The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-05

CCention. There are enough reasons
an good ones, 10 favor Of selecting this
eli to easily convince most any one not
prldice against us, of the superiority of
ca over any other point in the district;
but no effort is made to get it we don't !
derve to get it. The convention is worth
hang and what is worth having is worth
strng for. So let's strive for it, The
coulttee is to meet at The Halliday in a
dayr two
The total precipitation of last month
Ter was 5.59 inches. The highest tenn
,erure was 60, on tie 4th the lowest l2,
a he 14th; the greatest daily range, q,
On e 10th; least daily range, 7,3 on the
I'll The prevailing direction of wind
yasnorth and south; total movement,
G94mies; highest velocity, AZ miles, on
the th The mean temperature WAS AZ
abowero, which was 3.2 higher than the
last year, and degrees lower
than at of the same month the yesr be-
fore. These figures are from Sergeant
Ray'nonthly report for February.
=. Benson and Mr.. VIM. Butler have
beenioing some good work within the
last ~ days in the way of disposing of
the IRONS left here in the formers charge
by tn Carrie Caldwell Seeing that the
proybns were rapidly amusing ciephar-
tine op2rtions, fguratively speaking as
few any of those for whom they were
left he could apply for them, they started
out ia skitf 10 10 this county and ia
Pulai county Monday, where they found
upwsls of twenty families who were in
vanity reason Of the food and to whom
they ssucd rafions accordingly to their
need The gentlemen have "struck the
rigAtrail" in tie matter OF getting rid of
the rons and their efforts merit all praise.
Prepations were also male yesterday for
send G a supply to several families at Reel
foot anding below here, who suffered in
the te storms.
--oung Will Wright is in the city for a
few ays, having arrived yesterday from
Los ngcles county, California. II, gives
such lowing descriptions Of the climate,
c yau =, &c, that one listening s struck
hard With the California fever. The eli
mate as certainly done well for him
made i'm tronzed bearded man, the pic
ture o.robust health. He brings equally
good roorts Of the effect of the climate on
the hath of his father, Copt. W. p.
Wrigh who is located on fruit farm at
Duartt Los Angeles county, eighteen
miles rom the city Of Los Angeles. Cap
tain Wright remembered his Cairo friends,
AMOS -, TIVE BULLETIN. and one of
III ose remembrance came by the hand Of
WIN, vi the way on the long Journey, in
the pc Of magnificent basket of fruit
from tie trees on their beautiful farm at
Duarte. The specimens are handsome,
espccialI the mammoth orange, a species
raised b grating on the Chinese lemon,
and theigrow so large the natives call
them "wter-mellons. The sample before
ls measres 1871 inchss around and IA
inches ovr the stem. In the basket was a
'isgle brpch about foot long, cut from
one OF h, orange trees, with TwENTY-sIy
arge lulIideveloped ripe oranges on it..
This is aIrItra large bunch and may be
;enSidereda curiosity, as it is seldom seen
sven on tps grown in ClIifornia's produc-
tive soil. rhe basket contains samples of
lines, smier than lemon, "little but
mighty" -.our Their place is fenced by
hedge O lime trees that are very produc.
tive, the aptain having gathered and mar.
keted slIady twcnty-four Thousand lines.
The orages are sold by the hundred on
he tree'the purchaser gathering end box
ns then! The price obtained this year is
s5to $3.50 per hundred. Captain Wright's
)rhard consists Of ten acres in oranges,
~ acres in grapes, the balance in lines,
Ielons and other fruits, and is situated at
thfoOt Of the hills, considered the most
darable location in that section Of coun.
try Will has come back to Cairo to ac-
copany his mother to her new home and
tdook after the shipment of household
gels. The citizens of Cairo will part
" regret with Mrs. Wright, as they did
VI her genial husband, and wish her and
TIL family God speed and all the success
an happiness that could possibly be hoped
Ioin the garden spot" that will hereafter
bdheir home.
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