The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-02-10


Vanderbilt cleared about five millions by
the great New York Central rise.
John Surratt comes back from South
America in March.
John c. Breckenridge arrived in Baltimore
on Saturday.
A bed Of copper ore has been found near
the Sangsmou river in Champaign county,
Ill.
A. T. Stewart has sold twenty shawls this
season worth $4,000 EACH and one worth
$4,000.
A full length statue of the late gifted poet
Fitz.Greene Halleck,is to be erected in Cen
tral Park, New York, at cost of $4,000.
Henry Reed is lecturing on Ready.made
Men A good companion would be Custom.
made Women Columbus JourHai
The New York Sun managers, the mo.
ment they learned of their Washington cor.
respondents (Painter) willingness to be
purchased, sent him his discharge by tele.
graph.
Private letters from Paris state that Gen.
Dix will resign the ministry to France in
March, and come home to attend to bis du-
ties AS president Of the Union Pacific rail.
road.
The jury in the case Of the people against
! Elizabeth Osborn, Indicted at Morrison,
| Whneside county, ILL.,, for the murder of her
husband, returned q verdict of mot guilty, -
and the defendant was discharged from Gus,
tody.
ParepaROss's surgeon at Baltimore Ger.
titles that she will probably be able to resume
her professional engagements in fortnight.
She has already suffered for that length Of
time severe attack Of rheumatism.
Hon. John &. Graham, Of Canton, Fulton
county, died on January 18th. He was twice
elected to the Legislature by the democracy
Of Fulton, and was a member Of the const
tutlonal convention Of 1862.
Senator Yates wants to be placed at the
head of the Navy Department. But is a
man fit to be secretary of the navy who gen.
orally can't nayigate.-Prsatice.
There are four grades of students in the
| New York velocipede school; The "Timid
Toddlers, " the "Wary Wabblers," the "Go
it.Graceful," and the Fancy Few
A local poet indited sonnet to his mis-
tresg, entitled al kissed her sub rosa' The
| compositor knew better than that, and set il
up in printers Latin, 81 kissed her SHub
HoSH."
"What have you done with your doll,
Amy?' "Lock' it up, papa. Going to keep
it for my itty gel, when get big ji5t like
mamma "Ah. but suppose you have
poue?" Never mind I'll give it to my
gan child"
~ don't want mother to marry again
said little boy one day at breakfast. "Why
not ?" was asked with some surprise. "Be.
cau,e, said he, "Ivo lost one father, and |
don't want the trouble Of getting acquainted
with another
A married man in New Hampshire has
adopted an original method of economy
One morning, recently, when he knew his
wife would see him, he kissed the servant
girl. The household expenses were instant
ly reduced $500 per year.
In a class of little girls, at school, the
question was asked, "What is q fort2" "A
place to put men in, was the ready reply.
"What is fortress ?' asked the teacher
This seemed puzzle, until one OF the girls
answered. "A place to put eomen In"
A negro philosopher, discussing the rea.
tons of races, said "You know de turkey
he roosts on de fence; an de goose he roosts
on de ground. You will pull de turkey off
de fence and he gets up again. You crap
his wings, but somehow or nudder he gwine
to get back on de fence, Now, you put de
goose on de fence, an he fall off; he don't
b'Iong dar. The turkey am de white man.
Heeze down now, but is gwine to get up
agiu. De niger is de goose. He better
stay whar he b'longs.'
Artemus Ward once had an adventure in
Boston which resulted as follows:
| returned in the boss car part way. A
pooty girl in spectscles sot near me and was
telln' a young man how much he reminded
her of a young man she used to know in
Waltham. Poorly soon the young man got
out, and smiling in a seductive manner,
said to the young girl in spectacles:
Don't | remind YOU ofsome one you used
to know p
Eyes, she said, you do remind me of
one man, but he was sent to the penitentary
for stealth q barrel of mackerel; he died
there, so l conclood you amt him
f. King, Jr., formerly agent of the Vir.
GINA Express company in Norfolk, reported
to have been knocked down and robbed of
ten thousand dollars while on his way to the
depot, and who was subsequently arrested
on suspicion of completely in the robbery,
makes full confession Of guilt, which also
duplicates Thomas c. Potts, bis brotherin.
law. About seven thousand dollars Of the
stolen money, which belonged to the Nor.
folk and Petersburg Railroad company has