The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-26

expenses since the late James Brooks
ceased TO be its editor. The property
cost Cyrus W. Field $4,000. The
Express is one OF the seven members of
the associated press, and its franchise is
considered valuable.
Convict labor in California Is no
longer to compete with free white labor.
Henceforth the convicts of one of her
large penal institutions will be employed
in making jute bagging and bags, thus
providing the market with an article
hitherto largely produced by the Chinese
and exported in great quantities to the
Pacific coast.
The supply of diamonds is regulated
by the owners of the Cape mines, stu
ated in South Africa, which are now in
the possession of stock companies which
regulate the supply of precious stones
for the whole world. Very few dia-
monds come now from Brazil or the
Indies, the entire stock being supplied
mainly from the Cape mines.
A lady visitor to the Toronto Zoologi-
cakgarden has had rather novel ex-
perience While. standing in front of
the monkeys cage, purse in hand, one
of the nimble occupants snatched the
purse and ran with it TO the top of the
cage. There, perched on, pole, he
deity opened the purse, scattering the
contents, amounting to about $50, on
the floor below. Several of the bills
We're torn into shreds before they could
be recovered.
There is an artesian well in the bay of
San Francisco. 1t is about two miles
from the Alameda shore, opposite New
ark, at house on the oyster beds of
Doane & Co. This house is on a plat
form set upon piles The well is PIP
feet deep, with an outside pipe of eight
inches and one of six inches on the m
side. A filling of cement prevents leak
ing and saves the inner pipe from salt
water. The water is good. These oys-
ter-beds cover large area, are located
in Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Ma
teo counties, and are planted with east
ern oysters.
Worcester Spy; Mountains are not
on sale every day, and there is no regu-
lar market price for them. The latest
transaction in this heavy kind of prop
erty, in this neighborhood, is the sale Of
Mount Wachusett, in Princeton, to Mr..
Beaman, of the Wachusett house in that
town. The sale includes the whole
mountain top, the Summit house, and
the road leading to it. The price was
$4,000. This is not high for a noun
tain, but then Massachusetts mountains
are not high, as a general thing.
Secretary Hunt has placed upon the
official files of the navy department
letter of very unusual character for Of
flee files. The letter is an answer sent
by the secretary to a young naval officer
who wants to get married and will, in a
very short time, consummate that desire
The young officer in question has amost
excellent record, but is not troubled with
superabundance of funds. la order
that he might garry out the marriage
ceremony in some style, he made re-
quest for an advance of pay. Secretary
Hunt has replied that he has directed
that the advance asked for be made, and
that he commends both the efficiency
and good standing of his correspondent,
to whom he wishes all prosperity; and
then Mr.. Hunt adds q little homily upon
marriage, and advises, in general way,
that it is a good thing for all young men,
even naval officers, to get married.