The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-28

is punishable by Imprisonment for term OF
not loss than fifteen years. The evidence
in both these cases is strong, and it IL
likely that the community will be rid OF
both these young men for term of years
after the next circuit court gets through
with them.
The rise in the rivers above has caused
q number of people in the bottoms of Ken
lucky and Missouri to prepare for removal
from their homes when the food reaches
them. Many of them will flock to Cairo 10
take refuge behind her magnificent embank-
ments that have held back two great foods
within the last two years. Capt. Thomas
Tarr is among the first to come, and he has
engaged the steamer Ella Kimbrough to 90
down to Wolfe Island and bring up bis
personal possessions there. Capt. Tarr
knows what be does when he comes 10
Cairo for safety and he sets good example
to others in the bottoms.
"A farmer named Jno. Cup living in
Mississippi county, Mo-, not far from Char
lesion, came over to this city yesterday in
search of negro named Thomas Cooper,
who had borrowed Pat Kelly's famous gun
aud, it is believed, made away with it.
After Pats death the gun came in posses
sion of Mr.. Cup, who priced 1t almost as
highly as Pat had done, for it was a splen-
did specimen of its kird and had become
noted in the hands of its former owner.
Several days ago Cooper came to borrow 1t,
got it, came over here with it and dlsap-
peared. But Mr.. Cup is using every means
to recover the weapon and may succeed.
Springfield Register: "While it is 8
noticeable fact that drunkenness is decreas-
ing, and men who drink to excess or are
known as habitusl drinkers are regarded as
wanting in wil-power and therefore unre-
liable in business, statistics show there 10
steady increase in the liquor traffic. In the
whole United States according to the inter-
nal revenue bureau, there are 1908 more
retail dealers, 140 more rectiiers and 800
more wholesale dealers and seven more
brewers than there were last year. Ten
years ago there we're 200,876 retailers, now
there are 195,S69. In Maine there 1884,
now there are 1l72. New Hampshire has
decreased from 1900 to 1888; Vermont
from 8s4 to 528; Massachusetts has in
creased from 1858 to S476; Connecticut
from 1878 to S457; Rhode Island from 905
to 1440; New York had 4o,774, and now
has but 3l,00l."
An exchange gives the following as
the origin Of the word "Mississippi": "Its
original spelling and the nearest approach
to the algonquin word the father Of wat
ers,' Is Mechs Ss0e, spelling still com
monty used by tho Louisiana creoes.
Tonti suggested Niche sepe, which is
somewhat near to the present spelling.
Father Saval still further modernized it
into Michispi, which another father, Lar
rat, softsnsd into Mislsipi, the drst speci.
men of the present spelling. The only
changes since have been to overload the
word with consonants. Marquette added
the first and some other explorer the sec
ond o., making it Mississippi, and so it re-
mains in France to this day, with only one
'p.' The man who added the other has
never been discovered, but he must have
been an American, for at the time of the
purchase of Louisiana, the name was gener-
ally spelled in the colony with single p "
--Tice on the weather for January: lst
to 2nd, fair and cold; 3rd to 5th, cloudiug
and threatening, with falling weather about
5th; 9th and 7th, fair and cold 9Th to 18th,
threatening weather, with heavy rain or
snow about 10th; 18th to 18th, clear or fair
and cold; 18th to 18th, clouding and threat
ening weather, with heavy storms about
18th and 10th; 18th and 10th, clear or fair {;
2oth to 23d, warmer, clouding and threaten
ing weather, with rain or snow about Goth
to 22d; Gath to 25th. clear or fair; 26th to
Goth, clouding and threatening, with falling
weather about 2sth or Goth; SOth, clear or
fair; 3lst, moderating. The moderate tenn.
perature spells will occur about 4th, 7'h,
10th, 18th, Goth and 9th. The colder
spells will take place about let, 9th, 18th,
18th, Esd and 2Sth. The earthquake periods
are I'd, 9Th, 18th, 2lst and 9th. Aurora,
If any, always occur in the western section
of high barometer. A storm centre south
of any locality will have a northerly wind,
and consequently low temperature.
The Anna Farmer and Fruit Grower is
preparing to issue a New Years edition
giving some important statistics concerning
the fruit business of tho fruit entries in
southern Illinois. In anticipation of this
- l. Al. 4, II