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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
GETTING OUT OF THE WAY.

Sit. CARMEL, Ill. Jan. 10.-The river Is
rising at the rate of one and half inches
per hour. The Ice broke up and has
formed a gorge sixteen miles below here.
The whole Wabash bottoms will be under
water in the course OF forty-eight hours.
Farmers are getting their stock out OF the
Way
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
Rnrlesi Undar Coal.

STAUNroN, ILL.,, Jan. I0.-Jsmes How.
croft, sged %, minor Yves killed BY fous
tens Of coal falling upop him.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
Overheard ana Drowned.

MADISON, Ind, Jan. 10.-Harvy Robin.
son, engineer Of the steamer Belle Nc.
0owan, fell overheard and was drowned.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
The Daily Bulletin.
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Notices In this column eight cents per line for
lrst and ave cents per line each subsequent inser
Non. For one week. 30 cents per line. For one
month, 80 cents per line
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.

Notices In these columns, ten cents per line,
each insertion and whether marked or not, II cscu.
lated to toward any mans business interest sre
always paid for.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
For Sale.

A good heating stove in first-class condi-
ton, new CRATE and basket, lined with fire.
brick. Apply at the Bulletin office.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11

Saddle Rock Oysters at DeBaun Sc Ohio
Levee. If
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11

IS Cents
will buy good meal cooked to order at
Do BauuS. II
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
Christmas Presents!

LADIES:
Odor Cases. Plush, &c,
Toilet Cases, Plush, &C.,
Hand Mirrors, Plush, &C.,
Hand Satchels, Plush, Leather, &C.,
Pocket Books,
Perfume Bottles,
Cologne Bottles,
Bay Rum Bottles,
CamphOr Bottles
Nice Perfumes,
Mirror, Hair Brushes,
Hair Brushes, Plush,
81 81 &c.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
IS Cents

will buy good meal cooked to order at
OeBsuns. If
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
86 Cents

will buy good meal cooked to order, at
DeBSuns. It
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11
Fear an Overflow.

Nit. CARMEL, Ill.,, Jan. 1o.-It has com.
menced thawing here to-day. The river IL
rising rapidly and great fears Of an overflow
are entertained.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11

Restaurant and Oyster House, Sc Ohio
T.avoa III
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11

regular Of family
such useful articles following Hair Brushes Cloth
Nail Toilet Of
Bay Rum Golden Lion Cologne Cmphor Ammonia Hair OIL Gycer Gyce
Odator
Toilet Powder Puff Box Tooth Powder Them Shaving Articles
procuring such of useful
by
Holidays Cali
ca please goods and prices
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11

One of the great eastern "Protection-
ist" dailies says, 1883 has not been re-
garded as good year. From the outset
it has had bad reputation. 1t has been
a year of universal distrust and apprehen-
sion. Business men in the United States
have ploddei or staggered along from
month to month, oppressed with the haunt.
ing thought that panic was impending.
They have been over cautious and unduly
suspicious, and havo passed the year fight.
Ing shadows. Bradstreet reports
l0,1S7 failures this year--about one-third
more than in 1882, about SO per cent. more
than in 1881 and $50 per cent. more than
in 1880. ' There is complaint of
dullness in the iron trade in this country
and reduction Of wages in that and the cot
ton and wooden branches of manufacture 10
in some quarter proposed. The
shrlnksge in volume Of business here, other
than in stocks, will be close to 30 per cent.
for the whole year 1888, in comparison with
1882, of which part is due to decide in
prices, but probably more than hslf to COM
parativs inactivity in trade" And the
Louisville Courier.J Journal replies pointedly,
"this reads more like the wild Republican
predictions of what would happen under q
Democratic Administration, than like the
actual record of year under Republican
regime"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-11

Cigar Cases,
Pocket Toilets,
Shaving Sets,
Shaving Mirrors,
Wall Pockets for Brush and Comb,
Wall Pockets for Whisp Broom,
Travelling Toilet Case,
Box of "The Jewel" Cigars,
Box OF Bachelor" Cigars,
Box Of "Punch" Cigars,
Box Of "AbOve All' Cigars,
&c, &c., &c.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06

MIR. Irving, at a recent private dinner,
told rather good story upon himself On
the last night Of his stay in Philadelphia
he found the entrance through which he
must pass from one OF the wings to the
stage completely blocked by several
strange men. Accustomed to having his
say in such matters, it provoked him that
his request that they would leave the en-
trance was not noticed. They glanced at
him. but their chief interest was on the
stage. He then ordered them to leave,
and, the play having become more thrill
linz. they didn't even look at him.
This was too much for his ideas of stage
discipline. Mr.. Irving pushed his way to
the front, Il proceeding to which thew
gave but grudging consent. Confront
ing the man at the end of the line, he de-
manded, "WhO are you, and what do you
wanty'
Baggage" was the scant reply. Not
being thoroughly conVeTsant with Ameri-
can slang and language, Mr.. Irving took
this for direct insult to himself and his
cue coming at that moment. q cue which
was the signal for grabbing Il stage viii
lain by the throat, he made the terrible
mistake of forgetting to pick his villain.
This man was at hand and he seized him
by the throat, squeezing him till the
wretch cried for help. This brought MIR.
Irving to his senses, and he sprang to the
waiting stage for his legitimate object of
vengeance.
The scene over. Mr.. Irving investigated
and found that the object of his fired
wrath was porter or stage hand who
was waiting by orders for baggage to take
to a late train. There was not moment
to spare after the fall Of tue curtain, SO
they were in readiness to pack and run.
Again, they were so anxious to see Mr..
Irving that in this peculiarly dressed and
authoritative man they saw but an inter-
loper who sought to deprive them of their
opportunities.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06
a Colored Mnn,s EIoquence.

Il Vft tto AVft ~ OfCt AcCttSl UUSftte.
TIE most thoroughly eloquent and eff
fective speeches ever made i'm the Legls-
lature of Texas were pronounced by two
negroes, and both of much the same gen
eral import. Both recounted the story of
negro devotion to ''Old marster and miss
tiss." When one of these natural orators,
himself an old man, extended his black.
horny hands and said: "rhere can be no
great race enmIty between us. This can
not come while my Old marster and miss
tiss live. No, nor while their children
and mine survive. They were kind and
generous TO me. | knew no want Of to-
day or care of tomorrow when | was
their property. Look at these wrinkled,
rough hands. They tell the tale They
tell how ] used to toll tor them. And the
story is not eli ded. They are old and
helpless now, and live as / once did, in a
little cabin, and l still toll for them.
send them half of every dollar | draw
from the State Treasury, and when their
daughter, a beautiful and good girl,
whom l used to carry when she was a
child in these strong arms, was married
not long ago, l sent her a check for
$1,000. Have 1 not the right to ask you,
gentlemen Of the majority, to deal gen.
erously with my race?"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06

Sc. Louis ReDubIicaR.

\ gentleman towering high among the
nobility of neutrality-suspicious. al
ttude six feet two inches-recentIy re-
lated to me the following episode in his
bnyhoOd days. We will call the gentle
man in question Ned Brown and his CON-
paniOn Jim ChrisJy:
The two were discussing the effect OF
whisky on different persons, when Jim
suggested that they give the subject per-
sOnal investigation. So they hied them
selves to groggery and flied up to the
brim with the fiery liquid. 1t affected
them much alike, each was funny, yet
stupidity drunk, when they took an I'M
steady, Zig-zag course back TO the typical
country store, where Ned Brown had a
cosy Little room p trttiOncd OFF from the
piles Of calico, crOckery and turnps. On
entering the store Ned lighted
Il candle, with difficulty, and the destruc-
ton of numerous matches. Tn-y had an
0ld-fashiOaed cannon stove, ana in it q
rOarIlg fire, which Jim Christy Pre- posed
they utilize in boiling eggs. A bucket
was filled with the ''hen-fruiG' and placed
on the stove. Meanwhile the whisky was
boiling, too, aud rapidly becoming COM
plete master OF the situation. Their one
candle seemingly multiplied INTO a dozen.
The pieces OF crockery became living OBJ
jects, the turnips Strawberries. and the
N
songs and tried 10 dance the Virginia
reel. Imagining that their lights were
fading they we've continually lighting new
ones, until the stock was exhausted and
the counters were literally covered with
burning dips. The eggs were forgotten
but the fire burned on while the neglected
sgs sputtered angrily.
Jim CIristy finally attempted his way
no neward. Ned Brown, without locking
tie store door, unmindtul of the tallOw
dips, reached his room after much q fl
Guilty, partly undressed, and attempted 10
mount his bed. His rrst demonstration
faile be broJgh up against the bureau
when ne saw tue Ued 90 whirling round
the room. He steadied himself TO Jump
aboard. Alter several attempts be sue
ceeded, but thought it was tossing like u
ship at sea, and made a desperate effort
to hold it down, every few moments rising
on his elbow to ascertain whether he was
on the bed or the bed on him; but finally,
completely exhausted, he fell asleep.
The following morning, the store being
found closed at 0 O'Clock, passers-by were
eagerly inquiring as to the trouble at
Rumsey's. a young lady desiring to make
a purchase. finding the door unlocked,
walked boldly in. Imagine her surprise
as she viewed the counters with their
rows Of burning dips" struggling with
the daylight. She screamed while hastily
making her exit. which WAS a signal for
neighbors and pedestrians TO rush in. ex-
pecting to tind the cold corpse of Ned
Brown; but what they did find was a
young man with big head, who never
heard the last Of his first and only big
spree.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06

An Incident which Occurred in Haw-
kfnsvIIle Forty Ave Years Ago.


LIBERTY, MISS Dec. 10, 1SS3.-E Editors
HdtoktPSUiite Nel1s. 1t was when | was
a school boy and nv father run black
smith shop in the west end of Hawkins
vile. among the oaks, near where the
court house and I'll then stood, and when
the principal merchants Of your town
were Merritt & Niles. Collier & Beers and
Taft & Peek, and when the leading citi-
Zens of the town and county wera J. o.
J-iks. Sr., Norman McDuffis, Col. John
b zeman, Jim BlhannOn, Joe Carruthers.
I Wash Carruthers. n. w. aud Probe Col
lIer. is when my story dates from.
In 1899 there came to HawkInsville,
from Charleston, :, c., two well-dressed
gentlemen, evidently, from the cut of
their Jib, sporting characters. They
boarded at Col. Bnzeman's hotel. and in d
few days they opened out in full blast in
a back room OF McCabe's salOOn-then
called grog-shOps-faro, poker and old
sledge being the principal games. They
found Hawkinsville had good material to
meet them IN any size pot they desired.
One Of these men was very sUingy and
close, the other was the reverse, liberal
and free with his money, and the greatest
lover of fun | had ever seen. Two weeks
before Christmas he caused to be printed
number OF handbills, as follows:
w ANTED.-5,OO cats to import to Lon
w uDAs as the Edts are dQOUb 10 undermine
the great city. / want them to be delivered
here on Christmas day.
Messrs. Editors, | will never forget that
day. From all points OF the compass
came negroes with sacks and WALLETS OF
cats. They hung them on the shade
trees. on fences, in fact look where you
might and a sack of cats greeted you.
Fifty cents for grown cats, % cents for
halt-gr0wn and 10 cents for kittens had
been offered. The bad boys about town
(myself one of them) began, at a signal,
10 cut the strings and let loose the cats.
or course a great many dogs were in
town and the fur flew. About IL O'Clock
an old man named Barney Williams, liv-
ing near old Hartford, came across the
river with an OK cart, minus the body, but
an by 10 long square basket filled with
cats of all ges, cOlOrs. sexes and sizes.
He stopped in front of Bohannons hotel.
After short search, he found the man who
wanted the cats, who appeared very
anxious to secure the lot, aud trying to
peer into the basket, he cut the rope hold
ing the quilt covering TO the basket and
out flew the cats, about forty. They went
pell NELL under the houses, into the
bushes and every conceivable place to
hide. The old man Williams was very
mad, for he had been two weeks gathering
up the surplus felines of his neighbor-
hood. There was no sleep for many
nights in Old Hawkinsville. The best
Judges estimated that not less than 1000
cats had been turned loose on that occa
sion.
The Older citizens Of Hawkinsville, who
were then in the prime of life, suppose
have passed away, Yours truly,
SAM G. WEBB.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06
ARRUrAl. MR.rCH.
He Cuts His Wife's Nose and Lip on
Through Sheer WantOnness.

lfeS MONIES cflccitt, ottWs o.
Details of horrible case Of cruelty has
Just come to light in Northwestern iowa.
A few miles west of Fort Atkinson. in
Winnesheik county, lived a family Of b.
hemians. consisting OF nusi; i!iti, wife and
infant child. Tue wife was very pretty
bright little woman, whom her husband,
out OF pure deYiishnesS, treated in the
most brutal manner from the very COM
mencement OF their welded Ilfs% This
treatment was intensified after the birth
Of the child. until she could endure il no
longer, and left him TO return to her
parents, who lived few miles away.
lie followed her and made so many
promises and SO urgently. she con-
cluded TO go back home, though against
tue wishes of her parents, with whom she
left her babe. Two nights after her return
he recommended his brutality by pulling
great patches of hair out of her head
until more than half of her hair had been
pulled out. he then bit her nose and
upper lip through, crushing the lower
part of the nose bridge with his teeth. He
next took duil butcher knife and sawed
Thu ough the crushed bone and cut the
nose and part of the upper lip entirely off,
and throwing them on the floor said:
Now | am going to dig your eyes out;
then Pll be satisfied" At this june:ure
something called him out Of the house,
and the wife ran through the back door
ana across the meias ~ - ssseeiiShhor's,
reaching there about l O'clock in the
morning nearly dead. The inhuman
wretch fed, but has just been arrested
near Rockford, Ill.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06
VANDERBILT's GIFT.
A Little Misunderstanding that Cost
Thres-Quarters of a Million.

Corr spoadent 81. Paul Pioneer Press.
In a recent talk with Mr.. j. G. Derby.
formerly prominent New York publish
er, he said: alt was when / was dispatch
agent here, during the war. that had an
odd interview with old Commodore
Vanderbilt. Our navy was next to
nothing and disabled, and the
Confederates were sending out privateers
to prey on OR commerce. Lincoln and
Seward were greatly agtated. All our
shipping was IN peril. In this emei-
gency Commodore Vanderbilt, being
consulted with, said to the President that
the country could have the new wooden
snip be was then building il it wanted it,.
1t was one of the largest ever built in anv
country. or course the President Jumped
at the offer, and accepted it. Congress
promptly passed a series of resolutions
receiving the magnificent gift, thanking
the Commodore tor his patriotism in pre-
senting TO his harassed country a new
vessel costing 100000, and ordering a
suitable gold medal to be struck for him
as a testimonial OF the occasion [ was
instructed to deliver the resolutions and
the medal to the Commodore at his
office, and / went there with MIR. Baker. of
the State Department. The Commodore
took the resolutions and read them over
very carefully; then he took the medal in
his hand and turned it over on both sides
and inspected the pictorial emblem of pa
triOtism rushing to the rescue, and then
he broke out:
Congress be ID! The flea Of nv
giving that splendid vessel to the govern
mentl | never thought of such a thing!
| only offered to lend it while the war
lasted. Presented! Hem and we here
by assure Commodore Vanderbilt of our
grateiul-hem ! call that devilish impu-
dent! Lincoln sent for me to come TO Wash
ingtOn, and told me the straits they were
in. | said they might have my ship, if
they could use it, but l never thought of
its being anything but loan. However,
he said, good naturally, turning the medaI
over and over, Il shall have to accent the
situation, | suppose. It's a misunder-
standing, but ] don't want to make any
fuss about it. Let it gol Let it go! But
there's one thing / won't stand. They
speak in these resolutions about the yes
sci costing 100000. Well, now, she coct
100000, and that ought to be corrected
I'VE came away and left the resolutions
and the medal with the Commodore. The
vessel was kept by the government, and
called the Vanderbilt, and I think that is
the one now known as the Three Brothers
pretty nearly worn out by this time.U
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06

Tyhee. Jan S. 700 m-Passed up. steam
ship Ealing (Brl.
Passed up from anchor, barks Loyetand
(NOrl, NJ Smith Petersen (Nor), Paramatta
(Brl, LepreauX (Brl.
Passed out, steamships City OF Savannah,
NacOOchee, bark Julian Antonio (Sp).
At anchor outward bound, schr Chas II
Sprague.
Waiting, barks Herlof Herlofsen (NOrl, lima
(Norl. Folkefesten (NOr). Erbrin (NOrl.
An unknown bark anchored on bar.
Wind NV, strong; far.
New York, Jan 5-Arrived, Republic, Swift
zerland.
Arrived out, bsrks Acacia, Lady Cartier,
Ceres, Margrete, Patent.
New YOrE, Jan l. NrTived. schrs John Shay,
Clark, Savannah; d W Mclean. Darling.
Brunswick, Ga; Evans, Sylvanus, Fer
nandina.
Cleared, steamship Broomhaugh (Br). An
ders0n. Savannah.
Glasgow, Jan 2-Arrived, bark Hermod
(Nor). Frederiksen. savannah.
Blueuelds. Mic, Dec 5-A Tfived. schr North
ern Light, Ross, Jacksonville. (See miscel
lany}.
Halifax, Dec 3l-Cleared, bark Unkel Brae-
sig Ger. Ohlfe. Tybee.
Philadelphia, jan s-Arrived. schr Three
Sisters. Simpson. Savannah.
Delaware Breakwafer. Jan 2-Sailed, schr
Mary J. FemeTieh, from Jacksonville for New
York.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06
What to Drink to Keep You Warm.


"It you want drink that will keep you
warm whole night long out of doors, y
said an old policeman to a friend, don't
drink whisky or rum or any liquOr. The
heat they afford is short lived, and leaves
you cold and weak. They are worse than
nothing. But drink q glass of ale and
pepper-new ale and common black pep
per. 1t will not affect your head, but it
will keep your blood warm in the keenest
wind and coolest rain"
81 never tried the pepper part of that
prescription" said Third avenue car
driver, but ale is, know, thought to be
very warming. We car drivers have
colder work than policeman do. / think,
and the old ones among us have tried
every drink you ever heard of. A lot of
us were talking the whole thing over the
other night. Hot rum, hot whisky, brandy
and ginger, and all the cold clear alcoholic
drinks were discussed. But the majority
were in favor of hot coffee. That is the
least hurtfui, the most heating, and the
longest lasting drink know Of"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06
STATISTICS OF A GREAT CITY
Births, Marriages and Deatha-The Foa-
lures of the Records OF the Past Yeas
in New York.

lures of the Records of the Past Yea
in New York.
Neao York Tines Jan. I.
At the close OF business hours in the
Health Department yesterday there had
been recorded 2S.972 births, 1855 mar
riages, and 1892 deaths during 1888,
against 1881 births. 11,0S5 marriages,
and 37.924 deaths in 1882. OF the births,
IL. $50 were those OF hoVs. who Outnumber
255 were BON. Mothers who gave birth
To twins number 40, and those who gave
birth to triplets ?. One mother was IL
years Old, and a woman of 26 married to
a man OF - made him father One
woman who had passed the age of 80 gave
birth to child.
Matrimony was in lulged in by 246 men
and >, T9S women who were not 20 years
old. Between the ages of 40 and IS, 499
men and ZIG women were married; be-
tween Al and 90 2I6 men and 100 women;
between 80 and 80, 100 men and 56 wum IN
between - and 60, 50 men and "a women;
between 90 and 6j. AZ men and women;
between 6j and 20, Is men and 3 women;
between 20 and 80, 10 men, and between
80 and 80. men. Eight coIOred men mar
ried white women. Those who entered on
matrimony for the first time were 9,SI2
men and lO,ll women; for the second
time, 1910 men and 1884 women; for the
third time, 9S men and IL women, and for
the fourth time. : men.
Toe deaths in tenement houses were
1901; SOP persons died in the rivers aud
streets. There were three judicial hang
ngs-thOse Of McGloin, Malone and HO-
vey. Violence caused 1928 deaths; small
pOX, =; measles, 7l6; diphtheria, 700;
typhus fever, 10; typhoid fever, 40; cere.
brO-spInal meningitis, 227; diarrhGa
(amOng children under ; years old J. 2,S67
diarrhea Gall ages), 1888; alcoholism,
2lS; phthisis, ,26i; heart disease, 1890;
pneumonia, 3,l5S; solar heat, So; apo
plexv, 524; Brights disease, 1915. or
children under year, s, IA died; under ,
years, 1926; under years, Ii, 100. One
hundred and twelve persons more than
so years old died, among them 8 men and
Il women who were more than 100 years
old. There were 81 hOmicides.
One hundred and sixty-One persons-13f
men and p wOmen-cOmmitted suicide.
Their nationalties were: America, SO;
Germany, 10; ireland, 81; England, 5;
Austria, ETC., 3; France, 3; Scotland, 2;
Sweden, Canada, Italy, Brazil, Spain and
Switzerland, l each. FOrty-ihree Of the
suicides We're single, IS We're married. "A
were widowed, and l was divorced. Nine
were from ID 10 20 years old. 30 from ~ TO
30, 81 from 30 to 40, Al from 40 to 80. 90
from 30 to co. from Is to 10, and from,
20 to 80. Twelve drowned themselves, 80
chose suspension, 10 sharp weapons, So
employed powder and lead, IL jumped
from heights, Is preferred Paris green, II
took narcotics, and the others called in
the aid Of poisOns and gas. Thirty-four
persons were accidentally poisoned.
FOrty-three persons were accidentally
sutfocated.
The following is the record Of contagi-