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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
A Bricklayer,

There Is at present o great exodus Of
tourists from this country. as well as
nm unusual influx of immigrants from
Europe. Should Atlantic travel in
crease hereafter In like ratio, that
ocean will become thoroughfare equal
TO the railroads, even il not, as an en-
thusiast lately exclaimed, Carving as
many gazers over the waters, as there
are fish in the waters And what
strange fish sometimes float over tho
surface! Scene on Atlantic steamer.
Boston bound, season, January, 1878.
Passengers scarce thirty. Among them
is well-dressed, refined, but silent
gentleman, unknown TO all the rest.
Curiosity at last asserts herself A gal
liant prompted thereto by half dozen
OF the fair sex, accosts our taciturn
passenger in his deck promenade.
Passed you in London" "Ahr'
"Moist climate" Eyes. Bricks have
to be sprinkled when / lay them in our
dry climate, no need of it there" Ex-
cunt both in opposite directions, inc
silent man restored to himself, the in
tcrlocutor to the ladies'. Great discus
sion among the latter ensues concern
ing the discovery of the 'inco's" pro-
fession. Ten days elapse. Land an-
nounced A second attack on our
quiet knight Of the trOwel is planned
and executed. Good morning, sir"
Good m orning." Pardon me, did
understand that you are brick-layerp"
Yes, lay bricks" was the polite
answer of the mysterious man, bowling
as he passed on. leaving his interrogs-
tor more puzzled than ever. Screams
of laughter soon followed at the other
end OF the deck, and evidently the adj
ditional discovery had wrought an UNI
usual commOtion among the passen-
gers, all assembled TO hear the result
OF the colloquy. Train approaching
Baltimore. The silent man and the in
quisitve both on board. Train halts
at station. An elegant carriage
awaits the former, who busies himself
about his baggage. The inquisitive
asks the colored footman, who had
grinned a hearty welcome TO his mas
ter: please tell me, my man, what
does this gentleman doP" "Do! He's
been gwen on a journey. sah." Eyes,
but he said he was a brck-layer. -
What dat! He mind his own business.
He build many brick houses on his
state, but he don't do it himself, no
more dan you, sab, lie ex-governor Of
Maryland, and got mighty big prop
erty, but no neber talk about it. It
don't turn his head. lie keeps his
mouth shut tight as an oyster and his
head as level as biscuit-board. ~
UeuUer Inter- Ocean.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
Esthetic Boston Takes to Drinking Beer.


The Traveller says beer is fast get
ting TO be the family drink of Purtanic
Boston, aud the beer-wagon only diff
fers from the milk-cart in that one
comes weekly and the other daily.
Both are equally common on the
streets. In former years many families
bought their beer regularly and had it
delivered, out they would never let the
beer-wagon stop in front Of thnir houses.
1t might stop in front Of the neighbours
or anywhere it pleased, while the driver
delivered his goods. but their reputa-
ton TO be endangered by a beer-cart,
never!
The margins are small, but the BUSH
ness. like most of its neighbors. has
reached hard pan. One great source
Of loss is the waste in bottles. All
dealers have TO trust these out. and as
junk men willingly pay fifty or sixty
cents dozen for them many are lost.
Two dozen bottles and rack are worth
about $3.50, II two or three bottles
are missed. all the margin for profits is
gone. One firm lose something like
5000 year in this way. A great i'm
proyement in lager bottles is the pa
tent stopper now used this saves the
cork, is easy to work, and has the merit
of cheapness. Bottlers buy them by
the gross, and have the glass manufac-
turers put them OH the bottles. A sim
liar invention for tonic bottles would
make somebody's fortune.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
Mothers! Mothers !! Mothers n!

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with the excruciating pain of cutting
teeth9 II so, go at once and get bottle of
Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
depend upon it; there is no mistake
about it. There is not q mother on earth
who has ever used it, who will not tell you
at once that il will regulate the bowels,
and give rest to the mother, and relief and
health to the child, operating like magic.
1t is perfectly safe to use in all cases, and
pleasant to the taste, and is the prescrip-
ton of one of the oldest and best female
physicians and nurses in the United States.
Sold everywhere. % cents bottle.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
II is mistake 10 assume that rose
by another name would smell as wheat.
BE Wanted To Die.

Douglass, the murderer Of Alics
carp, under sentence of death at Vir-
GINA, Montana, recently expressed his
willingness to die, and in order that he
might note the flight of his remaining
hours of life, he induced the sheriff 10
let him have a clock in his cell 1t soon
stopped running. Examination showed
thai the condemned man had taken of
about ten inches of the main spring, to
be used for a saw. and had taken other
parts of the mechanism. He was then
ironed. Suit Luke Tribune.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

Some time since Detroiter went TO
Arkansas TO look up some property
left by will. and in his wanderings he
put up'one night with a farmer who had
not much TO brag OF in the way of
house. There was one big room with
a garnet above, and when it came bed
time the Detroiter was packed away
under the roof. While he had met with
no adventures worth recording, he
knew that he was in section where
every man is expected to look out for
himself. Therefore, before going TO
sleep, he put his revolver under his pill
low and made up his mind what to do
in an emergency. About midnight
the emergency arrived. The Wolver-
inc heard some one in his room, aud
he reasoned that robbery and murder
could be the only excuse. Out came
the revolver and he blazed away at q
dim figure until he had fired six bull
let's After the last one voice in
quired:
Stranger, have you got through
shootingp"
who is it, and what do you wants"
demanded the stranger.
''lt's me- replied the farmer. "rhe
old womans got the tooth-ache till she
can't rest, and come to ask ye fur
pinch of that tine-cut tobacker as n
remedy. was jest going to speak
when 70 blazed away with yer pop
gun
"And l might have killed your
.Yes, about one chance in a million.
Say, stranger, let me gin ye a piece of
advice"
We'll"
Trade that pop-gun OF for fifteen
cent drink and buy ye knife. When
We hit with knife the splnters has go'
to fly, but when ye begin shootn' with
sich irons as that ye are apt TO spile all
the old woman's red peppers or shoo'
yer own thumbs OIL. The fellers around
here have been poppin' away at me ful
three years back, and the only damag,
they ever did was to knock hind but
ton of my coat. Detroit Free Press
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
A DMINIsTRATOR'S SALE.

"A
Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance
Of an order aud decree made and entered In and by
the county court Of Alexander county, state of Il
nos, at the June term thereof A. D., 1881. In Ger
OF the estate of William NJ Atherton, deceased
was plaintiff, and Juda Atherton, Francis ID. Ather
ton, Thomas j. Crazy, Maria J Riggle, Francis NJ
Anterior. RebeccaJ Atherton, Hezekiah NJ. Ath
Thomas D. Atherton, Elizabeth Wicker, Elijah Nj
peeler, Ellen Young, Smith Young. Francis
Young, James M. Craig, Emma Craig. Alice Craig
Mary Craig, Elzsda Finch, John Goodwin
Lulu aud William J. Atherton, we're defendants,
|. the undersigned, az such administrator aforesaid.
will proceed to sell the south east quarter of the
south west quarter OF section number twenty-siy
() and the wet half of the north eaet quarter and
the east half Of the north west quarter of section
number thirty five t35), all r township number
htcen 90 south range number two l2), west OF the
the third principal meridian, in Alexander
county, state Of Illinois. ON Thursday, september
first 1881 at eleven o'clock In the foieDoan, at tho
railroad station house In Hodges Park IN said
county, The terms Of sale are one-half cash down
and the other hall In one year with six per cent In
terest, secured by note aud mortgage on p cmiscs
sold And ut the same time and place; tho under.
signed az such administrator, will sell at public
sale the following described lots in tho town OF
Hodges Park, yin said county, namely Lot mum
bcrs four and six (4) and t6) in block number Ave
eight (s) In block number ak
(89; lots numbers eightls) and ten 10), In block
number seven ca; lot number eight az IN block
number fourteen QN; lot number seven az 10
block number fifteen d5) lots numbers one ~
and three az In block number seventeen; 10y mum,
her Ave ~ in block number twentyoDo (2). lot
number six COY In block number twenty two (sa), In
pursuance OF decree and order ofsaid county court
made aud entered At tho July torn thereof. A, D.,
1890 In certain case wherein the same parties
above named were plaintiff and defendants said
io,a Ia N aid n thc name tCrmN above gDuCi.
dcd except where the sale Ia for q eum not OK.
cceding ton dollars the Same must be paid Al tho
time OF the purchase Said salos aro To DO made
for the purpose Of paying debts Of the said estAte
JACOB RlGGlE,
July 20, 1881. Administrator, etc.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

State Senator Burton, colored, Of
Fort Bend county TIE xas, is estimated
20 be worth $4,000. He is an educat-
ed man. While slave in Virginia he
was taught reading and writing by his
mistress. She was made very poor du-
ring the war and he showed his appre-
citation of her instruction in former
days by supporting her in adversely UNI
til death. On her daughters wedding
day lie sent her 81 200 check. The
whole OF his property has been acquired
in Texas.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
A Liberal Offer.

Wagner & co. Michigan Ave. & Jackson
st. Chicago, offer to send Electric Belts,
Bands, etc, for the cure of Nervous Deblli.
ty and other diseases, free, for examination
and trial before purchasing. These Elec-
trio Devices are the invention of DR.. d. A.
Joy, OF the University of Michigan, and are
claimed to be the only Electric Devices OF
Appliances for the cure Of diseases tha,
have yet been constructed upon scientific
principles. See their advertisement in this
paper.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

It was to make him "the right kind
Of boy" that father in Newark, O.,
subjected his son to discipline that
borders dangerously near diabolism.
1.-THE stick put on his tongue" said
he on the trial Of the case, "was a flat
hickory stick. an inch wide, and one
fourth of an inch thick. | split it back
over half way, put an ordinary carpet
tack in the top part of the stick, had
him put his tongue in. and pressed
down with my thumb and finger, and
he pulled his tongue out. l put Il on
several times. FURNISHED him in this
way to make an impression on his
mind"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

Papa was at his toilet, and his
youngest daughter. aged six, who had
found her way into his dressing-room,
was watching the progress of his shin
ing razor with the keenest interest.
Presently her elder sister came in
search of her, urging, You must come
away, May. while Papa is shaving"
81 guess not" retorted the little wit,
quickly; "a can stay, cause I'm his lit
tie shaverm
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

We have no nervous tonic at once SO
reliable and convenient as Fellows Syrup
of Hypophosphites, and we, therefore, glad
ly recommend it in the diseases of such or
gans as depend for health upon involunta-
~ muscular action.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

HUNDREDS of men, women aud children
rescued from beds Of pain, sickness and
almost death and made strong and hearty
by Parker's Ginger Tonic are the best evil
dences in the world of its sterling worth.
You can find these in every community
Post See advertisement.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulsers, salt rheum, tever sores,
etter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns' ana
all kinds Of skin eruptions. This salve Is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction IN
every case or money refunded Price 20
cents per box. For sale by GEO. Il. O'HARA
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

: A sailor was recently brought before
a magistrate for beating his wife, when
the magistrate attempted to reach his
heart by asking him If he did not know
that his wife was the weaker vessel"
IF she Is she ought not to carry so
much sail" replied Jack.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
INDIGESTION,
Grandmother

Used to says: "Boys, if your blood is out
OF order try Burdock tea and then they
had to dig the Burdock and boil it down
in Kettles, making nasty, smelling decoc-
ton now you get all the curative proper.
ties put up in palatable form in Burdock
Blood Bitters. Price $l.00, trial size 10
cents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
A Good Snuara Meal

Is too often followed by disordered stom-
ach, symptoms Of dyspepsia OF indigestion.
Every, miserable dyspeptic IN the land
should know that he can be cured by a
timely use Of Burdock Blood Bittcrs.
Price 81 90, trial size 10 cents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

The highest hopes and interest of the
race rest on the purity, health and strength
of womaphood. We take pleasure IN refer
ring our readers to the remarkable efficacy
of Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in all that class of diseases from
which women suffer so much.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
No Matter What Happens

You may rest assured that you are safe in
being speedily cured by Thomas Eclectrlc
Oil in all cases of rheumatism, neuralgia,
toothache, etc. One trial only is necessary
to prove its efficacy. Paul G. Schulz, Agent
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

Use the Paragraph Binder. Covers furn-
lshed free of charge. No extra charge
over ordinary binding for the tablets.
Furnished only by THE CAIRO BULLETIN
for putting up Letter, Note, Bill Heads and
other printed stationery.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

conrsc of this medicine will restore we los. I"no
tons and procure health and happiness ~p srScSc
, %s was beInr used With wonderful sue
Gers. a, ,,,. "a. ,,o,, md
got full particulars, =, s,v nscl.
Price, Specific; NJ 90 per psokage; VI rscs,pt of
money. Address all orders, ,,,>,y co
j, b. SIMPSONS MEDICINE co; ~
Nos iO4 and tO6 Main St.. Butialo' M l.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10

Ah s~
Age and diseases
that lead to Con
sumption Insani-
ty and an early
grave, or both.
No matter how
shattered I b o
system may he
from excuses OF
any Kind. A short
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
MEDICAL.
To Nervous sufferers treat European Rem.
edy--Dr. ]. h. Simpsons Specific Medicine.
Tbs Positive Cure

DIR. ]. b. simpsons Specific Medicine lisa posi-
tive cure for Spermatorrhea, Impotcncy, Weakness
and ali diseases resulting from Self Ahnse m Ner
vous Debility Irritabillty Mental Anxiety langnor
iassitude. Depression ofSpri,e and functional do
,angementa ofthe Nervous System generally Pains
10 ia sh or Side Ilnse Of Memory. Prematnre Old
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
DIR. FLAGG'S
INSTANT PAIN RELIEF

IL wonderful and immediate cure for all aches
and pains
eB- Cheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache. Ear
ache, Cuts, Bruises, Sprains, etc.
Sold at all Druggists.
Wholesale depot 50 John st. NY.
Send for circular.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
TO YOUNG MEN AND OTHERS.

We send on trial for thirty days our Electro-Vol'
tale Belts, Bands and Suspcnsorics, TO young men
and others suffering from weaknesses, nervous do'
hility lost vitality lost manhood, and many other
diseases. We guarantee speedy cures md com
plcte rcsto -ati0n Of manhood Address without
DELAY. VOLTAGE BELT 60. MarshAll Mich,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-01-20

war, or more securely weld the bonds
OF fraternity, without which we cannot
become a homogeneous nation, than
Tor the descendants, lineal and politi-
cal, OF the victors of Yorktown to gath
er together and recount and commem-
crate the deeds of valor and heroism
which secured our independence. In
accordance with the terms Of resolu-
ton adopted by the board of commits
sloners, [ respectfully recommend that
an appropriation be made by you suffi-
Client TO enable the state of Wisconsin
TO take suitable part in the ceiebra-
ton OF this centennial anniversary.
CONCLUSION.
The richest blessings of divine prov
ldence have been bestowed upon our
nation during the past year most
abundantly. Nothing that could con-
tribute to our material or political well
fare has been withheld, and, in conse-
quence, financial and commercial af-
fairs We're never in a more satisfactory
condition, the evidences of universal
prosperity and contentment were never
more abundant. and the prospects for
continued advancement in wealth, in
education, and in all things necessary
to make people truly Independent,
never more encouraging. We have
reason, also, to be most profoundly
grateful that the results of the late pres
idential election were so decisive, and
were obtained by methods so
unobjectionable, as to secure
q, prompt and cheerful acquiescence
therein for the time being, and, in adj
dltlon thereto, the assurance that they
will be accepted by the great body of
intelligent people in every state as the
conclusive adjudication that, in the
United States, the nation, and not a
state, is supreme This is promise
of the impending and final disintegra-
ton of sectionalism, and marks the
dawn of an era, most anxiously await
ed by the people of Wisconsin, when
there shall be, politically, neither north
nor south, east nor west
WILLIAM E. SMITH.
MADISON, January Is, 1881.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-01-20
IRON STEAMSHIPS
An Enterprise which Promises a Re-
V6lutfOn in Steamboat Building.
New York Tribune

New \ DIRK Tribune
The building of iron steamships and
their superiority over wooden vessels,
the many losses of wooden steamboats,
in the last season have led to a move
ment among capitalists in this city,
Philadelphia and elsewhere to organize
the Iron Steamboat Company with a
capital Of $10,000,000, to be divided in
to 100000 shares of 500 each. Its
purpose is to build fleet of thirty iron
steamboats,, especially adapted to the
requirements of passengers; to be Of
great speed, constructed in the most
substantial manner, noncombustible
ana with numerous water-tight COM
partments, which will render them in
capable of sinking or being destroyed
by fire, as In the case of some of the
Sound steamboats, the last season.
There could be no such disasters to re-
cord with iron steamboats,, it is urged
as the collision and destruction by fire
of the Narragansett in the Sound on
the night of June II, when about fifty
lives were lost; the burning Of Seawan-
baka in the East river, on the 28th of
June, when about forty-fve lives were
lost; the stranding and wreck of the
Rhode Island in the Sound, November
6; the damage to the Massachusetts by
striking a rock in the Sound year ago
and the sinking by collision of the
Adelaide in the North river; the sink
ing of the Erastus Coroing and many
other boats. The building of great
hotels at Coney Island, Long Branch
and other watering places near the
metropolis, to which hundreds Of thou
sands of persons go daily, and the Gus
tom of pressing into service wooden
steamboats, which are considered al
most unsafe to carry freight and pas
sengers on the Sound and on the Hud-
son river, and the numerous accidents
which have occurred to excursion
boats in the past, demand that greater
attention shall be paid to the safety of
the travelling public than heretofore,
and to answer this demand is the pur-
pose of the nest corporation. A con-
tract has been made to build several
steamboats, for this company-four by
Cramp & Son, and three by Roach q
Son, which will combine all the requir-
ements specified above. These are to
be ready early in the coming season,
and will run to Coney Island and Long
Branch. Contracts have also been en-
tered into, extending over a term of
years, by which the company has the
exclusive right to Coney passengers
from New York and its vicinity to the
iron pier at Coney Island, and SINH
lar exclusive right to Coney passengers
over one of the leading railroads to
Coney Island. Arrangement are also in
progress to acquire large and profit
able excursion business from the Erie
and Pennsylvania Railroads. During
the winter months the boats will be
utilized in Southern waters. The COM
pletion of the Cape Cod Canal, which
is expected at an early day, will af-
ford facilities for running a through
line of iron steamboats, to Boston with
out breaking bulk Of freight or awaken
ing passengers to complete their jour
ney by rail.