The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-23

therefore not issue on Monday morning
would have given the information twelve
hours before the Argus could have done so
In view of these facts the natural conclusion
IS that lightning Express has much the
advantage over the common lightning that,
by comparison, travels At snail rate over
wires,
Mr. Henry Breihan died yesterday
morning about o'clock Of hemorhage Of
the stomach, at his residence on the corner
of Fourth street and Commercial avenue,
He had been ailing for some time aud was
leading very temperate life; his last pros
tration which resulted in his death occurred
only last Monday. Deceased was one of
Cairos old citizens and successful business
men, He came here in 1866, was employed
in the brewery by Mr. Charles Schoene-
meyer, subsequently for Mr.. A. Lohr in the
saltwater factory and then went into bust
ness for himself, He started in a small way,
but succeeded by industry and close aten-
ton to business in building up good bust.
ness and putting up asoia factory OF his
own. For some weeks back his business
has been under the management OF Mr..
Breihans nephew and other rea-
tiycs, ia order tina; he mightresJ ard regain
his former robust health, He leaves wife
and four children, who will have the deep
sympathy OF the community, He was a
member of the Rough ana Ready fire com
pany and Of the Casino club, which will
conduct the funeral this afternoon At
o'clock.
The "high grade meeting at the
Opera House las, night was success.
There were not less than five hundred PEG
pie present, comprising nearly all the most
substantial citizens we have smong us The
meeting WAS called TO order about O'Clock;
Judge F. Bross was elected chairman and
Alderman =. Blake secretary, Judge
Bross made few appropriate remarks
stated the object of the meeting; thanked
the audience for the honor conferred upon
him; expressed his hearty sympathy for the
purpose IT the assembl4ge, and concluded
by introducing Mayor Halliday. The lat
ter spoke briefly Of the great importance Of
the subject and gave some facts and figures
in a general way, that proved the scame to
be entirely practicable, and then gave place
to Mr.. Linegar who made the inT ortant
speech of the evening, lasting nearly an
hour and half, 10 which he made most
convincing argument in favor Of beginning
the work OF filling the streets He had the
entire sympathy Of the large audience and
was frequently interrupted by hearty APP
plause, We cannot now give even synop-
SIS of the speech, as it was too late; but
wiIifrom time to time give thcssljent points
made by the speaker. II is sufficient TO
say that the aaience almost 70 a man went
home firmly convinced as many Of them
had been before tia, Cairo's future ay in
filling her up to point at which surface
drainage can be obtained over Ohio leyee
into the river, and tina. the work was com.
paratiyely easy Of sccomplis hment
Missouri Republican: IAN enormou,
skeleton, apparently human, was dug up
five miles southwest Of Barnard, in Nod
way county, few days ago, on the farm Of
John W Harmon Some Of the bones,
protruing from the bank Of prairie "a.
vine attracted attention, and ON digging
into the face Of the bank, the entire skele-
ton vas unearthed It lay on its face with
the left arm thrown backward, and the
hand resting on the spine. The right arm
was extended forward and to the night.
Some Of the bones, on being taken out,
1rumhIed, but the others are pretty well
preserved The skeleton is u feet in
length, indicating companion giant 10 the
Nevada man whose tracks are exciting 50
much interest among the scientists Of the
Pacific coast, Tue thigh bone is thirty
inches in length, the ribs four feet long and
one and three-quarters inches wide The
irst joint Of the great toe above the mail is
three inches, and the toes were found turn
I'd down. The foot, it is estimated must
nave been eighteen inches in length. The
bones were taken to Maryville and exam
med by experts, some Of whom pronounced
them those of man, while others thought
they were those OF buffalo This wide
difference OF opinion Is remarkable, when
the skull itself was found There is little
similarity between the skull of human
and that Of buffalo. We shall have to
suspend judgment before accepting the dis
covery as convincing proof that Northwest
Missouri was once the houe Of giants
twelve fact high
The parcel feature, which has recently
been added to the postal system in Great
Britain and Ireland, is an attempt to per-
form in that country service which in