The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-03

over to Mrs. IS and get Miss Grace
rs soon rs possible. The man was
gone about an hour and half, and
when beraed by his mistress for the de-
lay, explained that he had walked the
horses every step of the way for fear of
shaking the sick lady, "she seemed to
be so bad when they put her in. "
There are eleven models submitted TO
Boston committee for u statue of The
odore Parker Four represent him
seated, two or three are busts or pedes-
tails, and others are groups variously
conceived. One of these represents
Mr.. Parker standing on pedestal,
while ON either side are two female Gg-
ures in classic drapery, personifying Re-
ligion and Law Another represents a
draped female figure, with hand point
ing upward, standing before him the
design being personlication of Truth.
Still another shows Mr.. Parker stand
ing with one arm on book-rack and
the fingers of the other hand turning the
leaves of a book, on which is inscribed
selected sentences from his own writ
ings. 1t is proposed to spend $4,000
on this statue.
The daughter of Victor Hugo, who IS
now fifty years DID, is an object of COM
miseration, About eighteen years ago
she fell in love with naval officer who
had some property in England and also
estates in Trinidad. Her friends were
opposed to her marriage, but as she
was of age she carried her point and
the newly married couple proceeded to
the West Indies. After few years OF
life together the Commodore abandoned
his wife, whose previous eccentricity
under this blow rapidly developed into
insanity. She is proud of her fathers
reputation, and his visits to the asylum
are red letter days to her. She dresses
like young girl and is never violent,
but, on the contrary, quite pleasant.
She reads, sings, talks and acts ration
ally enough except at times, when she
does queer things
A young man in Washington, who
writes exquisite verses but is almost
starving for lack of renumerative en-
ployment, and who for a long time has
been trying in vain to get place in a
Government bureau, the other day got
a friend to write to Gail Hamilton"
invoking her supposed influence in his
behalf. Some of the young mans YER
SEES were inclosed in the letter, as n sam
pie of his literary ability. Miss Dodge,
disclaiming the possession of any Gin
luence,n replied in a sero-comc vein
in part as follows: 81 have ordered
two departments to send me u first
class Office in fifteen minutes. If both
come | shall be embarrassed If your
young gentleman could only take care
of a horse and a garden as well as he
writes verses, | could employ him my
self for the summer and pay him bet
ter than poetry, alas! But no! | shall
have to eat hard corn and wilted let
luce all summer for want of gardener,
while your young man will have moth
ing to eat for want of work. y
Among the Albany families which
have lived longest on Capitol Hill are
those of McNab and Cumming, About
thirty five years ago two young men be-
longing to Inc TWO 1amlnes, VINO hau
long been intimate friends, and as full
of spirit and activity rs most persons Of
their age, retired into lifelong seclu-
sion, each in his own house, apparently
in pursuance of solemn compact.
McNab died about five years ago. Once
in u while the neighbors caught a
glimpse of an old man walking up and
down in the garden behind his house,
but he never was seen on the street.
Cumming is still living in mysterious
retirement. Many years ago neigh
Dor, looking out of the scuttle of his
house saw the hermit's head bob in at
his own scuttle few rods away, bat
since then no one outside of the family
has seen John Cumming. His brother
William, grain merchant, told the
census-taker in 1880 that John was liv-
ing, but he invariably declines to speak
of his strange existence.