The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-04

sand being understood); but the old Eng
lishman clipped it to tenpenny, and from
that it degenerated until penny was substi-
tuted for pounds. So when you ask for
iour-pensy nowadays you want those which
weigh four pounds. When a thousand
nails weigh less than pound they are
tacks, etc, and reckoned by ounces.
The Southern Illinois NJ. e. conference
which closed its session at Mt. Vernon last
Monday made the following appointments
for this end of the district: j. l.. Wallar, p.
4; Belle City and Middleton, A. L. Downcy;
| Burnsides, w. II. Hammons; Carmi, V. q.
Evers; Elizabethtown, G. B. Darabee; En-
field, S. Green; Equality and Shaneetown,
j. f. Rippetoe; Golconda, to be supplied;
GRANVILLE, l.. W. TRIAL; Harrisburg, N.
Crow; Hawthorn, j. W. Field; McLeans.
boro, j, 7. Fender; McLeansboro Ct, VIM.
T. Morris; Metropolis, c. p Wilson; Me-
tropolis Ct, j. w. Morris; Mt Carmel, II.
NJ. Carter; Omaha and Norris CITY, L. F.
Crow; Opdyke, j. w. franklin; Vienna,
II. p. Hammons.
The Ohio elections take place on TO.
day. The Democrats claim majority of
10000 to 10000. The Republicans think
their majority will be from 10000 to 10,
600. The principle fight is for congress
men, the Republicans at present having
fifteen and the Democrats five. If Keifer is
defeated we sha! be satisfied. Captain
Shields who, during his visit to New York,
came in contact with many well-informed
men, was assured that New York state
would roll up its usual sweeping Demo-
cratic majority and a letter received re-
Gently from Mr.. f. II. Thieleck who is edi-
tor of a weekly paper near Harrisburgh,
Penn, saws that the good old Republican
party" OF that state sis rapidly going to
the -" These three states, New York,
Ohio and Pennsylvania are pivotal states,
and will indicate the probable result Of the
next presidential campaign.
--Messrs. Stout and Welsh who have the
contract for the brick work on the new de
pot of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Com
pany, put on al increased force of men yes
terday with view to pushing the work to
a speedy completion. Although the work
has been in progress but about eight days,
the extensive foundations are completed.
Contrary to the original understanding the
walls Of the entire building are to be of
brick, and upwards of four hundred thou
sand brick are to be used in their construc-
ton. The entire building is to be exactly
23l feet and inches long. The north
wing will be one hundred feet SIX inches
long and thirty five feet wide; the south
wing will be Of the same length and forty
five feet wide, and each to be one-story
high. The center building will be thirty
five feet front, and two stores high. The
building will be finished before cold
weather sets in.
Speaking Of contributors to the newspa- |
pers, writer's says There is the minister,
who sends in mere skeleton of a sermon,
u page of which looks like the top of tea.
box covered with Chinese hierogyphics, all |
disconnected, with Scripture proper names
written in dots and dashes, and the whole |
affair complete enigma. However, he |
knows it will be all right, and that the prin-
ters AMI proof readers will unravel it, no |
matter if they are fit subjects for the mad |
house before they get through with it.
Then there Is the local reporter. Well, he |
is good fellow and means well; he has |
troubles Of his own; but if he spells mans |
name four different ways in an item three |
inches long, he knows the proof reader will |
drop everything, rush around, find direc- |
tory or something else and fix it all right |
before it goes into the paper, Also comes
the statistical fend, with his figures all pre-
scnting the same appearance, but not hay
ing time to cast up his columns for totals,
knowing the proof reader is bound to fix
them up. There are also country CORES
pondents, the young poet, the scientist, and
Iingustcal Smart Aleck, who can't write
five lines without scattering in bits of
French Latin and Spanish, to show that
no has been there it matters not whether
he gets his foreign words right or not, the
proofreader must scratch around and get
everything right somehow, or the next day
he will hear from the powers in the sane.
tum. In fact, to be success, the proof
reader should be an animate encyclopaedia,
with the patience of Job and the endurance
Of adamant but he is not hence his trou.