The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


There are sixteen women in the Ar
kansas Peniten!iary, most OF whom are
negroes, and all but three OF then were
convicted OF murder.
Mr.. George Kent, brother of the late
ex-Gov. Kent, of Maine, now 85 years
of age, is still holding a position in
the Treasury Department at Washing
ton.
Tie Canadian newspapers, the ST.
Catherine NewS, Quebec MercuTy, and
st. Johns Globe, have como out in fa-
vor of annexation or independence"
The net cost of 1000 cubic feetof gas
of sixteen candle power, the price Of
coal being $3.50 per 1000 pounds, is
not over 62 cents, according to the best
obtainable statistics.
Mrs. Davidson, who was teacher at
Hiram College when Gen. Garfield was
tutor there, is now pauper at Cincin-
Malta happy and cheerful old lady,
and q great admirer of the President.
Pere Hyacinche sails for the United
States in September having been in
vited by members OF different churches
TO give series OF conferences in the
larger cities of America Nine. 10y
son accompanies him,
Gath makes the statement that rs, 900
women in New York City support them
selves in various light artisan pursuits.
They take the lead in many of the pro-
LESSONS and the problem about what
women should do for living is solved
in a practical manner.
Abraham Lincoln's mother is buried
at Lincoln City, Indiana, where the
grave was visited by large party of
citizens from Evansville. Several
speecheswere made beside the grave,
many of Mr.. Lincolu's old friends and
neighbors giving personal reminiscent
ces Of the good man whom they called
abe
The Right Hon. W. p. Adam, Cover
nor OF Madras whose death was recent
ly announced, another victim to the
climate, has been but recently APPOINT
ed. He has received and deserves,
doubtless, the credit Of having organ
lied the great triumph Of the Liberal
party, of which he was for many years
whip in the House of Commons, at the
last general election. He has served
as a Lord of the Treasury and First
Commissioner of Works, and was in
Parliament from 1859 to 1880.
The widow of an Ambassador at Ber-
lin took an immense fancy TO the good
looks and attractive manners of q
young medical man, and, there being
nothing the matter with her demanded
his constant attendance, besides intro
ducing him to many of her friends. On
visiting her lately, however, he was
stopped in the hall, and presently her
| ladyship's own maid came to say that,
unfortunately, my lady could not see
him. 'Going outp' mo, doctor;
she's really unwell, and has had to send
for physician. '
NJ. +. Conway, who was the first rep
resentative in Congress from Kansas, IN
now an inmate OF an insane asylum
near Washington, and his malady is
pronounced incurable. 1t is singular
fact that Marcus j. Parrot, who was
Mr.. Conway's principle associate in
leading the free soil party in Kansas,
died some time ago in lunatic asylum.
Old John Hanks, who still lives near
Decatur, H., mauled rails with Abra-
ham Lincoln, and cherished the great
est reverence for his dead friends men,
DRY. He recently showed the following
quaint and characteristic note to re-
porter. 1t was sent about a week be-
fore Mr.. Lincoln's marriages:
"DEAR HANKS; | am TO be married next
Thursday eve, the 18th, to Mary Todd. / hope
you will be on deck at early candle light.
A. LINCOLN"
The Hartford Conant relates that in
q certain ministers family the CONVEX
sation turned upon the character of the
baby. Why was the baby SO naughty ?
The brother who had reached the age
of u, and was studying the steam-en-
| CINE in intervals of catechism, gave
vent TO his orthodoxy in the following
suggestive inquiry: Papa, as we all
inherit the sin of Adam, and the baby
is such little fellow, is there not q
greater pressure of sin 10 the square
inch of the baby than the rest of us?
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