The daily Cairo bulletin., 1881-03-12


A member of the Canadian Parlia-
ment, who had his coat stolen from
him in Ottawa, borrowed one of
friend, and as it was much too small,
was arrested by the police on his way
home on suspicion of having stolen it,
and taken TO the police station. While
he was there the thief who had stolen
his coat was brought in. Explanations
were made, the member was released,
and the thief was the next day senten-
ced to prison for one year.
The Mentone papers report two sui
cides AT Monte Carlo. Some days ago
man rushed out Of the gaming-room,
| cXclaiming: II am done for; have lost
OO,0O0f.' On the staircase he drew a
revolver from his pocket and blew his
! brains out. The other man, wandering
on the shore, was seen to sit down on
rock and rest his head on his hand. A
minute after Il detonationw as heard. He,
too, had blown his brains out.
The debt of Virginia in round
numbers Is Slj,000,O 600 consol bonds
bearing tax-receivabe 6 per cent
coupons. and $6,OOO000 l0-40 (Mc-
Culloch) bonds bearing per cent,
interest, making S23,0O0,00 of the
debt on which the interest is secured
by taX-receivable coupons, all of which
must come into the treasury during the
year and offset or intercept about ST.
100000 revenue. The "peeler' and
'old bonds" represent Sl2,000,000
more, with unpaid interest for more
than ten years.
The Pennsylvania supreme court has
| decided case growing out of the
manner which the Philadelphia horse
cars were packed during the centen-
nial Bernard Walling was crowded off
the platform of a car on the Germantown
line, and the damages awarded his
widow are now confirmed by the
supreme court, which thus describes the
the packed cars of that time; Conduc-
tor, driver and passengers acted as il
there was room so long as a man could
find rest for his feet and a place to
hold on with his hands.
Mr.. Froudc writes of his first term at
Oxford; I'VE did pretty much what
we liked. There was much dissipation,
and the whole manner of life was need
lessly extrayagant. We We're turned
loose at lS, pleasures tempting us on
all sides No dean or tutor ever volun-
tcercd to help our ineXperience. The
prices which we paid for everything
were prepoSterous. The college authori-
ties would take no trouble, and their
own charges were on the same extrava-
giant scale. The wretched novice was
the object of general plunder till he
had learned how to take care of HIM
self. | remember calculating that 1
could have lived at clearinghouse
on contract, with every luxury which |
had in college, at reduction of so
per cent"
Two recent burglaries in England, in
the neighborhood of Walton and Way
bridge, are now accounted for, says the
London Jy0UM The Convalescent Hos
ptal, lying between these two places,
and supported chiefly by voluntary con-
tributions from the neighborhood, has
! been found to be a nest of thieves and
ticket-of-leave men. The discovery was
made by the detective sent down from
Scotland Yard to investigate the matter.
Happening one day to meet the poor
invalid inmates of this convalescent
home out for an airing, he suddenly
recognized some of the most notorious
thieves of modern days.
Two Spanish beauties in Paris. the
Countess Multedo and Senorita Penedo.
had a narrow escape of being suflocated
by natural flowers in their hair and the
trimming of their ball dresses as they
were returning home from Queen Isabel
las soiree in closely shut-up carriage.
The flowers were profusely employed IN
garlands, The ladies for some timo
chatted gayly. One of them then oe-
came silent and then the other COUNT
Multedo. who was with them, grew,
alarmed when neither of them replied
to observations he made and questions
he put and all the more so that ne ieIt
oppressed BY the perfume OF the flowers.
When be caused the carriage to stop
and opened the window he found them
| ;,so,sihla but they soon reCOvered