The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-19

clever rascal has introduced new
swndIc in Boston He visited n num-
Der Of banks banking houses and
couuting-rOoms, representing himself
q, an agent OF counterfeit bank-note
dctcctor, and asked for any specimens
Of bad bills that may be on hand. The
use TO which these were TO be put was
shown TO the satisfaction Of a shop
keeper, who ha, been yiCtimi2cd by re-
cciyimg from a fellow n $50 counterfeit
bin, from which the word counter
fcil' had been erased, and giving
therefor merchandise worth g aud S4S
IN change.
Mount Observation-Disclosures Territory,
which has been inactive for nearly TWEEN
ty years, is in eruption again. A dense
volume of smoke is coming from the
mountain, while hot cinders, ashes and
lava are being thrown from its crater.
At night it pUurs forth streams OF fire
which illuminate the heavens for miles.
~ yet the How Of lava is not sufficient
70 indicate any danger. The eruption
is said 10 be magnificent sight, as the
mountain looms up to the height OF
1900 feet and is covered with snow
halfway down its side.
On certain day, years ago, two men
and au Indian .quaw arrived at
swampy spot with wagon. They went
to work and stuck up rude shanty.
a man shot awoodchuck and the squaw
skinned and cooked it. They ate the
woodchuck Then they all crawled into
the shanty and went to sleep. These
proceedings, ridiculous as il may seem,
are to be celebrated in grand style with
much braying Of trumpets and beating
OF drums, Much gunpowder is 70 be
fired and several men blown up, TO cele-
brate the Staying OF the woodchuck
For in the proceedings of those two
men and that squaw consisted the
founding Of Chicago. -BOStOH Post.
Mr. Bradaugh was called into the
lobby recently and accosted by a lively
looking young man, who very solemnly
invited hi, acceptance Of case inclos-
ing an address and a small monetary
tribute from his constituents, The case
was then opened for the production Of
the address, when ont tumbled two
hundred and fifty pennies, amid the
general mcrriment OF onlookers. The
accompanying address set forth that as
the member for Northampton had, not
outstanding the many claims upon his
purse caused by his law suits, gnerous-
~ given the sum Of one guinea to the
poor of northampton, two hundred and
fifty Of his admirers had banded to-
gether TO subscribe u sufficient sum TO
repay this handsome donation.
a great discovery has been made on
the Mojane desert, says The San Fran
cisco Chronicle which seems destined
to reyolutioni2e viticulture in southern
California. 1t has been found that
grapecuttingS inserted in the trunks of
the cacti on the desert grow and thrive
as vigorously as in cultivated land.
This fact is Of great Importance TO the
people BY the Use Of chisel man
can plant large vineyard in day,
and the vines SO planted will climb the
cactus and grow luXuriously without
cultivation or irrigation. The dry, hot
sands of the desert will afford fine
place for drying raisins In addition
to grapes, it has been proved that
melons, cucumbers, and tomatoes will
grow from the cactus stock, so that the
desert may soon bloom as the rose.
Safe-blowers in Philadelphia have hit
upon Il new plan. Two men work the
game. They enter offices and exhibit
a patent lock, resembling a safe lock,
and request the loan of n safe key just
for a second, because they have lost
their own key. They are such we'll
dressed bland fellows that the request
was generally complied with. A man
with lock takes a borrowed safe key,
inserts it, twists it around little, and,
in n minute, remarked "Confound it,
it's too bad, it won't ft,' and then re-
turns the key to the owner with many
thanks, and departs. The lock is a
dummy, and is ingeniously contrived,
so that "A wax impression of the bor-
rowed safe key is taken in the opera
ton OF attempting to unfasten it. The
Office is visited by night soon afterward,
the safe opened and robbed, and relock-
ed in the most mysterious manner.
There have been two robberies reported
to the police already.