The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-21

kllllDg blm almost instantly. A jury
acquitted Mr.. Bell.
A few days after the battle Of Bull
Run, Hooker called at the white house
TO bid the president goodbye. Taking
him by tho hand with that friendly de-
tanning grasp so habitual with him. the
president said; "Well, Col. Hooker,
what do you think OF the battle Of Bull
RunP "Mr, Lincoln, Twas on tho field
that day, and am much better general
than any you bad there" was the re-
ply The self assertion and earnest
ness of Hooker's speech aud manner
struck Mr.. Lincoln favorably. Don't
90 home yet, Colonel, we shall want
you" Soon after President Lincoln
made him a general
The past decade has only added some
765, 900 inhabitants TO Australasia, rep
resentiDg an annual growth of 1897 per
cent and much OF this has been paid
heavily for my "assisted emigration"
Victoria may be said to be declining, as
it has only increased 100000, against
100000 in the previous ten yeats. The
whole population OF New Zealand is
below that Of several British provincial
towns, and that Of Tasmania little
larger than one or two London parish
o.. These figures are as striking a
comment on the awful and wonderful
amount OF blow prevalent among Aus
tralians as their enormous Indebtedness
is. Queensland might very appropri-
ately be dubbed Borrowland.
There has been q brisk demand for
oyster shells at New Haven, Conn,
lately for use in the oyster-beds, as the
spawn adheres to them readily after
being bleached on the land, They
nave become SO indispensable that large
quantities are being brought from
Rhode Island, where they once threat
ened to cover up the state, and the
price in Providence has risen from TO
cents per bushel. The accumulation
of shells around New Haven was for
merly used to make roads, the ''shell
roads being celebrated for their hard,
smooth surface. But no more will be
made with shells in such demand as at
present Dealers think that next year
they will have to bring shells from Bal.
timore.
Sam Brannan's huge grant of land in
the southern part OF Sonora has not
turned out bonanza. The main
trouble with the grant is that the Yaqui
Indians, who hold possession of it, are
a warlike people, numbering $1,000,
and will not permit any whites to 90
into their country for settlement. The
land was granted to Brannan upon con-
dition that he would oolonize it with
American coIonists, who would hold
tie land. Americans showed no dis
position to emigrate in this direction,
and the title vested in Brannan by the
contract lapsed several weeks ago, the
preliminary surveys required by the
terms Of the grant not having been in
itiated. Brannan is at present engaged
in an effort 10 induce the Mexican gov
eminent TO change tho location of the
grant 10 land above that held by the
Yaquis and nearer the base of the Sier-
ra Madre. The grant to Brannan was
accompanied by payment OF $4,000,
which he industriously spent at Quay.
~ think" said an old topper, com.
men,ing upon the habits OF o young
man, who was fast making o beast OF
himself, when q man reaches o GER
tain pint IN drinkin', he ort to stop"
"Wen. ! thiuk,n said old Beeswax,
dryly, she ought to stop before he reach.
es pint"
"My vito won't eycli hear Of my
going to the theatre with another lady"
said Gallagher. Ragbag didn't seem
to constue Gallagher sremarks Alright.
for he said: Wont, eh3 Don't you be
100 sure of ii! / thought my wife
wouldn't, but she did, and had fear.
full time OF il.
A new tomb at Cullingsville, VT,
is copy of an Athenian temple, and
cost $4,000 Within door of bronze
and an inner one of granite are the
graves, and marble statues of the dead
are then placed in such manner that
mirrors, by rejecting them, give the
effect of long vista Of art galleries.
Cremation is no longer popular,
see" remarked Job Shuttle, this morn
ing, well, l sh'd hope not; it's bad
enough to think Of your soul burning
up, let alone the body" "Mrs. Shuttle,
| wish you wouldn't accent the word
your. and look at mo so sharply"
And the meal was finished in silence.
A colored youth sauntered into tho
Ordinary's Office at Waynesboro, Ga,
his object being to procure a marriage
license. Upon being interviewed in
regard to the are of the bride elect, ho
said she was about 40 years old, and
also gave reason for his preference
for bushng damsel SO much older
than himself that she had four or five
children who were able to work.
1t is a well known fact, says the
Scientific American, that any person
of average structure and lung capacity
will float securely in water il care is
taken to keep the hands and arms sub
merged and the lungs full of air. Yet
in most cases people who are not
swimmers Immediately raise their
hands above their head and scream tho
moment they find themselves in deep
water. The folly of such action can be
impressively illustrated by means OF a
half empty bottle aud couple OF nails.
and the experiment should be repeated
in every household until al the mem.
bers---parlicularly the women ana