The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-01
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made an insulting remark, and he
threw it violently AT the offender, kill
ing him by fracturing his skull.
1.-THE Dani,es' had its thousandth
performance recently in Philadelphia,
and is worn out The Rankins, to
whom it has brought a fortune, intend
TO try another mining camp play next
fall.
Arizona resembles all mining regions
in being overcrowded with persons who
have no money and find it difficult to
make living. There are 1000 per-
sons in Tucson and Tombstone living
from hand TO mouth,
"The Associated Press is n great
boon, is il not?' asked he. 1T is, in
deed she replied, in soft tones;
George and | had one all last winter,
but papa came in one night before
George could take his arm away, and
acted dreadfully,"
Letter carriers intrusted with valua-
BILE mails have been assaulted by rob-
bers in the streets Of Vienna and Pesth,
and now the employees of the Austrian
postal service have been armed with re-
volvers, which they are forbidden to go
without
Algeria is beginning to develop a
taste for the fine arts. Not long ago the
success of the exhibition at A gers
took every one by surprise, and now
another, which has been organized at
Oran, is equally successful. The pic
lures sold, says an enthusiastic CORE
spondent, "as il by enchantment.
There was only one rocking-chair in
the Nessells' residence, at kcndalIyille,
Ind, and both the sons, John and Hen
ry, liked to sit in it. Henry had en-
joyed it two hours, when John demand
ed "a turn. A quarrel was followed by
fight, in which Henry was killed by
his brother.
The discovery Of human finger in
sausage has least Il gloom over the
trade in that dclicacy in Liverpool
The explanation offered was that the
boy al the machine had his finger cut
of, and the digit, being left lying
about, somehow went i'll with the other
minccmeat while its owner was at the
hospital
NJ. CluSeret once Il colonel of volun-
teers in the Union army, and subse-
quently, under the Commune, war min
lister, was sentenced in Paris by default
TO two years imprisonment, and TO pay
5000 francs fine, for an article in the
-UdyScd2diSe deemed insulting to the
army, and iustifying Berezewsky for
attempting TO kill the Gar
Sergeant Snyder, of the Bcleville
(0nt) police, owed great deal of
money in small amounts, and his cred
itors were importunate. Duns met him
AT every turn He could not dodge
them, for his duty compelled him TO
patrol certain streets, and therefore it
was easy TO find him. Unable to pay
his debts, he endured the torture for
several months, and then committed
suicide.
According to lie Fupc0jS, French
Journal recently stated in Cambridge,
Mass, NJ. Jules Ferry, has just proposed
anoval method for public instruction
in geography. For this he will make
use Of the race-coursc at Longchamps
by arranging on it cards bearing the
names OF the different countries with
their capitals and Seaports.
The natives of the Itu-o-tane district
of Sawai, one of the Samoan Islands,
attacked Il German sailing vessel, but
were repulscd without loss. The Ger
man Government then demanded a pay
ment OF $1,000 by way of punishment
and under compulSion this amount was
finally, though very reluctantly, paid.
The German Government now becomes
magnanimous, aud orders the money to
he turned over TO a fund for building a
hospital in Alba, the chief settlement of
The Islands.
A young man in Russia of decided
ability was attacked by an acute disease
brought on by excessive dissipation.
After his recovery he was found TO have
lost all his mental faculties except cal
culation and memory. These were in
creased 70 such degree that he could
surpass all mathematicians in power of
mental calculation, and could repeat
poetry which occupied several minutes
in reading after hearing it only once.
In all other respects he is helpless
idiot
AT the last Paris exhibition consider
able attention was drawn to some mus
lin curtains to which flame was con-
stantly applied without setting them on
fire. The chemical composition of the
substance which rendered them in
combustible, aS recently made known,
was so parts pure sulphate Of ammonia,
- Of carbonate of ammonia, 30 Of
boracic acid, ~ of pure borax, 90 Of
starch, and 1000 Of distilled or pure
water. The materials to be rendered
fire resisting are dipped in this solution
while il is hot, so rs TO insure thorough
impregnation, and, when well dried,
are ironed as ordinary starched fabrics.
Old Bob Keyworth is noted in Gal
weston for being an exceedingly stingy
landlord jim Groce was paying him
$50 a month for an old weather-beaton
house, He asked TO have it painted,
but his request was refused, and he did
the work himself As soon us the paint
ing was over kcywolth raised the rent
TO S25 "Why do YOU raise the rentPN
asked Jim. "On account OF the i'm
provment," replied the old man.
you know the house has Just been