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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
Port News.

The B. :, Rhea from Nashville will re.
port mere to-day and turn back for the Rock
City this evening.
The Vint Shinkle, which was burned
near Columbus Thursday night, was in
sured for $4,000.
The Belle of Shreveport from Cincinnati
will report here tomorrow for New Orleans.
Capt. Wash Thompson is her popular com
mancer.
The Vint Shinkle crew arrived here al,
IL o'clock Friday night on the Mobile road
and took the |. 9. road for Cincinnati yes
terday morning.
The Gus Fowler has laid up on account
of ice. Her crew could not have been bet
ter pleased, as they had the pleasure of
spending Christmas at home. She will be
on duty tomorrow,
Sol Silver went home yesterday on a
short visit, aud our citizens will be bcwili.
cred during his absence in regard to wealth.
or matters, as Sol is thoroughly posted on
temperature, as his past representations
have so clearly shown,
The Il. i. Cobb, Capt, jim Rees' little
packet which passed here Friday on her
way to Memphis, came back yesterday
evening, as she found the ice gorge most
too much for her, If she had paid any at.
tention to Walt. McKee's hail, she would
have been spared the trouble Of going to
investigate.
The Guiding Star hiss received about all
the freight she can carry, and is only wait.
Ing Tor the gorge to break loose just above
Columbus, which, with the light rain Of
yesterday aud last night, will likely pormi,
OF her leaving this morning for New Or.
leans She has abou, 30 cabin passenger.
on board, but can accommodate more
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
The County-Seat War.

WnMoT, OAK, December 2S.-Colonel
Free, of the Governors staff, visited
Wilmot and Traverse yesterday. His re-
port is understood to be in favor of vii.
mot. Writs are out for the arrest OF
members of the canyasSing board. Cum
mings, OF Traverse, claiming to be Sheriff,
was chased three miles, and escaped
across the river. Interviews with parties
in Fargo from Roberts County, are as
conflicting as the first reports received
from the scene Of trouble. An examine
ton is now in progress before United
States Commissioner in this city. 1t is
thought the prisoners will be bound over
to the United States Court of the Second
District ut Sioux Falls, as the offense was
committed in the Fifth District, where
the Judge has no Cognizance OF United
States cases and the district is attached
to the Second for the purpose OF such
business.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
MARKET REPORTS.
Grains and Provisions.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER q, 1854
ST LOUIS.


CoTToS-steady: mildling, lOIdlO'sc.
,FLoUR-steady, MN to choice, S25Op3s0
patents, Si.2OaI50
WHEAr-Firmer; No. . Red, sO&dsOilc: No
Red, 1OhG7lhc.
CoRN-stronger; No, . mixed 33.G339c
No. white mixed, S6h a37c.
OArs-Steady; No >, 25a % &c
RYB-Weakcr; No. ,, 4GA al &c.
ToBACCo-flrm; Tugs, common TO choice
SOOdl 1900; leaf, common red leaf, -. JOa lO.O
medium 70 good, tg.OOGl7.CO.
HAY-Prairle, Ss.00GgO0 for prime to choice
new, clover mixed, S7OOGl 1900 for common
to prime; prime new timothy, SgJOd Il w,
fancy, Sl200dh0
BurrER-Steady; choice 20 fancy creamery
AG2jc; dairy, choice TO fancy, Il age.
EGGs-Steady, fresh .ock 4lQggc
POTATOEs-Quict; demand light Eastern
Rose, and Peerless, isdOc; Burbank ,bid SOC
Eorthern-fluke, 45c. Peerless i5a47i,c
Rose, 45c; Burbank, Az a5Oc. Worm eaten
frosted, dirty, mixed and otherwise Inferior
3dsc per bushel.
PoRK-Actiye, new mess, Sll25dll50
LARD-Quiet; prime steam, Gis dGA,c
BACON - Longs, exc; shorts, &c; clear
ribs, 6SdGhc; all packed.
HIDEs-lircCn sailed easier; dry steady,
Green-Salted, 4asHc damaged ,7c branded,
7Sci bulls or stays, &c part cured, 7i5d7Lc,
green, uncurcd, &c; dry nnt lGc; dam
aged, l3ci kip and Culf.skiH, l3c; bulls
or stays, lOc; dry sailed, l!c; damaged, lOc
glue stock, &c..
SHEEP PELrs-Prlme green sailed, large
and full wooded, jOa7Oc; dry do do, 10 dGOc.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
A SyRpeot Spotted.

NEW YORK, December 27,-Ex-Assist-
ant United States District Attorney
Hoxie, who left Brooklyn seven years
ago under suspicious circumstance, and
was traced TO Philadelphia by secret SER
vice officers, has been heard from at
Chicago. United States District Attorney
Tenney said yesterday that Mr.. lIoxie
had been seen by Revenue Agent McCleer,
VINO is stationed at Chicago. 1t is said
that he Is living at the Grand Pacific
Hotel, and spending money with lavish
hand. 1t is alleged that lloxie specialized
on Wall street with his clients money.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
TWO LIVES ABRIDGED.
Two Self Convicted Negro Bur-
glars Done to Death by
Masked Men.
They Are Taken From Jail, Bound Hand
and Foot and Dropped From
Bridge.
Alter Descent OF Forty Feet They Go
to the Bottom to Rise
No More.

RALEIGH, N. c., December 2S.-Or
Saturday last Charles Smith and Henry
Davis, both colored, were arrested In
this city under a charge of burglary, and
Smith confessed that he and Davis and
twenty other men had been engaged in
the robbery of several stores during the
past two months. On Monday Smith and
Davis were taken under escort of fifteen
men and committed to jail in Smithheld.
The prisoners were in handouts and
chains, and the guards slumbered without
expecting danger
About three O'Clock on Tuesday morn.
ing 100 horsemen, disguised as Ku-klux
rode through the streets TO the place
where the prisoners were confined. The
doors were forced open and pistols pre-.
sented. The guards fed. The prisoners
begged for their lives. Not word was
said by the masked men. Smith and
Davis were placed on horseback, each
with man behind him. The procession
then formed, with the negroes in the CEN
ter, and rode away.
About two miles from town the caval.
cade reached the bridge across the river,
and all diSmounted. The doomed mems
legs were tied together and chains wrap
ped around their bodies. At a sign four
masked men seized Smith and four seized
Davis and hurried on to the bridge. The
poor fellows now realized the mode OF
death that was to follow and made the
woods ring with yells. The masked men
said nothing, but held their victims sus.
pended forty feet above the water and
then withdrew their support There
were two deathly cries, sudden splash
and all was over. The bodies did not
rise and soon the avengers rode away.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
A Stranded Navy.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., December 27.--
The Secretary Of the Navy is preparing a
circular, under the terms Of which the
navy yards throughout the United States
will be closed on December 3lst, and re-.
main closed until appropriations for their
maintenance are made by Congress. The
"orkmcn will be suspended with the un.
Outstanding that those whose services
are Indispensable may continue at work
and take their chances of reimbursement
by Congress,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
The Hand Of Providence in Sick Child.

ATHENS TEX, December 2S.--Thurs.
day night Rev. J. NJ, Brooks, Of the
Presbyterian Church, got out of bed with
sick child, and had moved only q few
feet away when some one discharged u
douoe-barrcled shotgun Though u win.
dow into the bed, tearing the bed clothes
to pieces, aud Kidding the hcad-board.
Both Mr.. Brooks and the child would
have been Killed had they remained in bed
moment longer, The fact that no light
was burning in the room is all that de-.
ceiyed the assassin In his aim. There Is
no cew 10 his Identity.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
Snubbed Mary.

ALBANY, n. Y, December 27.-There
was Il large number Of visitors at the
Executive Chamber yesterday, but very
lew saw the Governor. Ne Is actively
engaged IL collecting his public papers,
and preparing Tor his departure. Among
bis callers were Col9ael Alex. Mcclure,
OF Phllsdelpbn captain Ward, United
states army, one Of tho AIDES N General
liuneock's star, and DR.. Mary Walker.
Tho lstter DID not see the Govcrps.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
INFAMOUS. CONTEMPTI-
BILE, INSULTING!
A Bold Threat Which We De-
fy.----Mind Your Business
and We Will Mind
Ours.
Extract of Letter Forwarded To Us,
Demanding That We Desist or Take
The Consequences.

CAIRO, ILL, Dec. 81, 1884.
To Messrs. A & j. Levy, los Commercial Avenue,
\ (Sam Burgers old stand)
Gentlemen
For the last few days have noticed the
advertisements of your great Bankrupt
Clothing Sale in the CAIRO DAILY BULLE.
TIN. have no particular objection to your
advertising, but | strenuously object to
your exposing to the public the secrets of
the clothing trade. You are continually
dwelling on the subject of shoddy clothing
and putting the public onto that class Of
goods. | handle such garments, and ad.
vertise and sell 81 suits, and find it more
profitable than selling fine garments. Very
few customers can Judge them. But what
| particularly demand is for you to quit
hitting US so hard, as you hurt our bust
ness. II you continue, then | will get the
other clothiers to JOIN with me and we will
advertise against you, and try and make
people believe you are humbuggiDg them
We will ruin the prices aud ruin you.
Either quit or take the consequences.
YOUR BROTHER CLoTHIER.
OUR REPLY.
Most VENERABLE AND ESTEEMED Con-
PETIToR: We are not in the habit of rec
ognizing anonymous letters, but will make
this an exception. We will donate $50 to
any charitable institution if you will d.
vuIge to US your full name. Either you
consider your name disgrace, or else you
are TOO cowaTdly to attach your signature
to the article. You are contemplate
enough to sign yourself Brother Clothier."
We do not recognize you, or anybody else,
who deals in shoddy clothing and betrsys
the confidence of the people, az our equals.
You threaten to ruin US. Try it. The
sooner you and your colleagues commence,
the better we will like it, Mind your bus
mess and we will mind ours. We will CON
tinue our mode of advertising and in our
next issue we will send such a red hot vol
ley OF grape.shot into those 81 shoddy suits
you sell as will completely annihlate them,
and make all shoidy dealers tremble in
their boots. We defy you, or anybody else
to answer our advertisements under their
full name. Respectfully,
A. g. j. LEVY.
AT Sam Burgers old stand
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
MORE COUNTY SEAT TROUBLE.

Two Hundred Indians Guarding the
Records of a Dakota County.
PIERRE, d. T., December 2s.--Potter
County is now in whirl Of excitement
over the county seat location. One year
ago the seat Of Government was located
at Forest City, on the Missouri River.
Gettysburg claims that at the late cleo.
ton it was chosen as the county seat.
Threats have been made TO take the rec
ords by force from Forest City, and over
two hundred Indians are now centcred at
that place, ready 10 meet all invaders
from Gettysburg, Judge Smith is hear
ing the case at Pierre, while the Indians
are guarding the records,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28

WASHINGTON, d. c., December 2S.-
The Secretary of the Treasury sent a tee
gram to the Collector of Customs at San
Francisco in reference to Chinese lmmi-
grants. The following is a copy: "Section
6 of the act OF 1884 applies only to Chinese
merchants coming for the first time TO the
United States, Chinese merchants, for
mer residents in the United States, may
be admitted Oh any satisfactory proof Of
such facts by certificate or otherwise
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
Weekly Bank Statement.

New YORK, December 27.--The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes; Loans, increase, 1881 900;
specie, increase, Sl,3ls,OOO legal ten
ders, decrease, $l,020, 900; deposits, de-
crease, $l7l, 900; circulation, decrease,
$4,000; reserve, increase, S25S,OOO. The
banks hold $40,994,0 900 in excess of the
LEGAL requirements.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
Live Stock Market.

CArTLE-Dcm0nd fair, but stock very
scarce, We quote Good 20 heavy steers,
S2jdj.j0; fair 70 good, N,!jdjOO; common
TO medium natives, S1jdk2j. fair 60 good
Colorado steers, SA2j0h!5, light to good
stockcrs, S,OOai1j; native cows and hcllers,
S9jdJ7ji mich cows and calves, S9j.OOa
1900
noGs-supply HIGHT and market arm;
for all grades mixed packing for 81. ljai 40;
Workers, NOjoLlt; pigs, S!,jOa3OO.
SlIEkr-GOOd demand for prime stock
others weak common TO medium, 81 .50ag25
fair to good, S!'jOa5OOi good to choice, 1926 %
As.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
A Prosecuting Attorney Who speoulated.

CINCINNATI, o., December 2S,-The
Prosecuting Attorney Of Clermont Coun-
ty, whose term expires January 9th, next,
has turned all his property over to his
creditors, leaving debts unsecured
amounting to $4,000. His official ac-
counts are all right. His loses come from
speculations
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28

CA11LE-Nlarket duh and unchanged extra
steers, S,OOdO.sbj fair to good native ship.
ping steers, Siljd5l0 Canada stOckCfs,
800
snEEp-Market 1ull weak and lower for
common common 10 fur, R,76d3i5 good
10 choice S3,B0oi0D, ohoddurs, Si,lOdi95,
Canada lambs, S5OOdj.2j,
lIOGs-Murket fairly active and shade
higher, good 10 choice Workers, N,95GL3i;
good mediums N1oL35, choice heavy, S,3j
$40 pigs, Si!OGi25,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
The Opdyke Failure. see.

NEW YORK, December 2S.-The sched-
ule OF Messrs. Opdyke & Co., filed by
W, NJ. Peet, the assignee, shows debts of
S296,0OO; nominal assets, $jG3,000;
actual assets, 1886,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
CIIICAGo.

WHEAT - Higher; December, 73Sc; Janr.
AIRY, 8faIci February 10; March, 75Ic;
May, sOSc.
CORN-firmer; December, 80 &c; January,
Ahc; February, Alci May 35A.c,
OATs-Iiighcr; December, % &c; January,
2jtc; February, 2jcati March, 2jAc; May,
SIa&hc,
PORK-IlIgher; January, SlO.sj; Febru.
AIRY, $685. March NlLO1G May, ill.3j.
LARD steady January Sjj1ls, Febru.
airy, E,Gj; March, SG79B.
sHoRT RlBs-Januurv, S57B; February,
$500 March, Sj,jIil May, I,7j.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, December 2S,-R, T.
Davis having resigned as Senator from
the Second District, the Democratic Sem
atorisl Committee to-day nominated Wal
ter Young as candidate for election to
ill the vacancy.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
Money and Stock Market,

NAV fonk, December 90 Money ldl per
cent. bar silver lNt Governments weak,
ahrse9 lOl : ~ ~ vs., R!Si Pacific O's
M prices, declined s6ll,. The greatest
priesesrc 10 sell was IN Lacltnwannp, Wander
blltB and urungpfs.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
NANsAS CITY.

.CArtLE--lcceipta, 600, ilrner, exports
10 common TO medium. "a Voai io!s readers
Su0dil0, cows, SlsOdB60.
lloos-liccolpts, 1905 higher, ranging a.
S-0ni,3b manly ht tLlOGLlb.
SnhEr-lieeclpts, 700, steady f2,OOd3,25 for
fair To good muttUns
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
CHICAGO.

Hoes Receipts, $4,000; slow, 5dlOo
lower higher, I,V)gL3O, rough packing,
AOOdi,lbi heavy packing and shipping, $40
aii0.
CArfLE-lIecents, 10000 quiet and steady
exports, S5bOd7OO; good 90 choice, S5.OO006O
common 20 fair H.2O@5O0
siEEr--Reccipts, 1000; llrmi common to
choice, S!,2jdl20,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
Embargo on River Shipments.

LOUISVILLE, KY, December 2S,--The
underwriters have put an embargo upon
river shipments until furth er notice.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28

VNTN more money than at anything else BY
WI taking an agency for the best selling
book out, Beginners succeed grundly
None fail Terms free.
HALLETT BOOK co Portland, Maine,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-15
Hints for RheumaticS.
LFrom Cassel.'s aIagazine.l

| lffon GAsseiA MagaZlne.]
| Keep the skin in constant tone and
working order. The matutinal sponge
bath will strengthen the nerves and
| keep open the pores; the Turkish bath,
portable or otherwise, ought to be tax
en- once week, or whenever an attack
Is threatened; if even once day for a
| time should be necessary, ii will not
hurt. 1t is wonderful prophylactic.
| could adduce hundreds of cases in
proof of this.
Those subject to rheumatism very
often feel tired, detected, with or with
out loss of appetite. The body may not
ache, but it does not feel fresh. Prob
| ably there is little headache, but more
often fullness In brow or eyeballs,
and the patient has but little heart for
his ordinary employment, and things
that interested him only the day before
now appear devoid of any value. If he
thinks back, perhaps he will remember
that for a day or two previously he had
not been living quite so abstemiously as
he ought. Well, he may call this little
illness mere fit of indigestion, If he
| pleases, but it is indigestion of kind
that has detrimentally increased the
uric acid in his blood. Let him take a
| Turkish bath at once, if his doctor will
| permit 1t, and live by rule again.
| The living by rule includes certain
| amount of exercise in the open air.
| Without this, no rheumatic person can
expect TO be long free from aches and
pains and wearisome ennui-almost as
bad TO bear as pain itself. As TO diet, it
| I -
| young require more nourishment than
the middle-aged, but old people must
have their little often, and it must be
well cooked and easy of assimilation.
For breakfast, let tea and coffee both
be avoided, substituting cocoa or cocoa
tina, with milk and sugar. Let toast
be eaten, or if bread be preferred, it
| should be brown bread and butter, and
the bread shoald estale. Avoid meat,
except little nicely cooked bacon, not
too fat. Eggs poached or mushed, or
lightly boiled, not fried, and any kind
of fish except salmon, herring or mack
| erel.
If hungry about twelve o'clock, a
be taken, and glass of soda water and
milk.
Dinner should be early-say 80 or
o'clock. Soup the old may take mid
dle-aged or young people do not re-
quire 1t, and it Is apt to get acid with
| some. Meat may now be taken spar
ingly, say twice a week. Game, fish,
/ poultry, and vegetables, except the
stronger kinds, may be eaten every day
with dinner. Lemon-juice is a good
substitute, but ginger beer and ginger
ale should be avoided. Light puddings,
such as bread, tapioca, or ground rice
may be taken. and little good whole
some fruit; but this latter is better be-
fore breakfast. No pastry; and cheese
is poison.
One cup of not over-strong tea at
five o'clock, and a tiny biscuit.
Supper at 7 or 30, with cup of CO.
Goa. Sauces and hot peppers disagree; !;
so do stews, for this reason; no cook
lives who can keep grease out Of stew !;
| and moreover, stews and food of that
consistency are generally swallowed too
| quickly, and do not get mixed with the
salivary juices.
Salads are also to be avoided.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-15

FOREIGN.

A STUDENT named Roieff, of Moscow,
who denounced many of his fellow
students as Nihiists, was poisoned in
his cell, where he had been placed for
safety, by some one unknown.
ADALINA PATTI received decree of
divorce from the Marquis de Caux in a
Paris court on the Sth.
FLOODS did great damage in the
eastern provinces Of Spain on the 7th.
Many families are homeless and great
distress prevails.
SHOCKS of earthquake were reported
in Colombia, South America, on the
7th.
BARFUss, the Anarchist. was SEN
fenced at Vienna on the 7th to six
years at hard labor.
The Right Hon. Henry Fawcett,
postmaster general of England, died
on the 9th, after a short illness, from
pleurisy.
DISPATCHES of the 9th, reported that
Aslatlc cholera has reappeared in Ma
pies, and several cases are said to exist
IN Paris.
FIVE of the Michipicoten rioters have
been captured and taken to Toronto.
-Four of the ring-leaders, armed with re-
peatlng rifles, are fugitives in the
woods.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-15
SpOOks on an Express Car.

tFrom the Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle.l
An item is going the rounds of the
press about ghosts on the Central
Pacific. About two years ago, at Mon
tello,a station on that road a band of rob-
bers attacked Wells Fargo's express car,
which was valiantly defined by Aaron
Ross, gigantic express messenger,
known on all the railroad and stage
lines. One of the robbers was killed
dead sure, and it was said that another
crawled off and died somewhere. All
the surviving brigands were captured
and are now doing state service at the
Carson prison.
When the express car which the rob
bers attacked returned to Reno, en- the
way to Sacramento to be repaired it
was dubbed Fort Ross" 1t looked as
if it had had an alteration with shot
tower. The doors were closely perfor-
ated with bullets, and shots had gone
through it in all other directions
When the car came back on the road it
looked like new, but it was still the
same old car. After a few days Ross
noticed strange noises in it while he
was making his run, altogether different
from the ordinary rattle of a car. Pack
ages of express matter danced about,
occasionally giving him a hard glove
whack on the nose, while box would
waltz up behind and hoist him vigor-
ously.
This continued some weeks. wher
Ross became very nervous and tidgety.
He would face the devil in material
form, but he didn't understand spooks
at all. Every time he passed Monticello,
| where the robber was killed, the lights
would go out as soon as the conductor
cried "All aboard" and by no Effort of
his could he light them until he arrived
at the next station. During this time
the car appeared filed with lurid haze
| by which he could see that the two
vapory forms were trying to open the
express boxes and peek into the pack
| ages. Once in while he would blaze
at them with his revolver, but it was
wasting powder; the spooks went on
with their work. While standing at his
desk one night, the train going forty
miles an hour he was seized and thrown
down by invisible assailants, and,
| though a giant in strength, he was
! tc ed about the car like a feather IN a
gf-.
Ross said the car would sometimes
run for miles without touching the
track, then it would come down with a
smash that sent him to the floor. He
would hear whistles for stations thai
were miles away, and frequently there
would be hubbub as if the train had
jumped the track. Al last this ghost
business worked upon the old man sc
that he trembled when he boarded his
car, and he became 50 nervous that be
threw up situation which had been OBJ
tanned by years of faithful service, and
went to drive Wells-Fargo's delivery
wagon at Ogden. He was really rur
out of fine position by spooks.