The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-15
A MYSTERY OF THE SEAS.
THE FATR WHICH OVERLOOK THE "ciTY
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MuRRAYs IDEAS
AND EPPRRIENCRs. t

~" yoois oSo, tuo Nity VI DostObl
sailed from harbOr, crowded with an OK.
pectant throng of passengers bound for
foreign shore.
She never entered port. r-
The mystery OF her uutimely end grows
deeper as the years increase, and the At
Iantic voysger, when the fierce winds howl
around and danger is imminent on every
hand, shoulders as the name and mysterious
fate of that magnificent vessel are alluded
to.
Our reporter, on = recent visit to New
York, took lunch with Captain George
Siddons Murray, on board the Alaska"
OF the Guion line. Captain Murray 10 Z
man of stalwsrt build, well knit frame and
CHEEKY, genial disposition. He has been q
constant voyager for quarter of century,
over half of that time having been In the
TRANSATLANTIC service. In the course Of the
conversation over the well-spread table, the
mystery Of the "City of Boston" was al
luded to.
"Yes, remarked the captain, 81 shall never
forget the night we saw that Inflated vessel.
l was chief officer OF the City of Antwerp
On the day we sighted the City of Boston
furious southeast hurricane set in. Both
vessels labored hard. The sea seemed de.
tsrmined to wash away every vestige of
life When day ended the gale did not
sbate, and everything was dashed for q
night Of unusual fury. Our good ship was
turned to the south to avoid the possibility
OF ice-bergs. The City of Boston, how
ever, undoubtedly went to the north. Her
boats, life.preservers aud RATS were all Sc
curely lashed; and when she went down,
everything went with her, never to reappesr
untilthe sea gives up it's dead"
"What, in your opinion, Captain, was the
cause of the loss of the City of Bostoni"
1.-THE City Of LIMERICK in almost pre-.
cisely the same latitude, few days later
found the sea full of floating ice; and I
have no doubt the City of Boston, COL
lided with the ice, and sunk Immediately"
Captain Murray has been in command
of the Alaska ever since she was put in
commission, and feels justly proud OF his
noble ship. She carries thousands of pass
sngers every year, and has greatly popular
lied the Williams s. Guion line. Remark
ing upon the bronzed and healthy appear.
snce Of the captain, the reporter said that
| sea life did not seem to be very great
physical trial.
| NOT But persons appearance is not
always a trustworthy indication of his phys
icAl condition. For seven years have
been In many respects very much out Of
sorts with myself. At certain times was
so lame that it was difficult for me to move
around. l could scarcely s,raighten up.
did not know what the trouble was, and
though I performed oil my duties regu-
larry and satisfactorily, yet felt that
might some day be overtaken with some
serious Frustrating disorder. These
troubles increased. felt dull and then,
again, shooting pains through my arms and
limbs. Possibly the next day would feel
flushed and unaccOuntaby uneasy and the
day following chilly and respondent. This
continued until last December, when was
Frustrated soon after leaving Queenstown,
and for the remainder of the voyage was
helpless, pitiful sufferer. In January
last, friend who made that voyage with
me, wrote me a letter urging me to trya
new course of treatment. | gladly &C.
cepted his counsel, and for the last seven
months have given thorough and business
like attention to the recovery of my natural
health; and to-day, have the proud salts
faction of saying to you that the lame
back, the strange feelings, the sciatic
rheumatism which have so long pursued
me, have entirely disappeared through the
blood purifying influence of Warmers Safe
Rheumatic Cure, which entirely eradcsted
all rheumatic poison from my system. In.
deed, to me, it seems that it has worked
wonders, and therefore most cordially
commend it,"
"And you have no trouble now in ex-
posing yourself to the windso of the Atlantic"
"Not the least. am as sound as bull
let and I feel specially thankful over the
fact because believe rheumatic and kid
ney disease is in the blood OF my family.
I was dreadtully shocked on my last ar
rival in Liverpool to learn that my brother,
who is q wealthy China tea merchant, had
suddenly died of Bright's disease of the
kidneys, and consider myself extremely for
tunate, in having taken my trouble in
time and before any more serious effects
we're possible"
TIE conversation drifted to other topics,