The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-24
TAKE CARE.-Accounts of casualties


and incidents of various kinds attributable /
to the present cold weather are reported /
in all directions, and include several cases
OF death by freezing. Accidents resulting
from the bursting of hot water heating
| pipes are also numerous.
-Four explosions of hot water pipes oc-
CURED in Cincinnati Sunday morning, at
tended with personal injury and damage
TO property. The first occurred at the
residence Of Col Moulton. and tore the
kitchen range and other furniture topieces,
injuring two servants The second occurred
at the Henrie House. The guests of the
hotel were frightened, and rushed down
stairs dragging their baggage. Fortunate
ly no one was hurt, and the damage was
comparatively slight The third explosion
occurred at the Great Western Hotel,
small house of entertainment. 1t was
caused by frozen water in the pipe. Mrs
Hoess, wife Of the proprietor, was injured
by stroke from a fragment and by
scald The fourth explosion occurred in
the private dwelling of Dr. P F. Maley
There was no one injured
At Harrisburg. Pa, Sunday morning,
Mrs. Samuel Knox was killed by the ex-
plosion Of her cooking range, the water
pipes having frozen.
At Cleveland Sunday morning kitchen
range at the house Of T. s. Flint, Super
intendent Of the Chicago, Columbus 4 In
diana Central railway, exploded with terri
BILE force. The ceiling, walls and furni-
ture in the rooms were completely demol
ished No one was hurt The freezing
Of the water pipes was the cause of thecx
plosi3n
In lowell Mass. a main twenty-four
inch water Iipe on East Meuimac street
burst Sunday morning, filling to overflow
ing Che ccllers in an adjacent brick block
. That portion of the city known as Belyi-
. dere was cut off from supply Vi water
And on Monday morning the coaking
range at Davies restaurant on West Madi-
5 n street Chicago, exploded tearing the
kitchen t. pieces and severely scaldinC
, Mary Burns, a servant
How I FoUND IIgiNGsToXE" N
CENTRAL. AFRICA. ''-Almost everybody
has read OF or heard Of Henry NJ Stan
, ley, who was sent ont ly Mr. Bennett Of
the New York H-ra57. to search for DR.
Livingstone, the English explorer, in
Africa. who was supposed 10 have per
. ished in that inhospitable country How
aud where Stanley found him has been the
, theme Of many letter and lecture and
me INSCRIPTIONS publishers 81 catch
penny books have undertaken 70 deprive
f Mr. Stanley and Mr. Bennett Of the Just
, fruits Of their enterprise by publishing
. pretended accounts of Stanley expedi-
iu Mr. Stanley, in letter II Messr,
/ Syrihner. Armstrong & TO, U54 Broad
way, New York the only publishers Of the
only genuine Stanley book, exposes these
, unreliable publications. He says:
4 have booked over one book and | can
- positively affirm that there is not one
original Inc from MY pen in il that the
na. q l. composed only OF extracts from
LlyHE-t Ha AM Anlecstn' = books and nv
. .stler, which appeared in the New York
.t."5+
In tie extracts from my letters which
The cHtarnrisinZ hut th,r ughly uuseruru-
- .w- Publishers have Issued under the form
81 q book, ! detect over hundred typo
-r-elieal errors. besides several abs nd
bunders about African geography. which
th0Se ignorant Of Africa would naturally
! have committed
p The only book that have written. ana
which is genuine and original. bears the
title Of How 7 FeInd Livingstone in
Central Africa and Is published only
] fy ypur firm. and which i, copyrighted
according law
. ! remain yours very truly.
Henry NJ STANLEY
= The genuine Stanley book is now pub
lsnel, aud canyassers are soliciting sub
scriptians for it. Mr. T. l. Davies. of this
! city brother Of the late Geo L. Davies.
Of Davenport, is the agent for this county
and is now calling on the people to show
them the only genuine Stanley book
. How We SPENT THE CHRISTMAS HON..