The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-06-23
THE DAILY BULLETIN.

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The Belgium Telephone Company
have made arrangements so that any
Of the subscribers leaving word any
evening may be awakened at any hour
the next morning by means OF a pow
erful alarm.
Congressman Washburn owns the
largest number Of mills in Minneapolis,
and Gov Washburn the next largest
but the Governors three mills turn out
nearly as much -four as the Congress
mans five.
Lord Denman, friend of the domes-
tic quadruped creation, drives horse
about the streets of London that wears
spectacles. The animal was found to
be near-sighted, and its owner has sue
cessfully tried the experiment Of reme-
dying the defect in the same way as is
done with human beings.
The Boston Post gives this seasonal
BILE but wicked advice: 1.-THE proper
time to run lawn-mower is about 5
O'Clock a. m. Then you not only cut
the grass, but prevent the neighbors
from oversleeping and being late to
breakfast. and the fact that they hope
you'll get your fingers in the machine
and have them cut off, doesn't hurt
you any.
An eagle, with brass chain around
its neck, suspending little tin box in
closing slip Of paper on which was
written in Danish, Caught and set free
again in 1892, by n. and G. Anderson,
Booted in Falster, Denmark" was shot
recently at Nakkoo in the Island of
Lapland. The bird measured six feet
and half between the tips of the
wings.
In the Hungarian village of Gycina
young girl has been sentenced TO fifteen
years Imprisonment for murder COM
mitted under peculiar circumstances.
She had been abandoned by her lover,
who had taken fancy TO another girl
and had married her. On the wedding
night the forsaken maid effected an
entrance into the room occupied by the
newly married couple, where brisk
fire was burning ina stove, and
crammed the stovepipe full of rags.
This caused the coal gas to fill the
room, suffocating the bride and bride
groom.
The missions conducted by the Qua
kers in Madagascar have been except
ionally successful The school of Am
bohijatavo has achieved great results
in turning the islanders from their old
heather ways and imparting to them
the blessings of education as carried
out in civilized countries. Spelling
books, grammars. and arithmetics have
been furnished by the London Mission
airy Society. In connection with the
Friends school at Faravohitra print
ing-oilice has been established, in
which the young Madagascar boys
learn printing, photography and book
printing
While the Mormons are sending
their missionaries all over the civilized
world in quest of converts and recruits,
the various Christian denominations
are doing their best to evangelize
Utah. The Presbyterians have forty
four missionaries in the Territory.
Eleven of these are clergymen, the 9TH
ers being teachers. About $25, 900 a
year is spent in the salaries of these
missionaries, and about $4,000 more
in erecting new church and school
buildings. The Congregationaist
have two ministers and five teachers.
They have recently received an endow-
ment Of $50, 900 for educational pur-
poses. The Episcopalians maintain
liberal outfit of church, school, and
hospital work The Methodits have
ten ministers and eight teachers, some
of whom receive only 500 month sal
airy.
The French police with difficulty can
track Russian young ladies', studying in
the Quarter Latin, to revolutionary
lairs. They keep very much to them
selves, and their male friends are gen.
orally compatriots. But as they are
not to be seen at the offices or the Or
thodox Church in the Rue Daru, there
is presumption that they sympathize
with Nihilists The discipline of the
Greek Church, its rigorous fasts and
pilgrimages, tend to form women of
Sophie Pieowski spirit.