The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-15

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Perhaps the most agreeable incident
OF the recent royal ievee in London, says
the London WOild, was old Admiral
Sartorus-he is 92-going past with his
two sons on their appointment to tho
Nictoria Gross. There is only one
other man in England who can boast
such cheyrOn on his escutcheon, and
that is Colonel Hugh Cough, who also
has two sons possessing each Victoria
Cross,
The Rev. Charles F. Seldom, of Hor-
nellsviNe, n. Y, has been suspended
from his church and ministry on ac-
count Of immoralities. He is mar
ried man. about 80 years old, and a ma
tive Of Wisconsin. He will be formally
tried at the session of the Bath district
conference in September. His reputa-
ton until recently has been good.
Australia has added to other natural
anomalies fish on legs. The Eclipse"
expedition has dredged up one of them,
and the creature placed upon the deck,
raised itself on its four legs-and
walked! Yet TO all intents and pur-
poses the thing was n fish, with fins,
and tail and gillS. Another wonder
Of the same expedition was the rats.
The yoyagers stopped on small is
land which was oyer-run with rats
but the rats were yellow, chestnut, and
toi toise-shell.
IN Ojocaliente, Mexico, poor wo-
man went to church recently with
child in her arms, which cried and dis
tu.bed the discourse of the priest, who
ordered the woman at once to take the
innocent out of the house of God; the
woman not oheying Immediately, the
priest descended from the pulpit,
seized the child, banged il over the
head, and then jabbing it under the
pulpit, continued his discourse.
On opening the coffin of a little
daughter of Meredith Kendrick, buried
at Newman Ga, twenty-five years ago,
the child was seen with every feature
just as perfect as the day it was put in
the grave. In its hands was the little
bouquet Of flowers which was put there
upon its burial day, perfectly pre-
served. Its cheek was slightly more
florid than when buried. The child
was not buried until three days after
death, and was then brought from
Fayetteville for interment.
The Grand Duke Nicholas is des-
cribed as the wreck of his former self.
AS distinguished Russians entertain the
grand duke, however, it may be as
Il hot 10 IN hal
he used to be in st. Petersburg. He
looks around him in every direction
before he speaks, and when he opens
his mouth it is to let fall broken and
confused sentences meaning nothing,
and yet expressing a terror-stricken
mind. Constantine, who has been
looked upon as the Richard III. of the
family, is 10 reside at Livadia, virtually
in exile.
In a letter on "Bmctaism" to the
London Times, NJ. Henri Cernushi con-
tests the theory that the English peo-
pie prefer gold to silver. England, he
argues, possesses thirty millions of
gold sovereigns lying permanently in
the banks, and thirty millions in the
UdIluS VI tuo pupiiS, lopclHcI WIFI
twenty millions Of debased silver coin.
When international bimetallism is
| adopted by England, there will be in
the Bank of England, side by side.
gold bars and silver bars, the latter to
be the first employed for paying all
foreign countries except Scandinavia
and Portugal, But no change will be
imposed on peoples habits. The bi.
metallic reform will not even be visible
| to the naked eye,
The Hook and Ladder Company of
Oswcgo, N. Y, own dog named
Truck" whose services are esteemed
more valuable than those of any of the
firemen. Recently the alarm sounded
while the men were block away and
out of hearing. But they heard the
dog barking furiously and knew what
he meant. fastening to the house and
opening the door, they found "Truck"
| greatly excited, with his lamp in his
mouth, running TO and fro between the
horses and the door, to inform them
that an alarm had come in. The men
understood and hurried TO tho fire. the
dog running rs usual with his lantern
| in his mouth.