The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-22
DAILY CAIRO BULLETIN: THURSDAY MORNING JUNE % 1880

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Amber, and the rest of the officers and
crew OF the Jeanette, whose fate has Tor
several months remained a mystery. All
| persisted within short distance of each
other. martyrs to the folly of attempting to
explore the awful region of eternal cold
In their terrible trail southwark from the
wreck OF the Jeanette DeLong and his
party endured unimagInable horrors of
hunger and exposure. Their scanty stock
OF food, they roasted aud ate the leather of
their boots, and wrapped their feet in rags
until "A merciful snowstorm came upon
them and buried their pitiablc suilerings
out of sight in common grave.
In Pulaski county, under the leader.
ship of Hon. W. I. Scott, the colored voters
got the county clcrkship much to the dis
satisfaction Of the white members of the
county convention. 1t seems that they were
slightlyin the majority, and while few Of
the whites were out drumming up "thcir
side the colored men carried their point
| by nominating one of their own color, as
candidate for the Office of county clerk.
There is no charge Of fraud the colored
men gained their victory honorably, and
because of their superiority OF numbers,
therefore they are entitled to it. They are
to be congratulated upon their success over
their fierce antagonists, their white Rcpub
lcan brothers who love them 80 well.
Tuesday afternoon Mr.. A. Marx re.
ceivod blow in the back of the head from
a board, which caused him to lose con.
ciousness for an hour or more. A board
of scatlold, which had been put up across
the front OF hi5-ffS' 'o0cc and used by the
brick layers in rcpaGFAL ~ damaged
gable was knocked off at one
of the workmen just as Mr.. Marx passed
under it. 1t swung down aud struck Mr..
Marx in the back of the head, protIudng
nail Iac}rating the scalp quite badly. Mr..
Marx was picked up aud carried into the
house; Mrs Marx sent cut for a physician
and, in the meantime, bathed her hus-
bands head with cold'watcr, which revived
him, Nophysician being found, Mr., Marx
went to Mr.. VIM. Alba, who performed the
part Of a surgeon WELL aud Mr.. Marx was
all right again yesterday.
Tuesday, Queen Victoria completed the
forty-iiith year Of her reign, which exceeds
that OF Queen Elizabeth by several months,
EIizlbeth's reign lasting forty four years
four months and seven days. Victoria has
attended the funeral of every premier who
has served under her except that of Mr.
| Gladstone, who has now overworked hlm.
self so that his royal mistress may at any
time be called upon to lament his death
The only sovereign living who was on the
throne when Victoria was crowned is the
exQuean Isabella, of Spain, and she lost
her throneln 1883 and is not permitted to
reside permanently in Spain The mos,
brilliant premiers who have held office un-
der Victoria were PalmcrstOn and Disraeli.
The most useful premiers for England have
been Sir Robert Peel and Mr.. Gladstone,
although the latter is now in peculiarly
uncomfortable position through bunglng
work in his Irish policy and evident inca
paCity to manage Britaln's foreign policy
with promptness.
Alcohol paid into the British treasury
in 1874 $l55,0000 900. In 1881 the sum was
reduced to $145,0O0,000 These figures the
Pail Mall Gazette cites from the budget,
quoting Mr.. lloylc in estimating the aver
age yearly expenditure on drink of each
English man, woman, and child in 1873 TO
have been more than 500, and in 1881 to
have fallen to less than Sl6. The Gazette
attributes this first, to the want Of money
to buy liquor; secondly, to the coffee house
movement; and, thirdly, to the "Blue Rib
bon" and religious temperance societies,
notably those supported by the Catholic
clergy, and the salvation Army" The eff.
feet Of this diminuton in the use of stimu.
lants isshown in the immediate increase in
the amount Of money deposited in the
savings banks. In 1880 the working classes
deposited 1885 100000; in 1881 there were
deposits amounting to 1925, 100000 in the
old savings banks, and in the postal savings
banks, just established, over s 81, O0O, 900.
All these savings, however, the Gazette
adds significantly, do not yet amount to 10
per cent. of the money spent in liquor.
Justice Bradley, Of the United States
supreme court to whom Gutcaus counsel
applied for writ Of habeas corpus has
filed denial Of the application with the
| clerk OF the court, Justice Bradley holds
thatthe court of the District of Columbia
had full jurisdiction of ,he case, and that