The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-22

teen thousand dollars. The sale was en-.
tirely unexpected, for the boat had already
been loaded for her trip back, and had to
be unoaded again She will run between
Memphis and point number OF miles
below, taking the place Of boat that was
sunk by the ice sometime ago,
The supreme court of Illinois has re
Gently decided that the teaching of German
in the public schools was permissible UNI
der the state law and that school directors
had the power to order that "other
branches" than those enumerated in the
school law should be taught, The case
grew out OF an application of number of
citizens of the city of Bellevilc, in this
state, for an injunction prohibiting the
board of education in that city from APP
propriating the school fund Tor the pay
ment OF teachers employed in giving in
struchon IN the German language.
Mr.. J. w. Hill showed us a number of
historic curiositics last night, which will be
on exhibition at IIartman's hall. Among
them was the Jail in which Joseph Smith,
the Mormon leader, and his brother were
murdered. The other was a letter written
to him (Mr Hid by Charles
Sumner and another, written
to his father by John G. Calhoun
and the fourth was group of young
ladies-belles in their tme--but who
would have little or no attraction for the
average masculine eye of our day
The case of Clark and McNulty came
up in the court of Squire Osborn again
yesterday. Mr.. McNulty had given Clark
notice that he must either pay up the rent
with which he was in arrears, or vacatc the
premises Clark did not obey this notice
within the five days allowed him by law
and a summons was issued by Judge
Olmsted for his appearance TO show cause
for not obeying said notice. A change of
venue was taken to Squire Osborn who
decided in favor Of the plaintve Mr.
McNulty. Mr. Clark gave notice Of an
appeal, however, and thus this case is likely
to drag on for months yet to come
The Whitcamp murder trial opened
yesterday morning with George Kohl on
the witness stand. He was questioned, up
to four o'clock in the afternoon, by the
prosecution and then Mr.. Wheeler took
him in hand for the defense He rehearsed
all the horrible details of the crime in
clear, strait forward manner which left no
doubt upon the hearers that he was telling
the truth He repeated about the same
story he told at his own trial, which must
yet be fresh IN the minds of our readers
and which we need not, therefore, repro
duce. Mr. Wheeler will resume his cross
examination Of him this morning.
Mr., EVERY, the assistant signal service
officer at this station has, among
number of other cunosities,
fancy guilt, made entirely of scraps OF
silk, OF different colOrs, which were taken
from the dresses of all the ladies whose
husbands were members of the United
States cabinet, from the first Inauguration
of Grant IN to the Inauguration Of his
frdudulency, President @ Hayes. The
scraps were gathered and the guilt made
by Mrs. EVERY, and is a real beauty 1t
will be on exhibition at the Presbyterian
Ladies Loan exhibition, as will also Mr..
Evcrlys unique armchair, constructed of
the horns Of Texas cattle, finely polished
and nicely fitted together.
"A new, ingenious and, very likely, a
very eilcctual scheme for gathering up the
loose pennies among the Sunday school
scholars of the Methodist church will soon
be introduced A number of little paste
board contribution boxes closed on all |
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sion Of the pennies, will be distributed |
among he children on some Sunday in the |
near future with the instruction to put all |
their pennies in them and to ask papa and
mamma and their little friends to put ther
spare pennies and nlckIcs in
them also, and at the
end Of amonth or so some kind Of an enter
tainmcnt will be instituted for the chill
dren at which the boxes will all be opened
and prize given to the owner of the one
that contained the most money, This will
awaken new interest in the Sunday school
among the children and afford them much
amusement and, at the same time, gather
into the Sunday school treasury small bits
Of 'the root Of all evil" without which
even Gods cause cannot prosper in this
world
ON Sunday very interesting expert
ment was tried in connection with the
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