The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-13

very halls lof conQressl while those upon
whom rests the duty Of granting such de-
mand 80 made are assembled there, must
produce q strong impression favorable to
the cause. The convention will probably
be the largest and most influential one Of
the kind ever held in the country. 1t will
convene in the course of this week and con-
tinue in session several days
"A correspondent from Anna dated Jan.
7th, says that he fuds on full report from
the various fruit stations in Union county
that the thermometer stood for days as fol.
lows: Anna, "a below, standing at IA oil
day; Golden, % to 80 below; Makanda, %
to 80 below, which makes from TO de.
grees lower than ever before; Jonesboro, "a
below, The opinion Of all fruit experts in-
terviewed is that great damage has been
done to ell kind of fruit.
THE BULLETIN was called upon yester.
day by Mr.. D. Dean, agent for the pub.
fishing house Of Charles Scribner & Son,
New York City, and is here to take sub
scriptions for the Encyclopedias Britannica,
which the publishers have imported for the
United States. Mr.. Dean will begin his
canvass of the city this week. The work
he offers is g standard one and has received
favorable notices from the high.
est authority everywhere, of which
the following from the prin-
cipsl of the normal school at Cleveland
Ohio, is 9 sample: ut is needless for me
to say that the ninth edition Of the Ency-
clopaiia Britsnnics 10 immeasursbly the
best reference Library in the world. To no
other source can the inquirer 60 with 50
great degree of certainty tina, his infor-
nation shall be reliable. More than any
other vork-more than all others together
i, is accepted IS an authority by oil
modern scholars
Charleston Courier: LAST Thursday
news re,ched here tbs, there was man
named Walker IN our city who was needed
s, Little Rock, Ark charged with attempt
ing to forge : bank check. II seems that
this man Walker wss 81 escaped 'uus,v'
from the Arkansas pesi,entisry. and while
there ~ss the book keeper in the institution,
but being ,rus,y be had several opporta'
mites 10 leave sni svslled himself OF the
same short time age. He procured q
blank check Of Nj Sol Rossn,eln, of this
city, few DAYS before his capture, and
forged the name Of zen. Ward, the peniten-
tiary steward, to the check for 1000 on 8
New Orleans bank, and then deposited the
same in bank ST Cairo. &c left Cairo ana
cams over here and claimed 20 have multi
ated the bank check be got from Ressa-
stein, and asked for another, which was
handed him. II the meantime the check
deposited in Cairo was sen. to New Or
leans for payment, and telegram vss sent
back to the Cairo bank, saving tbs, the
same was forgery. Mr.. Rosenstein re-
ceived dispatch, inquiring after Walker
and the fellow being still in the town, he
was spotted by Mr.. Ed Rsedsr and arrest
ed on q telegram by John Hisey, the deputy
constable. BE plead guilty and was taken
by Prosecuting Attorney Russell back to
Little Rock, where reward was offered
for him, and there he remains in his old
home. The capture and safe confinement
was done rather quickly by the different
parties interested. Mr. Russell returned
from Little Rock and says that the pen
authorities are glad to have Walker again
nnder THAR contrOl"