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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-04
A Gentleman well-knowB In GAINESVILLE,
Dresden and Cohocton, writes from Pekin.

Dresden and Cohocton, writes from Pekin,
Ill.
DR. J n. ScnEncK:
Sr--in the winter OF 1874 was told by
three prominent doctors tina, my wife had Con-
sumption, and that she could not live unit, spring
Soon after this friend, who lives in Dayton, Ohio
recommended your medicines to her, but having
been told that she was incys able, we had no faith
In them Her friend finally brought her a bottle Of
your Puimonic syrup, and insisted on her giving
il fair trial. She did so, and thank God by its use
her life was saved, She Is now entirely we'll
! am we-known here, as well as In GAINESVILLE
Dresden, and Cohocion and would refer you to the
hruggists and Others in these towns who viii re-
member my wife's case as a very bad one. ! have
recommended your medicines to grea many, and
nave never known them 10 fail in making cures
where they have been given a fair trial. ! am in.
.duccd TO send you this by the thought that It will be
Of such great use TO suffering humanity
A. w WHITE,
Proprietor White House, pckin, III
Nov. 81, 1879.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-04

BonDEN, SELLEcK h Co., st. Louis, sell
tho best and cheapest Gar Starter made.
With II one man can move freight car. ~
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-04
From the Sisters Of Charity of st. Joseph'-
aousc, ENlniittsburg, Pa.

EaMl1TsRuRG, Mn.
une 10, 1850.
@chenck's pulmonic syrup has been used in
CIR insu,utiun Tor several years, ard has proved
ycr, ,iieacious remedy in the numerous cases IN
Nlich ithas been employed, By removing inlamma-
non ANA otherwise relieving the patient We keep
4 constant supply OF this valuable remedy in the
hnuss and confidently recommend IT'S use TO all
Mhs are subject 10 affections OF the throat and
lrss'
III, S1. Iosgm's liousE.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-04

A NASAL INJECTOR free with each bottIe
Of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price so
cents. 10
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-04
1T is SENT FREE
I, Post Paid, 10 all Applicants.

address, j. H. Schenck d Son, Cor. arch
and SiaM SIS, PtAtdephja, PA,
Go md see he people who mrite the fol-
iosoiRg letters, If possible
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-04
GOLD. AZ: A.: \: (: "a: y; A:
- ,Sonrntpd pnnnpnil,,' L,.'.....

-. -. NVNIVTY, WHIIt ThONP WHO do
not improve such chances remain in poverty Wa
want many men, women boys and grls 10 work 70,
US rlght IN their own localities ANY one can IN
tDe work properly from the first start The bust
ness WI pay more thar ten times ordinary wages
Expensive outfit furnished free p one who enoa.
Rcs falls to MAXI money rapidly. You can devote
your whole lime to the work or only your spare
sent free Address Stnson n Co.. Portland, Maiue
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-04

Tb Passenger Depot OF the Chicago, 81. Louis
aDr .,ow Orleans: Illinois Central Wabash, 1T
Louie and Pacific; Iron Mountain and Southern,
Mobile and Ohio, Cairo and 81. LOUIS Railways
are all just across the street, while the Steamboat
Landing II hut one square distant.
This Hotel Ia heated by atenm, has steam
Laundry, Hydraulic Elevator, Electric Coll Bells.
Automatic Fire Alarms, Baths, absolutely pure air,
perfect sewerage and complete appointments
superb furnishings; perfect service; and al. un.
excelled table. WI
l.. II. PARK EE 81 Co, T4esseen
, 1882-05-06
The School Tax Vote.

The STATESMAN heartily congra,ulates
the taxpayers and all Others interested
in the welfare of the city at the result Of
the vote cast on Saturday, 1t is now con
elusive that our fair city will have at
leas: one well built and handsome school
house, and built, too, without an expend-
iture Of half the money voted for the
rere grounds, The plan which will now
be carried out was our fret proposition
and every one appears well satisfied with
the outcome. The defeat Of the scheme
for buying the Abbott property was
foregone conclusion. but We must admit a
sensation of surprise ST the insignificant
vote cast for central school house.
This, ~e take it, shows what the STATES
MAN has all along contended, viz That
the consolidation Of the school districts Of
this city never met with the general ap-
proysl its friends claimed for il.
, 1882-05-06

THE Spokane Fails evening paper has
suspended publication and il would be a
good thing for the country if the weekly
were TO suspend also. Judging town
from the appearance and news in paper,
strangers would naturally imagine that
most Of the towns in this country were
dead The more papers i'll one town the
worse for the Others and Consequently for
the town. Any enterprising publisher
vii try and improve his paper, but if
every squirt that comes along is to be
encouraged, the older ones VIII lose no
money, but the town will naturally suffer.
as divided patronage Will cause him to
reduce expenses the readers would other
wise derive benefit from.
, 1882-05-06

On Saturday, the tax-paying voters Of
this city did just what every sensible and
thoughtful citizen expected they would
do. They gave an expression Of their
sentiments in manner tha; there is no
earthly doubt the school directors will
heed They voted down the absurd pro
position to purchase the Abbott lots in a
most unmistakable manner, as only 10
votes we're cast having their purchase for
its object. The central school idea which
hiss been such a mania with cur infiuen-
tial, honest, respected land esteemedl
contemporary, the Union, was knocked
into intinitesimal smi;hereens by having
only 20 votes cast for ii. We teaIiuliy
coudoie With our {esteemed) coutempo-
rary, and can fully understand his feel
inss when, after nearly three months
labor with his pen, he finds that he has
Only converted twenty out OF all the ;sx-
paying voters in this city to his idea
HIM li<t lacTim1.
, 1882-05-06
County Commissioners Court.
SECOND DAY.

SECOND DAY.
Road asked for by A. F. Atwood, ct al,
was ordered established as was also change
of road asked for by Gallaher, ct al.
Vacation of road asked for by ". b.
Thomas, ct al, allowed.
In change OF road asked for by G.
Stacy, ct al, d. Irwin and John Gallaher
appointed viewers, to meet May 10.
VIM. Mckinney and ". L. Barnes ap-
pointed to view road asked for by r. G.
Clancy, ct al, with instructions TO meet
May 22.
In the matter of public printing the
STATESMAN was made the official county
newspaper. The bid for job work sent
in by the Union being the lowest of four
bids the contract was awarded them.
Lease granted /. \. Wickersham for
SIX years to the s.. and SCI, sec S, to :.
NR 30, F.
Lease given to p. J. Lawler fo. six
years to the NJ, SCI, and NJ, SN4, sec
l6, tp NR SO, Z.
Phillip Yenny's application for lease
for SIX years of the NJ, SW4 and NJ,
NE4 see So, tp7, Mr. 10, E, was granted
II. G. Clancy secured a six years lease
to .he NEi, sec So, tp1, Mr. 81 E.
Pat Russell leased for like period the
NWi sec Sc, tp S, Mr. 81 E.
j W Cochran was granted lease to the
E., SCI, sec 30, tp s, Mr. 81 f.
Lease TO JoIn Tracy for SIX years TO
the NJ, NW!, NEt. Nwi, and NV;
NEi, sec is, tp7, NRS7 E.
Levi Malone received a pc for SIX
years to sec is, tp S, Mr. 30
Mat Sturm received lease icE SIX wears
to school land claimed by him.
County bills we're then read ordered
paid and the Board adjourned.
, 1882-05-06

The les3ing republican journal Of the
country, the TINES. of New York, thus
compliments ths speaker on his devotion
to the party: Mr. kiefer, like the hon
est and fesr'ess republican that he is,
summarily bounced Mr.. Hayes. the dem
ocratic stenographer, and put in Mr..
Dawes, whose stenographing nigh; be a
little shaky, but whose sterling republi-
canism was above reproaeh. Said the
eulogist at the bier of the late lamenred
Colonel Yell, Of Yellyille, Ark: al
though Colonel Yell could not tell what
had become of one dollar Of the deposits
of the Yellyille bank he seized that oppor-
runity, MIR. Speaker, to declare his un-
dying devotion to the American fag.'"
, 1882-05-06

The labor demonstration in Philadel-
phia against the veto of the Chinese bill is
spoken of by the journals there as having
created profound impression. Owing
to the tariff question, the laboring men OF
Philadelphia are largely republicans in
politics The prospect of the loss Of this
vote is filling the leaders with dismay,
and they betray willingness to cry OUT,
as zeslously as Kearney himself, that the
Chinese must 90.
, 1882-05-06

In 1899, gentleman connected with
the government of the United States de-
ciined to appoint nephew, for whom he
had very great affection, and whom he
was sincerely desirous of aiding, to a
much-coveted post. The nephews name
was Bushrod Washington. The uncle's
name was George Washington. But a
greater man than George Washington
arose in the person of Ulyssus S. Grant,
who put an end to such idle fancies.
, 1882-05-06

II il is the intention Of our eonfem-
porary (esteemed) TO run the gentleman
he has been administering so much tatfy
unto lately for mayor of the city, consta-
bic or delegate to Congress, he would do
well to heed the votes Of the people on
his recently badly defeated pet project Of
a central school, which, with all he could
do for il, only gained il 90 rDtss
, 1882-05-06

NEw PASSENGER DEPor-We areinformed
that it is the intention OF Miles Moore, Esq,
the president CT tue Narrow Gauge Railroad
Go. 70 seek Lev passenger depot near the
head OF Main street. THIS VIII be great
benefit to travelling public and as soon as
the extension is finished to Dry creek. will
bring hundreds Of people direct TO cur city,
and when il ocmes to excursions for our citi-
zens 1t viii be Just what We want, and will
be patrcnized literally We hope Ii Mr..
Moore concludes TO adop. the new plan, then
our city fathers will do all in their power to
grant him all the privileges he may want to
run has line to that section of our city. The
whole people want 1t and tie sooner the plan
Is adopted the better pleased vii be our at
nens
, 1882-05-06

CONGRESSMAN WHITE, OF Kentucky. is
a rude person, who, in the course OF a
speech on Saturday last, spoke of ''his re-
tiredexcelency, the late inbecile OF Ohio. -
There Was time when, Mr. Hayes hav-
ing the distribution of the Offices, the
Ohio Elan would have resented this, but
on Saturday there was none SO poor as to
do him reverence.
, 1882-05-06

BILLS are beng drafted for both the
Senate and the House for The relief of
fItz John Porter, and the friends of the
~rongei man are redonbiing their efforts
IN his behalf since the presidents position
OF non-interferenee was declared
, 1882-05-06

A brace of Philadelphia blooming idi-
OTIS, IN a n, of insane Jealousy, killed their
sweethearts, but considerably performed
the same Office for themselves. Had they
reversed the order Of the shooting there
would have been no serious objection.
, 1882-05-06

Gov. CRITTENDEN, of Missouri, is
down on horse thieves. 4 petition was
presented to him for the paldon from the
state prison Of one Of this fraternity, to
which he made this terse reply q will
not pardon horse thief care not how
many petitions request it The sooner
this is understood the better it will be
for those engaged in such az plicatiOns.
1t Will be time and labor lost. All other
criminals can entertain hope of pardon,
but horse thieves, when the prison doors
closes on such, the sentence must be COM
plete, as far as | am concerned, unless
the higher demands of the state demand
a release for other purposes
, 1882-05-06

An OLD TRIcK.-The Spokane Chronicle
has an item to the effect that citizens OF
Waila Walla endeavor to dissuade people
from going to its city, and mentions the case
of one man who remained here week, dur
ing which time it is 10 be inferred that the
citizens waited upon him to induce him to
stay here. All humbug. Bro. Carlisle, fell
lows who tramp around the country with
such yarns as the above are only playing a
little game in orier to make you believe that
they are OF some Importance. The only par
ties We know of who ever induces certain
men to remain here are the sheriff and city
marshal
, 1882-05-06

Mn. R B. HAYEs has had a sudden at
t.sk Of enlargement Of the heart, and has
denoted $50 of Mr. Tildsn's money 70
tha Gar6sld monument fund. His recov
~ ! doebsful-
, 1882-05-06
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

, o conns,e stock of Styles Spng Cohns CHI
HAVING 80, a+sp;on 70 one and all the same at lower
prices than sold before In the City
of Walla Walh
, 1882-05-06
200 ACRES FENCED.
TIE WHOLE FOR $4,000,

To n immediate purchaser, as he must return
to England without delay, for personal reas
Ons. In addition to the above $40 acres, a
timher-culture claim of leo acres 200 acres
broken and FIVE acres planted in tree cuttingsD
will be handed over to the purchaser. but for
this title cannot he given, it having only
been held for two and half years.
The buyer would have the option of buying
the stock, consisting Of 20 horses of superior
breed, with 6rst-class stud horse, 50 head of
cattle with hogs, poultry, etc, also Buckeye
reaper, sulky plow, two wagons, etc.
The ranch runs for one mile along the reser
walton, thus insuring sufficient range for an
unlimited quantity Of stock.
Apply to the editor of the STATESMAN for
further particulars.
, 1882-05-06
PRICES

inspection needed our pre- I
strike the public eloquent
con We have learned before that people this
fresh, desirable and substantial goods We lH
in the past that the people believed statements When stated @
infinitely lower than the Territory, ears'
that tins low S San Francisco
, 1882-05-06
ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES

When this the that he @
and method Of on business They m doubted our
that they the
they then ana ~
be night
, 1882-05-06
4 LARGE SUBSTANTIAL HOUSE

Containing eleven large rooms. large barn,
stables for twelve horses. colt shed, small barn,
garden with young frui. trees, hog sites,
chicken houses and corrals.
, 1882-05-06

The old motto Of recommending only the
best good, will be strictly adhered 20 ana no
recommendations will be made for the sole
purpose Of effecting sale..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-05-11
A Kissing SaOy,

4 woman was wheeling baby-wagon
carefully across the Campus Martius
yesterday, when several men screamed
to her to ''look outr' and span of
horses, driven wildly, came tearing
across, as if about to demolish every
body. With the persistency 0! her sex,
however, the woman looked the other
way, and in moment the baby-wagon
was overthrown and lay turned over in
a heap. while the carriage kept on up
Woodward avenue without even slack
ing speed.
One man in spring overcoat and
sunflouer gloves ran and turned the
buggy up, expecting to find the baby
dead underneath, and q number of la
dies shrieked and begged him to get the
"dear little thing out" Several gentle
men who had been leaning in q musing
mood against the Detroit opera-house,
essayed to help him, but though they
righted the buggy, no baby was seen.
'It's smothered in the mud?" Shrek
ed one of the ladies.
'1t must have clung to the horse and
have been carried off," suggested ano-
ther.
"Hov did it get away?' they all ask
ed.
mo doubt the poor little thing is dead
by this time," said another kindly mat
ron. Have you looked all through the
things?''
At this moment it occurred to some
of them that the mother would be the
right person to appeal to, and they turn
ed to her. She was standing coolly on
the crossing, arms akimbo, watching the
proceedings.
''The baby is all right" she said air.
lily. 81 left her home while took the
buggy to bring the washing. Hev you
got all the pieces picked upP cos if you
have | might as well be goin' on
To see the disgust impressed on the
countenances of all interested was
study in human nature Not one of the
crowd was glad that baby was safe at
home. They would much rather have
picked it out of the mud. But each one
recalled the fact that a man was hung
once for not attending to his own bust
ness, and sneaked of.-Detr0it Post.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-05-11

An Egyptian desert snail was receiv-
ed at the British Museum on March 25,
1886. The animal was not known to be
alive, as it had withdrawn into its shell,
and the specimen was accordingly gum
med, mouth downward, on to a tablet
duly labeled and dated, and left to its
fate. Instead OF starving, this content
ed gasteropod simply went to sleep in Il
quiet way, and never woke up again for
four years. The tablet Was then placed
in tepid water and the shell loosened,
when the dormant snail suddenly resus-
citated himself. began walking about
the basin, and finally sat for his portrait,
which may be seen of life size in Mr..
Woodward S Manual of the Mollusca." ="
Now, during those four years the snail
had never eaten a Inouthful of any food,
yet he was quite as well and tlourishing
ut the end OF the period us he had been
at its beginning.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-05-11
His Prescription,

Up in New Hampshire is we'll known
eccentric individual, a self-constituted
curer of all ills; sort of universal pan
acea, body and soul, head, heart, and
conscience Doctor" who, with all his CO.
centricities, has fund of actual wit that
is hard to beat. Not long ago the "doc-
:or' was called upon the witness-stand
The opposing counsel, who is said some
times to indulge in ''liquor-pizen,' y know
ing the doctors peculiarities, ventured,
in cross examining him, to show him up
bit. The result will be appreciated
''What is your business?" pompously
inquired the counsel.
My business is to do what little good
[ can do to my fcllow-men," modestly
replied the doctor.
But that doesn't answer my cues
ton" grutliy remarked the counsel
''How do you spend your timer
"Why, squire, it takes about all my
time to do what | said'
'But Iwant something more definite"
stoutly demanded the counsel How
do you 60 about your business?''
That depends upon circumstances,
according to the nature of the case,'' ex-
planned the doctor. ''For instance, if /
were going TO begin on goa, the first
thing l should do would be to advise
you to sign a temperance pledgen'
The court rOared, and the counsel, as
il convinced the doctor was pursuing q
legitimate and respectable vocation. pro-
ceeded with the regular cross-exanina-
ton.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-05-11
A BIRD DRAMA,

Toward the end of MAY last year I
had the rare opportunity of watching
from beginning to end little affair in
the sparrow family; and 1 wish to say
in beginning that although l may not
have interpreted them correctly the
events took place exactly as | shall tell
them. Nothing is exaggerated, and
nothing could be palmer, to my eyes,
than the motions and emotions of the
little creatures 1 so closely watched.
That l was able to follow the small
drama to its end was because of the for
tunate position of the family, remote
from other sparrow nests and in full
view of the window l occupied.
The first intimation / had of trouble
was the loud and persistent chirping of
a sparrow, cry of distress. For some
time l could not get sight of him, but
just at evening when l was looking
closely at a pear tree from which the
sound came a cock-sparrow flew out
alighting on the peak of low roof in my
sight, and resumed at once the very
sound l was in search of. He was the
one in trouble, and the reason was plain
he had lost leg.
He stayed on the roof some time, ut
tering at short intervals the pitiful cry
of distress, and at last flying to the pear
tree again established himself in an an
gle formed by two twigs starting hori-
zontally from the same point. Here he
settled himself comfortably after some
futtering and here remained.
The first thing in the morning l heard
the sorrowful cry again and fastened to
the window to see how he was this morn
ing and if possible find out where he
lived. He had left the tree and seated
himself on the ledge over false win
dow plainly visible from my chair. The
sill, the upper ledge and the edge of the
roof overhead were the scene of the
whole drama that followed. From his at
home manner in that spot l concluded
4L.,t h. l;xzod fo,. I hayIo saoticad tha
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-05-11

When Pat was asked why he was
thinking of getting married, he answer
ed: he could almost support himself, and
it would be a poor woman that could
not DO little toward it. Many man
besides Pat has been married for the
same reason, but has not been honest
enough to own it. No doubt Kathleen
will be much happier with her honest
husband than she would il he has made
her believe he was worth his weight in
money. What if she does have to go
out to work, doing other peoples drudg-
cry. She will have the pleasure Of re-
ceiving pay for it, and that viii be more
than some of her more favored sisters
do. l have known woman to do the
same amount of work in year that her
neighbor across the way hired done at
So per week, besides caring for large
family of children. And what wages
did she getP just enough to keep her
from freezing, and not glove or collar
ever found its way to her wardrobe
And yet her husband was Just as we'll
off as her neighbor; ''but,n said he, Il
never allow my money to slip through
my fingers without knowing what it
goes for" When there was anything
needed in the house he got it, and if his
wife was not suited whose fault was it?
He said that Cheap Johnny was his pat
ron saint and he was too short-sighted
.tosee that the best was the cheapest;
too bigoted to believe that his wife's
Judgment was better than his in any
such mattersk l never knew her to have
adollar she could callsher own.
Talk to him about letting his wife
handle share of the profits of the farm,
he would tell you that women don't
know how to use money. If they don't,
its for the same reason that. the slaves
did not know how to use the freedom
when first temancipated. Itwasb because
they never had it to use.
have no doubt but that many faHnA
ers who read this have been in the hab6
of dividing the money received from the
proceeds of their united labor, but there
are hundreds who cram the well-filled
pocketbook down into the deepest pock-
ct with self-satisfied air that seems to
say palmer than words: 'Its all mine,"
and long before all the plans he has
been forming for it's use are carried out
the poor pocketbook looks as though an
elephant had stepped on it.
Brother. try new plan. Let your
wife help invest that money, ,-Kaiasas
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-05-11
Wabster and His Bride.

Vaughan Street, narrow, old-fashion-
ed, is one of the most ancient thorough
fares in Portsmouth, N. II. Here was
that old Assembly House which Wash
ington, in 1889, considered to be one of
the best he had seen in the United
States. Opposite is two-story gam
brel-roof house, now occupied by the
family cf the late Robert Gray. A hun
dred and twenty years ago this house
was built bya Mr.. Whidden for one Geo.
Meserve, who, in ante-revolution days,
was ''stamp-master." One of its later
occupants was a young lawyer of noble
figure and noble voice, destined to ring
all over the land some day, 1t was
Daniel Webster He came to Ports
mouth in 1907, and in June of the next
year was married to Grace Fletcher. In
to the old home opposite the Assembly
House passed the young lawyer and his
cherished bride, there to ''set up house,
keeping" Webster lived in Portsmouth
nine years. He went to Boston in 1916.