The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-05

some weeks ago, that contagious ulseusoh
are introduced into this country from
foreign countries, and gives weight to their
demand that tho federal government, not
municipal and state governments, should
bear the expense Of preventing the intro
duction of such diseases into this coun'
try.
George w. Atkinson Of the "London
Sporting Life sent the following dispatch
to Richard X. Fox of New York: "Tug
Wilson will fight Sullivan if You will
match him, and he will at once leave for
America on receiving answer, Geo. W.
Atkinson" Mr. Fox replied; ~ will
match Tug Wilson to fight John l.. Sulli.
van for $500 a side for the championship
of the world; send him over at once;
cable when and what steamer he leaves on
have forwarded draft for expenses of the
journey" Wilson, otherwise known as
Joe Collins is reputed to be the best pu-
gIist in England.
On the 18th inst, there will be total
eclipse of the Gun, but the exhibition will
only be open to its full extent in northern
Africa, Egypt, the sinaitic peninsula, Te-
heran and Shanghai, Parties of observa-
ton have gone to the Sinaitic peninsula
and to Toheran, where the eclipse will be
seen to the best advantage. Parts Of south
ern Europe will be favorable for partial
views. On May 2Sth, 1900, THE. eclipse
will be on again, its central line passing
from New Orleans to Norfork This will
be the only total eclipse in the United
States in the remainder of this century.
Its central line will be sixty miles wide
and it will sweep all the Atlantic States.
The polar region appears to be ex-
tending south and bringing i is inhabitants
with it. An unusual number of icebergs
have been encountered in the path Of travel
between New York and Liverpool in the
last three months, and mariners believe
that the ice berg limit lie gradually extend
ing towards the south. The steamer Ola
morgan, which arrived at Boston from Liv-
eTpool Monday, coasted for 100 miles along
an ice field and passed one hundred ice
bcrgs, on which were many seals and some
polar bears, According to the geologists,
the glacial cap which now covers the north
polar region once extended as far down as
the line of the great lakes, with projections
into the states Of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Are we to take these vagraut iceil0cs and
mountains, inhabited by polar animals,
which are SO frequently found along the
ocean track, as a sign that the glacial
period is about to come round again
The egg with the mysterious predic-
ton and other ominDus marks upon it has,
since the announcement in The BULLETIN
OF the appearance Of such an one in Ballard
county, Ky, become very multitudinous
| article. The St. Joseph (Mo) News has
learned that hen in Savannah, in that
state, recently laid an egg on which sp-
peared the gloomy words: Trouble in
June" The lady who owns the hen has
been offered $25 for the egg, though why
on earth any one should want to pay that
much Just for proof that there's going to be
trouble in June is something that we can
not understand, But there's no doubt
about the trouble that's coming III June to
some people A day or two ago a Mrs.
Ashton, living down town somewhere, took
out ofa nest an egg laid by one of her hens,
which bore on the outer side of the shell
the entire form of lizard, almost as per
iectly as any artist could have drawn it
with nitric acid or anything else, The
| Lizards form extends more than half way
around the egg lengthwlse, and is bent in
the form of the figure &C." Next!
told Jim, " the only out and out Dem.
ocratic negro in the city, was taken to the
hospital yesterday, afflicted with yarioloid.
He has for years been living in little
shanty on Fourteenth street, between Poplar
street and Commercial avenue, where he
has kept sort Of charity hospital at times
| for the afflicted Of his own race Because
Of bis Democratic propensities he has sul-
fered much persecution; he has been abused
by his neighbors, communicated
from public gatherings by his coIored
brethren, and threatened by anonymous
communications. But against oil these he
maintained firm stand in his convictions
of right, and pursued the even tenor Of a
quiet, unsuspicious life, His Democracy
was his guardian angle, aud but for that he
would long ago have been hurried
away from the stage of use
fulness upon which he has been