The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-16

about half the number being in the PEN
itentiary and the remainder in branch
prisons. The branch prisons at Battle
Creek coal mines and at Sewanee are
wooden structures inclosed by wooden
palisades, and it is said that they have
proved superior in comfort, security,
and healthfulness to the penitentiary
itself
The Jewish World says: A statement
has been published in several journals
to the effect that the Jews of Lon
don "have recognized the services
of the late George Eliot to the
Hebrew race by offering up prayers for
the repose of her soul" Although the
Jews generally gratefully acknowledge
the liberal sentiments expressed by
George Eliot in her works towards Jews
and Judaism, no such prayers as stated
have been offered up in any synagogue.
Rudlap Chapman, little negro boy,
found box in a vacant lot in Wash
ington, and carried it home to his faith
er, who opened it and saw that it con-
tanned valuable jewelry. The Chap
mans are very poor, there was not
much to eat in the house, and the chill
dren needed bread. But Bro. Chap
man did what all white men would not
do. He sold sUa,G rags for rs cents,
and with the money advertised the
treasure in his possession. II proved to
be jeweliy stolen from Col Roger
Jones, of Pennsylvania avenue, two
days previous.
A most singular accident occurred in
Liege railway station recently. As the
Brussels train was about to start por-
ter hurredly closed the door of the car
riages, when a piece Of glove was seen
to fall to the ground. 1t was found to
contain a mans thumb One of the
passengers was arranging his baggage
in the net with one hand, while the 9th
er was so placed that the thumb was lit
orally cut of by the act Of shutting the
door. The sufferer is an advocate at
Courtrai, who, after receiving surgical
attention in the station masters Office,
was able TO continue his journey by the
following train.
The figures given out by the New
England Anti-Divorce society show that
in Vermont the proportion of divorces
to marriages is one TO fourteen, in
Rhode Island one to thirteen, and in Mas
sachusetts one to twenty -one. A speaker
in one of the sorietys meetings
said "a curious fact is that in Ohio the
number of divorces is in proportion to
the New England element in the popu-
lation. Wherever New England inhu-
ence is felt there has been an increase.
The western reserve in Ohio, consist
ing of the twelve northeastern counties,
is said to contain New England stock
purer than can be found anywhere else
except few counties in Maine, anC
here the proportion Of divorces to mar
riages is one TO eighteen, while in thu
rest of the State it is one to nineteen
In Ashtabula county it is one TO eight
and in Lake county the proportion o
divorce suits to marriages is one to si
and fOur-tenths. In some of the south
ern counties, where different popula
ton prevails ii is about one 10 fifty"
Dr. w. II. Baird, one of the leadin!
citizens of Saline county, Arkansas, wa
digging well on his place, and haC
sunk it to the depth of about fifty feet
when a negro, who was working dowr
in the well, became frightened at tn,
falling clods caving away from the
sides, and was hauled up and refused
to 90 down again. The doctor laughed
at him for his fears, and, to show hin
that there was no danger, went dowl
himself, but had scarcely more thar
reached the bottom when the well caveC
in on him, burying him alive. Th'
neighborhood was at once aroused, ant
every effort exerted to get him out, bu
the ground was so rotten that it caveC
in as fast as il could be dug out. n,
progress was made toward disinterrin!
him until lumber had been hauled from
a saw-mill five miles away, and curb
ing made, which was lowered as TIN
earth was excavatcd. His body wa
found eight hours after the accident
stone dead and perfectly upright, jus
in the position in which he was standn!
when the earth caved in and surround
ed him.