The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-31
NEWS NOTES.

sbrated poet, died on TMndSS.
The widow OF Captain Merryat, the
novelist died last month ut the age Of ninety
years,
Gen. Dia1 aud party were entertained On
Thurday night In Washington by the Mex
loan Legation.
The Edison Electric Illuminating Com
pany organised In Boston on Wednesday
with capital Of 81 ,000, 900,
James Selby, druggist Of waynesyille,
H., was fined Sl15 and costs, on Tuesday,
for selling liquor to minors.
The reignlng beauty Of Ireland IL q Bel
fast mil-gr. Crowds, 1t Is said, surround
the mill, daily to see her IS she takes her
departure.
German artists have petjtiopsd their
Government to interoede With the United
States Government regarding the increased
tariff on objects OF art.
Joseph Gregory, u notorious crook and
confidence man, was trapped by Nick VIVA
len, 81. Louis detective, In Hannibal,
Mo-, on Tuesday morning.
In Vipcennss Ind, on Tuesday, tho
Coroner's Jury. IN thu case Of James
Gould, held for the murder Of John Big
hahn, bis cousin, found the accused
guilty.
II is said that when a man wants to com
pliment New England woman he must
call her bright; but when he wishes to
please southern woman he must say she
Is sweet.
Col. James Corby, agent for some In.
surance companies, out his throat at q
hotel In Hampton, Va, on Wednesday at
terdoon. Insomnia IL supposed to have
driven him 10 the deed.
In Marshall, Mo-, on Tuesday, the tury
IN the case OF state vs.. George Dunn, uadsr
indictment for murder IN the first degree,
falling Ia agree was discharged. This Is the
second hung jury in this ease.
Herman Newman,a prominent merchant
Of y. Clair, Michigan, killed himself on
wednesday evening, because his daughter
opposed his marrying and because a breach
OF promise suIthad commenced against
him.
The death OF Mrs. n. ". Jackson, In
Carthage, Missouri, on Monday, which was
At first attributed 10 suicide, has been dis
covered 10 be due to an overdose OF chlor-
oform, ignorantly administered by the la
dy herself
John Bright. at public meeting recently
stated that his father %as hand In the
factories In Toad lane, Rochdae. and that
he made up his mind that he would marry
when his wages reached guinea q week,
that IL, about five dollars.
The hrst section Of the west -bound Mis-
souri, Pacific train No. % broke In two at
point two miles west Of Sedalia on Thurs
day afternoon. Fireman Ryan had his col
lsr-bone broken. Several cars aud the To-
connective sustained serious injury,
Al $3.50 O'Clock on "Wednesday evening.
two transfer trains on the Louisville and
Nashville and Chattanooga road cellided
on the treatle bridge In Nashville, Tenn,
and were badly wrecked. No one was lill-
ed, though several men were badly in
lured.
Dr.. Otto Wilhelm strive. director of the
Imperial Observatory at Pulkowa. Russia,
arrived IN Boston on Thursday 10 test tho
object glass completed at Cumbridgeport
for the Russian Government. The glass
Ia the largest ever oonstructed--39 inches In
diameter.
An attempt WAS made TO poison the family
OK Mrs. Deschler, OF West Indianapolis, on
"Wednesday night. some unknown person
tied basket containing colored Easter eggs
and ccnfec;ioas which had been sprinklod
with Trough on Rats" poison TO Mrs.
Deschler's door. Mrs. Deschler and her
children partook freely Of The dainties and
escaped death narrowly. Chris. Desohler,
the ladv's divorced husband, Is being held
on suspicion.