The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-25
NEWS BREVITIEs.


members, twcnty-Onc of whom repre-
sent the United States.
California yine-growcrs say that the
wines produced in that state will ere
long drive French wines out of the mar
kel in the Eastern states.
English sporting papers are full of
advertisements from gentlemen giving
up game preserving who are anxious 10
lind place, for their gamckeepers.
a cotton fair is TO be held in Atlanta,
Ga, next October, at which the raw
material and the various machines used
in lis cultivation and manufacture will
be exhibited
A school for teaching chambcrmads
and other house servants has been es-
tablished at Milan: 50 far it has worked
very smoothly, and Milancsc house
keepers have high hopes of the future.
Canada is determined TO keep prize
lighters from crossing the line TO have
oUt their mills, and the Ottawa house
Of commons ba, erected 800 fine and
Imprisonment rs II barrier.
A Pari. manufacturer claims TO have
discovered process for substituting the
leaves OF the eucalyptus tree which in
burning emit a delicious per me, for
tobacco leave, in making cigars.
An English authority says that reform
Is much needed in the American rail-
way system n respects safety, speed,
aud punctuality, Strengthening the
lines and building them better he
thinks, would yield the desired results
One OF the most celebrated authors of
Paris is thus viewed by his barber:
"He comes here nearly every day. He
likes 10 look WELL but as for brains,
judge for yourself He might enjoy
my conversations he prefers to read
the paper"
Some of the citizens of Boston are
complaining that certain non-residents
are trying 10 secure charter for an
elevated railroad in that city, not in
The Interests Of the city, but wholly in
the expectation of large pecuniary
gains 10 themselves.
An Italian offered to bet a German in
ST. Loui, so that the latter could not
drink ten SchoonerS of beer without
stopping. The bet was accented and
the beer duly drank, but hall an hour
later The tathcrand had lost one of its
children.
A heauless Montreal landlord turned
u man, his wife, and seven children
into the street when the thermometer
was ID degrees below zero. The victim
was a recently arrived EngliShman,
unable to get aplace and robbed of his
usual income by the failure of Il creditor
in England.
The Colorado (TcX) citizen has dis
covered another of the sgners of the
Texas declaration of indcpcndence-W.
t. ScatcS, nearly 50 years old, and still
able TO do light work on his farm. Mr.
Scatcs thinks that besides Dr. c. Is.
Stewart, another still lives in the per-
son of John w Blunt, of San Angus
tine.
Frost seems to have no effect on Paris
duellistS, Paul de Braulen and Viscolmt
Maiden settling difficulty with swords
recently when the centigrade Their
mometer registered l24slegrees below
zero, They fought in their shirt sleeves.
too, and Maiden got hit in his right
shoulder before their "honahn was sat
iSlicd.
Lord Campbell fell in love for the
llrst time at fl, and though rejected.
wrote to II friend: II can only say. with
nibbon, that feel dearcr to myself for
having been capable of this elegant and
rGlhed passion" How much more
should the Baroness Burdett-Coutts be
PleaSed with her romantic self, asks the
Toronto Globe.
Inc North Carolina legislature has
passed bill providing for the nublica-
ton OF roll of the North Cnrolina
troops in the late war. The dutv of
collecting the names has been dclcgot.
ed to Major Moore, the historian. In
addition TO this work he will add other
facts descriptive of the movements nj
each regiment during the war.
From what is already known of the
now version of the New Testament, il is
certain that in at least two places a
word hitherto familiar has given way TO
one less used in common speech. Ca
pcrnaum, according to the revised text
Of Luke, is drought down unto Hadcs,"
instead of to hell as hitherto; while in
the same gospel it is said of the rich
man, in the parable OF Lazarus, that
"in Hadcs he lifted up his eyes, being
In torments" Should this substitution
prove to be general, perhaps polite peo-
pie, including, Of course, newspapers,
will henceforth feel obliged to spell inc
word, when used outside OF Scriptural
connection ns Is