The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-07


miscellaneous articles of themost inexhaus'
tble variety. The amount realized from
the sale of An undelivered package is re-
clamable for four years on proper identif-
ton.
Mr.. julius Serbian, who has the con-
tract Tor doing the earth work on the
Mound City cemetary road, IS in the city,
spending few days at home while the
wet weather prevents him from proceedln z
with the work. He has had about fifty
teams at work for about twenty days now,
and the work is nearly half done. In about
twenty-five days more the dirt filling Will
be all done-proyidei those twenty-five
days prove to be dry days and Mr. Serbian
employees the same number Of hands and
teams as heretofore, The gentleman to
whom the contract for graveling was
awarded is having the gravel all gotten out
and in readiness to be put upon the road as
soon as the earth work shall have been
fnished and sufficiently settled down.
The movement of cotton by rail to the
eastern railroad points during the month Of
November was considerably larger and
much more satisfactory to the managers of
the roads than during the same month OF
last year. For twenty-nine days in Novem-
Der the total shipments east were in round
numbers 40,7Sl 900 pounds. Reduced to
bales this would amount TO-, putting the
weight Of each bale at 500 pounds, ST.
544 bales shipped east during the past
month. There was but small proportion
of this strictly through cotton. The rates
by rail at this period last year was very
low and unsteady, and it wes anything but
paying business for the lines to handle the
stapl.. The rates at present appear to be as
firm as Plymouth rock, with no signs of a
break and the active movement Of cotton
would indicate that the dealers are Statistic
with the existing tariff
The cold snap didn't come here on
time yesterday. 1t was to have beeen here
yesterday morning and would have been,
as Sergeant Ray predicted, had the winds
continued to blow as they did during the
day before. But the winds subsidized and
hence the cold wave travelled more slowly,
not reaching here until last night about
1880 o'clock, when Old Boreas played lusti.
ly upon the telegraph wires and timed
roofs and swinging signs, and
around the noses Of those who happened to
be cut. The fall of the thermometer all
AROUND US was reckless. At North Platte
it fell 80 degrees, at Omaha 81, at Yankton
% at Lenvenworth %, at Dodge City q,
at Davenport and Dubuque 20 each, and at
Keokuk II. The lowest thermometer re-
ported was degree above zero at Yankton;
2 above at Omaha, and above at North
Platte, At several other places not reported
in the bulletin, it was known to stand be-
low zero, with heavy gales blowing in this
direction.
The St. Louis Globe.Democrat recs lis
the arrogant swagger of the Republican
members Of congress before the adjourn.
ment and contrasts 1t with their humble
demeanor on reassembling. 1t reads Bill
Chandler lecture, and continues: Let us
hope that the Republican majority will re-
cover from its apparently panic.struck and
abect condition sufficiently to exercise
good common sense. Let it put certaia
things in order so that the Democratic ma.
jority of the next term will be rendered as
harmless as possible. Let the compulsory
coinage of the silver dollar be stopped, AID
some measure be provided for the electoral
count. And taxation should be reduced as
matter of course. As for the tariff, the
session will be too short to give it proper
attention, and though it needs revision, as
is almost universally admitted, it will be
well to make q virtue of necessity and per-
NIT the problem to stand for the next con.
gresS TO worry itself with. An unsettled
tariff question is about ss bitter legacy
as the Republicans can leave to the Demo.
Gratis, and if the bark of the latter does not
founder on that rock it is comp sed OF bet
ter material than j. is given credit ior,
The details Of romance ending in a
tragedy aud with features about it more
French than American are given in the
dispatch from B fillmore. John W. Dorsey
Of Howard county, Maryland, became heir
some time ago to a fortune Of 100000. He
got $250,000, and was 10 come in possession
Of the remainder in his thirty.second year.
lie entered Baltimore society, and in course
of time loved and was loved by Miss Venle
Taylor the daughter of wealthy business