Rock Island Argus., 1872-04-19
General Items

The WARSAW Bulletin has Sdop,od patent
outsides
Hardin, Calhoun county, has new Dem
oorSsic paper.
Rockford has sixteen churches and is
making rapid strides toward free library.
MarenRo has the small pox aud the peo-
pie are alarmed. Five cAsss are reported
A bAlky horse IN J-rssyvills, the other
day ws' set going BY putting paper wad
in each ear.
TEo Jsrseyville men own . 1850 acre
farm IN Nebraska. and intend planting s.A-
teen miles OF hedge thereon this spring.
Richmond, Calhoun county. has had a
mad dog scGre. Several persons were bit
teh.
MIS-. Clsywell Of Winchester, wife Of the
late Joel Clay~ell, who was shot BY young
Aahsn, has died Of grief ocoasloned By the
terrible isse Of her husband.
a farmer 1,ving about two and half
misG from BIoomiagtOs, took = load Of po-
tAtoes 20 1hAs city on SUNDAY, not knouIng
tne day Of the week.
The AllegoricAl clock over the north door
oi the old nal vi the House OF Rsprsssufa.
tAFrAI ~ AAhAhb Auht has never Dreu pau
iJr. The constructor died, leaving no
heirs, bsiIrs the appropriation was paid, and
II IL yss 10 the Treasury.
Chrldhood i, like a mirror, catching and
retscpng images all around 1t. Al i'm
pioui or prOiAne thought u'lorsd BY par
sDts lip may operate on = yOuoR heart IKE
cnrslrss spray OF SHtsr upon polished sgs' ],
staining q 18th rusI, which no after scGur
Iag cal eject.
The late George Peabody, the London
banker, once saved q cord OF wood ia Con-
cord. New Hampshire, to pay for a night.
lodging ~ the tavern. That was prAcu-
CA lrolu e to young men who fail tJ pay
their board bills because they are out OF
business.
A nsu style OF entertAiDmsns has been
given lately by many fashionable ladies u
New YORK, The rule being that all invited
gussts should converse IN French durioR The
shurs evening, every ose Who fails IN this
respect beng hned 10 the amount Of n dol
lar and upuArIs, the money 80 raised beisT
given for lbs benefit oi The French sufferers
~ the late war.
The Bloomington Paragraph publishes
the following asa true, though irrsVerent,
story. % Easier Sunday An EpiscopAiAn
elsrgi mAn sas addressing tho children At
the 0rpt ans' Home. After giving them
some religious insiruotioI, he told them
about the IIn2 OF tho Saviour from the
sePulohrs, aud said it hal been compared TO
The emerging Of the young chicken from
the egg, ~h'eh perhaps was the origin Of
the custom Of the presenting Of eggs upon
Easter Day tie asked them various ques-
tons upon Bible HISTORY. which we're ccr-
ree'y answered. lie fnSily asked 4: "Who
arose from she sepulchre p A little urchin,
sitting o7er in the corner, Gang out, "Chlek-
ona."
ohnA'hSn TGlco,t, Of Rome, N. Y. fur
nished the Boston Culiiuator a stAtsn,nt or
his experiments win three new varieties Of
oats. Ihs experiments we're made with ,hs
Surprise, an American sort the E1osIs;a,
English, and the Probsteier. Germao. Tb.y
are similar in growth, but the Probus;s, =
SITTER 10 straw and larger 10 leaf. and !.
later to ripsn. The Surprise ia the earlis,,
and yielded best All we're drilled a, ,hs
rate Of busbel per acre. Either Of these
rs regarded as much better than than the
common oat. The Ramsdell Norway was
alao tried and found Of no value as com.
pared With the three above named,