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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15

Thirty-four years a victim Of Catarrh.
have tried many remedies. One bottle Of
Ely's Cream Balm gave me more real bene-
iii than all the rest. It is safe and valua-
bic medicine "A. l.. Fuller, DANNY, n. Y.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15
PORT NEWS.

W. r iAAsDN, river editor OF THE BULLETIN
and steamboat passenger agent. orders Tor All
kinds OF steamboat job printing solicited. once
al Bowere European Hotel. No. 72 Ohio leVee'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Legal Blanks Kept EOr Sale

Legal Blanks Kept Eor Sale
al THE BULLETIN office.
Warranty Deeds,
Special Warranty Deeds,
Chattel Mortgages,
Quit Claim Deeds,
Real Estate Mortgage,
Sepenas,
Executions, Summons, Venire,
Garnlshee Blanks. &c.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15

For she cure of Catarrh, l can recon-
mend Ely's Cream Balm, as the best rem
edy have ever used-Dr. J. s. Vaughan,
dentist, Muskegon, Mich.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15
Thin People.

"Well's Health Remover restores health
aud vigcr, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence,
Sexual Debility, 81. (2)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15
"Buchu- Paiba."

Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kid
ney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 800.
Druggists.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15

"ROugh On Dentist Tooth Powder.
Smooth, Refreshing, Harmless, Elegant,
Cleansing, PIeser"atiye and Fragrant. l5c,
Druggists
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1sr YEAR.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1sT YEAR
VIM Stratton Stratton Bird, gro:ers, Cairo, H.,
j. A Goldstne, ofGoldstne It ROsenwater, whole
sale and retail dry good; c. W. Cunning, NJ. D.;
Pres BID. Med. Ex., for Pensions; Albert Lewis,
judge and notary public; VIM. F, Pitcher, com.
broker and insurance AGENT K. II. Baird, city
street supervisor; NJ. Phillips, carpenter and build
er; Thomas Lewis, attorney and secretary; +. V.
Pierce, attorney ataw, DuQuoin m, Z. G. Pace
cashier of Centennial Bank, Ashley, Ill, Albert
Hayden, cashier of George Connolly & Co., Spring.
field, Ill ; b. NJ. Mum, attorney -at-law, 1876 Ral-
doph street, Chicago; Hon. Robt. A. Hatcher, at
torneyat-law, Charleston, Mo; II. Leighton
cashier First National Bank, Stuart, Iowa.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15
Answer this if you Can.

Is there person living who ever saw a
case of the ague, biiousness, nervousness
or neuralgia, or any disease of the stomach
liver or kidneys, that Hop Bitters will not
cnre2
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15
II H Il
ABE LINCOLN
Mutual Life & Accident
SOCIETY,
AT CAIRO, ILLINOIS,
Organized December, 1888, Under the
Law Of 1888.

COPYRIGHT SECURED.
Successor to Widows and Orphans Mutual Aid So
ciety, organized July 4th, 1877, under
the laws Of 1872.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
The Queen ito Par11amant.

The British parliament was prorogued last
Thursday with tho usual ceremonies. The
queen in her speech said:
1 sincerely regret that an important part of
your labors failed of result in q legislative en-
actmen Friendly Intercourse exists with all
foreign powers; diplomatic relations have been
resumed with Mexico, and the preliminary
agreement for the treaty of commerce has been
assinged. l have to lament the nature of the
conference to devise means to restore the finan-
ces of Egypt, which are so importantto the we'll
being and good order of the country. I shall
continue to fulfill the faithful duties growing
out of the presence of my troops in the valley
of the Nile: 1 trust the especial mission which
1 have determined to send there will materially
aid me in considering what steps to adopt. Iview
with unabated satisfaction the mitigation and
denunciation of the agrarian crimes in Ire
land and substantial improvement i'll tho con-
dition of the people. l design at an early period
to call your attention to the great subject of
the representation of the people; I rejoice to
observe mid the numerous indications of in
terest in the subject, constant proofs of loyalty
to the throne and respect for the laws. These
indications inspire me with the full belief that
the great national aim will be pursued with or
der and moderation; the best securities for
such a settlement as may conduce to the hap
piness and liberties of the people and the
strength of the empire.
The speech closes with thankfulness for the
favorable season which is alleviating the pres
sure that has SO long and SO seriously affected
the agricultural industry.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23

Poor's Manual for 1884, which is just
published, and the authority on rail.
road statistics, gives some figures which
are interesting to the general reader as
they are to those who have or are in
clined to invest in railroad bonds or
stocks. There are completed, in the
United States 100, 552 miles of railroad.
The funded debts amount to So 49,
04O 1888; the floating debts to 1892 &c.,
345. The total liabilities, including
share capital, was at the end of 1883,
$7,495, 471,311. The gross earnings
were for the fiscal year 1883, 1923, 49,
1924. There is great competition, and
consequent decline in net earnings in
some cases, as between the Union and
the Pacific Railways, neither of which
is now paying dividends. eff" says the
Manual, "the fictitious capital could be
eliminated from their accounts, their
success Chat is of the roads as a whole)
as investments, would have no parallel
The total movement on all roads equal.
led 8,541, 300, 674 persons moved one
mile at a charge of 2.42 cents per pas.
senger per mile.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
The Awful Taste of Human Flesh.

One of the Junior officers OF: the Thetis, talk
ing to-day on board the ship of the charges
against the Greedy party, said: ssHere, on this
very spot, ono of tho survivors held us through
all ono night, telling, if words can tell, of his
first taste of human flesh. He would give
years from his life to forget it,; but he said
that the first taste, the sensation of having
between his teeth the flesh of one who
had once boon his friend, was with him
always. Waking or sleeping, he seemed
to feel his lips pressing the smooth, fabby
meat that must be choked down somehow
if he would live. And then the inhuman, saw
age way of getting it! Each feeder upon such
food must cut off his own shreds of flesh;
no friend could be found to perform this
horrible Office. Every man, if he would eat,
must of necessity be his own butcher, and
these cannibalistic orgies, these midnight
feasts, were secret. The little beaten paths,
worn smooth, between tho graveyard and
dweller in that tent shut his Dyes and
refused to see. Body after body was stripped
of flesh, but none of those that trod that little
path dared speak of this. No man asked a
question at the too common sight of a starving
wretch creeping up to the only fire at midnight,
carrying in his hand O strip of flesh. As he
thrust it into the flames on the end of a
pointed stick, no one of his companions saws
a word, and when tearing the smoking flesh
with his teeth, he lies down, and another of,
ly down that mysterious path, knife
in hand, it is easy to guess his horri-
BILE purpose. The after effects Of
these CHASTITY feasts was as awful as the de-
scent upon the mangled corpses. The nero
thought of what they had eaten brought on
nausea, and in their weak state the stomach re-
fused to retain thish human flesh. Is it won
derful that these mon will carry that sensation
of chewing human flesh forever? Il hope and
pray l may forget it when 1 de- was tho only
prayer the wretchod cannibal could truly utter.
1t was his heaven of heavens to forgetthat aw.
full, sickening taste"
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
The schoolmaster Obliged Him.

A short time ago, says an English
correspondent, one of the overgrown
pupils ola school in Shropshire, who
takes the lead in all the Daredevil ex-
PLOTS of fresh and enthusiastic youth,
was "called up" for a brief interview.
One of the parties to the discussion was
q long, little cane, guaranteed to curl
round a fellow and make him sing.
bend down." observed the second mas
ter, insinuatingl y. "Shan't remarked
the pupil, who was a fair head and
shoulders taller than the pedagogue.
II beg your pardon" said the latter.
"Shan't," repeated the lad, $50 take it
out of that, I'm not going to be caned;
I'm not a boy" "oh, very WE'LL" said
the master, every we'll; if you can't be
treated as a boy, come down. stairs and
be treated as o man." He took off his
coat and rolled up his sleeves. They
adjourned to the playground, and the
cocky youngster, revealing in his SUI
perior build, and the diminutive second
master had a little set-to. In about ten
minutes the master had given the young
fellow about as sound a thrashing as
ever he had in his life, and subsequently
he prevailed upon him to take a gentle
Gaming in the sanctity Of an upper room.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
The Criminal Calendar.

At Miles City, Druggist Thompson of San
Francisco, put an end to q life of dissipation.
Neal Murphy, the Montana stage robber, who
escaped and was recaptured, was taken from
tho Montana Jail to escape the lynchers.
David Toode of Keoluk committed suicide
Sunday, by using a revolver, which was dis
charged with the barrel in his mouth. The ball
lodged in the brain, but death did not ensue
for two hours.
Peter Foley who was arrested at Boscobel
Wis, on Wednesday, on the charge of clipping
with a fourteen-ycar-old girl, shot himself in
the lookup at that place. There were two bull
let holes through his temple.
City Councilman Henry A. Haworth of Phila-
delphia has disappeared, and investigation Of
his accounts shows an embezzlement of $780,
Wu from trust funds of friends, his mother
and brother being among his victims.
J. G. Aydelotte, ono of the most highly es-
teemed citizens of Newton, Iowa, who had been
in poor health for several months, and partial
ly deranged for several weeks, from the effects
of a light sunstroke, hanged himself.
Moses L. Cohn, the junior member of the
firm of Louis COIN & Son, Of Chicago, has
been held to the criminal court in bonds of
$lO,OOO for countcrfeiting promissory notes
and for forgery. Cohn is q s%on-in-law of
Michael Englemann, the Saginaw millionaire.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
Giving property to former Slaves.
Louisville Courier-Journal

Louisville Courier-Journal
Many of the owners of slaves that
were liberated by the war have kept
their former slaves as hired help. This
is especially the case in Fayette and
Bourbon counties, Ky. Now that the
slave-owners are growing old, and that
many of them are dying off, the cases
are numerous in which tbs former
slaves or their offspring are willed a
part or all of the masters property. In
some of these cases the colored heirs are
children of the white ~testator, but in
most of them, however, they are not.
This making negroes the heirs of white
mans property has given rise to litiga-
ton in which the validity of such an in
heritance has been tested. A case in
point has just been decided in the Bour-
bon county courts. The slaves of John
Morris has continued to live with their
former owners after they had become
freedmen. Mrs. Morris died three years
ago, and left by will to a former slave a
house and lot which she held in her own
right. Some of Mrs. Morris relatives
declared their intention to contest this
will. MI. Morris, the surviving hus-
band, when he learned this, became so
much incensed that he changed his will
cut off from his surviving relatives al
most entirely, and willed the bulk Of
his property to his former slaves. Very
soon after this he died. James Morris,
o brother, contested the will, and Judge
French and q jury, after full hearing,
have decided it valid.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
The Art of Prolongine Life.

"To die of old age" is the object of am
bition to a large number of persons,
who carefully nurse their health with
the view, not of escaping death alto
gether, for they know this to be i'm
possible, but of eking life out to its ut
most limits. The art of %prolonging life
in this fashion appears to be less we'll
understood now than formerly. The
Registrar General, in his report for
1882 lately published, observes that the
deaths ascribed to old age have for many
years been diminishing in their proper
ton to the population, and in 1882 were
fewer in proportion than in any former
year. AS old age is the natural termin-
alton of life, and the ailment of which
all prefer eventually to die, this aggre-
gate falling off in the mortality from
this cause, if real, would not be an in
disputable advantage. But doubtless
much of the falling-off under this head
ing is merely due to gradual improve
ment in the specification of the causes
of which the old die. This, however,
does not account for all the apparent
decline in the mortality. For there
was in each of the three years 1880 1881,
and 1882 a sensible decline in the NOR
tality of persons Of advanced age from
all causes; and in 1882 especially tho
death-rate of persons ffty-ive years of
age and upward, whether males or
females, was lower than it had been for
many years, probably than it had ever
been before. The main factor that de-
termines the death rate of the aged is
temperature, and especially the tenn
perature of the winter months; and in
1882 the mean temperature of each of
the six months of the first and fourth
quarters was above the average. In
fact, the best advice that can be given
to old, people anxious to linger on in
this planet is, "Keep yourselves warm"
st. James's Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
crown prince and prineess sent wreaths. and
the streets were thronRed NTH nannlA -

crown prince and princess sent wresths. and
the streets were thronged with people.
At the Copenhagen medical congress DR..
John 8 Billings. assistant surgeon general Of
the United States army. in behalf of the Ameri-
to hold its next meeting at Washington in 1857.
The anarchists Of the British steamer Eliza
beth, arrested at Ottensen Saturday, were
handed over to the Russian Police. Socialist
Pamphlets and papers were found in their
chests. They refused to make any statements
ana treated their arrest with cynical apathy.
Agreat sensation has been caused by recent
robberies of the Austrian mails. Not long ago
aletter containing 49, OOaOrins was distracted,
nd now a whole mail bag has been stolen.
The bag contained only valuable and registered
letters. In some of the letters wore checks
amounting to $4,000 tlorins sent by savings
The result of DR.. Settlements excavations
at Tiryus, turns out to be very important. The
buildings he has discovered consists of a pal
acc and two temples. The arrangement. size
and position of these agree in the most re-
markable manner with those of the temple and
palace OF the second prehistoric city at Hissar-
lie, and thus help to settle the date of the lat
says: One subject which will occupy the at
tention of Kalnoky and Bismack at their APP
preaching conference will be q discussion of
the German colonial policy. Bismarck OPP
poses the constantly increasing tide of emigra-
ton to America. American institutions, lie
says, are not in harmony with those of Ger
many, and emigration to that country adds
nothing to Germany's wealth, while it tends to
undermine the traditions of monarchy. Bis
marck hopes toopen new field for colonial en-
terprise, and so prevent tho ultra independent
Anglo-Saxon element from absorbing the Cor
man element.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23

The reported discovery of mines
Of tin in the Black Hills, was re-
ceived with some degree of incredulity,
owing to the frequency Of announce
ments of rich finds of minerals which
do not always "pan out" we'll. But the
arrival in New York of a carload of
tin ore from the Eta Mine, near Har-
ney city, is justly regarded by the press
as a noteworthy event. The tin on
being assayed at the United States assay
office, proved to be o fvery good quality,
exceptionally free from copper, iron or
zinc. Work on the mine has only re-
Gently been begun. A tunnel has been
drilled into the side of the hill about
100 feet and a shaft is being sunk to
meet the tunnel. The tunnel is 1875
feet from the top of the hill and the
distance between It's wall and the shaft
is 100 feet. The entire space thus COW
cred is, according to report, a mass of
what is called ericsson ore. The i'm
portance of this discovery will be per-
ceiyed when it is recollected that the
production of tin in England, mainly
from Cornwall, in the past ten or twelve
years has been steadily decreasing
while the demand for the metal here has
been on the increase.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
The farmer may complain that no

The farmer may complain that he is
neglected and his occupation moderated,
but after all there are times when a
tical people feel that farming is the up
permost thing in the whole catalogue
of human employment. Witness this
from an eastern paper: 1--WE read the
crop reports with more interest than we
do those on any other subject. 1t may
be temporarily exciting to know that
n horse has beaten another q quarter
of a second, or that another comet has
been discovered. The fashions are of
interest to some, and the cholera finds
the world attentive; but after all, this
is a utilitarian age, and the report that
flour may be fifteen dollars a barrel next
winter would create a greater sensation
than the discovery of a race of white
paaFde in Central Africa"
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
Record Of Casualties.

At New York, the Adler veneer works and
Harris perforated chair seat factory burned.
Loss, $4,000.
Milten j. Rowe, a brakeman on freight train
running between Mitchell and Chamberlain.
Oak, died at Mitchell from injuries received
on the side-track at Yorktown.
Mrs. Andrew Sminchart and Mrs. Frank
Shaeffer, while out pleasure riding, were run
into by a passenger train on the Lake Shore
railway, won miles east of Elkhart, Ind, and
were killed. The horse was all cut up and
the buggy smashed to pieces.
A Houston special says: An inccadiary fire
ut Lampuss destroyed the business portion of
the town; loss not estimated. ]. T.. Malone,
banker, and S. d. Chittenden, merchant, were
the heaviest losers. Tho town experienced a
fifty thousand dollar blaze a couple of weeks
ago.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23

The anvass in Maine does not con
Germ simply the State and Federal tick
cts. The question of an amendment to
the constitution absolutely prohibiting
the manufacture or sale of Intoxicating
liquors is also to be voted on in Sep
TENDER. A p%rohibitory law has been
on the statute book for a generation,
but the principle has never been for
mally Incorporated in the constitution.
The prohibitionists attach great impor-
lance to the insertion Of such a formula
in the organic law of tho state, and the
amendment will undoubtedly be adopt
ed.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
ArzxAn uorDx4r.


How Gen. Sam Houston 1smovUa the
1soo1hs Of the STATE.
About two years after the Texan revo-
luton General Houston had his first
difficulty with the people. Under the
constitution the capital had been fixed
at Austin, but power was given to the
president to order the temporary re-
moval of the archives in case of danger.
The Comanches were committing raw
ages within sight of Austin, and Cen
eral Houston ordered the state records
to be forwarded to him at Washington
(Texas). This caused much excitement
in Austin, and four hundred men placed
themselves about the State-house to
prevent the removal. Colonel Morton,
a leading spirit of the revolution, was
at their head, and wrote to General
Houston, who we'll knew his character
as q fighting man, that, if the archives
were removed, he Morton) would hunt
him down like a wolf. General Hous-
ton replied in a note of characteristic
brevity: eff the people of Austin do
not send them, I shall come and
get them; and if Colonel Morton can
kill me, he is welcome to my ear-cap."
The guard was at once doubled, patrol
men were placed on the roads. and a
select committee went into permanent
session in the city hall. During a sit
ting of that body n who was unan-
nounced suddenly stood in their midst,
having gained entrance by means Of a
tall live oak which grew against the
window; his garb and arms were those
Of a hunter, and, being spoken to by
Colonel Morton, he placed his fingers
on his lips and remained silent. Col
onel Morton few into q rage and seized
him, when the stranger drew his bowie
knife at the same instant that Morton's
friend held him back. Another mem
Der of the body spoke to the stranger,
saying the meeting was a private one,
and that he presumed the gentleman
had mistaken the house. At this he
walked to the table and wrote one line,
81 am deaf" Judge Webb then wrote,
"Tell us your business" when a
letter was handed him, addressed
to the citizens Of Austin, which
the judge read aloua, as
follows: "Fellow-citizens: Though
in error, and deceived by the arts Of
traitors, 1 will give you three days more
to decide whether or not you will for
ward to me the archieves. At the end
OF that time you will please let me
Know your decision. Sam Houston"
The deaf man waited a few moments
for a reply, and was about to leave,
when Col. Morton handed him a note
saying: "You were brave enough to in
suit me; are you brave enough to give
mo satisfaction? 2" The mute wrote,
1 am atyour SERVICE" and, after fixing
terms, he left by the window. Morton
was told he would be killed, as he was
to fight Deaf Smith, who never missed
his man but he could not he shaken in
his resolve. The weapons used were
rifles, the distance was a hundred PAGES,
and the time sunset. A vast crowd saw
the duel. Both men fired at the same
instant; Morton sprang into the air
and fell dead, a ball in his heart. Deaf
Smith quietly reloaded his rifle and
walked into the forest. Three days
afterward he came with General Hous-
ton and ten others to Austin, and the
archives were removed without further
opposition,
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
Market Reports.

81. PAuL-Wheat. No. l hard, IS; No. g, Zoe.
Corn. No. z. SEC. No. 3, 4Sc.
Oats. No. 2 mixed, Csc; No. 3 white, &c. (:
Barley. No. 2. CSC. /: No. 8 extra, 45c. No. s.
4Oc.
Rye. No. 2, SIC.
Balod Hay, wild, $500; timothy $500.
Eggs, l2@l3c.
MnwAUKEE-Wheat, No. g, 7sc
Corn. No. 2. rejected, 4G050c.
Oats. No. 2. white, new, &c; old, SIC.
Rye No. 1.62c.
Barley. No. 2. old, 55c.
Mess Pork. 215. SO.
Lard. $T.40.
Butter, choice creamery, 2O@22c; fair to
good, 17@l9c: best dairy, l4@15c.
Eggs, l3L@l4c.
CH1cAao.-Wheat, No. 2 Chicago spring.
7s@7SAc.
Corn. 5Ossl@l4o
Oats. 24ss4@.5c.
Rye. SIC.
Barley. Csc.
Flax Seed, $l.35.
Pork, SlS 5O@s19.M.
Lard. $7.40@S7.45.
Butter, creamery, q " dairy. 14@14991o
Eggs, lS@l4c
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-23
Wheat is said to be lower in Enpl

Wheat is said to be lower in England
on the average of 1884 than it has in
104 years. The average value of the
quarter of English wheat in the first
half of 1884 was Ell It's 3D., which is
the lowest average since 1880, when it
was e2 los. The English are culculat-
ing strongly on the financial necessities
OF American producers, as we'll as tho
large stock ready for market, and il
may be necessary to check the present
tendency by resorting temporarily to
withholding supplies, ordinarily a rath-
er dangerous expedient. The farmer
who is not required to meet mortgages,
or notes, or store bills, may withhold
his grain from market, but will be
harassed by apprehensions that after
holding on for a time, his wheat may
go still lower. AS a rule, with excep-
tions, of course, those who sell early do
quite as well as those who hold for
high prices. But every one will be
governed by his own necessities or
condition, and, few are capable of Civ
ing the wisest advice on a subject that
is e%nvironed, by doubt and uncertainty.