
rrvTHoDIsT-Co Eighth and Walnut streets;
M preaching Sabbath 1870 q. IN. and y. m (;
a,.,s, meeting, Wednesday 1880 p. M; sunday
SsSno a m Rev. Whitaker, pastor.
oRRsBYTRRIAN--Ei Eighth street; preaching on
sabbath at II 100 q. m. and 7:30 p. m; prayer
,rostinc wednesday at 7.S0 p. m; Sunday school
stsn' n. Rev B. Y. George, pastor
cw JosEpH's- -{Roman Catholic, Corner Cros'
Sisra Walnut streets; eervices sabbath 1880 a.
- SUNDAY School at . p. m. Vespers p. m. ser
Tces every day at 8a. IN. Rev. oHara' Priest.
an pArRICKs-tRom Cstholic) Corner Ninth
= street aud Washington avenue services Ssp
nstb and 10 a. m Vespers 3 p. m sunday scnoo
an. m. services every day ats g. M rev. maStersoi
priest. -------------------------
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19

The trimmings" are coarse shavings and make
the best summer wood for cooking purposes as well
a. the cheapest ever sold In Cairo. For black
smiths use inserting tires, they are unequalled
Leave yuor orders 1T the Tenth street wood ward
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
THE TwENTY.FIRsT ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES BROADWAY, NEW YORK
HENRY B. HYDE, President.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 81 1885,


bends will DO declared, available ON settlement OF
next annual premium, to ordinary participating
policies.
The valuation OF the policies outstanding has
legal standard Of the state ofNew York.
q. w. PHILLIPS, ..,,.x,o.
j q. VAN CISE. ho'a"'ies'
We, the Undersigned have, In person, carefully
examined the accounts, and counted and examined
IN detail the assets Of the society, and certify that
the foregoing statement thereof 10 correct.
BENNINGTON Y. RANDOLPH,
JAMES M, HALSTED,
THOMAS A. CUMMINs.
HENRY y, TERBELL,
JOHN SLOANE,
Special Committee Of the Board OF Directors,
appointed Oct. "a, 1890 TO examine the assets
and accounts Ut the close Of the year.
BOARD Or DIRECTORS.
Henry d. Hyde, John A. stewart
George d, Morgan, John Jones,
George +. Adoe, Robert Lenox Kennedy,
Henry A, Huhbut, - Ghauncy NJ. Depew,
Henry spaalding, Benjamin Williamson,
William II Fogg, Henry NJ. Alexander,
William A. Wbeelock, william Walker,
Parker Handy, Henry Day,
William q. Lambert ", Boudin0i Colt,
Henry q. Marquand Thomas A. Blddle,
James Alexander, George w, Carleton.
Henry y. Terbell George q. Kellogg,
rhnmns s. Young, Jose n. Navarro,
In0mht n. tummlnh, bonn %, mNtOOk,
Robert Bliss, W. Whitewright,
Daniel u. Lord, stephen H. PHILIPPE,
James NJ IIalstead, samuel w. Torrey,
Horace Porter, Charles G. Landon,
Edward W. Himbert, Samuel Holmes.
BIZ. Randolph, Theodore Weston,
Alanson Trask Alexander p Irwin,
John Sloane, Il. Dewitt Cuyler,
AEhbel Green. Louis Fitzgerald,
Samuel Borrowe, villa Y M. Bliss,
Henry ~ Butler, WiIliaR Alexander,
George II. Stewart, Samuel G. Goodrich.
JAMES W. ALEXANDER. Vice Pres't
SAMUEL BORR0WE, I'd Vice Pres't.
Medical Examiners.
Il. w. Lambert, M. D., Edw'd Curtis, M d
Z. w. Scott, Superintendent of Agencies
North Western Department.
i06 Dearborn Street, Chicago.
w. N. CRANE, General Manager.
Z. A. BURNETT, Agent,
Cairo, Illinois.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
r. Il. TINE CARD AT CAIRO.

RI TINE CARD At CAIRO.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RR.
TRANS ARRIVE. TRAINS DEPART.
tMall......... 10 am mail ...........3:35 pm
sErpress 9:55 am tExorees $500. 3 - pm
'Accom dstlon. 400 pm tAccomdation'.Il'lo s'm
MISS CENTRAL X. X.
tMail .... $50 p. IN tMail....-.., ;. 3:35 IN
fExpress..-... II 80 m tkxprcss...... BID am
CAST. l.. r. n. Marrow Gauge)
express. .... 4:SO iii sExpress-.:. $40 am
sAccom 'datoin 1870 pm Accc-adstion. ;D pm
sunday excur'n sos m Sunday excur'n $40 a. m
ct L., I.M.&s r..
.Exprefs .... 2:55 am tExpfcss...-.-l2:O5p m
sAcconI' dstion 2:30 p m tAccom 'dationil:45 an
CAIRO tvINCENNEs R. r.
mail & Ex 80. 500 am mail q Ex.... s'ss Pm
'Dsily except Sunday Daily.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK GRAIN

NEW YORK GRAIN. sa
NEW YohK, August Is. ~ NJ
Wheat excited No. . Chicago
81 32@3a No. Q Red Winter, 81 4O1{@1l
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-19
JOHN SPROAT,
PROPRIETOR OF sPRoAT's PATENT
REFRIGERATOR CARS,
Wholesale Dealer in Ice.
ICE BY THE CAR LOAD OR ToN,wELI
PACKED FOR SHIPPING.
Oar Loads a Speciality.
OFFICES:
Cor. Twelfth Street and Levee,
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

OFFICERS:
W.P. HALLIDAY, President.
Il. L. HALLIDAY, Vice-PresidenL
TH0S W. HALLIDAY, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
D.. STATS TAYLOR, w.P. HALLIDAY,
HyxRy L. HALLIDAY, r. II. CUNNINGHAM,
q. -. TILIIAMe0H, eTEPHEE BIRD,
Exchange, Coin and United States Bonds
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits received and general banking buriness
conducted. e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

A CLASS for Young Gentlemen and private
Instruction. Term begins September 81 Apply to Mr.
THoMAS REEVES ASH lao West 45thst after Sept. l5.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17
gnstrurtlctI
For Bows and Young ]

For Bows and Young Men-City.
TNHE UNIVERSITY of the City of New
York. Washmston.sauaTe IN it's Departments Of Arts
plcants admission of the examined
Tuesday. the 20th at 10 In the Council Tuition
isfree- By order Of the Faculties g. w. COAKLEY,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

nj adame Mac6-Lefranc and Miss Archard's
Ah French English and German Boarding and Day School
for Young Ladies and Children will reopen September 26 at
No. 40 East 30th-st
thorough knowledge French both grammaticay and
acquired during the scholastic year French
npi an nde 0arfpn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17
MISS MARY MARRIOTT NORRIS will re

w her Glasses las East 2lssL. Gramercy Park.
Wednesday, Oct H. Preparation for Vassar Wellesley Smith
and Harvard Examinations Advanced classes for Women in
Art Literature Science Language and Mathematics Pre-
paraory department Misses Number OF boarers limited
TO ten Circulars application Miss NORRIS Boonton
NJ. till sept
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

F. A. p. BARNARD. LII. D.. President,
Aath and 5Oth sts Madison and 4th.aves.. New Or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

WILLIAM Il. LEGGETT has removed his
49, school 70 his residence 81 East slst-s The schoo
ssx sexms wednesday. september ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

w for Girls, at rs Madisonave, Monday Septem.
1881 Especial paid English branches
and Latin Separate class boys Kindergarten Linz
boarding lis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

MISS SPRINGS ENGLISH AND FRENCH
" school for Young Ladies' and Children No l2l East
Drawing Eocution Caishenics Sewing Included
Circulars at LockwoodA RandoDhy aud the school
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

EREENWICH, CONN.-Acadcmy and Board
home j.. III. ROOT lJtuCiual
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

EUERST'S INSTITUTE, College Point, l.. .
will reopen September the 9th prepared for
college and West Point military dri discipline
For circulars apply DIR. Ii. M. BAUSCHER, Principal
LII
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

1n7 EAST 35TH-ST.-Miss Nj. A. CLARK
w win reopen her English and French School for
Young Ladies' and Children September go Drawing Latin
andcaishcnics included German and French taught by
tive professors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17
COLUMBIA COLLEGE.
SCHOOL OF MINES.
SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.

Tho next session will begin MONDAY, Oct 3, at 10 a.
fpSdates will present their diplomas and c.
ea;es TO President at the College on FRIDAY Sept
Ct am
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

THE Misses Mason, 500 Lexington-ave, re-
open their school for young ladies' and children Oct
YNHE MISSES ROGERS'S English. French
and German school ladies' children No 2l6
Wont 3Sth. st, reOlens Septamber 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

For Young Ladies-Brooklyn.
BROOKS SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES,
- No II Montague Terrace Brooxlyn Y Eleventh year
beEins Septembnr 2l Mrs NJ b. J. WuIrE. PlinCinnl.
National Republican., 1881-11-02
Tho LESSON of IL.

The robbery of the Mechanics National
Bank, at Newark, N. j., of over two mil
lions of dollars, by an old and trusted
cashier, ought to teach business men II
lesson long unheeded, although often
taught by similar transactions. Baldwin,
the cashier in question, had reputation
as u financier the best in the State. The
bank was considered the strongest in New
ark. The directors were the nabobs of
the city. They all knew each other, and
they knew Baldwin. This rendered it
unnecessary, of course, to count his funds,
examine his collaterals, or test the cor
rectness of his books The bank exam
iner assumed the cashiers integrity, and
the latter, having no actual check upon
him, accepted the invitation TO dishonesty
AS few men are good enough or hu-
name enough to be entrusted with abso-
Lutte power over other men, so few men
have both conscience and stamina enough
to go unmatched foryea as the custodians
of large interests. 1t is not so much the in
tention to steal that does the mischief
rs it is the inability to make good the
sums loaned without security and bor-
rowed with the apparent certainty of
being able TO replace them. Over and
again this has been exemplihed, The
men who plume themselves on being
thoroughgoing business men read the
disasters which come from excessive CON
fldence in old bank officials of the highest
respectability and "totter on in blunders
TO the last"
In private and in public institutions
the most rigid accountability should be
exacted. Disbursing officers Of the Gov
ernment and agents. cashiers, and others
holding private trusts should be called to
account at irregular and unexpected pc
riods, and not in form only, but com
PEELED to instantly surrender for examina-
National Republican., 1881-11-02
Our Model Postmaster-GeneraI.

Postmaster-General James has had his
clerks prepare the estimates for the en-
suing year. He wants to take off $650,000
from the amount appropriated last year
for carrying the mails on routes not
reached by rail or steamboats,, while he
wants 81, 10000 added for the service by
railway. This will be good news for the
railroad kings and express companies,
but hard on the population away from
tie railway stations.
Besides the large bonus to the railroad
companies, he wants to be allowed to in
crease pay of postmasters 100000; Post
Office clerks, $3s5,000; leiter-cdrriers,
100000 and railway mailagents, $275,000
The star-route reduction of SG50O0O de-
prives hundreds of thousands of people
of suitable mail facilities, and he pro-
poses to take two-thrds of the sum so
saved and spend it on additional letter
carriers for free delivery. Uncle Sam is
to pay out 100000 extra to boys for going
to the post-ofiice and getting out letters
for the people they are sent to, and for
this he gets not cent in return. And
this liberal and progressive Postmaster
General refuses to carry letters for pay to
portion of the people for portion of
the time, so that he can thus spend the
money which that would cost in deliver
ing letters from the city post-otiices with
out charge. Oh /! humbug, thy name is
Thomas l., James.