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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
China.

SHANGHAI, August 30.-All the French
have left Canton. 1t is nova serted that
Admiral Courbet'left the Min River with
the intention of going to Canton. The
Chinese military commanders every.
where have received imperial
orders to attack all French
war ships and merchant vessels which
attempt to enter the leading treaty port.
Those in the port were ordered to depart
Immediately. kilograms from the Chinese
Government lines are not accepted unless
written in English.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Provisions.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1884,
ST. LOUIS.

CoTToN-Steady; middhng 1913 1ll%c.
FLoUR-Steady; XXX 10 cnoice, 81. IS I3. 80;
patents. S4.l5U5.l5.
"nEAT-Steady; No. Red, Size for
new; No. Red, new, 7l140I23ac.
CONSISTENCY; No, mixed 4SIaU4S3sc; No.
white mixed, 49050hc.
OATs-Steady: No. 2. 26A026Hc.
RYE--NOminal; No. I, 50Hc.
TOBACC0-Flrm; Jugs; common to choice
s6.OOl1lO.OO; leaf; common red leaf. $1,000
1000: medium to good $9.0JDl7.00.
HAY-Prarie SS.00Q19 % tor prime to choice
new: clover mixed. 5000 tor common 10
prlme choice new timothy, $llO0Vl200; fan
cy, $l3 00lll3.50.
BUTTER-Firmer choice to fancy creamery
@OD221ac: dairy, choice TO fancy. I60l7c; low
grades nominal.
EGGs-Active; fresh stock, 120l2Ho per
dozen.
PoTATOEs-Quet at 4OH042c per bushe.
PORK-Steady; new mess. $1,000
LARD-Quiet; prime steam. 7sU7I4c.
BACON-Longs, lie: shorts, lllaQ1l5sc;
clear ribs. Ike, all packed
WooL-Tub-washed. choice. 3Q6l30l3o: fair,
2l029c; dlngy ana low 25N26. Unwashed---
Choice medium, 2l022c; good average medium
l9U2Oc; selected light fine lS6l9c; good ay-
erage, l60l7c; heavy l40l6c; combing. y
Dl0od, 2l922c: combing, low grades. IS Dl9c.
HIDEs-Ouiet; dry flint i5Hc: damaged,
Fac: bulls or stays. lOc; dry sailed,
Rc: dry sailed. damaged, l0c: kip and
calf, sailed sac; damaged GHc; buns and
stays, 5Ac; green uncured, 7ac; damaged,
SIC.
SHEEP PELTs-Weak; green, IS lS5c; dry
do, 4OG75c., as to amount and quality OF wool;
green shearlings, liQ120c; dry DO, 10Gloc;
green lamb skins, 20GD2jc.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
Intended for Saroasnn

WASHINGTON, d. c., August 3o.-In-
tructions have been issued to the Court
If Inquiry convened to investigate the
oss OF the Tallapoosa to embrace In their
inquiry the question Of whether the off,
'ers of the Tallapooss were color blind
md unable to designate the light exc
libited by the schooner, though nc such
lain has been made by any Of the
Ulcers.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
FOREIGN NEWS.
France.

PARIS, August 30.-Admlral Courbet
officially reports that the operations OF
the French fleet In Min River have been
entirely successful; that all the forts,
earthworks and camps in the vicinity OF
the river from It's mouth to the arsenal
have been destroyed, and that the French
lost ten men killed and forty-one wound.
cd during the engagement He also tel
egraphs that he will arrive to-day Of
Matson.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
Money and Stock Market.

NEW YORK, August 30.-Money per cent;
exchange quiet, but firm: Governments
strong; currency 6's, 127 bid; As, coupon, ICON
bid; AVS, 1l3b bid. The market opened
up dull to-day and early transactions dragged
along In spiritless way until about tho first
call, when the bull cliques went in and bid
prices up rapidly. Shortly before midday
quotations were up II to 1A per cent, but on
the appearance Of the bank statement, made
public about noon, and which was viewed as
very unfavorable, prices declined a4ain to tho
lowest points. The market is now dun and
weak and absolutely featureless.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31

CoURBET's AsTUTENEss.

PARIS, August 90.-La RepuJliqm
Franchise praises Admiral Courbet's
astuteness in sending the gunboat up Min
River on the 18TH of July, before hostill-
ties had begun, thus enabling the gun
boats to occupy position ON the blind
side OF the formidable forts on the banks
OF the river.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
NOTICE.!
At Auction-Vaiuable Real Estat,

At the front door of the Court House, in Cairo,
Ills, ate M, ON
WEDNESDAY the let DAY of OCTOBER, 1884,
will Offer for sale to the highest bidder, the fol
lowing, very desirable properly, viz Brick tre
and lot SixlO0 feet, Washington avenue, adjoining
Brewery, block 20. Dwelling house and lots -,
81 aud IS, block 30, 12th street Dwelling house
and lots 81 and 80. block 70, Centre street Lots
and 3, block ~, LIST addition, Poplar street, lot
ID, block 49, Let addition, near the New York store
lot 80, block 80, 18th street,
This 10 very desirable property, situated In the
business centres Of the city, and now that II Ia
tain Cairo will speedily become great railroad
and commercial city presents an oppoitu nity for
investment not likely to occur again.
TERMS-h cash, bal. 0 and II months secured
with per cent interest, or per cent Off Tor cash
For further information inquire OF
G. s. PIDGEoN.
MI. HowLEY, Agent.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31

Inc Jackson, Tenn, Wing, says: 1.-THE
well known st. Jacobs Oil has a great run,
Tor the people will have it and no other
remedy"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
CORN MERCHANTS FAIL.

MANCHESTER, August 3O.-Two corn
merchants OF this city failed yesterday.
1t Is believed one Of the failures involves
several London houses, although not
seriously.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
CHICAGO,

WHEAT-Weaker; September, 79%c; Octo.
Der, SlA9Sl%c; November, S3bc; December,
1850.
CoRN-Weaker; August, 524c; September,
5l9Sc; October, 5O}sc; November. 46G56bc;
year, 42%c; May, 43c.
OATs-Steady; August, 25%c; September,
259sc; October, 26%c; year, 253sc May. zoe.
observation-disclosures, $1,000; September,
SIS; October, SIS; year, Sl2.50
S7.Th; October, $3.50; November, S7.47H.
SHORT RIBs-Scptember, SlO.O5; October,
$1,000.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
Live Stock Markets.
TuIrAnn

CATTLE-Receipts 5000; firm; Oxfords,
$6.5j17OO; good to choice shipping $500
$50; common to fair, S40Ol55 IS: Texans,
$3.50(1i50. .
SHEEP-Receipts, 6O0 unchanged common
to good, 81 OOG3.0O; medium to good, $3.50
400.
HoGs-Receipts, 5000 fairly active and firm;
choice light and heavy &c higher: others UNI
changed; light, s5.7566.5O; rough packing,
$5.S0162O; heavy packing and shipping,
S6.2JQ610; grassers, S4.50Gj.50.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
NEW YORK.

WHEAT-We No. . Red, September,
Sg9sc; October, u a@9lBc; November 934@
WSc;December, 9536c097sc.
CoRN-Higher; September, G2c October,
GO1aWGO4c; November, 591s O595sc.
OATs-Steady; August, BE; October,
Sc; November, $3.50.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
KANSAS CITY.

CATTLE-Receipts, 7s5 stronger: Texa
b@l0c higher; native steers 1,2O
to l,500 pounds average, S5.G0to63O; do 9J
to 100 pounds average, S4.S0654O; stocker,
and feeders, S3.5OG4.5O; grass Texas steers
$3.25l1i.OO.
HoGs-Recsipts, 4,OO0 weak and 56lO,
lower; lots of l9S to 800 pounds average a
$5.s9@6.2O; mainly at $6.0016.05.
SHEEP-Receipts, go; steady and I'm
changed.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
BURNED AT SEA.

LONDON, August 30.-The British ship
Earl Beaconstield, Captain Kerr, from
Glasgow, February 2, for San Francisco,
has been burned at sea, and the crew
landed at Valparaiso.
LONDON, August 30.-The Government
has ordered 100000 pounds more of Chi.
cage compressed beef for the Soudan ex.
petition. The man-of-war Kinghsher,
which has just reached England from the
Pacific, has been ordered to be ready to
sail for China.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
ARE THEY DROWNED?

The ship Kangaroo, from Baltimore
bound for Liverpool, burned to the wa.
ter's edge in the English Channel and
sank. One boat, with six men and a
boy, arrived at Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
Another boat, containing the Captain and
the crew, is missing.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-31
BUFFALO.

CATTLE Unchanged; light steers, $500
0425. mixed butchers, $3650i.25 stockers,
S3.50lD400.
P-Marketunchanged common to fair,
S3t3.65; good to choice, S3.75@i.40; few very
extra sold at $3.50; Western lambs, $3.50
4.i0; Canada lambs S4.5004.75.
HoGs-Unchanged good grades steady;
good Michigan and grassers $4S5Gt5.25; good
rorn.fed Workers. S6.35tG6.40; a number Of
loads of common stock unsold.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31

Cornelius Aultman, one Of the leading
citizens of Canton, Ohio, and a well-known
manufacturer, died suddenly at his home
on the 28th, after an illness of only few
hours.
The dry goods store Of John voght, at
Deshler, o., together with several stores
adjoining, were destroyed by fire on the
26th. Loss 900; probable insurance $4O,-
600.
During Christmas festival at Summer
vile, s. c., Mrs. Francis David, a promi-
nent church lady, killed Mrs. Lizzie Way,
beautiful young married lady, by stab
bing her with pair of scissors. She was
jealous because Of Mr.. David's supposed
too great admiration of Mrs. Way.
Henry Bum, a merchant Of Stevenson,
Ala, on the Goth discharged the contents
of an old army musket, loaded with buck
shot, through the head of customer named
John Bailey, scattering his brains over the
ceiling. The affair occurred in the formers
store. Bum claims 1t was accidental,
though he had previously had trouble with
Bailey.
Watt Henry, aged thirty, SO brutally beat
and pounded his wife in his saloon at
Akron, o., on the oath, that she died the
next morning. Henry was arrested.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quartz,
CONGRESS.

SENATE, December 23.-Mr Vest offered a
concurrent resolution providing that the
Congressional Record shall be an accurate
transcript of the debates and no speech shall
be published which was not spoken in the
Senate or House of Representatives, ana
no changes shall be made except verbal cor
rections by the author, and any speech re-
turned for correction shall be returned in
one week, otherwise 1t shall be printed from
the original notes of the reporter He stated
that in the Forty-sxth, Forty-seventh and
Forty-elghth Congresses O69 speeches
were printed which were never deliv-
cred In the House, and 1,l@ were withheld
for revision and printed after adjournment.
The result was that in some cases Congress
had beencompelled TO expunge from the rec
ord speeches making offensive personal at
tacks which in fact had never been dellv-
cred. The resolution was referred to the
Committee on Printing The bill making q
temporary appropriation for the navy, with
its Senate amendments, was passed. the title
being amended so rs to read, IA bill making
additional appropriations for the naval SER
vice for the fiscal year 1885," The Senate then
went into executive session and adopted the
House resolution adiourning till the 9TH OF
January, only amending II by changing the
date OF adjournment from the 10Th to the
cath.
HoUsE.-The House was not in session.
SENATE, December 24.-Immediately after
the reading of the journal the Senate went
into executive session and awaited the action
of the House on the amended Naval bill and
adjournment resolution; but on being noti-
fled that the House took no action on the
former bill, adjourned until January5.
HoUsE.-Thcre were less than a hundred
members present. Mr.. Randall called up the
resolution for II holiday recess and the Sem
ate amendment fixing the time from Decem-
ber "a to January 8, which was adopted, and
the House at 1895 p. IN. adjourned to Janua-
ry5 AS the House took no action on the
Senate amended Naval Appropriation bill,
the appropriations for the navy will lapse on
and after the 3lst of December.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
WASHINGTON.

A circular is being prepared by the Sec
retary Of the Treasury under the terms of
which the navy yards throughout the
United States will be closed on December
81 and remain closed until appropriations
for their maintenance are made by Con-
gress. The workmen will be suspended
with the understanding that those whose
services are indispensable may continue
and take their chances of reimbursement
by Congress.
A decision has been rendered by Comp
troller Lawrence, in which he held that the
Otoe and Missouri Confederate Indian
tribes are entitled to receive five per cent.
interest on the removal fund provided by
the act Of March 3, 1881, and expended for
their benefit under the direction of the Sec
retary OF the Interior.
The Naval Court Of Inquiry appointed
10 investigate frauds in the Bureau Of
Medicine and Surgery and to examine the
methods of purchasing supplies in the
other bureaus, has made preliminary re-
port that they found no reason TO believe
the frauds practiced in the Bureau Of
Medicine and Surgery had extended to
other bureaus.
According to the report of Director ]. W.
Powell, of the United States Geological
Survey Corps, during the season which
closed the latter part Of November there
were surveyed in the New England section
65s square miles; in the Appalachian Sec
tion, II ,466 square miles, and in the South
western section 1900 square miles.
Under the provisions Of the recent circu-
lar relative TO the disinfection of imported
rags, the Secretary Of the Treasury has
appointed Francis McNally and Charles
Kaney inspectors Of rags at Alexandria,
Egypt.
The reports Of the Bureau of Statistics to
the Secretary of the Treasury shows that
during the month OF November the exports
Of the United States were valued at S7s,-
776,GG6, and the imports at So, 1913 the
excess OF exports over imports being
GO2,s76 This is greater excess than
has occurred during any previous month Of
this year.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
LATER NEWS.

The Blake Opera House Block, the hand.
soonest and largest building at Racine,
Wis, was destroyed by fire ON the morn
ing of the 2Sth ult. The building consisted
of an opera house, hotel, Carey a. Flan-
negan, proprietors; drug store, owned by
W. II. Villas; a restaurant, owned by Miss
Lena johnson; Wood Bros hardware
store, and the Telephone Exchange. Every
room in the hotel was filed with guests and
the upper story was occupied by servants.
Three persons were burned TO death. They
were Mr.. and Mrs. Russell z. Glover, MEM
hers OF the Thompson "Beggar Student"
Opera Company, and Mrs. T. A. Patrick,
the housekeeper Of the hotel, in
connection with the opera house. The
building, a fve-story brick, was erected In
loss. The insurance on the building,
which was owned by a stock company,
amounts to $4,000. Those who occupied
the building lost heavily, but the exact
amount OF property and the insurance can
not be leaned.
The funeral Of the orphan children who
lost their lives by the late fire at the Brook
lyn Asylum, took place on the 9th ult.
The charred remains Of twenty -one VIC
Tins were placed In three collins and
taken 10 the Church Of Our Lady
Of Victory, where they were placed In the
main aisle. The edifce and altar were
draped in mourning and the church was
crowded. Rev. Father Mahony celebrated
solemn mass, assisted by Rev. Fathers
Creighton and Brosnan. The remains were
Inferred in the Cemetery Of the Holy Cross.
THREE train wreckers were arrested and
placed in Jail at Purvis, Miss, on the 9th
ult. The next night fifty masked men bat
tered down the doors Of the prison and
took them out and hanged them. They
confessed their crime and said they thought
twas freight train, and decided TO wreck
II In order 10 steal what goods they wanted
for Christmas. They did not intend TO
wreck a passenger train, and were sorry II
freight train at the same place for the
same purpose one year ago.
LATE details Of the recent earthquake In
the province Of Granada, Spain, show a
much greater loss Of life and property
than was first believed. Several places
were partially destroyed. One hundred
and fifty persons are said 10 have per-
ished In Albuqeros. At Arendas Del Ray
forty persons were killed, and many fatal
tiles are reported from other towns.
HERMAN EmsEN, saloonkeeper Of New
York City, was arrested on the 9th ult by
a custom house official for attempting 10
ship thirty-one pounds OF gunpowder 10
| Cuba on the steamer Saratoga. There was
| no label or mark upon the bag to show the
explosive nature OF It's contents. Commits
sioner Shields held Eilsen In bonds Of $40,-
900 for trial.
| STATEMENT Of the New York associated
banks for the week ended December ~;
Loans increase, 81 ,53i 900; specie increase,
s., 1913 900; legal tenders decrease, 81 ,102 900;
deposits decrease, $l71 900; circulation de-
crease, $87, 900; reserve increase, sos, 900.
The banks held $40, 900 in excess Of legal
requirements.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

At Bally Duff, County Waterford, Ire
land, few days ago the vault of Colonel
Hilliers, formerly Inspector General Of
Police, was broken open and Mrs. Hilliers'
coffin taken out and thrown into the glen.
James r. Williams, lawyer and land
agent of David City, Neb., who sbsconded
in October last after forging $4,000 in
notes, was arrested at Woodstock, OnS, on
the 22d. Williams refused to return unless
extradition papers were procured. He lef,
wife and five children behind him in Ne
braska.
A spy who has arrived at Debbeh reports
that 14,000 rebels had been sent by El
Mahdi to reinforce 0sman Digma, but on
hearing of the arrival Of the British troops
at Korti they were halted at Berber, where
they now remain to oppose the British ad-
vance,
Just before his death few days ago, al
Picton, Canada, John Lowder, father OF
George Lowder, who was hanged last June
for the murder of Peter Lozier, confessed
to having committed the murder hi mself,
and that his son had nothing to do with 1t
except to drive him to Jones' house. George
protested his innocence throughout his trial
and II is now believed he died to save his
father.
Cardinal Dominick Consolina, Prefect
Of the Propaganda, died at Rome on the
23d. He was born June 7, 1907, and was
created Cardinal June %, 1866.
The editor and manager Of the Anarchist
paper La Hdmme, at Marseilles, has been
sentenced TO imprisonment for one year
and eight months for melting to plundeI
during the cholera epidemic.
The French Chamber Of Commerce re-
Gently adopted resolutions protesting
against the proposed increase Of corn du-
ties by France and declaring itself in favor
Of free trade.
The eighty ninth birthday of Professor
Leopold Won Ranke, the historian, was rec.
ognized by testimonials from all parts Of
Germany,
The Catholic Church and the house Of O
priest at Corletos, Galicia, were entered by
bandits few days ago for the purpose oi
pillage. Failing to get any Money they
tied the priest in a heap Of straw and
burned him TO death.
A Halifax, N. s., dispatch states that the
Government steamer Lansdowne arrived
there on the Goth bringing intelligence Of
another disaster on one Of the outstretching
sand bars, involving the loss Of six lives
The French brig A. s. H., from st. Pierre
bound to Boston with cargo of fish, strucl
on the north side, two miles from the main
station on the 26th. Four men were
washed away and lost, and two others were
drowned in attempting to reach the shore
during the night. The sole survivor reached
Halifax by the Lansdowne.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
THE EAST.

Henry NJ. Bailey, prominent citizen Of
Bethlehem, Albany County, N. Y, and
father Of J. NJ. Bailey, United States Con-
sui to Hamburg, died at his home on the
23d of heart disease.
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, wife Of the editor
of the New York World, invited one hun
dred and ten boys and the same number OF
girls, ranging in age from three TO ten
years, 10 Florence Hall, New York, On
Christmas Day and distributed among them
81 800 worth Of overcoats, shawls, toys and
sugar plums.-
At Mansfield, Pa, on the night of the
25th double frame house, one side occu-
pied by John Holmes and his wife and five
children, and the other by Thomas Bell,
caught fire In some manner and burned 50
quickly that Holmes had barely time 10 get
his family out before II was burned to the
ground. Mr.. Bell is supposed to have been
sleeping soundly and was not awakened
until completely surrounded by the flames,
ns his charred remains were found In the
ruins.
Colonel n. NJ. Littler, Of Iowa, Secretary
Of the National Butter, Cheese and Egg
Association, on the oath addressed the New
York Mercantile Exchange in relation to
the Importance Of the Worlds Fair at New
Orleans. He also urged the necessity Of
relieving the producers In the Northwest
States by pushing a scheme to construct a
canal from the Illinois River, near Henne-
pin, to the Upper Mississippi River near
IaIa nd \ lfa
aroused considerable enthusiasm.
Two brothers named William and Thomas
Lyons quarreled at Gloucester, N. j., on
the 25th and Thomas was killed. William
was only five months In the country.
Jessie, the -year-old daughter Of
David Scott. Of Boston was personating
the part Of Santa Claus at a Christmas
party given by her parents, when her
clothes took fire and she was badly burned
before the flames could be extinguished.
Thomas w. Holder, OF Dorchester, Mass,
arose from bed on the morning Of the 20th,
swallowed dose Of laudanum, placed a
lowell saturated with chloroform over his
mouth and returned TO bed. He was soon
discovered, but died within an hour. He
received good wages and was worth 50, 900.
No cause for the suicide is known.
While enjoying q sleigh ride on the Goth
Anna Brown, aged fifteen, daughter Of
Charles II. Brown, Of Keene, N. H., was
killed at Ingalls, Crossing by passenger
train. The horse was also killed and the
sleigh demolished. Her father was engineer
Of the freight uain following the passen-
Rer train, and was first apprised Of the &C.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
OIL TANK ExPLoDES.
A Tank Containing $4,000 Barrels OF oil
EIplodes-BulldIngs Wrecked and
Freight Cars Burned.

ELMIRA, N. r., December 27.-A large
oil tank belonging to the Union Pipe line
located at West Junction, five miles west OF
this city, exploded yesterday morning with
a deafening report The force of the ex
ploslon was so great that many Of the build
ings in this city were perceptibly shaken
Several buildings in the vicinity Of the tanh
were wrecked. The tank contained rs, ,OOC
barrels Of oil at the time OF the explosion
The oil Immediately took fire and every
thing within reach Of the flames was quickly
consumed.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
depot, 1000 feet away, was badly damaged
by the force OF the explosion, as well an the
Erie depot GOO feet away. A house 25C
feet from the tlnk was completely wrecked
The windows and doors were blown in and
every rafter broken, yet the two ladies who
were In the house escaped without injury.
On careful investigation, II was found
that no one was seriously injured. Several
cars, which were waiting 10 be loaded with
oil, were burned. The Northern Central
Railway track was covered with burning
oil, which consumed the ties and warned
the rails, out OF shape. The second tank
which was near the scene OF the explosion
was melted by the intense heat and the oil
Il contained was also burned.