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


The South Louisiana Canal and Nav
igation company in less than twelve
years, beginning about six miles west
of Fort Livingston, near the southern
entrance of Barataria Bay, has cut u
fine canal, westward, nine miles long,
forty feet wide, and six feet deep at low
tide, cutting into Bayou LaIourchc
about twenty miles above It's mouth,
and extending nearly thrce miles far
thcr west, into the back waters of Tim
boiler Bay, This gives safe and easy
inland navigation 10 Bayou Terrebone
ut Il point about twenty miles from the
gulf.
-Four new French ir0nclals are about
TO be put ON the stocks, and will be
named the lIochc, Marccau, Neptune.
and Magenta. They are all from the
same design Of NJ, HUN, naval engineer.
They will be $50 feet in length 80 in
breadth and will have displacement
of 1865 tons. Their engines will be of
5000 horse power, and are expected to
give speed Of II knots The armor
plating will be Is inches thick, and the
armament will consist of three li-inch
guns in turrctS and eighteen 6-inch
guns in battery.
The recent prohibition of the sale Of
one of the works Of llcne in Germany
suggests the strict censorship which is
imposed upon literature and the drama
in that country and Austria II is said
that short time ago Il new piece was
accepted by the proprietor Of II Vienna
theatre, aud in due course it was sent
to the censor for approval, One Of the
characters is made, in the second act,
to call for Il chop, The official wrote
on the margin; "On fcic days let fried
sole, or other fish in season, he here
called for instead of chop"
Gen. Nicanor Bolct pcraza, of Cara
cas-. Venezuela, is visiting Gen, A,
Ybalra, who resides in Boston. Gen.
Bolet is one of the most prominent men
Of Venezuela, and his wife is the
daughter of former President. He
was distinguished in the army Of his
country; has been editor in-chcf Of one
of the first papers there, and is conSid-
cred as one of the first authors and ora
tors of South America. He is widely
known as man of letters in all Span
ish-spcaking countries. In politics he
served rs representative and Minister
of State. and filed many positions of
authority lie is now u voluntary exile
with his family, not being able TO en-
dure the present Venezuelan govern
mcnt.
Some one who has taken the trouble
TO count the patents issued to women,
finds that the number for the year end
ing July 1850. was seventy, or ten more
than the average Most Of the inycn-
tons of women have to do with house
hold appliance Among The past years
are a iar-liitcr, n bag holder, n pillow
sham holder, n dress protector, two
dust pans, a washing machine, IlutinS
iron, dress chart, n fish boncr, a sleeve
adju,,cr lap table, n sewing machine
trcadlc, a wash basin, an iron heater,
sad irons, n garment stillcner, n folding
chair, a wardrobe bed, n weather strip,
churn, an inyalid'S bed, a straincr, n
milk cooler, a sofa bed, dippcr, n
paper dish, and a plating device.
The almost simultaneous events of
the death Of Mr. Croker and the publ.
LEGATION Of "Endymion' have led 10 the
appearance Of some incorrect versions
of the origin Of Lord Beaconsiield'S dis
like TO Croker. The fac, was that,
when Sir Robert Peel came into power
in 1871, Mr. Disracli was anxious for
Office, and his modest ambition would
then have been satisfied with the pos,
secretary of the admiralty. Sir Robcr,
recognized his talents, but diSlikcd his
eccentricities and general style; more.
over, he loved not the idea Of sprout
ing statesman who had been neither tc
public school nor university; and tn,
Duke of Rutland and others Of the ole
nobility regarded Mr.. DisrdeIi as n yer
table McpbistophclcS. Lord Lyndhurs
strongly supported the claims OF hi
friend, but thc Duke of Wellington ad
yiscd Sir Robert Ia TASK Croker anc
the result OF the application was u re-
fusal 70 admit Mr. Disracli into the min
istcrial fold Within three years "Con
ingsby" appeared, and mark was Sc,
on Croker As permanent as that placed
by VOtairc on Maupciiius.