The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-08
GLEANINGs.

An lneXnauStlble vein OF inc IlneSt
yellow ochre in the country has been
discovered half mile from Markham
station, or the Manassas Gap railroad.
An effort is being made in Hartford,
Conn, to enforce an old blue law which
makes concert-going on Sunday nights
penal offence.
A cry for matinees thrice a week
draws from London paper protest
against such cruelty to actors, and some
just remarks on the ignorance of the
public as to the very hard work of an
actors life.
About thirty thousand people in the
city of Buffalo are supported by the
railroad companies. The amount ex-
pended there by the different roads in
wages alone will foot up over S3000,000
annually.
A petrifed alligator is said to have
been found imbedded in solid rock,
twenty feet under ground, in a quarry
two miles from Saratoga Springs. 1t is
five feet seven inches in length, and
measures, two feet back of the head,
nine inches in diameter
.There were three hours and half
lost by you this morning" said Sun
day-school superintendent to late and
lazy teacher. II was only half an hour
late" he replied. True" said the SUI
perintendent; "but there were seven
scholars waiting all that time for you"
An attempt is being made to bring
the "Hogarth'' hat into fashion. The
idea is taken from picture called "Tho
forfeit" An arch-looking girl has put
on young officers hat, and the young
officer bends over her shoulder and
takes compensation for disturbance
The hat is three-cornered.
Two Rockingham (Va) young girls
who engaged in duel with shot-guns
/ about two weeks ago are members of
respectable white amiles-daughters
of James Payne and James SLIDER. A
timely interruption only prevented
further exchange Of shots and serious
| results.
A colored man in Louisa county, Vir-
| gina, infected with smallpox was re-
pulsed from the hospital at the muzzle
of shotgun. He returned to his
home, seven miles distant, on foot and
was considerable enough to carry in his
hand an improvised smallpox flag as
warning to people not to approach him.
A middle-sized Indian squaw passed
through the streets in Virginia City the
other day, carrying on her back stove
weighing fully $50 pounds. 1t was sus-
taned only by narrow band passing
over her forehead, and she had carried
it nearly two miles.
A Canada paper says that Mr. Mel
son, of Ottawa, shot an elk at Moose
Jaw creek recently, whose carcass when
dressed weighed $50 pounds. The ant
lers were three feet nine inches from the
base to tips, and four feet nine inches
apart at the top. The two protruding
prongs over the eyes measured fourteen
inches long. 1t is said to be the largest
elk shot in the northwest.
Steam vessels for whaling have proved
highly profitable. The first one ever
sent out from the Pacific coast was the
Mary and Helen which cleared last
year enough to pay her entire cost and
$4,000 besides. The second venture,
that of the Belvidere has returned from
voyage of only six months with $780,
600 worth of oil above the investment.
The great success of these steamers is
likely to revive the business of whaling.
A capture of wild Arizona camels has
been made by Indians in the vicinity of
ella BEND. A carload has been sent
east. II consisted of seven large and
two small camels and was consigned to
circus manager of Kansas City. They
were in charge of an Egyptian, who had
been sent out expressly to get them.
They do not differ from ordinary camels,
excepting that they exceed in size any
yet exhibited.
Sudden wealth has had avery bad eilect
on Boston stock speculator. Formerly
he was well-behaved. Now he keeps u
house lighted from attic 10 cellar all
night long, and passes hours in smash
ing costly china and glass. Occasion
ally he opens the windows and yells like
lunatic. Officers who entered tho
house lately found bushels of broken ar
ticles. He goes to his Office in the day.
time quite soberly.
There is a scandal in Island Creek
township, near Steubenville. o., arising
from rumors that Presbyterian minis
ter "a married many had loved the
daughter Of another minister in the ame
section s'not wisely, but too wei" and
In short time his tender care Of y
brothers child would bear fruit Il Is
understood. however, that the thing ID
being hushed up By al concerned and