The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-10
ALL SORTS.

A three-legged kitten is a curiosity
belonging TO Dr. A. &, Emery, of Opal
ika, Ala 1t is perfect in every other
respect, and the shoulder blade is per-
feet aud natural.
AColorado horse belonging to H. G.
Gill walked into lake. and after wad-
ing in the shallow water 100 yards from
shore, lay down and drowned himself
in water but two feet deep. A clear
case of suicide.
A bald eagle was caught near the
Delaware Western railroad bridge ut
Wilmington, Del. At the time of the
capture it was engaged in combat with
large Newfoundland dor, which IL
was endeavoriug to carry oil.
james Finch, Of Camden, N. j. util-
ICES his dog as means of communica-
tion with his daughter, who lives more
than mile away. A letter is tied TO
the dogs collar, and he is told 10 take
il to Emma. IL Is promptly dcliyured.
aud the answer is as faithfully returned.
A mare belonging to Mr. Muncy,who
resides on the Touchet, Washington
territory, attracted the attention of the
family by her strange actions. She
would run up to them, rub them with
her nose, whinny, and then run toward
the river. Curiosity prompted them to
follow her. They discovered her colt
entangled in drift in the river, only
its head being visible.
The personals IN Indian Territory
papers are fresh in the matter of names.
The Big Moraiag Star, Greek nation,
notices that Julia Good-Voice and
Maggie Stands-Looking, two Sioux
girls, are getting an education that will
be more useful than little piano and
less French. They spend half their
school day in the industrial room. and
are becoming expert dressmakers.
During the academical year which
ended June 20 Harvard college received
more than $500, 900 in donations, which
is about twice the regular aver
age, The actual resources of the col
lege, however, are considerably less
than they were seven or eight years
ago. The interest earned upon $9,000.-
600 of college funds in 1884 was 81
per cent, ave shall do very we'll this
year." said President Elliot, in his CON-
mencement dinner speech, If we
earn st per cent" oaN
When Miss Mary A. Vaughan, who
is now "a, was years of age, an at
tack of whooping- cough left her both
deaf and dumb, in which condition she
has ever since remained She was
taken short time ago TO Pink Cottage,
where Mrs. Midkitf and the other good
women prayed for her. and now we are
told that she not only hears, but is
able to say: Praise the Lord" and
call the names of some of the inmates
of the faith cure. Hopes are enter
tanned of her restoration. - Stanford
Ky. Journal.
An interesting contribution to tho
literature of suicide is made in a pam
phlet recently published in Berlin. The
suicidal mania is spreading so rapidly
ly in the German capital that the
authorities are earnestly considering in
what manner il can best be checked
The pamphlet above referred TO states
that In the years from 1875 to 1873, $50
cases Oh SulCluo WoIo icSioooicu POI
million inhabitants in Berlin. 2S5 in
Vienna, $50 in Leipsic aud only IS in
London, Paris with 400 suicides, nearly
approached the startling figure Of
Leipsic. N
The celebrated Jumel case, at New
York, is recalled by an order of the
supreme court directing the estate Of
the widow Of Aaron Burr to be divided
and sold In this litigation of sixteen
years eminent lawyers have grown gray
and rich--at least they have grown
gray. How many have grown rich isa
question harder TO answer, because
some of their fees rest as unpaid judg-
ments on the property--in one case 70
the amount Of $4,000, and in another
Of 500, 900. The sum of lions OF this
sort Is said to DO $250,000. The Jumel
case adds one more to the many illus.
trations Of the wisdom Of distributing
ones own estate, and so making sure