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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
ARE CROSSING THE
MISSISSIPPI ON ICE
is NINE INCHES THlcK-No FER.
RY BOAT NEEDED BETWEEN
ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI.

There is no necessity for a ferry
beat between Illinois and Missouri
these days when the river is covered
with solid coat of ice varying in
thickness from three 10 nine inches.
True, the ice has not attained a
thickness which makes wagon travel
safe, as ii was in the year 1898, but if
the weather continues cold Il may re-
suit in such a condition.
In February Of that year the mercu-
ry dropped to fourteen degrees below
zero and for a period of thirty-siX
hours remained three below zero.
Several people who had business on
the opposite side OF the river from
where they We're when the ferryboat
quit running made the trip across ON
the ice yesterday.
Forecaster Smyth got measure
ments OF the ice and 1t was found to
range from three to nine inches in
thickness. There are many air holes
in the ice and skaters are advi,ed
to coniine their operations to the
ponds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
LARGE TRACT OF
COAL LAND SOLD.
MIAMI COAL COMPANY PURcHAS.
ED 1900 ACRES OF COAL
LAND IN WILLIAMSON coUN.
TY, ILLINOIS.

A dlspa oh from Marion, H., says:
The largest deal for coal mining
property in this district was closed
Saturday. George F. Getz. vice pres
ident of the Miami Coal company of
Chicago. purchased yesterday the
property of the Federal Coal and Coke
company. which has new shaft with.
in thirty feet of the coal
A large tract of coal land adjoining
the property was also purchased, max.
ing in all 1900 acres in Williamson
county The same concern secured
options yesterday on several thousand
acres Of coal land in Franklin county.
It is the intention of the company
to build two large washers in William
SON and Franklin counties. Part pay
ment was made on these properties.
The company will push operation at
once and will produce large output
The Miami Coal company is large
operator ON the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois railway in vigo county, Ind,
Former Attorney General H. j
Hamlin accompanied the party and
passed on all the papers, and the pur.
chase was made.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS !:

J. c. Speers of Mounds, was Wis
itor to the county capital today
Major Daniel Hogan moved into his
residence today. He will add much
to improve the appearance and con.
venience Of the place-in fact, put it
into excellent shape generally.
DR.. J.. w. Whlteaker was down
from Olmsted today guest of his
brother. DR.. Hall Whiteaker.
The impetus to build in Mound
City is contagious Cold weather puts
no stop to it.
The best conditions for skating that
have existed for years were on in this
vicinity yesterday, There had been
heavy snow and rainfall, followed
by a quick thaw Then came sud
den, hard freeze. which rendered the
ice positively smooth. More people
were on skates for ten hours-up to
ten o'clock last evening. than had
ever been known before in the same
leng Ii Of time
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
BUILDING SOCIETY OF
CONGREGATiONALIST CHURCH
Reports 12o Churches and as Parson
ages Erected Last Year.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
New York, Jan. 1G.-By the expendi.
ture of $195,1G0 during 1904. the Con.
gregationalist Chuch Building society
has built 100 churches and IS parson.
ages. according to the annual report
of that society made public today
In fifty wears the society has built
3,G03 churches. 923 pars nages. Con.
tributions were received during 1904
from S.074 churches; Sunday schools
and Christian Endcavor societies con.
tribuled s95 1853 Total receipts for
The year s2l7,10O. and applications for
aid amounted TO $334335.
Assistance was given to churches in
thirty-three states.
The report says:
The legacy account shows Il
strange shrinkage, as in other benevo-
lent societies. Receipts from this
source have diminished from s7S.57f
In 1902 and $22.350 in 1908 to S15,717
in 1904"
The extinction Of seventy-eight
churches once fairly prosperous. is
reported.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
LA CENTER, KY.


Miss Benlah Elliott Of Mosstown
was in the city Sunday visiting Mrs.
+. &. Lovelace.
Mrs. Bernard Meriwether has been
visiting his parents near La Center,
returning to Wickliffe today
Mr.. Ed owen went to Hinkleville
today.
Quite crowd of boys and young
men of this place were out skating
on the brick kiln pond yesterday
Mr.. w F. stephens and Miss Mary
Davis were married this morning at
nine o'clock by the Rev. Mccall of
Bandana at the residence OF the
brides mother, Mrs NJ. Davis, and
left at 10:40 o'clock for Chicago via
Cairo. They We're accompanied as
far as Cairo by Miss Louise Davis, Sis
ter OF the bride and Miss Alice STRAIT
ton. They left in quite a shower of
rice. They will remain in Chicago
until the first Of March.
Mr. Tol Armstrong was the guest
of Mr. +. G. Lovelaes sunday
The eldest son of Prof. La Cardo
was taken very click Saturday night.
lie Is better today.
Mr. Chas Turner, the painter, made
a flying trip to Hinkleyl,e today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
ADMITS STEALING CLOTHING.
Negro Riding on Blind Baggage is
Almost Frozen.

With feet. ears and fingers frozen,
Sam Jones, a negro, rode blind bag
gage on an Illinois Central train from
Carbonate to East ST Louis, dis
lance of ninaty-one miles. The train
arrived in East St Louis close TO
midnigh, ami when he was taken off
he was so numb that he could not
talk
lie was taken to the police station
where II was discovered that hew as
wanted for larceny at the home Of
Mrs. Mary Lambert, No. 10 Hortense
place, ST. Louis. He confessed TO
Chief OF Police Purdy that he had
stolen a quantity of womens wearing
apparel the most of which the police
recovered in his room on Chestnut
street near Fourteenth street st Lou
is, today. st. Louis Republic,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
GRAND CHAIN.

Jan. IS, 1905.


Sam Wright of Metropolis, ILL.,,
came down Sunday and spent several
days here with friends and relatives.
+. b. Echols was in Mound City
on business the latter part Of the
week
Frank Maine returned from Thebes
Friday, where he had been visiting
his sister, Mrs. Mary Eyers.
Mrs. l.. c. Merchant has returned
from Texarkana. Ark. where she has
been visiting tor several weeks.
Mrs. Laura Fuller made business
trip to Mound City Friday of last
week
Miss Clara Roach of Levings spent
Sunday here with her sister, Mrs.
Stella Moore.
Miss Dollie Metzger of Cairo spent
Sunday here with her father and
mother.
Hon c. NJ. Gaunt was here on bus
mess Saturday.
Mrs. c. o. Kean and son Owen of
Belknap spent Saturday with Prof. l..
b. Mcdowell.
Rev. Sickles of Cairo, state lectur-
er for the Ben-IIur order. will insti-
tute a court of the tribe of Ben Hur
here next Thursday evening at the |.
O. o. +. hall. The team from Belknap
court will be here and do the floor
work and a grand time is expected
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
MOUND CITY.
ws~~%~ +>~~+


Bishop Osborne of Springfield, ILL.,,
an able minister of the Episcopal
church has been here several days a
guest of the local rector. Rev. W. Ba-
ker. He conducted services in ST.
Peters church Saturday and Sunday.
Holy eucharist was celebrated on
Sunday morning at Z o'clock.
The regular annual meeting Of the
Pulaski County Protective ascocia-
tion will be held at Grange hall. one
and half miles east of Villa Ridge,
on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at one O'Clock
p. m. The annual election will be held
at. this meeting hence all members
are urged 20 be present This soci-
ETY. has for its principal object the
apprehension and conviction OF cat
tie and horse thieves. II has prac-
tically broken up the commission of
such crimes in Pulaski and adjoining
counties.
Miss Florence Sims visited Grand
Chain yesterday.
T. J. Mowery was down from We.
tang Saturday.
William Stevens, the Grand Chain
liveryman, was in this city yesterday.
w. w. Miller. a prominent Ullin
merchant, visited this city on Satur.
day
Uncle Dick Moore. a prominent
farmer of Grand Chain and one of
the best all-round citizens of Pulaski
county, was here on business Sa,ur-
day.
VIII Brumley, the grocer. will at
once begin the erection of a resi-
dence on Pearl street near East Sec
ond The rigors of winter afford lit
tie impediment to the building boom
that set in about a year ago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
AFTER SEPARATION
OF SEVERAL YEARS
DIVORCED COUPLE WERE RE.
MARRlED-oRooM WAS CON.
FINED TO HIS BED AT PADU.
Cab.

Last Saturday night night at 12
o'clock Mrs. Odele Sanchez and Mr.
Milton Sanchez were reunited in mar,
riage after separation of several
years. Mr.. Sanchez Is well known in
Cairo. visiting this city frequently.
A Paducah paper says concerning
the reconciliation:
Mr.. Sanchez is the representative
of the Heinz Pickle company of ST..
Louis and maintains heaquarters at
Paducah. Several days ago he went
out for a drumming trip and took
sick at Jackson, Tenn. Learning Of
his illness his divorced wife came up
from Memphis Friday night and was
shown TO his room at the hotel They
there agreed to forget their disagree
nents of the past and Father George
Murphy of St Mary's Catholic church
was called in and performed the cere-
mony. The wedding happened at the
Southern hotel, where they are still
stopping. Mr. Sanchez is a popular
and successful man of the road.
His wife Is a handsome woman and
will be welcomed back by friends of
the pair in Paducah.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
PHILIPPINE FRIARs LANDS
ARE HALF PAID FOR,
BY the Asgoclated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 1G.-More than
half the $1,000 600 appropriated for
payment Of fr.ars lands in the Philip.
pines has been paid out to the Catho-
lie orders and title to the land has
passed to the Philippine government
This money was disbursed through
London banks Vatican authorities de.
sired that il be placed to the credit
Of the church in Manila so that the
funds might be used for the benefit Of
Catholic establishments in the Philip.
pines.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
Jan. 1s. 1905.

Everybody is interested in the mat
ter of taxes. Your correspondent is
in position to inform the people of
this communicable people of Mound
City directly-what the rate Of taxa
ton is. The whole tax for Mound
City is s61S on the 800 valuation.
This is the total tax, unless costs are
added by virtue Of edliquency. OF
course, the tax is not the same in all
the precincts. The aggregate amount
of the tax in each precinct depends
to a considerable extent. on the school
tax in the respective precincts. For,
in some precincts the school tax alone
may be 81, while in others it may be
twice that amount.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
MoRMoNlsM MUST BE
TAUGHT IN CHURCHES ONLY
BY The Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
Salt Sake City, Utah, Jan 1G.-The
first presidency of the Mormon church
today issued formal and positive in
struc ions TO president of stakes
bishops and superintendent Of class
es in religion. forbidding further use
Of public buildings for the teaching
Ct doctrine of the church. In many
places in Utah the classes in religion
have been held in school buildings
and recently there has been a strong
agitation against the practice
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
ELMER j. suRkETr.
VIII Be New Senator From Billy
Bryan's S ate.

BY The Associated Press.
Lincoln, Neb. Jan. lG.-The nine fi.
sion members of the legislature are
unable to agree tonight as 10 who
they will support for United States
senator tomorrow The sentiment of
HE six Demccra for Richard l.. Met
calte, editor of the Omaha World.
Herald, and the three Populists arc
said to favor George W. Berge OF Lin
coin.
The Republican members will hold
no caucus, but VIII probably without
exception. vote for Elmer j. Burkett
of Lincoln His election On the frs
ballot is conceded.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
ELECT OFFICERS.

A meeting Of The board Of directors
of the Cairo National bank was held
last night and officers were reelected
as follows:
President-E. 4. Smith.
Vice president-Dr. ". r. Grin
stead.
Cashier-Henry Smith Candes.
Assistant cashier-Ellis Cox.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
ARRESTED FOR MURDER
DONE THIRTY YEARS AGO.


BY the Associated Press.
Springfield. Mo. Jan. 1G.-Dr J. VI.
Wilkinson. a wealthy resident of
Springfield, wac arrested today on a
warrant obtained in Arkansas caarg-
ing him with killing the husband OF
Mrs. Kate Rafferty, of Huntsville
Ark. in that state thirty years ago
IN the stormy period following the
civil war Wilkinson declares he
was notified recently that upon pay
ment of $4,000 he might escape pros.
ecution.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17

nails Of the poor will cover my space
as 1t will thousands of others
Such in brlef, are some early facts
Of two distinguished fellow citizens
What inspiration can be drawn from
two such careers by the rising young
men Of this great commonwealth.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
The Middle Aoes.

In the middle ages at certain epochs
The density of population was at times
quite as great as in modern times. In
spite of the density Of population. Of
urban concentration, witness those
ages as conspicuous instances of bar
barity and insecurity
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17

A somerville girl is mad because
when she broke of ner engagement
last week. she asked 20 have every
thing returned. the young man sent
oack with her letters a lock Of han
two shades darker than the one that
she had given him.-s0meryille Jour
nal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17

The eitcher had gene to the well
once TOO often. Al last he was broke.
as had been propheaied. So was his
friend the shortstop, for the wei
which they went to was of grape-wa'
sr. and it cost them five dollars
throw. Cincinnati Commercial TTib'
une.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
To Make Ewes Darker.

Going to bed early will mako the
eyes deeper in hue. The woman who
wants her light brown eyes TO appear
black will go to bed an hour sooner
She will sleep facing a dark curtain
and will waken gradually in the morn
ing
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
Put Blame on Printers.

One of Browning's remarks is char
acteristc. He once said to Or. Knight
that all the unlntelligibility of Scr
dello' is due to the printers. They
would change my punctuation aud not
print my commas, semlcolons, dashes
and brackets"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
A Look into the Future.

This will show his occupation Pour
molten lead through symbolic brass
key into clear, cold water. The shape
assumed by the resultant metal mass
Indicates the trade, business or pro
fesslon of the longed-for knight
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
street Reoaars Are Frauds.

81 have never known a deserving
case Of street begging" was the re-
markable statement Sir Eric A. Blu
chanan. secretary Of the London Men
dicity Society.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
First Victims Of Insanity.

The largest proportion of lunacy
cases in London is among the labor
ing class. The class which comes next
Is that Of clerks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
WARNER is MUCH OBLIGED"
Illinois Congressman Thanks Presi
dent For commissionership
Ry the Associated Press.

t7y the Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 1G.-Representa-
tive Warner of Illinois, today thank
ed the president for appointing him
commissioner of pensions. It is said
he, will resign from congress and en-.
ter On his new duties in the near fu
ture. but that the matter has not been
determined definitely.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17

Landlady-This ham was especially
cured for me.
Boarder-Tastes like ii was cured
by Christian Science.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
The Man Who
Returned from tfe
Under World
BY EVELYN MARTIN

| 7 was a sad thing The local paper
l without obvious exaggeration. hat
called it a tragedy But they were
truly Christian family, unimaginatiye
ly orthodox, and knew how to brlne
a discreet resignation TO their griefs
He had caught a chill in the last weel
Of his honeymoon, and returned home
to die after a three-days' illness-three
vague, Intellectual days Of optimism and
inexperienced nursing.
The whole thing was horrible and sur
prising, and the little bride-19 years
old, blue eyed and fuffy-was so striek-
en- with astonishment as to be only
aalf conscious Of her misery. She
went to the funeral, walking firmly anG
quietly by her father-in-law. 1t seemed
to her a ceremony more dignified than
terrible, for she was unable to con-
selve Of her husband as lying in the
coffin which stood, a befowered and
subsidiary altar, at the chancel steps
Everybody said that the wreaths were
especially the great circlet Of
white roses which had been sent By
the curate's wife. She had written a
verse on the card which went with Il,
or she contributed poetry to the week. |
" papers sometimes.
The verse rang in the brides head |
While the slow ritual Of the service |
vent on:
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26

lack Of circulation. Had a knife been
thrust into my kidneys the pain could
not have been more intense. Ny sleep
was disturbed by visions Of distorted
figures. The kidney socretions were an
noyingly Irregular, and / was tortured
with thirst and always bloated. / used
seven boxes Of Doan's Kidney Pills. The
bloating subsidized until I weighed 100
pounds less, could sleep like a child and
was relieved Of the pain aud the irregu-
larity Of the kidney action. My circula-
tion is good and feel better in every
way"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. jackson will
be mailed on application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster-Mil-
burn Co, Buffalo, n. Y, For sale by all
druggists; price, 80 cents per box.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
MARRIAGE AND SUCCESS.
Early Alliances, Quite Commonly Dis
oountenaneed, Do Not Always
Result in Failure.

We are used to look grave when !
young man takes a wife unto himself
with what seems to us to be undue pre.
cipitation, and If presently we see a
young family growing punctuallv m
around him, says the Metropolitan Mag.
azlne, maybe we wag our heads a BIZ
ana say It was pity that young Buxton
ala not wait until he had got round or
TWO further up the ladder. We say Wa
don't like to see young fellow over.
weighted at the start. and we know NJ
men OF promise who incurred domestic
blessings so early in life and in sucb
numbers that all their lives they never
dld better than to stagger on under
their load. We say they never had a
chance to get where they belonged ana
we fear 1t is going to be so with Mr. Bur.
ton. -
But If Buxton has got his start ana
seems to be the right sort. and n that
aemure young Lucy seems to have some
hard sense and due consistency. in wbar-
ever disguise. under her ribbons ara
muslin, lets not croak undulv nor fore
cast a lot Of bogy troubles thar are M,
actually In sight Keeping body ana
soul together is not so desperately eor,-
plicated task ts some Of us have grown
TO think IT, Lots Of people don't starr
to death.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26

Padua, in spite Of it's fat surrou,sir.-
Is one OF the most picturesque cft3es :,
upper Italy; and the seeker aftsr -. ~
dens will find many charming bits an en-
the narrow canals, or by the sIugstsf
lIFer sklrung the city walls. indeed
one might almost include in a study .,
gardens the beautiful Prato delIa van
the public square before the Cbur.b =,
SAINT Antonio. with its encirrlinr rar,I a.
crossed by marble bridges its rsrrs - :,
DaFoQue statues Of "w0rthies 81 ar a.
central eHpanse Of turf ana trees -,fs ~
Is no other example Iu Italy gf a sr-s-l
laia out in this park-liza wsv a-5 +t.
fralo della Vale would form an "a
nlFaole model for the treatment 60
spaces in modern eftr.-Car.r-r- ''l
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
MAN-THREsHINC MACHINES.
The Modern Method of Getting Out
the Grain Leaves Unpleasant
Impressions.

Some years ago l saw In an Englisl
journal a picture of horse treadnli
engaged in threshing, and beneath !
was the device: Primitive Method Q
Threshing Still in Use in the Sicily Isl
ands." AS It was the same method
which we had always practiced ] wa
filled with mixed shame and resent
ment and shame, writes Ernest Crosby
in the Craftsman.
1t was therefore with feelings Of
comDlaeency that | received the sug-
gestion that this year we thresh our
oats by steam. The machinery arrived
in two or three ponderous wagons, like
circus procession, and was duly In
stalled. Two men came with 1t. one "a
run the engine and the other to feed
the oats into the machine, but ii re-
CURED a small army Of local talent To
bring the oats down from the bays OF
the barn and to carry away the baskets
of oats and the heaps of straw and OF
chaff which piled up with miraculous
rapidly
BrA-r-r-rrrrl what a hideous. noisy
filthy machines One of the pleasures
Of teamwork is that you can talk az
much as you like, but the din Of this |
engine made conversation impossible
and gave you a headache We are
rather proud of cur barn and consider
IT substantial ediace, for II is built OF
stone and measures $50 feet by so, but
this Internal machinery shook II from
top to bottom like an aspen leaf.
teamwork is generally clean, but
you never know how much dirt there
IS in a ton Of cat straw until you thresh
/ out by steam. A little bit of smut
makes the air black and you begin to
Wonder II any soil was left in the field
n short time the men look like coal
ieavers, their eyes turn red, then
hroats raw and there is more or less
Horses are sometimes sensible ami.
lals, We brought out the refractory
mes and led them up as near as we
ould to the engine, In order that they
light get acquainted with It. but they
osolutely refused to cultivate friendly 1
slauons and every nerve in Their !
odies protested against the transform
Ion Of barn into a steam factory.
And we had a little taste Of the bad
suits of factory work on the workers, \
o. r
Our men are a strong, strapping lot n
II they had TO work much too fast Ia
ed the black brute, and the pace that N
lis, of which we are all so proud e
Is too much for them. and so was the II
rrid noise and dust. We threshed IA
r "thrashed," as the native dialect N
g IT. for three days. bu. when II was u
over, on the fourth day, the men Us
'ked as If they had been thrashed y
itead Of the oats and three were ac- "A
llly invaded. and the full force aid is
report again for duty for two or u
zee days. ~
8ut apart from these highly practical r.
uits Of steam farming. # was the ug- b
ess Of II which impressed me. Ueh, Va
e memory Of 1t has half snoiled ire IN
m. II is as If we had called the evil III
from Sheol to do our work and had IL
mellow sold our souls in the bargain *
om the bottom Of my soul hate ma IN
merry. N
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26

twenty years /
was doctoring
for kidney and
liver trouble
but without ben
eft. just before
/ began using
Doans Kidney
Pills I was al
most pamlyz-
ed / could
hardly stand on
my feet be-
cause of the
numbuess and
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26

The new Belgian military system ss-
tabiishe6 ON the basis of raIrrta-,- rar.
sef1ption. has already proved a failure
Notwithstanding the active efforts -
TIE enlistment committee. but few w.
last year.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
HAPPY WOMEN.

Wouldn't any woman be happy.
After years Of backache suffering.
Days Of misery, nights Of unrest,
The distress Of urinary troubles,
To find relief and cure2
No reason why any reader
Should suffer in the face of evidence
like this:
Mrs. Almira A. Jackson. Of East Front
St, Traverse City, Mich, says: For