The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-18
ALL SORTS.

A company is being formed to develop
the Cahawba coal fields on the line OF
the Selma, Rome and Dalton railroad.
After the city of Worcester, Mass,
had expended $4,000 in erecting an
engine-house, it was discovered that
the city had no title to the land.
Many Boston capitalists are interest
ed in the Inverness Oil and Land COM
pany, OF Nova Scotia, which has bought
twenty-five thousand acres Of oil land
in Cape Breton.
AT Big Creek, Ark, a huge cata-
mount, caused stampede among the
stock in large pasture. 1t followed
the cattle to the house, went into the
yard, cleared OUT the dogs, and then
went under the house for rest. A
gun was discharged and so was the
catamount.
waiter" called Henderson, at the
eatinghouse, 'this is the worst steak
ever encountered it. just like leather"
"lndeedm said the waiter, his face
lighting up with pleasure, I'm glad.to
hear you say so, sir. There is nothing
like leather, you know"
The population Of Eureka Springs,
Ark. is about fifteen thousand. Dur
ing the heated summer months it went
down probably TO twelve thousand, but
now it is increasing daily. Brick CHM
neys and plastered rooms are coming
into fashion in Eureka Springs; so are
glass windows, in the rural districts Of
Arkansas.
Suits against the Emma Mining COM
pany in Utah have been compromised,
and the working Of the mine will prob
ably be resumed. This Emma mine,
through certain swindling operations,
became one Of the most notorious in the
country. English parties lost large
sums Of money in it, and that il is in
the hands Of new company, if any
richness should be discovered, there
would be a new howl.
The question who shall administer
the estate Of the late Mark Hopkins Is
before a San Francisco court. Mrs.
Hopkins was lately removed as admin
strator. The public administrator asks
for it. His application is opposed by
he legal heirs. Moses Hopkins is pre-
sented for the position by Mrs Hopkins,
and he is opposed by Samuel F. Hop
kins, as incompetent The property is
valued at Sl5,000,000.
Cap. Maxwell, British naval officer
who has been cruising with his ship in
the western Pacific, writes home that a
striking peculiarly of the Ellice island
ers is the entire absence Of arms among
them. He did not see club or spear,
or any weapon whatever, either in the
aands or houses of these natives. AT
Ponapi, in the Caroline islands, he was
greatly impressed with the magnitude
and solidity Of the residences OF former
chiefs, now in ruins. On one islet he
found four complete squares built one
in he other. with walls, some Of them
thirty-fve feet high and twelve thick.
By the will of the late Josiah Parsons
Cooke, OF Boston, $500 is lett for q
monument at Northampton, Mass, &c
Mai, Aaron Cooke, one OF the iirsl
settlers Of northampton. who died II
1890. Prof Cooke, Of Harvard, son o.
the testator. in compliance has ordered
sarcophasus of pink Quincy granite
seven aet broad and five feet ten inche;
high. A fac-simile Of the original stone
is craven on the sarcophagus, and thu
stone itself l. inlaid in the new monu
ment.
Water was being bored for at Wood
vile, Jefferson county, \. Y, and wheI
forty.seyen feet below the surface ;
fountain Of water and gas was reached
and the drill, weighing six hundre,
pounds, was thrown up, and the water
thick with some mineral solution, wa
also thrown twenty-five feet in the air
q large quantity OF gas escaping at tn
same time. A pipe was inserted an'
the well continues to flow. Six ant
one-h 81 pounds of water was boile'
down 10 one-fourth pounds, when it be
came solid matter which has salin
pungent taste, The latter resemblin,
that of sal ammoniac.
The latest rush" in Idaho is to tn
North Fork, about fifteen miles aboy
Ketchum, where ledge two and a hal
feet wide of milling ore that assays ~
in the thousands was discovered recent
ly. The discovery was purely accident
al. A prospector slipped from ledg
of overhanging rock into the water Ii
crawling on the bank he saw nativ
silver and copper stains protrudinI
from a crevicc. A few minutes worl
proved the existence Of a ledge.
"Bobtail cars" those which have
driver but no conductor, are command
ne the attention Of the New York So
tiety for the Prevention of Accidents
Scanning sidewalks for passengers
Watching the fare-box and looking afte
lis horse, ETC., is believed to be to-
much for one man to do. 1t is con
ended that conductor would lesser
he number of accidents on the tram
ways.
Miss Braddon in trying to brinI
SCOTS novels within "the reach of tn
poor and needy" is not satisfied wit
merely condensing them. The Londo
Saturday Reciew says she has not onl
Lbrdged Scott, but has altered him. |
('Rob Roy" she has recast the plot
Impressed whole characters, correcte
he Scotch and added touches to tn
umor The Rertep says the Bradd
nized story "opens with ridiculou
Gene, which for its folly would BIO
isgrace even to one of Miss Braddon
WIN novels"
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