The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Berlin has a population of sO4 900 Pr,

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estants, for whom there are but 81 churches
and 05 ministers-that is one shepherd to Il
flock of s,43G sheep.
Cardinal Manning has returned to Lon
don after long absence at Rome. lie was
received at the station by deputation Of
leading Roman Catholics.
The claim of Sir John Bethunc, Il
Scotch baronet, to the Earldom Of Lindsay
has been admitted by the House of Lords,
There is already an Earl Of Lindsay.
The proud claim Of the Coney Island
Herald; I'VE can safely say that our paper
has now the largest circulation of any
Coney Island newspaper in the world
A man named A. ]. Coshow, while
gathering pecans in Gonzales county, Tex,
a few days ago, saw from his perch on the
limb of u tree something glittcring on the
ground below. u turned out TO be Il Mex
lean dollar and digs y at the root Of II
tree he mcarhcd $1,000 worth Of coin.
Prof, Cope, of Philadelphia, the geolo-
gist, has found specimens Of yctebrates in
Northern Texas heretofore unknown.
The mayor of Boston is of the opinion
that concert of exclusively opera bouifc
music is not sacred" in the eye of the law,
and therefore not to be permitted on Sun
day evening in that city.
The ST. Petersburg Exchange Gazette
estimates the cost of the war at S6OO,OO0,-
600, which wi, it ISL estimated, demand
IN expenditure of about S32,jOO,OOO annu-
allv to cover interest and sinking fund
A general municipal law in England
cities imposes fine or imprisonment upon
all persons throwing the skins Of fruit on
sidewalks. Policemen arrest such otfendrs
whenever they can be detected.
The present Earl Of Leitrim has offered
reward of 10000 for information which
will lead to the arrest of the men who killed
his uncle. This is by far the largest re-
ward ever offered in Ireland,
M. Brossals- Saint Mare, Archbishop of
Rennes, in France, died recently. His pre-
iudice swere violent and his tendency rcac-
tionary to a degree. He was once invited
10 bless new locomotive, andln replied by
furious attack upon railroads and locomo-
tiyes as q work of the devil.
Gov. Irwin of California does not be-
lieve in hanging on Good Friday. He re-
proved John Runk, Il murderer SEN
fenced to be hanged on thatday, giving
as a reason "a respect for the religious SEN
timcnts of a very large number of citizens,
that .cvered religious holiday should not
be profancd by ixingMpon it as day tor
the infiction of capital punishment
The Shah of Persia is to assist at the
opening of the Paris Exposition. There
was slight revolt lately in portion of his
army on account Of the pay being largely
in arrears, and stones were thrown by sol.
diers at his carriage End those of his Minis.
tiers. Ten of the offenders were instantly
bchcadcd, ten others were cruelty mutilatcd
and order was restored.
A convict in the Erie county penitcn'
tiary, known as William Freeman, turned
out to be a woman. Her real lame is Mary
Ann Schater, and she has Worn male attire,
she SAYS, since she was eleven years Old, She
adopted at first a boys dress inorlcr to get
employment on farm, and hat worked out
doors 50 long that her hands md face are
unfemininc, as are her work md manner
She is twcntythrcc years old.
Christian Mciar was gcncNlly called
Devil Mciar in Ripley county, Ohio be
| cause he was regarded as tho wickcdes
= man in that part Of the State His ev
. deeds were many, and at last IN was sus
4 pcctcd Of Fastening the death f his sicl
@ wife by choking her \ yigihncc com
: mittec ordered him to quit the country. bu
he would not 90. They tancd md fcath
cred him, but still he refused to give up III
home. Then they hanged him.
/ Gen. Ignatief is blessed will a vii
: as remarkable for her talents 70 for hc
II beauty During all the year, that he seIN
e ed at Constantinople a. Secretary Of Leg.