The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-06

A woman belonging to the sect called
Perfectionists undertook to run herself
to death at Dallas, Tex. She got the
idea from scriptural passage about
running the race to tho end" that II
she ran till she died she would 90 d.
rect to heaven. She could not kill her.
self by pedestrianism, however and re-
sorted to drowning.
President Eliot, Of Harvard college,
once said that when he was called to
the head Of that institution he was
neither ID. d. nor an l.. l.. d., but
that Williams college promptly stepped
in and conferred the latter degree upon
him, Presdent-elect Carter, Of Will
liams college, was in about the same
position till Union college recently
gave him the longer title.
A notable reduction In the rate of in
terest has just been made by the socie-
ty for savings at Hartford, Conn, usu-
ally called the Pratt Street Savings
bank-a large institution with S8. 500,-
900 on deposit and $5,000,000 loaned
on real estate IL announces its readi-
ness 10 reduce its mortgage rate to 5
per cent. on all loans which upon re-
apprisal of the security are regarded
as good, The bank pays per cent.
on deposits. This reduction is likely
to be acquiesced in by other Connects
cut savings banks.
The Sunday morning meetings of the
members OF the Shaker society, of
Alfred. Me-, are largely attended dur
ing the summer months by people from
the surrounding towns, and by many
tourists and visitors sojourning at the
various seashore resorts between Wells
and Old Orchard Beach. who avail
themselves Of the opportunity present
ed of witnessing their peculiar and
somewhat novel mode of worship.
Elder John b. Vance, the well-known
preacher at these meetings. is grand
son of the late Hon. William Vance, of
Calais, and subsequently of Readfeld,
for many years extensively known in
business and political circles in eastern
Maine, and nephew of the wife of
ex-senator Morrill,.
The Shanghai Courter, China, says
that the appointment of Commodore
Shufeldt, United States navy, to the
commad of the Chinese navy, has given
special satisfaction to American resi-
dents in China. 1t protests, however
that the choice has no such significance
as has been attributed TO it, but shows
only that the Chinese government has
desired Ito distribute its favors impair
TALLY and to put different departments
under the command of foreigners of
different nationalities.
An extraordinary case of suic ide has
occurred at Duckintield. Cheshire, the
victim being girl named Amelia
Birch, aged II years. daughter of Eliz-
abeth Birch, widow, 1t appears that
the girl has been from time to time
intrusted with small sums of money to
pay debts owing by her mother to pro-
vision-dealers and other shopkeepers,
but instead of paying the accounts, it
TRANSFERRED that she had in some in
stances appropriated the money and
forged the signatures of the tradesmen
in a small book in which the accounts
were kept. This fact came to the
knowledge Of Mrs. Birch, and she
taxed the deceased with the theft.
Shortly after the girl left the house to
go TO her work at neighboring mill.
She did not return to breakfast, and
on search being made her pinafore,
dress. and clogs were found on the
bank OF the mill lodge or pond, and on
the water being dragged her lifeless
body was recovered.