The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-01
NEWS BREVITIEs.

duty Of 3D. per pack was paid on 1894
S23 packs OF pIaying-cards IN England,
amounting to El3,62j IS ID.
A family never becomes extinct in
Japan, If there are no male descend
ants, young son Of another family is
adopted, and takes the family name.
A beautiful mirage was recently seen
in Accomac county, Virginia. The is
land of Chinostcaguc, thirty miles away,
appeared to be only quarter of mile
distant
A lady in London, Ontario, stumbled
in her room and fell against n bureau
She broke three Of her ribs, and the full
extent of her injury was not discovered
for several days,
The Pensioners of the Rev DR.. Hen
~ j, Morton, Of Philadelphia, have
presented him with Il check for $4,000
upon the completion OF his fifty years OF
service rs their pastor
A man in Montgomery county, Pa,
whose family already contained thirteen
children, was electrified when his wife
presented himWith three more (riplets)
all bright and healthy
The Supreme Court of Mississippi de-
clarcS that eighteen mills on the dollar,
including three mills for State tax, is
the utmost limit to which taxes can be
laid.
While negro was hunting near Sa-
vannah, Ga, his dog plaNuIIy jumped
up and caught his foot in the trigger OF
the gun. The ncgro's arm had to be
amputatcd.
MesSrs. Wcuhcmcr, in London, paid
5000 600 for Mr. Godmgs collection Of
snuil-boXcS, miniature, and cnamcls,
one of the principal attractions Of the
South Kcnsngton museum.
James Buchanan, President of the
United States, made an election bet in
1919 and lost it, and the deed by which
he conveyed his land that he forfeited
is, in his own handwriting, on file at
Warren, Pa.
The artesian well at Laramie, W. T.,
has been sunk to Il depth OF Two nun
dred and sixteen feet, and has two hun
bred feet of water in it, twill be sunk
"A further depth OF thiry-iour feet, by
which time it is hoped the water will
flow from the well.
The Italian minister of public inStruc-
ton has taken possession Of the vine
yards and grounds of the Baths of Titus
and Carcala, at Rome, and has turned
them into public walks. Their art frag-
mcnts are to he preserved in the Capt.
FOL museum.
The school board of indianapolis, af-
ter experiments for years with various
heating apparatus, are now III favor OF
heating all school buildings with stoves
instead of steam, believing them supC-
rior in respect of ventilation and distri
button of heat.
The resumption of specie payment,
in Italy is opposed by capitalists and
spectators in gold; yet forced cur
rency is no longer needed, rs the coun.
try is peaceful and advancing in manu-
features, and last year there was an eX-
cess of $i2, 29i, 900 in receipts over cX-
pcnses in the budget, Parliament has
voted To adopt resumption pollcy.
In all German towns of any conse-
qucncc occasional exhibitions are held
where new foreign inventions and pro-
duets, which are in any way affiliated
to the local manufactures, are exhibited
to be infinitely examined by artisans
and factory operatives. Any excellence
in the foreign article is quickly detect
cd and initiated by the local workmen.
The new building for the Boston Eng
fish high school and Latin school is
said to be the largest free public build
ing in the world, being three hundred
and thirty nine by two hundred and
twenty feet, with u hollow square in the
middle. There are Iilty-,iN rooms in
all, including u drill-haiI one hundred
and thirty by sixty, Il gymnasium OF the
same dimensions, and an exhibition hall
capable OF seating one thousand two
hundred and fifty persons,