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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
A Murderer Cantured.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, August l9.--Jim
Parker, the negro who murdered old man
Foreman in Lonoke County Saturday
evening last and escaped was captured
at Pine Bluff lastnight and taken through
here to-day by Sheriff Fletcher The
Sheriff will have strong guard and will
probably prevent lynching.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
Hot Weather and Drought.

CHICAGO, ILL, August l9.-Dispatches
are pouring in to Board of Trade oper-
ators from various points in Illinois,
Iowa and Wisconsin, concerning the
threatened damage to crops in conse-
quence of extreme heat and prolonged
drought. In this city for the past few
days the heat has been excessive, the
thermometer at times reaching ninety.
five i'm the shade.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20

New YORK, August l9,-The Times of
this morning says Of the Butler address:
"Ihis address is the elimination of the
colossal impudence and arrogance of a
man whose life has been spent in self
seeking The object of this third party
and his cunning appeals to worklngmen
Is simply to divert votes enough from the
Democratic candidate to elect Blaine, if
possible, in pursuance of the treaty he
has entered into with Chandler, Robson
and Likins.n
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20

CHICAGO, August 9.-The JouRapS
Des Moines (Ia.) special says: A dis
ease which has marked symptoms of
cholera has appeared at Central, Van
Buren, County. Local physicians pro-
nounce it gray flax. Thirty.two cases
are reported, one-iourth OF which were
fatal.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
"ME AND THE SULTAN. ="
Our General Lew Heard From at SAINT
Fe.

Our General Lew Heard From at Santa
Fe.
SANTA FE, y. NJ, August l9-General
Lew Wallace left Santa Fe for home yes.
terday. General Wallace expects to
start on his return to his official duties
at Constantinople about September /, un-
less upon his return to Charlottesville,
Ind, he should decide TO remain at home
and canvass Indiana for Blaine and
Logan in which event he will tender his
resignation as Minister to Turkey. His
leisure hours are employed in his new
literary venture, to be entitled "The
Conquest of Constantlnoplc.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20

BLOOMINGTON, ILL, August l9.-Dele-
gates to the antimonopoly State Conveu-
ton are arriving slowly. The couven-
ton opens to-day, The County and Dis
trict Conventions held yesterday were
SHINY attended.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
APPLIED THE LIMIT.
Fatal r suits Of Quarrel Over Game
OF Poker

SANTA FL, y. NJ, August 49, Thomas
Boyd, Jrp butcher at Lake Valley,
while dealing at game Of poker, applied
the limit rule to John Foundation, a
WeI-known citizen, and the latter be-
came angercd, left the saloon and said he
would get something and brain Boyd
Ihe latter secured 4 shotgun and fol.
lowed Foundation TO the street, firing
two shots and killing him instantly.
Foundation was an Old miner and three
hundred former co-workcrs gathered to
lynch Boyd, but prompt action on the
part OF the Sheriff saved trouble. Boyd
came here from 1T. Worth, Texas.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
Whisky and Remorse.

SEDALIA, Mo, August 19.-G. b. Rad
cliff committed suicide at seven o'clock
this morning by cutting his throat with a
razor lie came here from Morgan
County last Thursday with $l,S0O In
greenbacks, the proceeds OF q farm he
had sold there last Saturday. Hewas
very drunk and rot robbed Of his watch
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
Car Driver Shot Dead.

TOLEDO, o., August l9.-Wi bur Plumb,
street-car driver, while at the lower
end of the road last night, was shot and
Killed by robber intent on securing his
money box. The murderer escaped.
Plumb was single, aged forty years, and
the sole support of his mother
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
Texas State Convention.

HoUsToN, Ten, August l9.-The Dem
ocratic State Convention for the nomina-
ton of a Governor and other State OIL
GERS assembled at noon to-day. Colonel
Thos. Il. Bonner, of Tyler, was chosen
temporary chairman. The Convention at
p. III. took brief recess.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20

ness ana confined in the city prison until
yesterday The cause is supposed to be
whisky and remorse for seduclng girl
n ishoor in Morgan County. lie was
about thirty years old.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
Shot and Captured.

New YORK, August l9.--James Hender.
son, who killed Policeman LNgan two
gears ago, was shot and captured by the
police this morning while robbing
drunken man.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
kislingburY's POST Mortem.

ROCHESTER,, N. y, August l9.--The
doctors who examined Kislingbury's body
say they believe the epiderms and muscle
found in the stomach was that of hui
man being.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
Turning the Rasoal,s Ont.

NASHVILLE, n. Y, August l9.-Gover-
nor Cleveland has declared Orrin Sperry,
late County Treasurer, guilty of NAL
leasanCe in Office. and Willis ID. Lent.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
Art hur at New York

NEW YORK, August l9.-President Ar
thur arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
late last night. He will stay few days
and then go to the naval review at New
port,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
Thrown From Her Carriage and Killed.

ALBANY, N. Y, August l9.-Mrs. John
5. Robbins, wife of well.known halter,
while out riding In the Halderb re Noun
tains this morning was thrown from her
carriage and killed.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20

81 wont tell you that" responded thu
millionaire, "Bonner, who bought her
may tell If he likes. That's his bust
ness"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
mas GONE NAKED

in the little room above the kitchen dur.
lug the Dro!ing heats Of the JuIys and
Augusts which he has spent there. Ills
vacations are passed in the garrett, The
reason why he has the garnet for
change is that on account of his not be-
ing allowed out OF doors the room over
the kitchen gets into such q condition
after few days that he has to move out
OF it until it is cleaned Then he is put
in the room over the kitchen until the
garnet is cleaned. So it has gone on
for three years, When the man hears his
fathers harsh voice he Shrieks and beats
himself against the wall At night his
cries arouse the neighboring households.
The eigAJors did not Interfere because
hi, mother was known to give him good
care. But she has gone away, afraid Of
her life.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
A Big Fire.

poMERoy, O., August ia Are yes
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
How an Inhuman Parent Provides
for the Comfort Of His De-
mented Son.
He First Drives Him Insane by senselesi
Persecution, and Then lmprsona Him
in Filth and Pe8til9nCe.
Three Years in a Sweat Box-He Knowi
His Fathers Voice, and Ttembles
When He Hears 1t.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August l9,-The
Times to-day prints tie story of the latest
insanity horror which the rural districts
OF Pennsylvania has yielded up. The
story comes from the arlstocratic suburb
OF Chestnut Hill. The victim is George
Streeper, who has Leen crazy for fifteen
years, and who was confined three years
IN the house Of bis father, Charles
Streeper, Il man worth $4,000 living
one-quaTter Of mile out Of Chestnut
I'LL on the F.out.own road. In the year
1863 George S'recper then boy Of
eighteen, Went hurmIessly crazy. The
few people living about "The Wheel
Pump Inn, the center of the settlement,
and who remember him at that time, say
that the cause OF his
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20

lie was infatuated with Mary Potts, of
Chestnut HILL The father opposed his
SUIT, forbade the boys attentions TO the
glri, logged him about the country from
pace 10 place when he thought that his
son sought meeting with his sweet
heart, and cursed him whenever he
thought his mind or his footsteps were
bent in her direction. 1t was in
the harvest time OF 1851 that the
sou leapcd at the old man after
he had delivered an unusually heavily
charged yo.iey OF abuse in the corn-held
behind the house In which he lived, one
OF the dozen houses which Charles
Slrccper owns. The father had the corn.
cutter in his hand. "lf he hadn't had it,"
said an eye witness yesterday, "therc
would have been another acquittal in O
murder case on the ground of insanity
As IL was the "Doy' then grown through
year, Of mental darkness 10 man Of
thirty sualChed buud.e Of cOru.stalks
and tAraSaed bis father like a sAeaf
Of grain. 1t was the last free eX.
ercise OF his muscles, Save for his
father mother ana little brother, the
barber who was brought in to shave him.
anu INDDI4b bOiAOA, 4OSL vi - nc " AtCI
Pump" who vas called in to coax him
down stair, to let the barber shave him,
no mortal eyes have since seen his face
The buried man has two rooms; one is
garnet with tin roof. 1t has 40 stove
IN winter and it gathers all the heat that
the cool villas of Chestnut Hill escape in
the summer, The other apartment is IL
little room over the kitchen. George
Strcepcr
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-20
TEST YOUR BAKING POWDER TODAY!
Brands advertised as absolutely pure
CONTAIN AMMONIA
THE TEST,

riace can top down on hot stove until heated ther
remove the cover and smell. A chemist will mot he re-
QuIed 20 leteet the presence Of ammonia
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-09

A cobbler's sign in neighboring
town bore the announcement, "Shoes
half sold seventy-fve cents" A pass
ing drummer observing the omission
of the in sjled, stepped in and thus
addressed the artisan:
"Youadvertise shoes half sold herep'
Eyes, SIR
swell, ! would like to understand
what you mean, whether you sell hall
of a shoe or half of pair for seventy
five cents, or whether you have lot
half of which you want to sell. It's
the most ambiguous advertisement /
ever saw"
The cobbler scratched his head and
looked up over his spectacles in sur
prise at the drummer. After . pause
he asked:
Cant you understand by the sign
that / put half soles on shoes for seYen-
ty-five cents?''
No, SIR replied the drummer, II
can't understand any such thing from
your sign. You have left an out Of
the word sold and as it stands now it
means to sell, or already sold.
The cobblcr smote his hand upon his
knee and said:
"By jinks! thought that the word
sold didn't look Just right. thought
it wanted an e. Thank you, sir, for
calling attention to it.
After the drummer's departure the
cobhler went outside with q brush and
added an e to the word. making it
ISOLDE. - S0meruilie Journal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-09
MoRGANTOWN WEST VIRGINIA.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY g. 1884,

ssShe's right" said John Field. "Stay
with US, pet, and you shall see that we
know how to appreciate you as you de-
serve
So Mrs. John Field stayed, the head
OF an efficient establishment of stout
servant girls, who ofiiciated as hands to
her own active brain, aud no place in
the neighborhood Hourishcd more than
Hazelnut Farm.
''It's extravaganza ridiculous ex-
travagance!r exclaimed win. Field,
when he heard of his brothers new adj
ministration of affairs.
.'We'll see how the bills add up at
the end of the year. said John,
quietly.
And at the years end VIII. was I'M
able to imagine how it was that his
brothers account had swelled to near
ly third more than his own.
1--WE have lived much more econom-
ically than you,' said he. I've have
kept no lay, wasteful. Sinking
.Ahs' said Clara, ..but you didn't
count the doctors bills while poor Alice
lay sick so long with rheumatic fever,
brought on by scrubbing her cellar floors
herself, nor the expenses Of the nurse
who took care of her. To be sure. lit
tie Alice and Jane did the work of the
house between them while their mother
was ill, but neither of them will be
strong for year, SO heavy was the
strain. And next year YOU will prob
ably have undertakers' bills to pay into
the bargain"
mo I won't" said Will, resolutely.
"I'll try Johns way, and see If il will
brighten Alice and the children up a
little.
"Call it Clara's way" said John
Field, laughing; ..for she is the origi-
nator of the whole thing
Its sensible way, anyhow" said
WILL, ''whosever it may be.
For Clara had converted them both.
IN. Y. Ledger.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

A true saying: "When / did well,
] heard it never; when | did Ill, heard
| it eyer. IN Y Herald.
"A Butler man in Springfield, Mass,
Is wearing straw hat, which he Is not
to change until the General is elected
again Boston Post.
--"Your father is entirely bald now,
| isn't hep" said an Austin man to the
son of millionaire. Eyes" replied
the youth, sadly, .I'm the only heir he
has left. "-1eras Siftisgs.
Although women have the right to
propose in leap year, there is no law
that compels the men to say yes. This
fact ought to encourage young men To
stand firm. -Phiiadelphia Herald.
--"Yes, = said Henderson, Miss Forte
plays beautifully. don know any
thing about music myself, but I know
she's splendid player, because all tho
other players say her music is just hor-
rid. "-Boston Transcript.
The girls have formed their plans
for leap year. To the bashful lover
they will say, "Do you like home made
bread?n Ii he says "Yes," the reply
will be, "Well, can bake" Then II
he doesn't take the hint, they are to
seize both his hands, fall on their knees
and put the question direct. - Yoakers
Gazette.
AT party: Mcrchant--"A how
DIDO, Mr.. Blankp How is your paper
coming outp l read it daily. BY the
way, you are getting up report of this
grand assembly, | supposed" Editor
mo. BY the way, how is your store
coming onp My cook buys good deal
of you. You are here drumming up
custom, suppose. "-Philmtelphia Call.
-"How long do you think it will
take you to cure me, doctorpn "Well
Mr.. Blank, think you can get back to
your desk at the bank in about month,
but you will have to remain under treat
ment several years. "But you mis-
take. / am not Mr.. Blank the banker.
but Mr.. Blank the postman. 30, that
alters the case. There is nothing the
matter with you but a little biliousness.
You will be we'll in week. boston
Post.
"A burly, weather-beaten tramp re-
Gently entered bank, and, addressing
tne ufDdne Cashier, aSkeu lOT i've snill-
ings. Give shillings!" exclaimed the
cashier, 'sisn't that rather highp I
should think three-pence would be
about your size, wouldn't itp' 4.Well, I"
said the tramp, .'if you think you I'M
derstand this begging business better
than do, perhaps we had best change
places. 1T suits you I'm agreeable"
Detroit Free Press.
Plantation Philosophy: Too mucl
perfume makes man sick. De sweet
es' smell in all de worl' is nuthin'
When de curmunity takes up de notion
dat man is er fool, dar ain much us n
him kickin' agin de Judgment y.
ain afferd o. de man what frowns
when he gifts mad, but de man what
smiles when he's mad makes me feel
mighty Uneasy De man what goes
ter church de mos ain arers de shoes
o goin ter heaben. De duck washes
hisse'f heep oftcner den de turkey, but
airter all he ain hat ez clean. - Arkan-
,dt1 Trareler
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-09
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The highest price paid for n pew In
Mr.. Beecher's church the other day was
800 Brooklyn Eagle.
The State Senate Of Texas has
passed bill giving the public domain,
except homesteads TO actual settlers, to
the public schools. = Chicago Journal.
The Baptists have moved on Missou-
ri and are capturing that State. They
have twelve colleges and seminaries
there.--M Y. Times.
Robert Laird Collier, writing from
London, says Religion is not dead in
England 1t is not dying in England.
Nor has the Established Church of
England in the least lost its hold upon
the reverence and affections Of the peo-
pie Of England"
The clergymen of the different
churches OF Gloucester, Mass, and vi
entity, have entered an earnest protest
against small gambling, prizes, etc, Al
public fairs, as ssubvcrsive OF public
morality. and opposed to the principles
of religion" as also "illegal. immoral.
unchristian and disreputable." They
pledge themselves to use all honorable
endeavors to suppress the growing
evil. - Boston Post.
"A minister in Marion, Mass,
preached on Sunday from the following
singular text: Nov the king sat in the
winter-house in the ninth month, and
there was fire on the hearth burning
before him. And il came to pass that
when Jehudi had read three or four
leaves, he cut it with the penknife and
cast it into the fire that was on the
hearth until all the roll was consumed
in the fire that was on the hearth. ~
Boston Herald.
AT a recent meeting of the Massa-
chusetts teachers one speaker advo-
Gated lettcr-writing as very good
method of teaching English compost
ton. "Once a week." she said, II
have the children write letters among
themselves, and | provide letter-box
for the purpose. For correcting cxer-
cses use few of the signs used by
proof-readers, since they are us easily
learned as arbitrary ones
The Salem ALA. Times has received
communication from Shanghai, China,
to the effect that in the Southern Pres.
byterian Church, the five churches
which contributed the largest sum for
missionary work in China were MS fol
lows: "Dr Pratt's. at Louisville, S.
353; DIR. Markland's at Baltimore,
1851; Thinking Spring, Va, 1888
DR.. Harper's ut Selma, 91,0i1; DR..
Millcr's at Charlotte, N. c., $1,0l3.
Professor c. w. Hutson, OF the
University of Mississippi, who has
taught both young men and young
women, declares that the girl student is
in the great majority of eases sooner
and better able to acquire knowledge
than the boy student; that her mind Is,
generally speaking, quicker, brighter,
more alert than that of man at the
same age between twelve and twenty.
THE average girl STUDENT he adds,
sis also more ambitious, more devoted
to study for study's sake, more respon-
sivc to the effort to excite her interest"
st. Louis Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-09
Not Up on Science.


He sat by the stove in Michigan
avenue grocery store for full twenty
minutes before speaking. He spread
out his legs to encircle as much of the
fire as possible, drew his sleeve across
his nose at regular intervals, and there
was strong smell of burning boot
leather as he finally looked up at the
grocer and asked:
.'Can You tell me why combustion
causes draught P''
"No, sir p was the prompt reply.
"1t's positively wonderful how ignor-
ant the masses are on scientific SUBJ
jects,n continued the man as he helped
himself to an apple. "Can you tell me
why this isinglass in your stove is not
consumed by the heatp"
81 guess it's because you keep all the
heat OF y was the sneering reply.
You are liar, sir, and you say that
to excuse your ignorance! Now, then,
what pressure does water exert on the
human body at a depth of sixty feetp"
"I'll exert pressure on your body
IL you call me n liar again. exclaimed
the grocer. what do you want here?"
II want to ask If you understand the
principle by which birds fiy."
"You get out of this !! have no
time to fool away with such nonsense!'
"Nonsense!" piped the old chap
"why, don't believe you know the
amount of oxygen you consume at each
respiration
The grocer lay hold of the man to
draw him to the door, but he caught a
Tartar and was Topped on his back.
81 exerted force of about one
eighth horse power to accomplish that, !"
said the old man a., he knelt on the
PROSTATE body "a dead blow of TWEEN
ty pounds from my fist would hatten
your nose, while two pounds additional
would crack your skull.
'.Git otf'n me or I'll slay you"
II seize your hair with clutch equal
to the grasp OF hand lifting fourteen
pounds of iron and / bump your head
on the floor with force equal to nine
pounds"
"Let go my ha'r!'' yelled the grocer
as he kicked and struggled,
"You are now exercising force equal
to eight pounds to the square inch,' said
the old man as he bumped him again,
s.but it is useless. shall now exercise
force equal to the clutch of forty
eight grasshoppers to shut off your
wind, and will then administer kick
equal to the force necessary to upset q
cord of four-foot wood"
When the grocer got up the man was
across the street.
s.Police! police!" shouted the VIC
tim.
"You exhausted six gallons of oxygen
in the first yell and five in the second, !"
called the scientist, "but it was simply
wasted. [ will now make off at one
quarter the speed exercised by an ante
lope in outrunning a lion. Goodbye,
sordid fesh-pot, goodbye. "-Detroif
Free Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-09

had only eaten little of her bread she
soon got very hungry again, and began to
cry and beg Jeanette to take her back
home. But Jeanette said no, she must
mind her beasts and wait for the night
time to come for leading them home.
To fill up the cup OF her misery the sky
grew dark and a heavy rain fell. jean
nette, with her coarse, wooden gown,
was not much hurt, but Roses thin
clothes were soaked through directly.
At last Jeanette agreed to return to the
house. Poor Rose. wet, muddy and tat
tered, threw herself into her mothers
arms, saying. "Mamma, / will not be
lazy any more; II learn ms many les
sons as you choose, but please never
send me to keep cows any more
Her mother kissed her and said: my
child, do you think you would have had
such n .disagrceab'o day II your papa or
had been with youp'
Rose--Oh. no, mamma! You would
have told me pretty stories and many
interesting things about the ilowers and
animals that ! saw. while Jeanette
never had anything TO Say butt LA,
miss! don't know"
Mother What makes this difference,
think you, my childp
RoSc--Why, mamma, think II comes
from Jeannette's being so ignorant and
not liking to learn, while you and papa
know so many things.
Mothcr--Ah, well. do you still want
to DO like Jcannettcp
Rose. oh, no. mamma! want to
study hard, thatI may DO wise like you,
and good for something Csc than mind
ing cows!-- Translated from The French,
by Mary Stuart Smith.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-09

Ono day while 1t was raining very
hard heard a knock at the bedroom
door.
Who could it BOP
"Walk in" said /.
Tho door opened very slowly, and in
walked Mrs. Prim.
She did look SO comical had to
smile. But Mrs. Prim doesn't like to
be laughed at, so | turned my head
away quickly, and looked out Of the
window.
She had on grandma's black bonnet.
which was so big 1t kept bobbing from
ono side to tho other. Then, too, she
had on grandma's little black-and-white
shawl, which she was trying to hold to-
gether with one hand, while with the
other she clasped her three children.
SUSIE, Blanche and Mabel-closo to her
side.
really felt anxious about Susie. Her
head hung down. while her feet stuck up
in the air. / was afraid Of apoplexy.
Mrs. Prim had one Of my big cook
aprons for dress, which trailod be-
hind her on the floor.
!" How do 90 do, ma'amp'' said she,
making very low bow, when over went
grandma's big bonnet on Mrs. Prim's
dear little nose. In trying to fix that
she dropped her three dolles on the
! floor.
Never mind the children, Mrs.
Pr.m. I'll pick them up" replied,
lifting her up into chair.
Hank 90 ma am" said she. as |
placed Susie, Blanche and Mabel in their
mothers lap. - It's vewy told to-
day
lis IL, indccdp thought it was
warm"
!" Well, let's pay It's told"
"All right. Then we'll play it's
cold"
Mrs. Prim told me all about Susie's
having the measles and Blanche having
to be punished because she was
naughty. Then ! asked her If she
would like mug Of milk and cookie.
She thought she would. So went
out to get them for her.
When ! got back she had taken of
her bonnet, her shawl and long, trail
ing dress, and there stood my own lit
tie girl Elsie, and no Mrs. Prim at all.
Sarah h. Eastman, in Golden Days.