The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-12

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The son Of an Ohio Supreme Court
Judge has gone TO State prison Tor
forgery.
The French railroad returns showed
an increase Of nearly 8! per cent last
year over 1879.
Opium Is said to kill 100000 CHI
nese annually, but Hoodlums will be
glad to know that there are plenty
left.
The lighting OF Akron, Ohio, is salts
factorily done by q powerful electric
i,amp placed on top of tower POS feet
high.
A stately woman walked solemnly
down California street. San Francisco,
dressed only in night-gown. She
was insane.
Lord SALISBURY lately stated that
$3.50, 900, 900 have been spent on church
building in England in this century
and yet there are unbelievers.
A Fond du Lac banker absconded
with $500, 600, but his tender conscience
compelled him to send back $50 be-
longing to cemetery i1nd.
Ten years ago Liege, Belgium, turn
ed out thirty-six per cent. fewer gun
barrels than Birmingham; now Licge
turns out thirty-iive per cent. more,
The returns of the commerce Of Aus
tria and Hungary for January and Fob
ruary show that the import of wheat OK
ceeded the export by $4,000, 600 cwts.
The great house of Godilot, contract
ors for military clothing; the publishing
house of Firmen-D idot, and many other
private firms of Paris are being con-
verted into joint stock companies.
A new industry, the extensive cult
walton of flowers for pel'fumery purpos-
es, is about to be started in California.
In Europe it is very remunerative; a
good crop of lavender will yield $1,000.
The United States Consul at Bremen,
in drawing attention to the widespread
counterfeiting of American goods in
German markets, says that the German
imitators have been ably seconded by
many American manufacturers failing
TO maintain their original standard Of
excellence.
The stock of unlicensed Toronto bars
is seized by the police, who take it to
the police court, where its destruction
is ordered by magistrate. All the
lager beer at q picnic was seized the
other day, and the bungs officially
pulled out.
Henry w. Hook bequeathed $4,000
to Philadelphia charities, but the will
has been declared invalid. George X.
Tryon. the heir Of the estate. voluntari-
w pays the money to the institutions,
declining 10 defeat the wishes of the
dead philanthropist.
1t is significant of the attractions
which the Australian colonies offer at
present to emigrants that whereas ST.
1S2 persons emigrated in April from
Liverpool to the United States. - went
thence to Australia British North
America got $500, and the West Indies,
10.
Already Sotherr's character of DRa-
dreary is being experimental with by
comedians, 'aJur American Cousin
being play unprotected by copyright.
All OF them.closely initiate the dead ac-
tor, and one George Holland--was
formerly member of Sothein's conf
pany.
An Ohio law forbids the giving of ne
gro minstrel performances Oh Sunday.
The San Francisco Ministries being al
vised that they could legally appear if
their faces were not BACKED, went
through with their entertainment with
out burnt cork.
Mr.. Walters application for an in
junction against the reprinter Of Lord
Beaconsfeld's biography, which APP
peared in the London Times, was re-
fused because he declined TO name the
author and join him in the plea. The
author was Sir William Harcourt, the
Home Secretary, who received $1,000
for the article. The Messrs. Longman
have since, with the sanction Of tho
Times. reproduced it at price which
will soon drive the unauthorized version
out Of the market.
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