The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-30

"Blaine Is a strong and able man l should
like to see him elected.' Sage says, "Blaine
is safe enough man for me; am warmly
ia favor of him." None of these men want
Cleveland. Yet we are told Cleveland is
"the monopolists candidate" If so why
don't the monopoists support him2
How can you tell watermelon is
ripeY- Housekeeper. When melon is
ripe the seeds are black. Examine the
seeds Philadelphia Call. A much more
reliable, though, perhaps, not a better test
is to wait for an hour after eating it before
giving an opinion. If you are alive then
the watermelon is ripe. you die Of the
cramp cholera it was not.
"a Handful of Earth from the Place of
my Birth" Song and Chorus, by VIM. II.
Clark Price 35c. Dedicated to the we'll
known Fritz Emmett. Sung by him, Muir
ply a. Scanlin, with immense success in
their entertainment throughout the country.
Mailed on receipt of price, by the publish
er, Ign. Fischer, Toledo, o., who will ac-
cept our thanks for copy of this really
beautiful song.
The Wabash railroad will run an ex-
cursion train from Stone Fort, Saline coun-
ty, on the 9th of next month. This excur
sion is gotten up by enterprising business
men of Vincens, who have contributed
enough money to hire the train and will
offer the people along the line, between the
the two points named, tickets free of charge
provided they will come to Vincens on that
day. The object of these men is to attract
the trade Of these people to Their city and
to hold it there. AT present this trade,
from Carmi down, all comes to Cairo, being
brought here by the accommodation train
which the Wabash has been voluntarily
running for the benefit of Cairo. But now
it seems that the merchants here will have
efforts of their Vincenncs rivals
In letter to Rev. G. Clark, Jr,, of
Portland, Maine, under date of July 9Th,
Neal Dow, the Prohibitonist enthusiast,
writes this concerning Blaine: In answer
to your inquiry l say; have had many
letters from different parts of the country
making inquiries about Mr.. Blaine. My
reply has been that he has always been q
friend of the Maine law and has many
times rendered important service to it. He
is in favor of the proposed constitutional
amendment and will vote for it. He is also
| a teetotaler and has been so several years.
We, the temperance men of Maine, are
firm in the conviction that our object, the
prohibition and suppression of the liquor
traffic, can never be attained except by in
dependent political action. The sooner
that policy is resorted to and vigorously
pursued the sooner we shall win.
This, from the st. Louis Evening Chron-
icle of Saturday, notes a little affair that oc-
cured, not near Cairo, but in Paduca, Ky:
"Some boys living near Cairo, ILL.,, yesterday
visited farm and collecting all the ducks,
pigs, geese, dogs, chickens, and cats they
could find around the place, tied their legs
and threw them into well. They then
stripped the house of bed-clothlng, table
ware, linen, ETC., and piled them on top of
the animals and fowls, topping the whole
with large wheelbarrow. No cause is as
signeb except pure desire to do mischief
love of cruelty The frequency with
which cases of wanton brutality are occur
ring of late attract much attention Wheth-
err the morals of the country are sinking in
to depravlty, or whether some planetary in
fuence is acting upon the minds of the hui
man race, are questions; but that the intel
lectual man has disappeared in many COM
munlties and given place to the animal man
the DruCal udu anu tuc oestidl ulau, 10 C'i-
dent from the crimes which are daily repor-
ted in newspapers, not only in this country
but in Europe"
The question arose yesterday afternoon
between several businessmen on CONNER
cial avenue, who take an active interest in
the political situation, as to what CONSTITUTE
ed the ''solid SOUTH" so called. This term Is
not applied to what we knew originally as
the "Southern states" nor to those states
which seeded from the union as some sup
pose, but is applied to brace of states num-
bering sixteen, which have for series of
wears been undoubtedl Democratic. In
the next electoral college these states will
be represented by 1853 electoral votes, a:
| follows Alabama, 10 Arkansas, Z Della
ware /; Florida, ; Georgia, 12; Ken
lucky, 1S; Louisiana, s; Maryland, 8; Miss
issippi, o; Missouri, 16; South Carolina, 0
| North Carolina, II; Tennessee, 12; Texas
10; Virginia, 10; West Virginia, 6. In the
several "slates" prepared by over-sanguine