The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-17

--Fontenelle dainty compliments the
sex when he compares women to clocks
"the latter serve to point one the hours and
the former to make usforget them"
---LosT; A twenty dollar bill near stone
depot or on Commercial avenue. Finder
may retain half If he will return remainder
to Charles d. Young, Washington avenue,
between Seventh and Eight streets.
Coy. Blackburn, of Kentucky, says ~
never spent cent in the campaigns l
never treated a man ! never told slugy
story on the stump, and | never bribed any
body to vote for me-"
Geo. 5. McGrew, with Geo. D.,
Barnard & Co., St, Louis will be at THE
Halliday" on Saturday and Monday, Feb
9Th and Goth. If you need any blank books
or Lithographing notify him by telephone
or otherwise and he will take pleasure in
calling on you. o.
-DuQuoin Tribune: "The constitution
and rules for trap shooting adopted by the
Southern Illinois Sportmen's association, is
ia the hands of the printer, and will be
ready for distribution in the course OF a
week or two. Copies may he obtained by
applying to the secretary"
The Cairo pest-house has been without
an inmate for about ten days now. 1t has
been generally over hauled and is now in
an excellent sanitary condition. Although
DR.. Carter has had a number Of serious ma
rine cases there have been none who were
afflicted with anything like contagious
disease. The Cairo pest-house will prob
ably remain empty during the remainder Of
this year at least.
"A gentleman in the act Of crossing a
plank laid across little pond Of rain water
up town yesterday morning, lost his bal
ance and fell into the water on his hands
and knees. He made haste to get out and
entered the nearest grocery store3 to brush
off and "brace up" He took the affair
good.humordly enough, but not quite so
good humordly as did number Of young
sters standing near.
Quite a painful accident occurred to
MIR. John Haines Wednesday morning. lie
was in the act of splitting stick which he
held in his left hand with a sharp pocket
knife in his right. The knife slipped and
cut deep cash clear across the back of his
left hand, almost severing the tendons OF
the fingers. His fingers dropped and he
was unable to straighten them again. Sur
gical treatment was procured and the hand
bandaged upon splits, and though Mr.
Haines will be able to use it again in the
course OF few weeks, the scar will probab-
ly remain through life.
Indications are that spring is not far
away, and that we will not have much mo- c
winter weather. Thus far the winter has
been open and for the most part very mild
which has been a great blessing to the hui
man family and much Of the stock in this
part of the State. With the shortage of crops
and scarcity of feed, had we have had Sc
we're winter, there would have been untold
suffering. As it has been, everybody has
got along thus far, without much incon-
venence, or any amount Of real suffering
and it now looks as if we are to have an
early spring, which will help to relieve those
who have least to live on.
The law in the District Of Columbia in
regard to capital punishment is the Mary
land law, which came from the old English
law and provides that hangings shall be
done in chains, and not by the rope. Some
wears ago Gen. Butler defended the muir
derer O'Brien, whose sentence was subse
quently committed, and surprised the cour
by stating that legal execution bad never
taken place in the District, and if his ellen
had to be hanged he would insist that he
be hanged in chains, 1t is said he ha'
suggested this point to Scoville and Offered
to argue it for him in regard to Gui,eauI
execution.
The WickliiIc Tribune says that one o
the Cairo eXcursiOnsts to that burg so,n,
days ago remarked, "wonder if business
would pay hereW "In answer to this in
quiry," says the editor, using the pesona
pronoun az: ~ would say that Il gooC
hardware store, carrying tinware ant
stoves, would pay well here. Also, an eS
tensive general merchandise store, wit
capital to buy any and everything brough
to this market. would pay big interest Of
investment A good Touring mill woul
also pay. This is the finest location i
the world for manufacturing establishment
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