The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-22
The Daily Bulletin.
GLEANINGs.

| A Boston house adyertlsCS ''shoes for
elopements. They don't squeak,
Little Johnny Walters, of Muscatine,
Iowa, took sides in dog fight and had
his scalp torn of.
Next years crop of Mormon mmi-
grants is estimated at $1,000.
A young schoolmarm of Massachu-
sets finds time to raise fine English
pugs for the dog market.
May Forney, daughter of the late j.
w. Forney writes fashion articles for
Philadelphia papers.
'Starve Out" is the unwelcome name
of town that meets the eyes of tramps
in Wyoming Territory.
Uncle Rufus Hatch comp aims that
every time an Englishman eats crack
err, he wants to ''take bawth.
Only one child remains to the Mikado
of Japan, two sons and four daughters
having died in his palace.
Oscar Wilde says he had his hair cut
to make him look like Young Roman
Emperor He looked like the devil be-
fore.
Anna Dickinson is the only person
who ever succeeded in driving a mule
to the summit of Pixies Peak. The
poor mule met his match at last
Mrs. Beecher is described by a Texas
reporter as a Singularly handsome old
lady, full of sweetness, with CHEEKY
smile and graceful carriage,
George Peck, the humorist, is going
to put his ill-gotten gains into tene-
ment house, to be let TO millionaire ten
ants
1t is said that a brother of General
r. +. Lee, years ago killed the grand
father of the Ford boys, who subse-
quently suppressed the James gang.
1t is stated that the reduction in the
price of newspapers in New York City
has resulted in the deterioration of
newspaper property in that city to the
extent OF 5000, COO.
Rebellion, vengeance upon the no.
bility and death 10 the Gar, is the
comprehensive programme Of the Mill
| lists in the event OF refusal TO meet
their last demand for reform.
a Danish, emigrant who arrived at
Castle Garden the other day, brought
with him blanket upon which We're
neatly woven portraits OF Hancock,
Garfield and Arthur
80 Captain Mayne Reid had intended 10
| write his Personal "reminiscences Of
the Mexican War" for publication in
the Philadelphia Times, and was just
entering upon the work when he died.
A Tuscon CA. t. newspaper pro-
poses to drop the use OF military and
honorary titles because it has asCer-
tanned. by Il careful calculation, that
the actual increased cost OF printing a
| paper because of the use OF titles is
$500 year
Georgia has a Confederate pension
| list amounting to $25, 600 per annum.
One hundred dollars is allowed for the
| loss Of leg above the knee; SO for
| the same loss below the knee, sou Tor
an arm above the elbow, and $40 for
an arm below
Further evidence of the productive
ness of Dakota soil is found in the per-
son of Hamlin county man, who has
seven fingers on each hand. the three
additional digit, growing out of each
thumb, and each being perfect and IN
der control Of the muscles.
A Canadian geologist, who has been
looking over the country along the
Canadian Pacific railway, reports that
he has found indications Of abundant
coal. On the plains there is Ignite.
Near the mountain, are bed, Of bitumln-
Gus, and in the Rocky Mountains he e.
poets to find anthracite
The secretary OF London bank re-
Gently got away with GllOOOO Of the
funds Of the Institution, and the direc-
tors, in circular To the shareholders,
say; THE board can only regret that
| Just at the close Of what would other
wise have been prosperous year this
incident should so sadly prejudice the
result. ~
Mr.. Shirk, Of Peru, Ind, owns sew
enty-three farms. He also owns thou
sands of acres in Texas, Arkansas,
Michigan and Iowa, nine residences,
business blocks without number, some
of them being situated in Chicago and
indianapolis, three banks, several stores
and as many mills, which he conducts
himself
Luther Standing Bear, son Of the
famous Sioux Chief whose name he
bears, has gone from the Carlisle Pa,
Indian school back to his home in Da-
kota to enlist more Indian children as
pupils in the school. He is now nine
teen years old, and has been at school
four years. He will return there soon
and finish learning his trade-that Of
timer and plumber
Mr.. Blaine says stenographer is
useful TO receive dictation of letters and
formal matters Of business, or of
: speeches which have become familiar
to the speaker, but it is different with
rhetorical composition. There the hand
and the eye work with the brain, and
both help to keep up the connection.
In his experience he finds it easier to
do his own writing.
John Dillon, the actor, is now under
bond of $500 to his manager to keen
sober for year, and the arrangement
includes street parade by the party OF
the first part The moment he strikes