The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-30
GLEANINGS.

bell' TllIllUgH Lee u NTlllnp HlslOiy
OF the campaigns Of the army Of north
crn Virginia.
Joaquin Miller lives hcrmits life in
New York city, occupying rooms at the
top of house and doing his own cook
ing.
Surgeon General Woodward, whose
health was impaired during his attend
ance on President Garfield, has been
granted an eight months leave Of alb
scnce.
Senator Davis boards at the National
hotel in Washington, where his sitting
room reminds one of an Illinois law Of
flee There is no carpet on the floor, 4
large wood fire crackles and blazes on
the hearth, the chairs are capacious,
with rush seats, and at night candles
supply the light.
The Courier of he Rhine reports the
discovery at Steeten, on the Lain, of Il
hitherto hidden cave, in which seven
human skeletons have been found. At
the opening of the cave huge heap Of
bones Of animals and other remains of
primitive existence have been laid bare
Miss Louise NJ. Alcott is.a lady in
middle life, with broad high brow
like that of Charlotte Cushman, and q
sensitive, intellectual face. with black
eyes and cbon hair. She Is by no means
one of the ''lttle women being five
feet seven in height, and large in pro-
portion.
1t is announced that herd of eleven
thousand sheep has just arrived at Lin
coin, Neb., from Washington Territory.
The journey has occupied two years.
The trai! from Washington Territory TO
the Missouri river is said to be the long
est and hardest known to stock men,
Three years is often consumed III drive
over this distance.
The Etna observatory, erected on q
small mount near the crater, and so
placed that current of lava would prob
ably divide in two and avoid it, has
been completed. 1t is 2,9i3 meters
above the sea: the Great st. Bernard
monastery is 2,49l, and the st. Gothard
2,07j meters.
Accidental rich finds OF gold still oc-
cur in California. Some men who were
recently walking along the road on
Fray's Hat in Eldora,lo county, noticed
q piece Of quartz which had been
crushed by n wagon running OYER it.
The specimen was foundto contain con-
siderable gold, and the party making
further explorations came upon ''pock-
ct" from which they took in one day
what was estimated at from $1,000 70
SIS 600 worth Of gold.
The dispute between the state of Ohio
and the United States governpont as TO
the ownership of II large scope Of swamp
land east Of Toledo, on the lake shore. is
being settled at Washington. This
swamp has been much frequentcd by
sportsmen in quest of ducks and other
water fowl. The Cedar Point Gun Club.
of Toledo, will purchase considerable
part of the swamp rs soon rs the qucs-
ton of ownership is decided.
At Clintondalc, Ulster county, n. Y,
n farmer became deeply enamorcd of
Young lady residing there, and after n
few days acquaintance the twain were
married. Immediately upon the con-
clusion of the ceremony the bride cs-
capped to nh adjoining room, and the
bridegroom has not seen her since.
Some practical jokcrs had secured an
ellcminate-looking boy to pcrsonate q
young lady and fool the farmer.
In Giles county, Tennessee, resides q
widow lady, an invalid. who has iot
been able to stand upon her feet orwa'k
step in the last twenty years. About
fifteen or sixteen years ago her husband
died, leaving her set of shocmakcr's
tools and little farm with n big mort
gage on it, and She borrowed money
enough to buy side of upper leather
and piece Of sole leather, and with only
such knowledge of shocmaking rs sho
had gained from binding shoes for her
husband, she commenced to make shoes,
and she has SAT- upon her bed from that
time (somc fifteen or sixteen years ago)
to the present, with hcr shocmakcrs
bench beside the he'd, and made and
mcndcd boots and shoes.
Ircgret to hear that Prof Blat kie, OF
Edinburgh, Is seriously indisposcd. The
last time saw the old man was ono
cold and cherries day, IN Princess
street. He was wrapped, as usual, in
his shepherd tartan plaid. His face
looked as II u good deal of tho fire and
force Of ycrc had passed away. No one
would be more missed in the Scotch
capital than the genial Greek professor,