The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-07
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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Melbourne. He is said 10 have become
a "model moral man." ant is, more
over, making money fast.
Capt Stone arrived at Molndville,W
Va, thirty-fvo years ago, settled there
and planted two seeds, renarking to
his family that he would IKE to raise
bis own coffin. One Of these seeds died
but the other flourished and grew.
From a shoot it became sapling and
finally fine tree. ABOUT eighteen
months ago it was blown down in Sc.
we're wind-storm. He had it cut into
lumber and sent to a Pittsburg, Pa,
firm. In short time il was returned
TO him in the shape of beautiful coffin,
in which he was recently buried
At the Winter Palace in ST. Peters
burg there is room full Of diamonds,
pearls, and other precious stones. An
Empress Of Russia is allowed 10 borrow
from this room after giving receipt
for what she takes, and generally the
Grand Duchesses are allowed to borrow
from it also. 81 remember" says NJ.
Labouchere, "once going into the room
with French diplomatic lady. She
beat a hasty retreat after one glance
around, for she felt that, if she stayed,
her principles would sUccumb TO her
admiration, and that she would try to
steal some Of the contents"
At Harvard college, students consume
great deal Of milk and Of bread, with
much oatmeal and cracked wheat for
breakfast. There is comparatively lit
tie coffee used. Oyster soup is great
fayorite for dinner, requiring fourteen
gallons Of oysters for seventy-iivc gal
Ions Of soup. Celery, too, is favorite
at dinner, nearly three hundred punches
being used daily. The boys also like
plenty Of ice-cream and very many APP
pies and grapes, Beef-steak is largely
consumed at breakfast and roast beef at
dinner. Scrambled eggs disappear rap
idly at breakfast time,
There was considerable circumstan-
tial evidence that John Shufelt murder
ed his wife at North Egromont, Mass.
She disappeared very mysteriouSly, af-
ter living very unhappily with him. a
track was found that looked as though
it had been made by dragging a body
from the house TO lake near by; an
old boat was discovered concealed in
some bushes, and it was believed that
Shufelt had sunk the remains in the
water. The lake was persistently drag
ged, but the woman was not produced,
and the husband was necessarily dis
charged from custody. Suspicion chung
TO him, however, only TO be dispelled
by the positive proof that Mrs. Shufelt
eloped, and is still living.
The census of Vermont, complete,
shows the population to be 1872, 286,
which is less by 2l96 than was reported
some months ago This takes away
more than half the supposed increase
in ten years. II now appears that the
half Of per cent. The number Of
males has increased more than twice as
much as the number Of females, the
sexes being very evenly divided. as
there are 99l females TO every 1000
males. The native population has in
creased, and the foreign-born residents
have decreased There are now less
than Al coo foreigners in Vermont, or
only little more than II per cent, The
colorcd people number but l,043, Of
whom eleven only are Indians and half
breeds.
A curious incident occurred in Paris
in the course Of the recent proceedings
against the religious orders, AS the
commiSsary Of police was about TO put
the seals on the doors of the Dominic
ans chapel, the superior, Father Jouin,
remarked 70 him that there were al
ready some seals on the doors. II beg
of YOU he said, Monsieur le Commits
sairl. not to destroy those seals. They
are historical, being those which were
affixed by the men of the commune in
ISL We have carefully preserved
them as a souvenir Of those trying times.
/ should be obliged if you would not de-
stroy them and place yours on the side
of them" NJ Dulac acceded to the de-
sire, and the two seals are now side by
side.
John Edward Gle, a graduate OF
Union College, married Schenectady
girl, entered the ministry, became pas
tor of church on Long Island. He
started one day to cross the sound in an
open boat, The craft was found cap
sized, and the clergyman was missing.
The belief was, of course, that he was
drowned, This happened in 1919. The
widow married again, and now lives in
Schenectady as Mrs, Lyons, A recent
item told Of a colporteur dying in n
barn at NiSkayuna with $4,000 in his
pocket. He turns ont to be the long
lost husband of Mrs, Lyons, 1t is sup
posed that he wandered off while in
sane, and that when he returned, to
find his wife married again, he decided
not to disturb her, The money has not
been claimed.
1t is rare, writes Paris correspond
ent, for French brides to shed tears;
but Mile. Samary, the actress, did, at
her recent marriage with NJ. Paul La
garde, the only son of rich stock
broker. The pulpit stairs, and even the
pulpit of the Madeleine, were filled with
pretty actresses, who crowded to see the
bride. She entered leaning on the arm
of her father, the violoncellist Samary,
and was beautifully dressed in ivory
Sotin md ornnun blossoms Mile Rar-