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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
WILLIAMS CRIME.

Williams was drunken, jealous brute
and had been frustrated in designs upon
his sixteen-year- step-daughter. His
jealousy Of his wife was unaccountable,
as she was always above suspicion. At
about eight O'Clock on the morning OF
December he returned from a squirrel
hunt and found his wife washing
clothes. With an oath he ordered
her to the cotton field. She said that it
was early, and indispensable that she
should finish the work, which would
take but few minutes, when she would
90 to the field and do good days cotton
picking. He replied; 81 will load my gun,
and when come back, Cd d--m you,
will fix you" He then went to a sa-
loon in the neighborhood, got beastly
drunk, and in that condition appeared
( in the field where his wife and daughter,
! with other hands, were at WORK. He or
. dered her to 20 to the house and bring
his razor, and as she turned to 20 he
fired on her with one barrel Of his gun
and she fell dead. Her daughter, sup.
posing that she would be the next victim,
started for the woods, when he dis
charged the other barrel at her, filling her
arm and side with shot. He then re-
marked: 81 have killed my wife," and
throwing his butcher-kniie to one of the
men,s added, stake that knife and kill.
me.p He fled, and IN few days was
captured. During his confinement he
showed but little contrition, and was
morose, reticent, gloomy and sQllen. He
was native of Alabama, forty five years
Of age,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., August 1.-The
Bear Thetis and Alert were sighted off
Isle Of Shoals at G 40 a. IN. They were met
outside by the Al lance from the Navy
Yard. They entered the harbor at eleven
o'clock, and the Naval reception took
place at one. Weather very fine.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
BASE BALL BREYITIEs.
Score of Games Played on Thursday,
... July 81

Score of Games Played on Thursday,
... July 81. ...
Philadelphia, Pa. Athletics, 8; Wash
ingtons, 2. ....
Louisville, Ky.--Louisyilles, IL; In
dlanapolis, 2. ....
Cincinnati, O,--St. Louis, 3: Clncin.
natis, 2. ....... .......
Toledo, O.-Columbus, 3; Toledos, 2.
New York. -Proyidences, 3; New
1orkS, 3, Game called on account OF
darkness.
Boston, ss,-Bostons, 9; PhiladeI-
phias, /. .... ..... ...
, Chicago, Ill.-Chicago, 4; Detroit, 0.
Rain prevented the games at Pittsburgh
and Brooklyn. ..... ..
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
polked, Pierced Bucked and Cleaved

NEW YORK, August 1.-The Ninth Dis
trict County Democratic Association
have taken steps to form "Cleyer"
Guards, to carry as weapons large wooden
cleayers. The motto will be: "We Polked
them, we Pierce them, we Bucked them,
and by the help of God, we'll Cleave
than .. ." ......
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
No Relative Of His'n.

PORTLAND, ORE, August l.--Recently
o statement has been repeatedly made in
the press Of this State that Governor
Grover Cleveland is a nephew of United
States Senator L. Grover, who resides at
Portland, and there has been IN endeavor
TO make much political capital from the
alleged circumstance, Yesterday Sem
atSr Grover published a card in which he
declared he was not aware OF any rcia-
tionship " hatever existing between Gov
error Cleveland's family and his own. .1l
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02

McMurray left his store early Wednesday
evening In charge of his clerk. During
the night the store house was burned to
the ground. The whole case is mysterl.
Gus, and no one can account for the man.
ner in which McMurray was disposed of.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
Lizzie Haner, of Pentwater, the Female
Burglar.

IONA, Mich, August lon Tuesday
two persons were arrested for breaking
into store at Saranac, Monday night.
They were taken to Saranac for eXamina-
ton yesterday, and one of them proved
to be woman, Lizzie Ilaner, of Pent-
water
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
In the Nick or Time.

PORTSMOUTH,, N. H., August l.---Llau-
tenant Greely's mother, wife and two
children arrived at eleven O'Clock from
boston and proceeded to tho Navy Yard
in steam launch sent for them by Sec.
yetarv CyhQpfifpr ~.as.ss y,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
! Charles Phillips.

HUNTINGTON, lTxNS.. August l.--Cbas.
Phillips t(cosozs0 was hanged here, to-
iay furkhc murdnr OF Frank Princes Ast
an. Ths tcwn wssrfuL Of peoples sui
The exccutlop WINS private.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02

PINE BLUFF, ARK, August FRANK
Williams, alias Whteheld, mulatto,
was hanged here to-day for the murder
Of his wife in Arkansas County, Decem-
Der, 1888 R4
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
4 Mysterious HanrfnF ara ;Arsons-'

tna MystefIous Hang1nF H1nf lliSStqIs n, !,
LEEsBugd, N: O., August ! The body
of r. d. McMurray, o wel-to-do haSr-
chant and planter, was found yesterday
suspended to an apple. tree. A nail kcg
was placed over tho head Of the body,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
Bug cephas.

BALTIMORE, MD, August l.-Freder-
ok, alias Bug Cephas, was hanged to-day
Tor the murder of Mrs Celia Bush, a
wealthy and eccentric recluso of Dor
chester County. The drop fell at l2;l0
p M, and simultaneously the black cap
fell from his head, exposing his distorted
features, His eyes rolled andhis counte-
nance was terrible to behold. 1
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02

After Jefferso4's body is cut down an
autopsy will be made, Jefferson has au-
thorized his counsel to cause his brain to
be,examined after death.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-02
ATIIE4RRIsIE

f.
On the day Of che murder his wife was
absent, and in his confession he said: 81
thought / would 90 and kill Mrs, Bush
and get her money" Although quite
wealthy, the old lady always did her own
work, and on this occasion was blowing
in her field. Passing through the woods
Cephas cut heavy bludgeon and
lay in wait until she drove by in her
farm wagon, when he followed, and steal
ing up behind, climbed into the
wagon and knocked her from the seat.
She was partially dazed, and as the man
'eaped after her, asked: "Who is hit
tieg me?" Cephas jumped at her and as
he raised the club he says she shrieked;
ooh, Lord, have mercy upon me-" The
brute beat her TO death, crushing in
her skull, and then to make sure
Of his work cut her throat,
He said; GAS | cut her the
blood spurted up as high as my head, and
got blood on my pants" The blood
stains formed the chief circumstantial
evidence which fixed the crime upon him.
lie then dragged the body into thicket
and went to the house to search for val
uables, which he failed to find and which
have not yet been discovered From the
house he took a piece Of soap, which
made another link in the chain OF evidence
against him.
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The Only Female Tramp Printer.

Mrs. Matte Eddy, known as "Kit, the
Tramp" the only female tramp printer in
the United States, died in Cleveland, on De-
cember 23d. She was native of James
town, New York, and was so years old. She
arrived In Cleveland last March, from New
Orleans, after working In New York, Wash
ington. Chicago, Memphis, Jacksonville,
Chattanooga, and other cities, In an inter-
view, some time ago, she said: ~ worked In
the Sun office. in New York, where there are
fifty-seven cases, and there wasn't a man
there who wouldn't have fought for me, and
New York printers are the hardest lot out.
If anybody insults me, i knock him down
with sidestick or anything else that comes
handy. worked once on the New York
World, where they had separate depart
msnt for women, and they put me in It; but
l kicked-there is so much petty jealousy
and pickering among women. I'm union
man, and went out with the Utica Herald
boys in their strike a year ago." Mrs. Eddy
was known as very fast compositor.
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THE MODERN MAHoMET.
An Interesting Sketch of El Mahdi, the
"False Prophet"

The following is personal description of
the Mahdi, translated from letter by Monca
Penny, and published in the Revue d'Ethno-
graphic:
know the Mahdi personally. saw him
for the first time on the island of Aba (White
Nile) about nine years ago. Mohammed
Ahmed is to-day = man about 40 years old;
he was born at DoDgolah, and is the third
son of poor parents, called Abdellabi Amina.
When seven years old, Ahmed frequented a
Mussulman school, and at the age of twelve
had completed the study of the Koran.
Thanks to the devotion of his brothers, es.
tablished carpenters and boat builders, he
was enabled 70 continue his studies 10 the
neighborhood of Khartoum, under two clever
masters, Ell Gourachi and Abdel Ayim, the
son of the Sheik FL Tayeh. 1t was then,
having completed his studies, that LIE came
to live on the island of Aba, on the White
river. He lived there about fifteen years,
revered by the Bagarahs, when he undertook
to pass himself of for the Mahdl, that Is to
say, for one sent by God to regenerate Islam
ism. Mohammed Ahmed is man of medi-
um size, of light copper color, with very
black beard, and has three parallel scars on
each cheek. He is extremely thin, for he
undergoes very rigorous fasts. Before max
Ing his appearance in public he inhabited a
hole under ground, where he wept contin-
ually over the universal corruption. The
Mahdi only wears shirt and drawers of
damour, or heavy cotton cloth, sandals for
his feet, and q small tnrban on his head.
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LIMITS OF MISCEGENATIoN.
The Degree When Reproduction Ceases.
Pioneer Press.

Pioneer Press.
The marriage of Fred Douglass to white
woman has drawn fire all along the line of
the reform brigade. In itself the union of
two kindred souls, albeit they inhabit bodies
of dissimilar color, Is as harmless as the
meeting OF robins in the spring. But when
the excusing argument is advanced by Mr..
Douglass that there is but one race, and in
the leveling course of time there will be but
one color, discussion is challenged, and
there are disputants enough ready to join in
it. Among the latest is DR.. D'Unger, the
Chicago gentleman whose name is linked
with his ciEchona cure for Inebriatiou.
When Mr.. Douglass speaks of but one race
he forgets, as his critics remember, that
there are Caucasians, Mongolians, Indians,
Africans and Malayans, and that between
these races nature herself has drawn a line
as distinct and immovable as the everlasting
hills. Intermarrisge between the five differ
ent branches of the human family Is simply
impossible, In the sense that 1t will blend
and amalgamate them into common race
product. As In lower animals, there is a
limit. Intermarriage Is not even expert
mental. Its consequences are absolutely
and unchangeably fatal. Mortuary statistics
chow that the average length of life of half
breeds Is but about one.quarter that of their
parents; that the average life of quadroons,
or one.fourth bloods, is about one-third less
than that of their parentage, and that this
average length of life is still lessened with
the quintroons, or fifth -bloods. In the octo-
room, or eighth-bloods, reproduction ceases
altogether-that is, a male and female octo-
room cannot beget children. The great COM
mon race, to the halcyon coming of which
MIR. Douglass supposes he has fastened by
example--if he shall not hasten 1t by taking
upon himself the paternity of whittier son
than himself-this great common race is
prohibited in the laws of reproduction. As
a sentiment, what he says sounds well. In
effect it is idle as the wind.
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Cooking an Ostrich Egg.
dnnheinl Gn,efte

"one, two, three, four, FIVE, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten," said Dwight Whiting
counting the guests he had invited to spend
the day at the ostrich farm with him. II
guess one egg will be enough" and having
given utterance to this singular expression
he wended his way TO the paddock, and soon
brought to the house ar egg which female
ostrich had court ously laid for the occasion
The triumph of the feast was the ostrich
egg. For a whole hour 1t was boiled, and
although there we're some misgivings that
another half hours boiling would have i'm
proved 1t, hunger and curiosity could no
longer be restrained. The shell was broken,
and IL may readily be believed that a. the
three-pound hard-boiled egg lay upon the
plate 1t was an object of interest from III
very novelty. But aside from It's size there
was nothing peculiar about it. The white
had the blush tinge seen In ducks eggs, and
the yolk was Of the usual color. IL tasted
like Il looked-like duck egg-and had nc
flavor peculiar to itself. But II was i'm.
mense! As 1t takes twenty eight hen eegs
TO equal In weight the ostrich egg which vas
cooked. It was evident that the host knew
what he was sbont In cooking only one.
There was enough and to spare; and before
leaving the table the party unsnimousiy re.
solved that, having partaken Of ostrich egg,
We pronounce II good.
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POETRY.
LOGIC.
]. Her Respectable Pdpa's.

]. Her Respectable PapGs.
"My dear, be sensible Upon my word
This-for a woman even-is absurd.
His incomes not hundred pounds, know;
He's not worth loving. but love him so. y
II. Her Mothers.
"You silly child, he is well made and tall
But looks are far from being all in all.
His social standings low, his family's low,
He's not worth loving."--"A nd love him so.'
III. Her Eternal's Friends.
"Is that he picking up the fallen fan?
Ny dear, he's such an awkward, ugly man!
You must be certain, pet, TO answer mo"
He's not worth loving "-"AndI ] love him So"
~. Her Brothers.
"By Jove! were 1 n agirl-through horrid hap,
/ wouldn't have milk -and-water chap.
The man has not single spark of 60
He's not worth loving."-"Yet love him so
V. Her O1en
And were he everything to which I've lis
tened,
Though he were ugly, awkward, land he
isn't,
Poor, lowly-born and destitute of 'go,'
He is worth loving, for love him so."
Chambers Journal
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Dynamite for Artillery Use.


The Norwalk Comm Hour describes a
device for throwing dynamite cartridges in
stead of balls or shells from cannon for de-
structive use. That paper says: On the
floor of one of the rooms of the Norwak Iron
Works Company Is long, heavy cylinder.
Its length is about 2S feet, and diameter of
the bore is about four inches. In another
department men are at work constructing an
air compressor. When the latter is CON-
pleted it will be connected with the tube
mentioned above, and what the inventor
confidently believes will be most tremen-
dous engine 0. war will be complete and
ready for trial. Several years ago, while in
Washington, gentleman from Ohio heard
. naval officer say that If gun could be con-
structed that would thoroughly revolution
ize modern warfare. Mr.. Miffin-that was
the gentleman's name-proceeded at once to
invent such gun, and he has reason to be-
lieve that 1t will be q perfect success. 1t
would not do to use powder as propelline
power, for Its sudden action would explode
the dynamite cartridge at the start and blow
the gun TO atoms. Compressed air, at .
pressure Of about 800 pounds to the square
inch, will take the place Of powder, and the
gun now In South Norwalk Is expected to
throw three pound cartridge distance Of
two miles, Imagine the effect ofa cart
ridge OF even so small weight striking The
side or deck of vessel, or the ramparts OF .
fort. The explosion would be terrible in its
results. Ifthe gun is success, others Of =
size sufficient to throw 100 pounds of dyna-
mite ten miles viii be constructed. The
gun, loaded with sand instead Of dynsm:te,
win be tested In South Eorwalk st an early
dsl, in The presence Of naval officers, scien,
ti6c mAn and others.
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An Eye for Business.
Arkdnsaw 1rdre,er.

Sheriff Fletcher, Of Little Rock, has just
received letter from hangman's rope
mandatory. Of Cincinnati. at is with q
feeling Of pride,' says the writer, "that We
can offer you the best bangman's rope In the
market. We have given long study to hang
ing, regarding IL as one of the finer arts Of
civilization. Your geographical location Is
favorable in this way, and we doubt net that
you handle many fine specimens; therefore,
70 secure certificate from you, we will let
you have lot OF ropes, with our improved
nooses, at half prices A noted criminal re-
Gently made speech in favor Of our rope, In
which lie said; My fellow citizens, would
rather be hung with such . rope as this than
70 Iiye,' Hop;ng to hear favorsbly from you
We are yours" etc.
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THE LEAN ONE.

This is the fate of thin beauty:
At 12--Sickly, pale and uninteresting.
Weight, 40 pounds.
At 16--Deligate, slender, sprightly and
graceful. Weight, so pounds.
At 2o-A study for a painter. 1.-the, sinu-
Gus, Grecian In face and mold. Weight, 10c
pounds.
At 25--Queenly in form and molten, with
apeaehy complexion, small delicate hands
and wee little feet. Weight, 120 pounds.
At 30--Beginning to fade veins show on
hands, cheek bones just indicated. Weight,
105 pounds.
At 35-Eyes retreatiDg; fine lines on fore.
head; cheeks concave; form wiry. Weight,
90pounds. aa aszsas... ....a ....~.
At 40-Face hatchet shaped; nose and
chin very sharp; two holes where the cheeks
were; hands like claws; form all gone;
living skeleton. Weight, 10 pounds.
Moral--You buys your wedding ring and
takes your choice Philadelphia Call.
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Who VIII be Governor ?
KnIld Wniin Stnteslnnll

A grapevine telegram from Washington
says that Col. Shoup declines to be regarded
as an aspirant for the position of Governor
of Idaho. We feared as much. IL is also
stated that all the other Idahoans now In
Washington have protested against being
sent back home as Governor. There are
none here in the Territory who would ac-
cept the position without the endorsement
of the leading Republicans of the Territory,
OF the Delegate In Congress, and of the Re-
publican press Of the Territory, and this, IL
Is difficult for either moss-back or carpet
bagger 10 obtain. In this strait, 1t Is not
easy to see what can be done. True there
there 10 no need Of hurry in the matter, as
there are several months jet to elapse before
Governor will be imperatively needed.
But this vacancy with no .ne willing to fill
II, is Just = little unusual and perplexing
u y 70 be hoped that some one viii show up
Who viii be willing to take the place with
ont waiting 10 be insisted upon.
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WHEN WE WENT FISHING UP THE
STREAM.
KATE HEWITT BALDWIN.

One happy day, long, long ago,
That faded like n pleasant dream,
We saw the sweet wild roses blow,
As we went fishing up the stream.
Above us DER the tangled way
The wide trees spread their plumage gre en-
And many knowing bird that day
Peered slyly from its leafy screen.
Our comrades rested in the shade,
They shared not our emprise, 'twould seem
Nor the sweet impulse we obeyed
When we went fishing up the stream.
We found wild fowls grassy nest;
We passed the mill-dams rush and roar
And saw the waters foaming crest,
And peeped within the old mill door
Aud once a merry little shower
Pattered from somewhere overhead,
And whispered many n fresh flower
Breeze tossed above its leafy bed.
A slender brook went singing by
To join the rivers deeper tones,
Across our path its course did lie
We crossed it on the shining stones.
A shallow, shallow little brook!
And yet 1t laughing went its way
TO think what wondrous time it took
For you and to cross thatday.
And though we-paused our lines TO cast
Where fish were ever caught at will,
'Tis strange we wandered back nj last
With never one to prove our skill
All, on Life's devious tangled way
There shines not many a golden beam
Like the sweet memory of the day
That we went fishing up the stream!
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IN MAMMoN,s sWIFTEsT EDDY.
N. Y. Letter in Troy Times.

". Y. Letter in Troy Times.
While men die, New York lives. Her
merchant princes pass away, but the city sur
wives the loss in the rush of an increasing
population. The tremendous Capitalization
of the business of the continent on this spot
forces Il to a ceaseless growth. The land on
which the Drexel building stands cost its
present owner at the rate of $4,000 900 per
acre. II occupies the corner of Wall and
Broad streets, which may be considered the
most valuable corner on this continent, and
yet, when | was a Broad street clerk in
1910, this very place was occupied by hat
store. The corresponding value of property
in this neighborhood has been illustrated by
the recent sale of the corner of Broad street
and Exchange place, which was at the rate
of sl5, ,000, 900 per acre.
Standing on the Drexel corner you may
see naen entering their Offices with rapid
steps, and if you could follow them you
would find that their transactions, though of
enormous sums, were accomplished with the
smallest amount of words imaginable. No
time TO waste when so muchis to be done In
few hours. The day here is from 10 TO 3
O'clock, and one house closes anhour earlier.
Such men are always ready to act, hence
there is less need to talk. If anyone at
tempts conversation be will find himself
politely but positively neglected Men may
talk at their leisure, but not in the heaving
and excited street.
Across from Drexel's is the United States
Treasury, where sS0,0OO,O 900 Of government
funds are held, and the rear of the Treasury
Con Pine streeD faces the great Turner
building. Close by is the solid firm of Ver-
milys & Co., who are very successful bank
ers. All around, as you cannot but feel, is
wealth, not in lands or in any representative
shape, but IN money. Here money reigns.
Money 10 the theme. Moneyed men only are
important.
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THE FAT ONE.
This Is the fate of a fat beauty /:

Ihls Is the rate oil lat beauty:
AT 12-Plump, fat and ruddy. Weight, 70
pounds.
At 16-Plumper, fatter, exuberant and a
bursting bud. Weight 120 pounds.
At 20-A blossom bloomed, voluptuous,
exuberant. Weight, 100 pounds.
At 25--A full-blown Juno. Massive, stat
uesque. Approaching heroic size. Imposing.
Begins to find car seats too small. Wedges
when she sits down. Very exuberant.
Weight $50 pounds.
At 30.--Matronly. Imposing still, but the
finer contour of form swallowed up slightly
in adipose. Magnificent, but barrel-like.
At 35--Large. Too large. Complexion
brick red. Double chin. Short of breath.
Weight, 200 pounds.
At 40--Gone. Remains of once nasnii-
cent woman. Vast remains. Imposing ruins.
More double chin. Walk q waddle. Sad.
Weight, 220 pounds. Graphic.
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Many persons do not know the amount
meant when miners inch Is named. In
the early placer mining days of California
when water was scarce and difficult 10 get, o
miners inch was the quantity that would
pass through an orifce an inch square with
. four-ineh pressure--or flow of about 53s
gallons per hour. Later on the qnaatity
was changed to what would flow through the
same orifice, but with six-ipsh pressure
or now Of 7ao gallons per hour,- Mahe
StnieanGn.
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RATES or ADvEgTIgINa

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"'n"Nrnt advertising payable In adraiict.
~E""tH! Notices Hre 10 per cent Nore hnn reg.
'luf Rt""rsrrrrnn
'''ti advertising 10 cents Or tho lrst insertion
" ems irr line for each succeeding inrcriion:
'ues coGnrcd Ia Hnupsriel measure
'"r Work payable on delivery