The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-11
GLBANINGs.

During the past seventeen years the
losses by fire in San Francisco aggre.
gated Sll,36s,55S, 40,
The mountains Of Swain county, in
Western North Carolina, are said TO be
OF solid marble, red, pink, plaided, and
black.
Tbore are now in Wythe and Pulaski
counties, Virginia, fifteen blast furnaces
engaged in the making of cold-blast
charcoal iron.
A complete set Of papier mache fur
niture inlaid with mothcr-of-pearl was
made a few gears ago for the Queen OF
Spain.
A commission has been appointed by
the government 10 90 abroad and study
the most perfect and latest telegraph
system now in use SO rs 10 introduce it
into Mexico
The Charleston NcvS and Couricr, as
pleasing proof Of the growth Of home
industries, mentions the building of a
steamer and the construction of all her
machinery in that city.
The spirit Of invention is still on the
increase. The number of applications
for patents thi, year is much larger than
during the same period in any former
year,
Robert Collyer says smoking is some
times eNcusnble ht smoked his first ci-
gar at the fall Of Richmond, when twas
incumbent on everybody to do some.
thing outrageous
Mr.. Burke, of Lyons, Iowa, bathed in
turpentine to cure his rheumatism, and
then lit his pipe. His rheumatism was
cured, and he is now member OF the
angel choir,
1t must be hotter in Arizopa than or
binary mortaS dream of when the Tue
son Star is moved to say that all Their
momcters should have wire attach
ments for the mercury to run out on.
General Burnside's old army horse is
hauling a delivery wagon for II sewing
machine company in indianapolis, 1t
is medium sized chestnut sorrel, and
is about twenty-five years old
A suit is threatened to test the VALID
" of the confederate land scrip of Tex
rs, upon the ground that the act under
which the scrip was issued is in viola
ton of the constitution of the United
States.
When the Pennsylvania railroad shops
in Altoona are in full operation they EN-
al y t,l Al Al
$4,000 per month The estimated
value of the Pennsylvania shops at that
point is $50, 100000.
One of the largest railroad bridges il
the country il being built for the Adj
rondack railroad across the Scand0gG
river at Luzcrnc. 1t is OF wood the
Howe truss pattern, and has span OF
1872 feet. The tics are being laid l0i
feet above the water
James Kahn. of Walker county. Ala
bama, aged 81 who raised II children
to maturity, and has 1903 grandchildren
and i6 reat-grandchildren, is still a
lively rs u cricket aud fond of talkin.
politics.
4 Brooklyn man who had used III
the arguments that his ingenuity coul,
devise to dissuade his son from gettn!
married, finally hit upon an cNpeden
that had the desired effect, He procure,
his appointment as clerk in divorc,
court
A Philadelphia paper asserts that w
are actually bringing back TO thiscoun
try corncd beef exported to Europ
from America, 1t is bought at cent
pound more than was paid for it by th
foreigners, and good profit is made b
the operation.
just as n girl was about 20 drow
herself at Athens, Ala, n man caugb
her She struggled, but he held ho
fast "l'll give you ten minutes tolhin
II over,n he said, 'and If YOU then wan
10 die I'll let YOU Ito IT," When the tim
was up he released her and she quletl
went home,
Letter boxes In England are paintc
around the apertnrcs with luminot
paint, for the convenience of people Q
night. What blessing II would be
applied around kcybolos, for tho gui'
We of people who arc kept out late
'oVs,