The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-01

Says the San Francisco Post: "A
young lady created considerable COM
ment by appearing at Los Angeles
fancy ball recently in the character of a
raw oyster" Her costume was a
sprinkle of red pepper, and she carried
a cracker in one hand and half lime in
the other. Well may the anxious NOR
alist ask; WHITTIER are we driftingP'"
This is your brother" said St.
Louis hotel clerk to one of the guests, at
the same time presenting another guest,
Recognition was mutual, though thirty
five years had elapsed since their last
meeting. Moses billiard, of Texas, was
one brother; Fred billiard, of Califor-
mia, was the other They had both
| prospered.
Victor Hugo once stopped in the
streets of Paris and wrote upon a plac-
ard hanging upon blind beggar's neck
a verse of such touching beauty and
sympathy that it drew from the bystand-
ers shower Of small coin such as the
beggar had never before known.
Mrs. Cupley broke her right leg in
two places at Salt Lake City recently
The lady's residence is some distance
ont Of town, but she has three married
daughters in Salt Lake, and she was
conveyed TO their homes, but no one OF
the ungratefu children would receive
her, and she was compelled to seek shell.
ter in the house Of a stranger.
A young man of Kenton County. Ken
lucky, has applied for patent for de-
Vice to telegraph train, running at the
highest rate of speed, at any poiut on
the road. He is also at work on safe
lock, to be operated by electrisity, and
which will require no key hole in the
door A burglar could by no POSSIBLE
ity open the safe by operating on the
lock.
Mr. Oscar Wilde seems to have had
more than one string to his bow when
he determined to visit America; for be-
sides his lecture, or lectures on Gsthet-
les, he brought with him q volume OF
manuscript verses by young friend OF
his named Rodd-Mr. Renell Rodd. The
verses are said to denote on the part OF
MIR. Rodd seftness of intellect as mark
ed as the asinine idiosyncrasies of Oscar
Wilde are prominent.
If hell hath no fury like woman
scorned,h what must that New York
candy factory have looked when l75 of
the big armed young women employed
there conferred their angry attentions up.
on the foreman! He bossed VS. around
too much" the leader of the Amazons
explained after her cohorts had chased
the foreman into the street. The fore
man, by the way, forgot to return.
Publishers have their grievances as
well as other people A representative
of this class told the New York CORE
spondent of the Philadelphia Press that
he found authors difficult persons to deal
with. Some of them were sharp, and
drove hard bargain; others got adj
vances on unperformed work, and then
were reluctant to comply with the terms
OF their agreement; and finally, still
Others are downright dishonest and i'm.
pudcnt, and refuse TO do the work that
they have bargained to perform.
Corporations that disregard the rights
OF the public are getting setback now
"N",,' Recently the elevated railroad
in New York, Which naa ,uJs..s -,
mans property without compensation,
was held accountable. Now Judge Law
renee, OF New York, holds that if tele-
graph poles in cities can be proved to
have c.u images, the suit brought
to recover cannot be dismissed. The eff
feet of his decision will be that persons
aggrieved may sue telegraph, telephone
and electric light companies, and recov-
er damages.
An English diamond merchant is me-
gotiating for the purchase of the famous
gem known as "The Regent" the
brightest jewel in the world, and one of
the French crown jewels. Some century
and half ago it was bought from an
Englishman for fl25.000. The price
now asked for it is nearly four times
that amount, and the party now bidding
for it has offered, it is said, G400, 600. -
For whom he is bidding no one knows,
but it would be we'll to watch Mr.. |
Gould's shirt front for q few weeks to |
come.