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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03
POLLY.

All their lives they had lived in Still
borough, Mrs. Cranstone and her daugh-
ter Mary Anne-calIed for short, Polly
and, ever since she was old enough
Polly had helped her widowed mother
in the little Berlin wool and stationery
business that produced them a bare liv-
ing, rather TO Polly's discomfort, for she
would fain have been able to dress
smartly, and see more of the world
than Stillborough was able to show her
But Polly was good girl at heart if
little vain and discontinued with her
lot, and she was better off than some
girls, too, for she had lover, Richard
DempSter, clerk in the Stillborough
bank, who lodged with his mother-al-
so widow--in the upper rooms of Mrs.
Cranstone's house,
One evening, Mrs Cranstone and her
daughter sat in the little parlor behind
the shop taking tea, 1t WAS a frosty
winter night, and the brown teapot was
kept on the hob that il might not chill
So was the plate OF sausage, which taSl-
ed all the more crisp and savory in con-
sequence. The door between the shop
and the room stood open that any
chance customer might be seen at once
by the tea drinkers, but the bell had
not jingled since they took their seats.
Trade is dreadful, said Mrs, Gran
stone, transferring sausage to her
plate by means of the long cooking
fork trade is dreadful! should just
give it up if it got little worse; but,
dear me, ! never had any luck in any
thing, Another cup, Polly? What a
comfort tea is, to be sureM
Then give me cup, won't you, Mrs,
CranStoneY said Il voice behind them.
81 want comfort, I'm sure. lIcre'smy
mother gone out and forgot TO leave
the key, and nothing for me to do bat
10 sit on the stairs and cool my heels
"Dick! la. how YOU scared me com
ing in so suddcn,' screamed Mary
Anne.
"Sit down, do, said Mrs. CranSione.
flake your seat, Dick, and have your
supper with MS. Your mother stepped
in to tell me she wouldn't be back until
late, and the key is in the TILL"
about all there is there, too, said
Mary Anne, with pout, "and ] want
new winter jacket. y
look here, Mrs. Cransione,h said
the young man, slowly turning himself
toward the young lady Look here,
maam; here's someone ready and will
ling TO buy that winter jacket and all
the other things Polly will ever want.
We've been engaged year now, and
AZ last I've got rise in my salary.
Why should We put 1t off any longerp
Tell Polly that it's all nonsense. She
won't listen 10 me-
"Wcll, ] don't think long engage
ments are best said Mrs. Cransione
"What should say to Polly would be-,
Have him now
"Oh, well! supposed shall be both.
cred until ] do say yes" replied Mary
Anne; and then the anxious lover, plead
ing his cause earnestly, the wedding
day was actually fixed for Christmas
Eve, which was a, that time about n
month of.
This conversation, as we'll as The even.
meal being over, Mrs. Cranslone dis.
cretely retired TO the shop and left the
lovers alone However, she did no,
stay away long. In few moments
she came running in with her glasses
on her nose, and an open letter In her
hand.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03
AGENTS,

"u&W ~ Yourselves by making mon
DIV when golden chance IL
II offered, thereby always
Keeping uoycry from your
- door. Those who always
INK" advantage 90 the good
~ become Wcalthy. whIiG thoac who dc. not i'm.
prove such chnncos remain in poverty we want
many men, women boys aud girl, 10 90 WORK ior wv
right IN their own localities, nno business W.
h,fnish nm r%tnnarrsiyr outht mud MI that yot
need free No one who cnlngor lniN 70 nn ,
money rapidly You can devote your Whole VIM rm
inforn,n,inn nud nil ,Gnt IL needed sent free. Al
dress STINSWS 4 CO., Portland, Maine
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03
The Lucky Horseshoe.

A farmer travelling with his load
Picked mp q horseshoe in the road,
And nailed IL fast to his barn door.
That luck might down upon him pour
That every blessing known In lite
Might crown his homestead and his wiie
And never any kind Of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
But dire i'll. fortune soon began
To visit the astOnished man.
His hens declined TO lay their eggs;
His bacon tumbled from their pegs,
And rats devoured the fallen legs
His corn that never failed before,
Widowed and rotted on tho floor;
His grass refused 10 end in hay;
In short, allmoyed the crooked way
Next Spring great drouth baked the sod,
And roasted every pea in pod;
The beans declared they could not grow
So long as nature acted 40;
Redundant insects reared their brood
TO starye for lack Of juicy food;
The slaves from barrel sides went of
As il they had the whooping cough,
And nothing Of the usual kind
To hold together felt inclined,
In short, it WAS no use TO try
while all the land was in fry.
One morn, dcmoralilcd with grief,
The farmer clamored for relief,
And prayed right hard to understand
What witchcraft now possessed the land;
Why house and farm in misery grew
Since he nailed up The "lucky" shoe.
while thus diSmaycd DER matters wrong
An old man CHANGED 10 come along,
To whom he IGld with wormwood tears,
How his AFFAIRS we're in arrears,
And what desperate state of things,
A pcked.up horseshoe sometimes bring.
The stranger asked 10 sce the shoe,
The farmer brought It into view,
But when the Old man raised his head,
lie laughed outright and quickly said,
"No wonder skies upon YOU frown-
You've nailed the horseshoe upside down,
Just turn it round, and soon yOu'll see
How you and fortune will agree"
The farmer turned the horseshoe round,
And showers began so swell the ground.
The sunshine laughed among his grain
And heaps on heaps piled up the vain
The loft his hay could barely hold,
His cattle did As they were told;
His fruit trees needed sturdy props
To hold the gathering apple crops;
His turnip and potatoe fields
AstOnshcd all men by their yields;
Folks never saw such cars Of corn
AS in his smiling hills were born,
His barn was full Of bursting bins
His wife presented him with twins;
His ncighbors mHrveled more aud more
To see the increase in his store,
And now the merry farmer sings
"Thcre are two ways of doing things;
And when for good luck you would pray
Nail up your horseshoe the right way"
James T. Folds N HdlpCrs MIg1znc for
December.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03

CuAs h. RoosrHR, 1875 Summit Street,
Tclcdo, Ohio, says would not take one
thousand dollars for my Excelsior Kidney
Pad, # could not get another have
gained in three months thirty pounds,
See Advertisement.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03
NEW ADYERTIS EMENTS .

WANTED -ManufactuHng concern wants
w business nun ln Cairo, ana ineyery city not al.
pay for goods on delivery afer orders have been
secured for the same. $40 per month profit
guaranteed. The most searching Investigation
solicited A ARNOLD co corner fret
Street aud Broadway, Brooklyn, n, Y
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03

Mn. A. BuEE, Whitewater, Wis, says
The success Of the age is st. Jacobs Oil it
cures cyeYbody, and is considered a gift
from heaven 10y our people.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03

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tIons and procure health and happiness where be
fore wns dcspondrncy and gloom The Specific
cOpp,
Pamphlets cent free all. write for them and
get full particulars
Price, Specific slo0 per package or sM pack
agea Tor 81 on viii De- sent by mail on receipt VI
money Address nh orders,
j Il SIMPSONS MEDICINE co, -
Nos. M and lOG Mnn St, Buffalo. n. ! d.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03
A. MUSICAL WONDER.
MEDICAL.

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cdy-nr. j. T.. SimpsUn's specific Medicine.
Dr. j y, simpsons Specific Medicine y n porr
tive cure for Spcrmniurrhrn, lmpuloncy, weakness
and all Diseases resulting from SolIAbutc. As Ntf
y0us Debility lullnbillty Mcutnl Anxiety Langnor,
Lasaitudu Depression ufSpirsAnd functional dc
Engagements ol the Ncryuus System generally In'ne
In lInck or SID l.uss uI Memory, Premature Old
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03

III bhtk OF SlIl
Age aud dIsrntu-
thailcRd to Con
sumption lnsnui
ty and an early
grave, or both,
No matter how
shattered IN q
system may be-
from CxcCsrcp OF
nny kind, "A short
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03
AGENTS,

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N1 \pruCtinnp for conducting INC MUS.
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w 4 ~ 10 learn, aud our instructions are 40
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who In willing to work Women nro ~ nn'vunn,u'
ps men ioye mud pirle can onfm , 'n,p' rmi,s
Gnl,s,s IN sin,Ic week, Nothing like II ever
Known before, Ali who engage arc snrpried nj ,hc
ease aad spd which S my S STC HS to a mTsy
vn. .o, ,n, ~, ,,pottfont londo not have 10
"vrsr rnri,ni IN II Wcialc oil the risk Those
Who whom need rc" " money should w,,e to =, once
Ali rnrnIshcd free Address TRUE ~ co.. An
gusta Maine,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-03
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
ACuriOus Bribery Case.

Judge Osborne, of the New York
Supreme Court, sitting at Newburgh,
N. Y, has just decided remarkable
case, resulting in unseatfng County
Judge for doing the very thing which
induced the people to elect him. The
case is known as the sullivan County
quo acdrrdTltO suit, brought against
County Judge William l.. Thornton,
of that county. Mr.. Thornton, who
ran on the Greenback ticket, was
elected as County Judge Of Sullivan
in the fall of 1879, for a term eff six
years, defeating County Judge Bush,
who was Il candidate for re. election
on the Democratic ticket. During
the canvass Thornton announced that
he would serve the county, if elected,
for 81 200 year, though the salary
was $500. Mr.. Thornton was elec.
ted, and has served AS County Judge
since January. 1879, and, true to his
promise 10 the people, has only taken
81 200 a year, though the Board of
Supervisors raised the usual salary.
The unsuccessful candidate did not
take his defeat kindly, but brought a
quo tUarrd7ato suit, setting up that
ThortOn's agreement to serve for
81 200 per annum, if elected, was In
the nature of a bride, made to in
Huence the voters of the county, and
he prayed that Thornton should be
declared ineligible, and that he
BUSH should be installed in the
office as the one who had received the
highest number of legal votes, The
case was tried last summer, but the
decision has just been rendered.
Judge Osborne holds that Thorn
toms promise to take 81 200 was in
the nature of u bride, and removes
him as ineligible for service on that
account, but the Judge refuses to
place Bush on the County Bench,
only going SO far as to declare the
Office vacant. The result is, hat
Governor Cornell will find it neces-
sary to fill the vacancy for this year,
and ano her election will be held next
fall.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

The rain that began on the 2Sth
inst. spread over the coast from
British Colombia TO the southern
portion of this state, and has been
the heaviest storm experienced since
1861. The Feather. Yuba, and Upper
Sacramento rivers have overlooked
their banks, and creeks running into
| those streams are all over their banks.
The damage cannot be stated, but
the aggregate loss is immense. The
Central Pacific Railroad suffers heay.
lily. About 1000 yards Of wall near
Benicia were washed away, and a
long stretch on the Oregon Branch,
near Bear river, is gone; and there
were washouts of less extent in many
other places. Several miles of the
Santa Cruz Railroad were washed
away near Santa Cruz.
The town of Napa was flooded,
also a portion of jacksonville. Marys.
vile had narrow escape. The
water was to the top of the levees,
and had broken over in four places,
when levee above the town broke
and let the water run OH the plains
around the city. This relieved
Marysville for while, and before
the plains filled the river began fall
ing, and the city is now regarded as
safe. The Sacramento Valley, from
Cache creek to Red Bluffs, presents
the appearance of a vast lake. In
San Francisco for the forty-eight
hours ending at O'Clock this morn
ing, 6.37 inches OF rain fell, which is
by far the heaviest rainfall known
here for some time. In the lower
portion of the city many hosues were
flooded. In the business section in.
Vulnerable cellars We're filled with
water, entailing great loss. Alto
gether, the storm has been one of the
most destructive ever known on the
coast. AT 6 O'Clock this evening des-
patches from various parts of the
state say the storm is sub iding, and
here in San Francisco the rain has
stopped, the wind has changed, and
the barometer is rising.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

placed upon the wall. and in what
ever position it is placed it is abso-
lutely safe. This is the great feature
of excellence, but the New Home
Lamp combines also the patent ar
gand burner, a filling indicator and
match box. No lamp has ever be-
fore been received with such unusual
favor or received such strong recon-
mendations from the leading journals
of Cincinnati. 1t is also endorsed by
such men as the mayor and postmas
ter, several insurance presidents and
express agents of that city as the
safest, most convenient and best
lamp made. The Company desires
agents in this locality, and any
smart lady or gentleman can make
a handsome income during the next
six months by canyassing for its sale.
There is hardly a dozen families in
this county who will not want one,
and the price is so low as to bring it
within the reach of all. For further
Information address, Home Lamp
Co., Cincinnati, o., mentioning our
paper, and they will give ycu full
particulars and exclusive territory to
CANVASS in. n 20-l5W
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

The Supreme Court has rendered
an important decision upon the at
tempt of the State of Virginia to tax
her bonds in violation of a previous
contract with her creditors. This
State issued bonds, under the adjust
ment of 1871, with the proyiso that
the coupons should be receivable for
taxes and other dues to the State.
Later law was passed. requiring a
deduction of sum equivalent to a
specified tax upon the market value
of the coupons when presented in
payment of taxes and other dues!
The Court holds that this was a law
impairing the obligation ofa contract,
and void, and finds the case for the
creditor much stronger than in the
well known cause to which Judge
Field makes allusion, and in which
the principle was laid down that any
tax levied upon public securities can
not be deducted from the interest
payable on them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
AN INFATUATED WInow-l

AN INFATUATED WIDOw.-On
Tuesday last Mrs. Bette Dunn, of
Gallatin, Tenn, arrived in Nashville
and visited the county Jail, where
she had brief interview with Geo.
Smithson, a prisoner there. charged
with horse stealing. Procuring a
license, she returned to the Jail, and
in the yard the infatuated woman
and the prisoner were married. The
audience was composed of the Jail
officials, city press reporters and three
or four county officials. A few whis-
pered words passed between him and
his bride, followed by kiss, after
which he was led back to his cell.
The bride went out With the audi
ence and was soon lost to view. Mrs.
Dunn first met the object of her
affections in the Sumner county Jail
at Gallatin last year while paying a
charitable visit, in company with
other ladies, to that institution.
Smithson was confined in Jail at that
place for horse stealing. He after
ward escaped through the instru-
mentality of Mrs. Dunn, who pro-
vided him with tools with which to
cut his way out. He was afterward
recaptured, tried and convicted. but,
taking an appeal to the Supreme
Court, the case was reversed and he
was acquitted. Immediately upon
his acquital he was again arrested
on the charge of horse stealing in
Bedford county. IEe was tried and
convicted in that countys and again
took an appeal to the Supreme Court,
before which tribunal he is now
awaiting a hearing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

RAILROADS IN 1SS0.-The auditor
of railroad accounts, an officer of the
United States government, whose
particular duty it is to examine the
books and accounts of the railroads
which have been aided in construc-
ton by grants Of land or money or
both from Congress, makes very
favorable report of business during
1880. The gross earnings of all the
railroads in the country, taken col
lectiyely, have increased $40 100000
as compared with last year. This is
equivalent to s per cent, the increase
in the working expenses having
been q per cent. The additions to
the mileage are about per cent,
while the net earnings have increased
more than II per cent. The auditor
calls the attention Of the national
government to the subject of railroad
accidents and how to prevent them,
suggesting that further legislation is
needed to insure the safety of life and
property on these lines of transporta-
ton. The proportion of railroad cas-
ualties in 1880 is reported at one
killed and four injured in each 1900.
O)0 passengers and employees; or, sta
ting it in another way, out of every
40, 009, 600 persons carried one mile one
is killed and four injured. OF these
accidents, as the report shows, one
fodrth are the result of defects in
property, and more than one half
proceed from carelessness, lack of
discipline or inefficient management.
Thus more than three-fourths of the
railroad accidents during 1880 were
the fault of the railroad companies
themselves.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

Ben. Butler is more successful be-
cause more able than his. associate
political adventures. He left the
Democratic party when it was the
popular thing to do SO, and remained
with the republicans until he thought
they had "fulfilled their mission,' y
when he returned to the Democracy
He did this because he thought ii
would put him on the winning side
of politics, in which belief he was
disappointed. But Butler has at
least won one thing, and that is the
control of the Democratic party. He
has actually hiyed the Democracy
of Massachusetts. In this he excels
Forney. Daugherty and his associ-
ates. who returned to the Democratic
ranks in the abject character of lick
spittles. Butler is a great man in
poitics-a man of force, depth,
breadth and will, by which elements
he can command recognition wher
eyer he goes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

the 9TH of September next. will con
sIst OF Jour hundred representatives.
Two hundred delegates are to be
chosen rom the Eastern and Western
Continents respectively, and half of
each VIII be ministers and the other
hall iaymeR. The number of dele
gates assigned to each of the branches
Of the Methodist Church are as fol-
lows: ln.the United States Meth
odlst Episcopal; North, 80; Metho.
dist Episcopal. South, 50; African
Methodist Episcopal, II; African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 10;
Evangelical Association, 6; Colored
Methoulst Episcopal, 6; Union
American Protestants, 2; Methodist
Protestant, 6; American Wesleyan.
4 ! Free Methodist, 3; Independent,
2; congressional Methodist, 9; to be
assign q hereafter, 6. In the Dolnin-
ion OF Canada Methodist Church of
Canada, IL; Methodist EPISCOPAL
Church in Canada, 4; Primitive
Methodist Church in Canada and the
UNITED States. 2; Bible Christian
Church in Canada, 2; British Meth
odlst Episcopal Church in Canada, 2.
The OBJECT of this congress- Will be for
social intercourse and instruction
and ior the advancement of scriptural
knowledge and belief. The session
VIII DE occupied by addresses on re-
liglous subjects and the reading Cf
papers and suggestions of an inter
esting nature. On the 9th of Sep
tesuosr next, the day previous to the
opening of the congress, a gathering
of the members will be held in Lem
don, and at its close a farewell SER
vice will be held in Liverpool for
those returning to the United States.
A portiot of the delegates will
sail on board the City of Berlin on
the 9th OF August, and another party
from Bost0non the steamer Furnicia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

A Sons INGRATITUDE. -Benia.
min Hendricks, an old farmer near
Newark, Ohio, having reached the
age of rs, and becoming very infirm,
about two years since decided ID his
son one hundred acres of rm-land,
the consideration being that he was
to haYe comfortable food and shelter
for the balance of his life, and de-
cent burial at his death. From all
accounts, the son and his wife began
to get tired of the old man, and not
only failed to keep the agreement.
but took steps to have him removed
to the poor house. On Sunday last
young Hendricks, influenced by the
threats Of his Wife-tO the effect that,
unless the old man left, she would
compelled his father to leave. The
old man, with bare feet and scantily
clothed, set out and walked half
mile to neighbours house, where he
was taken III with his feet frozen and
terribly swollen. The Indignation
his conduct aroused among the neigh!
bors induced the ungrateful son to
take his father home again. Legal
proceedings are to be instituted to
set aside the deed and restore to the
father the property he had acquired
by a lifetime Of toll.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
Severe Weather.

The severity of the winter, about
which so much has been said, is be
ing felt very keenly just now by our
farmers. on account of the scarcity of
provender. The cold weather com
menced early in November and its
unusual severity compelled the use
of about twice as much proYender as
an ordinary winter, and the result is
many farmers have very little feed
left for their stock. This is a grazing
country and of course there is a grea
deal of live stock in the county, and
how this stock is to be fed during the
three months of winter still before
us, with the feed nearly gone, is a
problem which our people will have
TO solve.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05

Chicago desnatches report that the
physicians are puzzled over the in
crease and fatality ofsmall. pox, diph-
iberia and other dangerous diseases
in that city, Fifteen new cases re-
ported in one day are certainly
enough to cause feeling OF conster-
nation. The announcement is also
made that the smallpox has broken
out amoung the .conyicts in the peni-
Tertiary at Fort Madison, Iowa, and
has given rise to panic. The indi-
cations are that this is going to be a
small pox winter, and therefore all
possible precautions should be taken.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-05
Real Estate Transfers.

The following is a list Of real estate
transfers filed for record in the Office
of w. III. Tower, Clerk of the Circui,
Court for Garrett county, for the
week ending February 2:
VIM. d. Simpson to A. M Temple
ton, military lots Nos. 1855. ia, 825
1872, ISL, and 876; 81, 900.
John Shatzer and wife to Louiss
Chambers, lot in Oakland f; $500.
w. II. Tower, trustee. to G. s.
Hamill, military lot No, 1918.
Jonas Glotfelty and wife to School
Commissioners of Garrett county, lot
in county; 50.
Joseph T. Wiley to James Wiley,
six acres of land in county.