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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
City 0nlcers.

Mayor-N B. ThistewoOd.
Trcasufer-T j. Kerth
Clerk --Dennie. j Foley.
Coaasc,o or VIM, Is, Gilbert
Mafshai-I.. II. Meyers,
Attorney william Hendricks
HOARD or ALDERMEN.
first Wsri-Wm. Nc Hale. 7. NJ. Kimbrough.
Second Ward Jerse Hlnkle, G, y. Hughes.
THIRD Ward--B. 7, Blake, John Wood.
Fourth Ward--Charles o. Patier, Adolph sWo-
FiGh Wsrd-T. W. Halliday, Ernest y. Petit.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16

IT does not cure every thing but kidney
troubles and many other complaints to
which flesh is heir yield gracefully to the
lifc-giving properties constituting Hops
and Malt Bitters, People who have be
come discouraged should resort to this new
remedy.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16

II Is not generally known that few
springs of cedar bush, mixed with hay
or any kind OF litter for hens nests will
keep them entirely free from hen lice.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16

EVERY one will find a general tonic in
"Lindseys Improved Blood Searcher."
Druggists sell It, It's what you want.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16
RIVER NEWS.
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and steamboat PASSENGER agent, Orders for all
kinds Of steamboat JOB printing solicited Once
a, Planters Hotel, No. 81 Ohio leyeo.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16
County Officers

Circuit Judged. j, Baker.
Circuit Clerk-A. II irwin.
County Judgc--k. ) focun.
County CLERKS. j, Hnnm,
County Attorney--J NJ DamrUn.
County Treasarer-Miles " Parker.
shefif-Iohh Hodge,
CorOuer-R. Fitzgerald
ilbbs aud Peter NHup,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16
DENTISTS.
NOTICE TO CoNTRACTo RS.

once of City Clerk, Caro, III Sept 18th isSs
droct"d In tbe clty council OF tho city Of Cairo, up
TO the time Of meeting of said council, Mond ay
evening, September ejth, 1892, for alling, grading
and i'm proving New lIevec street. The estmatod
yarda, Bds for sections Of SOD feet or more VIII
be received said bids to be nj 40 much per cubic
yard and work to BIO done to the satisfaction OF inc
compnnicd with n good aud sufficient bond for
twice the amount OF bid. Work to be com pleted
with IN sixty days from signing contract. Inc right
to reject any and oil bids reserved by inc cry.
d. j. FOLEY, City Clerk
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16

Persons calling for the above mentioned
will please say advertised.
GEO. w. MCKEAId. Postmaster.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16
IETTER LIST.

LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING uNCALLED
FOR IN THE PosroBFICE AT CAIRO, ILL.,,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1G, 1882.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16

The Guiding Star left for New Orleans
last evening with all she could carry.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
Russia's Eastward March

Russia is still striding eastward. Thirty
one years ago the Russians established them
selves at the mouth of the Sir Darya river,
on the sea Of Aral, and Immediately after be-
gan to push their way eastward up the river,
and further into the heart of Asia. Above
sthem was the vast Siberian region lying be-
tween the Arctic sea and the Chinese boun
dairy, and extending from the Ural noun
tains to Behring strait; below was Turkes-
tan, into which the British were looking
from their strong Notifications in the Pun
jaub. Whatever were the ulterior motives of
the Russians is locked in the silence of the
tombs ofczars and their counselors, but the
effect is matter Of history. The Russians
strobe steadily and silently eastward, and in
Is years (1S65) they reached and subdued
Kokhand, 600 miles eastward of the Aral,
and with promptness attached the northern
portion of that territory to Siberia. Two
years later, in 1867, the Russians seized Sa-
marcand, in the heart of TurkestaD, and
moved southwark toward Bokhara and the
Indo-B British border. Last year they ap-
preached Bokhara, almost within ear-shot of
the British drums.
Now the news comes of a treaty with Per-
sia by which that country has ceded to Rus :
sia that part of theaorthern border Of Ivan
stretching from Ashkabad to Sarachs, thus
realizing Russia's long cherished desire to
have her lately won Turcoman possessions
rounded off. This confirms the possession
Of her late conquests and brings her in peril
GUS proximity to the lands held by British
conquerors. When the two despoilers meet
the debate will shake the world.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
IN. Y. IIerald.l

Funeral oratory has in all ages fourished
best in republics. The orator is exempt from
many of the temptations to debase his art that
attend him when the subject Of his eloquence
was monarch or served monarch. Accord
ingly the funeral eulogies of ancient Greece are
the noblest examples of classic excellence in
speech. Nor are we guilty of undue praise in
ranking panegyrics which have been pro-
nounced by Americans upon their own illus
trious dead with the choicest achievements OF
rhetoric.
When we include Mr.. Blaines eulogy Of
President Garfield among the best of such
American orations we pay greater tribute to
its merits than if we should compare it with
any foreign examples. Now here in the foreign
forums of speech do discourses reach the pub
lie ear from pulpit or from parliament With
which it may not easily challenge rivalry for
the dignity Of the treatment OF the theme, the
clearness of its descriptive passages, the unity
of its plan, its abstinence from adulatioD,
the felicity of its language and the pathos OF its
close.
1t deserves special notice and acknowledge
ment that Mr. Blaine has dealt in perfect tastr
with the personal passages OF Paesident Gar.
field administration which are still subjects OF
hot controversy. Knowing as the people do
that the orator cherishes passionate feeling con-
corning those events the temperance OF his
treatment of them is truly admirable.
Passing now from compliments to the style
of Mr.. Baine's oration to q consideration OF Its
substance, what strikes us as most noteworthy
is that he casts President Garfeld's character
almost for the first time into a clearly cut
mould, so that the peoDle can see it, as the ora,
tor conceives it, distinctly as they can recall
his physical aspect by painting or statue.
According to that conception it is the charac-
ter of thinker rather than an actor-of po-
litical philosopher rather than practical
stataSman
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
TBoston HeraId.l

Mr.. Blaine has discharged great and deli
cate duty in manner worthy of the highest
praise. In this case, at least it is true that she
speaks best who speaks last" The facts of
Gen. Garfeld's life and career were so well
known that nothing positively new was ex-
pected But Mr.. Blaine displayed in his hand
ling of the subject, skill in the use of facts,
power to seize upon and place in their true re-
lation the salient points in the career he was
considering, and an ability in the arrangement
of results in true relation to their causes, which
make this easily the most remarkable and ade-
quate address that has yet been delivered upon
the life and character of the dead President.
The important facts of Gen. Garfeld's ma
ture life are seized upon and treated with the
same unerring eye for the best effect. With a
discrimination and skill that are only equalled
by his tact, Mr.. Blaine makes the facts create
the eulogy, instead Of depending upon mere
words of his own. There has rarely been an
grafton in which there was more of the subject
and less of the speaker than in this. The story
of Gen. Gsrfield's service in the army IS told
without exaggeration, and without detracting
from the fame of any of his Superiors or aSso-
ciates but in manner to leave distinct I'M
preston of versatile and powerful personality
who fitted into his new duties as few other
civilians did, and gave promise OF real capa-
bilities as commander No man in the ma
ton is better fitted than Mr.. Blaine to treat of
Gen, Garfield's remarkable career in Congress-
and he has done it in manner that will make
this portion of his oration valuable, but all
too brief, contribution to the literature of our
statesmanship Mr.. Blaine's
ANALYSIS of Gen. Garfield's gifts and limitations
as a parliamentary leader seems to us to be in
the main as just as it is keen. 1t is certainly
generous and striking tribute from one who
has himself gained his greatest fame in this
sama feld
Mr.. Blanes references to the political dis
turbance which preceded the assassination are
marked by that moderation and sense of the
proprieties of the occasion which were TO have
been expected of his experience and tact.
They are also just to the memory of his dead
chief 1t is certainly true that "more need not
be said," and we think most people will agree
that "less could not bs said" The close of the
oration, dealing with the tragedy, the long
period of heroic endurance, and the pathetic
end, is one of the most beautiful and touching
perorations which such an occasion has ever
produced. Mr. Blaine understands, as so
many of our public speakers do not, the strength
and beauty of simplicity 1t fifty ends noble
tribute, and gives the finishing touch to an
Grafton worthy of the occasion, the speaker
and the subject.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

Mr. Blaine's grafton did not disappoint the lis
teners. With but little rhetorical ornament,
and few passages that can be called eloquent
it is interesting throughout. Many men could
have spoken more brilliantly, with more
splendor of diction and .srvor Of passion, but
few could have SO well describea the character
and career of the late president, giving so just
an analysis of his powers. 9Ld so true an esti-
mate of his greatness. ESP sially interesting
is that part of the Grafton which relates TO
Garfeld's congressional career. Mr.. Blaine's
summary of the qualifications of parliamen
tary leader is of peculiar value, because he has
held thatposition himself, and therefore speaks
with the authority OF personal knowledge and
experience; his rapid but mastery sketch OF
the three great congressional leaders in our
history, Clay, Douglas and Stevens, aud his
comparison of Garfeld's character with theirs,
showing what qualities of leadership he lacked
and where he excelled them in substantial and
lasting achievement, are admirable examples
of acute and just discrimination. The review
of Garfeld's congressional work gives an idea
as nearly adequate as was possible, OF the
varied and ample resources OF his mind, his
scrupulous fidelity and his enormous labors,
which enabled him to contribute to the debates
of congress so many important speeches, al
ways enlightening the house with information,
and charming it with eloquence, and more OIL
ten than any other member in his time, con
vinciDg by his arguments and persuadiDg by
his fairness and courtesy,
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

which the orator draws the Garfield lineage, in
its close relation to the history of two conti-
nents, and puts the true coloring upon his
youth. The story of his life is necessarily ia
miliar, but Mr.. Blaine weaves in an interesting
bit of justice to almost forgotten Judge Advo-
cate General Holt, and the sketch of Clay,
Douglas and Stevens as the three parliament
tary leaders of onr history is fresh, as well as
the comparison Of Garfield to Peel, Bentinck,
Burke and Gladstone. There is trife of
self-consciousness in his exaggeration of "the
storm OF detraction" with which the nomina-
ton OF Garfield to the presidency was received,
and little teazing Of popular curiosity with
the fact that Garfield never forgave some
whose "iron entered his soul'' during the
campaign. There is casual but not offen-
siye vindication of the late secretary of state as
based on Gen. Gariield's view that our Ameri-
can relations "involyed responsibility" and
might be cultivated into profitable friend
ship" orleft to indifference and enmity. The
orators treatment of the ConkliDg affair is ex-
cellent in spirit and just enough in degree to
vindicate his dead friend, without resorting to
controversy His sketch of the presidents re-
ligioas nature and views will refresh the de-
vout and every soul of feeling. The conclud-
ing contrast of the last scenes in the great
mans career is eloquent.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

AT the centennial dinner given by the
proprietors of the Glasgow Herald just at
the end of last month, Sir William Thomp-
son in proposing the health of sThe Two
Houses of Parliament" made a very natu-
raj complaint because the Scotch lords were
compelled to sit in the upper house under
their English titles which nobody knew any
thing about. IT feel as Scotchman,o said
he, 'deeply grieved when think that we
don't know the very names of the great rep
resentatives of Scotland under the titles
which they bear in House of Lords. How
many present know who Baron Sundridge is,
and yet the duke of Argyll sits and repre- :
sents Scotland rs Baron Sundridge. | won
der how many people know who is the earl
of Doncaster. That's the duke of Buccleuch.
And is not humiliating to Scotland that the
duke of Buccleuch should sit in the House
of Lords as the earl of Doncaster? I did
not know the fact till came into the hall
this evening. Again, Baron Wigan! Who
rs Baron Aigan? We know Wigan well
enough. There. have been a great many
railway accidents at Wigan, but who is Bar
on Wigan? Baron Wigan is the title under
which the oldest Scottish peer sits in the
House of Lords. The earl of Crawford,
whose peera.e dates from the twelfth cen
tury, sits in the House of Lords as Earl of
Wigan.'
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

IF it were possible to escape from the bur-
dens and the vexations of the joint protec-
torate over Egypt which England and France
exercise, England at least would be very glad
to get out of it. 1t has brought much worry
and little or no practical good. According
to NJ. Rochefort, the Anglo-French control
was brought about by lot of Partisan spec
ulators who did not relish the thought of
losing heavily through investments.
According to his statement (for which he is
at work collecting proofs) the Compton d Es-
compte was large owner of Egyptian bonds
which proved not only good-for-nothing, but
also served to depreciate the credit of their
owners The shares of the Compton had be-
gun to go down rapidly when several politi-
clans who were greatly interested in it,
among them member of the Cabinet, be-
thought themselves of scheme of salvation.
They suggested that France should take a
hand in the financial affairs of Egypt, and
thus compel the Government of that coun-
try to give up control of its revenues. But
the French Cabinet feared to act alone, and
overtures were made to the English Govern
ment for the establishment of joint pro-
tectorate Lord Derby, who was then at the
head of affairs, refused to go into the scheme
whereupon some English bankers and brok-
ers were given a pecuniary interest in it.,
and the Government was subsequently in
duced to withdraw its refusal.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

1t seems almost sad to read that Newgate
prison-the oldest one in London-is likely
soon to be swept out of existence. A good
many eminent people have lived there at one
time and another, such as William Penn, af-
forwards highly esteemed in Philadelphia,
and Daniel Defoe, whose imprisonment
could hardly be justified before any jury of
boys who have read Robinson Crusoe Dur
ing the 'no popery' riots of 1907, of which
Dickens has made romance as well as his
tory in "Barnaby Rudge," the original prs-
on building was destroyed by fire, but it was
speedily rebuilt and made the place of pub
lie executions, instead of Tyburn. The
stranghlations within its walls have not been
public though, for the last dozen years or so,
nor have the foggings, of which two took
place there recently. Sir William Harcourt,
the home secretary, announces that New
gate will hereafter be used only as tempo
rary place of confinement while the central
criminal court is in session, and the indica-
tions are that the long and eventful life of
the most famous of London prisons is draw
ing to peaceful close.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

THE question of disestablishment which is
so strongly coming to the front in Scotland
gains further impulse from the diligence
with which one of the Scotch papers has for
a long time been slyly taking census of all
the leading churches in the land The re-
suits are now being published, and one of
the sets of figures shows that in the Leith
division out of population of over $4,000
little more than one-third attend church.
The three leading Presbyterian churches ran
close in the number of worshipers. The
Established, with eight churches, had 5,525
worshipers; the Free, with seven churches,
5,095; and the United Presbyterian, with
five churches, 5,0OS. The United Presbyte-
rians had, therefore, the best average. An
other way of contrasting the statistics shows
that while 5,5S5 people attended two SER
vices in eight Established churches, 10,103
attended twelve Free and United Presbyte-
rian churches; and that while 5,5S5 wor-
SHIPPED in the Establishment, 14,151 were
present at two services in the other
churches.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

''THERE's millions in" the scheme of an
Italian, who has been in America, TO tunnel
under Vesuvius for petroleum. This ven
turesome innovator has theory. He be-
lieves that the volcanic form is nothing more
or less than the exhibition on larger scale
of the force which expels petroleum from
wells in other parts of the globe. He would
therefore sink well into the mountain, or
rather drive it in laterally, so as to draw OIL
the accumulated oil beneath the crater The
theory goes farther, to account for the erup-
tions of burning lava. The man Of science
says that the oil in the mountain is set fire
to by electricity, and its burning and explo-
sion gives rise to the manifold observed phe-
nomena. BY draining away the oil he ex-
poets not only to get valuable product for
illumination, but also to put stop to the
earthquakes and other agencies of deyasta-
ton in all the Vesuvian region. Engineers
are said to vouch for this amateur philoso-
pbnr
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
Blaine's Grafton.
Comments Of the Press.


Boston Advertiser.
With simplicity worthy of the great an
clients, with their calmness, and with their
peerless disregard of all that lacks permanent
interest, Mr.. Blaine details the principal facts,
the leading characteristics and the moral at
tainments of his friend, not to praise them,
nor even to commend them as model, but to
state them without ulterior designs and with
out regard to his own emotions, as though he
were assured that such narrative, so chaste
and SO true, is perhaps the most worthy,
though surely the least dazzling. Nor will he be
disappointed. Rash, though it seems, we do
not hesitate to believe that foreigner who
would in happy hour behold well what is
most truly American, can hardly do better
than to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest
the grafton of Mr.. Blaine on President Gar
field. while for considerable time to come
this address must stand out prominently, not
so much as the tribute of friend to friend, but
as the calm and enduring estimate OF great
American presented in manner which Will
command the grateful respect and the hearty
approval of his fellow citizens.
The Grafton is classical in its arrangement,
and Justly simple in its diction; altogether
brief, as discourse should be, yet without an
important omission. Ornament has been
varied bv homely phrase or manifest
Americanism. And this is just right, as it fits
the beloved President over whom the nations
have thought it right to mourn. The Grafton
does not allow quoting; it wants to be read
without interruption, at one sitting and IN
quiet leisure when the reader can best take in
the strength which pervades the whole dis
course Unlike the brilliant speakers, Mr..
Blaine shuns contrast, epigram and antltnesis
he does not confuse his subject in order to dis
entangle it and delight the reader; he does not
allude to what he has read or seen or learned
or acquired; he presents the results, and he
presents them as it were at one casting. Hence
it would be doing the address injustice 20 sim
gle out the statement that Garfield was poor
in the Roman, but not in the English. sense;
or to allude to the motives which animated
Mr.. Garfield as President, and on special oc-
casion which has divided the opinion OF observ-
ers; or, finally, to commend Mr.. Blaine.s spec
tally fine moderation in alluding to his friends
reverence. The Grafton is not an effort or an
essay, but an honest work of art, just to Presi-
dent Garfield and just to the American people,
who will not hesitate to render equal justice to
the temperate and dignihed orator.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
Springfield Republican l

The euology of Mr.. Blaine upon the martyr
ed Garfield yesterday was worthy of the occa-
sion, fine and discriminating analysis of his
character, a loving and beautiful tribute to his
greatness. 1t will rank in the first class of the
funeral orations of American literature
There is a fine clearness and dispatch with
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

MAYOR ALLMoND Of Wilmington, DEL,
was brought up before himself Tuesday and
fined $2.32 for neglecting to clear his side
walks of snow. He pleaded hard for the re-
mission of the fine, but refused to throw off
even the 50 cents, and made the infamous
scoundrel pay the whole bill.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

KvERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with & Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
Oil cenfer favor upon us by demanding credentials
81 every person claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

THE Vicksburg Herald thinks that there
is not much likelihood of General Hancock
again receiving the Democratic nomination.
The tariff question is now coming proml-
nently to the front, and by the time OF the
next election will be one of the main issues,
and his indefinite views on that great ques-
tion would unfit him for successful candi-
date
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH

We do not read anonymous letters and eommun
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for pubca-
tion but as a guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or prescrye COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
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THE United Presbyterians are taking a
musical census in their churches. After
having agitated the question for long time
they now propose 20 settle it by taking a
vote of the ministers and elders upon the
repeal of the rule prohibiting instrumental
music in public worship. Out Of 140 minis
ters who have voted thus far, 95 were in
favor of the repeal and 45 oppose it, OF the
elders, 40 favor the repeal and 81 oppose it..
On joint ballot, therefore, majority of AZ
favor the repeal. In Philadelphia there
were votes in favor of repeal and 16 against.
Music, therefore, is likely to carry the day.