The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-23

Binghamton, N, Y, Is excited over
the fact that woman recently trans
ferred to the asylum there from the
Hudson River Insane asylum at Pough-
keepsie has given birth TO child uncx-
pectedly to all the attendants and ply
siclans, and with the birth Of the child
she has been restored TO reason. AS
she had been in the asylum at Pough-
keepsie for long time there Is pros
pect for an interesting investigation.
Letters received at Hartford, Conn.
from China since the sarrival home of
the Chinese students, say that the first
party OF forty had been ordered TO TEN
tsin for telegraph work while the other,
who reached Shanghai early in October,
were at once confined in an old build
ing in remote part Of the town, the
governments intention being apparent
ly to examine them before they had q
chance to scatter TO their homes.
Alfred Wilson, who lives near Sheri-
dan, in the Willamette valley, Oregon.
killed large black bear recently after
q furious fight OF several hours. He was
aided in the battle by five dogs, all Of
them being fearfully torn in the en-
counter, his wife, two daughters. and
finally a. man, who came to the rescue.
AS told by q correspondent, it was one
of the most famous bear fights of mod
ern times. A large panther was also
killed near the same place shortly
after.
A deer was XIII In Limestone Co.,
Alabama, which was shot fourteen
years ago in the foot The wound caus-
ed one toe to grow longer than the 9TH
er, and the track made by this foot was
of a peculiar shape. For fourteen years
huntsmen have been shooting at him,
but he managed to escape until the 9TH
er day. His misshapen foot was
brought to town and the rifle ball found
in it.
A New York baker estimates the
number of pies sold in that city at 25,-
900 day. He says that it is the mix
ing of food that causes dyspepsia, and
that pies have been slandered. In times
of great excitement the trade falls off
largely. He says the taste for pumpkin
pie is falling off, which is due probably
to the fact that the making of them is a
lost art, The most popular OF pies is
the apple pie.
"Horse hops" are what the latest
fashionable gatherings in New York are
called. Some society woman engages
the ring and horses for the evening,
and then invites twenty-five or fifty Of
her friends to be present Two or three
hours are spent in cantering, galloping,
and dancing quadrilles on horseback,
and then the guests adjourn to the
house of their hostess for an elegant
supper.
Another monster devil-fsh has recent
ly been secured on the Newfoundland
coast. The creature was driven ashore
by the high tide at Portugal cove and
secured by fishermen. 1t is thirty-ttree
feet long from the tail to the termina-
ton of the long tentacles. This is the
| first fresh, complete, unmutilated specis
men secured and landed of this mons
| trous fish.
The results of the experiments of DR..
Lacereo Elho on the poison of the rat
tlesnake are: l. The poison acts upon
the blood by destroying the red cor
puscles, and by changing the physical
and chemical quality of the plasma. 2.
| The poison contains some mobile
bodies, similar to the micrococcus OF
putrefaction. 8. The blood of an ami
NAL killed by snakes bite, when in
oculated to another animal of the same
size and species, causes the death OF
the latter within q few hours, under
the same symptoms and the same
changes of the blood. a. The poison
can be dried and preserved for a long
time without losing its specific quality,
5. Alcohol is the best antidote for the
| poison yet known.