The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-05-13
NEWS BREVITIIs.

Lady Burdett-COutts Columbia mar
ket is to be turned into atobacco manu-
factory.
The thunder of great words does not
always betoken q great thought, for
many q grand salute is fired with a
blank cartridge.
N. Gustavc Dore's mother is dead,
aged "a He always lived with her.
She was the widow of a government en-
gineer OF bridges and highways.
Edmond de Lafayette, the younger
brother of the late marquis, is now the
only living grandson, in the direct male
line, Of Lafayette.
Ex-Secretary Evarts gets even with
the carpers who complain of his long
sentences. He says the only men who
object TO long sentences are criminals.
1t is now said that the gentleman
known as Commandant Alfred Awkward,
now serving with the Beers, is no other
than Murphy, the Manchester informer.
Secretary Lincoln's face in repose is
described rs serious almost 10 stern
ness; but when he smiles it grows
bright, and then he lis positively and
undeniable handsome"
The empress of Austria complains
that England is disappointing after Ire
land; that there is no "leppin," and
that the fields are too small for good
gallop.
A distinguished German geographer
is OF opinion that the diamond district
of Africa is the Ophir from which King
Solomon drew such liberal supplies Of
gold and precious stone1
Physicians in the mining regions say
that the presence Of diphtheria is direct
ly traceable to oleomargarine, adultera-
ted molasscs, sugar, etc, which are
largely used in that section.
Jefferson Davis Bill, of Connecticut,
has completed his studies at Eastman
College, Poughkeepse. He has two
brothers named Lecompton Constitution
Bill and Kansas Nebraska Bill.
Samual j. Tilden, though now an old
man, is actively engaged in railway
operations. He is estimated at $4,000.
600, and hence may be considered the
richest bachelor in the country.
Lady Walter Campbell and Miss Bal
dock, though not professional beauties,
are gaining celebrity as among the pref
test women in London, and the society
papers seem likely to make them pro-
fessionals in time
Prof. Ko-Kun-Hua, who graces the
Chinese chair at Harvard, has frequent
and severe twinges Of rheumatism, and
is said to express his opinion of the Me-
lican climate in language that is more
flowery than celestial.
The wife of the Hon. Timothy o.
Howe, Of Wisconsin, will reside with
her daughter, Mrs. Totten, in Washing
ton, while the ex-senator is in atten-
dance upon the international monetary
conference in Paris.
Mr.. Wash Mclean, of the Cincinna-
ii Enquirer, has purchased a lot in
Washington on which he will erect a
handsome mansion, TO be presented to
his daughter, the wife of Gen. Hazen,
Of the signal service.
Florence Percy" the author Of
Crock Me to Sleep" Mother, now lives
in Maine, and edits pepper there. One
Of her young daughters has for name
her mothers nom-de-plumo of Florence
Percy.
1t is proposed to build ship canal
across the State of Delaware A COM
pany is to be formed with q capital OF
$30,0O0,0 600, and application has been
made to the Legislature for the right OF
way.
An old man in San Francisco COM
mitted suicide because two confidence
swinders had robbed him Of $4,000, by
which act he saved them from punish
ment, as he was the only witness
against them.
Tho Austrian Empress hunting OK
ploits in Ireland and England are con
sidered scandalous by the stay-at- holao
ladies Of the court in Vienna, wnos9
taste lies in dress, eating, ballS' """
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