The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
GLEANINGs.

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organizations
An unexpected and delightful offer Of
marriage TO Michigan girl brought on
fatal attack Of heart disease,
Three hundred and seventy-iive thou.
sand persons work undergroundin Great
Britain.
The prejudice against apartment
houses is growing stronger day after day
in New York.
A Nebraska Justice of the Peace fined
his own son Sl5 for contempt of court,
but the boy not being able to pay it and
the father having only 6j cents about
him, the fine was RENTED and the pa.
ternal boot substituted.
Some of the fashionable ladies OF the
Spanish town of Ferrol have made q
solemn agreement TO make less display
in their toilettes, the extravaganza OF
which is running their husbands and
fathers.
Some apartment houses now being
constructed near Central Park, New
York will be nine stories high and adapt
ed to the use of l2S families. The entire
cost, including the ground, will be about,
S5,000,000.
No one ever supposed the prairie doc
towns TO be of any value in the West
until Yankee besieged one and began
to capture the animals for their skins,
which it is said, can he made into glove,
that rival the finest kid
The man of many names has made
his appearance in Jasper Co., Ga The
NeUS Of that county SAYS that the indi.
vidual in question was chri>tcnedIoUng.
er Funger Outyonder Standfarther OXil
John Quixote Pilgo Aedgeth.
Cincinnati means 10 have Worlds
Fair in 1888, when she will be a century
old, Like sensible men, the Cinciunati,
ans have begun their work early, and
they will have more than five years in
which 10 complete it, Their success j,
assured.
TheMethodist Church of Doman>yille,
n. Y, has lately received by the will of Q
deceased female member the lift of 800
to be paid in installmentS ofS7 peryear
She probably wanted to make the min
ister feel sure OF getting his salary for !
years, anyway.
4 gentleman fresh from the Sandwich |
Islands says that the race OF natives OF |
those far off GASES of the sea is fast dis.
appearing; that there are less than So.
600 full blooded natives where, l00year,
ago, 500, 900 existed The cause he at.
tributcd to disease.
\ Russian banker, who insured a let
ter for the value of ! 500 rubes when
it contained 10000 rubles, or about
$4,000 has Just lost that amount fol
his trickcry, the postal authorities de
tecting the cheat and appropriating IN,
money, as the law directs
There are strong indications that pc.
troleum viii ho found in abundance at
Tuxpad Mexico. Capitalists from the
United States have sunk well to the
depth OF 40 feet, at which point 6
heavy pressure of gas was encountered
and borings will be continued as sool
a more tubing can be obtained.
The New Orleans ice-manuiacturing
establishments have practice OF freez
ing fish, flowers, and other articles il
blocks of ice, which are used in the win
dows of restaurants and make very at
tractiye signs, Flowers frozen in this
way present the appearance of a beauti
fully-decorated crystal panel
The Mexiccn city of Chihuahua il
rapidly becoming Americanized through
It's situation on the line of the Mexican
Central Railroad, which has attracted
many citizens from the United States
Flour mills. breweries, sugar refincrieS
street railroads, numerous stores and al
the hotels are in the hands Of Amer
cans.
Boys employed ON the New York &
New England Railroad are requircC
to obtain the signatures of then
parents TO a contract by which il i
agreed that they shall not sue for dam
ages in case their children are killed BY
AN accident 1t Is considered that youth
arc apt to be careless, and the com
pany makes the provision to protect IL
self
A livery man was sued for damages
1t Nebraska City because the horse
which he had hired out to a Young
couple for a drive ran away and threw
hem out of the sleigh; but he proved
BY the plaintiffs own testimony that a
struggle for kiss was the cause of the
accident and the jury acquittedth horse
Of all blame.
II is said to be a fact that 4 certain
New York man is so absent minded OF
stupid or forgetful-thc terms are syno-
nymous that he cannot without con-
3ulting card, tell his own name aud
address, The person who can tell how
the said man remembers that he carries
such card can doubtless convince 9th
ers of the truth of the story.
A woman riding on Pennsylvania
railroad on a free pass was badly injur-
ed by collision and the company re.
sisted her claim for damages on the
ground that by one of the conditions on
the ticket the user assumed all risks.
The jury gave her verdict for $1,000
and, the case being appealed, the SUI
prcmc Court affirmed the decision in
favor of the plaintiff.
According to report, the Mexican,
must be among the politcst people on
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